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Lang Elliott, is a United States Senator from Kentucky. He chairs the powerful Senate Committee on Education which has legislation pending to permit teaching of Creationism v. Natural Selection. Just before the hearings, Elliott who is a thoroughbred breeder has a valuable stallion, Hunter's Destiny stolen and a night watchman murdered. The thieves represent a fundamentalist group supporting the teaching of Creationism and seek a ransom from Elliott for the return of his stallion. The ransom request is unique, and Elliott's wife is uniquely qualified to provide it, but it will be a dangerous and potentially illegal cause. Will Lang Elliott succumb to the demand? Will Mona Tate deliver the ransom? Who else must die?This book is a historical fiction which weaves through the low and high tides of the horse industry, covering the death of Alydar for a thirty-two million dollar insurance policy claim which sent several to prison including J.T. Lundy for fifty-four months...lets see that would be $5,925,920.00 per year. Not bad for a cook who married a nit-wit heir to the Calumet fortune and one of the greatest race horses who ever covered a mare!Most important, the book tells an interesting story of greed, bazaar religious sects, murder and love. It is a book which has been forty years in the making and a book which I am extremely proud of having taking the time and exhaustive research to write. I know if you love the horses and politics you will enjoy this read...and it is cheap!
