As a man of faith, Gavin Campbell believes in the old proverb, "He who finds a wife finds a good thing . . ." He thinks he has found that good thing in his college sweetheart-turned-wife, Beck. It is love at first sight until things start to unravel. Almost immediately, in his pursuit of love, faith, family, and success, Gavin ignores all of the warning signs and eventually finds himself in the fight of his life: for his family, his manhood, and his livelihood. The Tool is a story of deception, malice, and The Ultimate MANipulation.