Racial prejudice is a part of the human psyche that produces senseless acts. It is a festering sore in a society that may never heal. All kinds of intolerance can be justified by this cruelest of human acts.

Since humans first appeared on planet earth, they have been wary of those who are different from them. It does not seem to matter that we all are the same at heart. That is, a person wanting to live in peace and harmony with the world.

Their will always be, it seems, those members of a society not prepared to allow those different from themselves to exist. In those members minds they are superior to those that they persecute. Therefore what they do to them is entirely justified and of no consequence to the law of the land.

This type of thinking is also aimed at those who are different not because of their race, but because they have a physical or mental problem. Unscrupulous people see them as easy targets, ready made to fit in with their own selfish purpose. These callous beings serve no other purpose in life other than bringing untold misery to their victims.

Darin Righter was one of those people who felt superior to those around him. He felt that Kidwell, Nebraska was below his station in life. Living on a farm in a rural community did not meet his vision of how he wanted to spend his life.

His ideal life style would be being surrounded by luxury and have others to do his bidding. To be able to achieve this ideal existence he would need to get his hands on a large amount of money. The opportunity to do just this came along at the First People's Bank of Sharpin.

He got a job as an accountant with the bank and rose to the position of Mr Dodd's assistant. This was to be the first step on his path to misery. On this journey he would destroy people's lives.

Farm Girl, a young teenager not wise in the ways of the world, would be his most innocent victim. Born into poverty and raised by a mother who wished her identity to be kept unknown. She stood little chance of seeing through Darin's devious schemes.

His elder brother Frank doted on him, yet Darin despised him. Then there was old Jefferson Welk whose skin color held him down all of his life. Both of these men were to feel the venom of the evil that flowed in Darin's blood.

Bobby and Kam Ruble have shown with this novel that they are on top of their craft. The story is a rich texture of wonderful characters that move the reader to feel their emotions. Throughout the tale there are no flat spots to detract from the intrigue of the various twists in the plot.

This is the best book of it type that I have read this year. Once started, the reader will not be able to put this book down. It is a book that I would highly recommend all lovers of good fiction to read.