content: I have read almost all of Mitchner's books and I have enjoyed all of them until this one. It is bland, overly predictable. It also seems like whoever wrote it (I would be willing to bet that some ghostwriter did or maybe James Mitchner JUNIOR to collect just one last big royalty before the old guy died) Which would be very ironic since the book spends lot of time on GREEDY children. The book is just one long SOAPBOX for someone to attack 1) greedy lawyers causing doctors to fear doing their jobs because of bogus lawsuits 2) greedy dentists in Florida who rip off old patients 3) poor blacks who no matter how hard they try will never get a fair chance; 4) lack of free healthcare for AIDS patients and 5) evil religious people who believe in the right to life..................... Gets old really fast.