It was a small Pennsylvania town at the turn of the

century. A world of corruption and greed, Where secrets

were public knowledge and love was for innocents.

This was the world ofJason.Garrity. A man of passion

and princ~iple. A man who had pulled himself up from the

slums and now had everything he thought he wanted.

What he wanted most was beautiful Patricia Mulligan,

daughter of the town s wealthiest man.Jason fantasied

about her, longed for her from afar--never dreaming

that this great beauty would soon be.his.

For Patricia had fallen in love with Jason s best friend.

And even now was bearing his child. But he loved another

Thus it began. This tale of tangled passions

and the brutal c6st of wealth and power.