Internal conflicts of a wealthy family, the Carlyles. A banking czar, his playboy son, his daughter engaged to a philanderer, they became entangled with South American politics.

Tracy Carlyle Hastings attempted to protect her son Jeffrey from obnoxious outside sources such as her husband, Philip; her father, Baylor; and her half brother Duncan. The family eventually gets involved with South American revolutionaries.—J.E. McKillop <jack-mckillop@worldnet.att.com>