Publisher's Synopsis
A hundred years after a nuclear war the descendants of the surviving Washington politicians have created an agrarian society of nobles and peasants. Fated to succeed his father as the ruler, twenty-year old Michael Kavanaugh fully believes the necessity of the harsh laws and the religion which justifies them. But when he falls in love with a peasant, he gradually begins to question both the laws and the religion. As relationships between the classes is punishable by death, Michael risks everything including both their lives by continuing thei affair. The two lovers must fight to stay ahead of persistent plots and attacks by those who seek to asssume Michael's role as the future leader.
