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A spirited rifle shooting contest and a horse race are the highlights of the Bella County fair, 1929. Victor Stuart and John Dow are in heated competition with each other as they try to impress Julia Vanderkamp. This animosity is fueled by criminal interests afoot in the background. When things go a muck a lynch mob is formed and John Dow is running for his life. Will philosopher Jefferson John Brown (Estate Steward and amateur detective) be able to solve the case? Time is running out.

This is the fourth volume of the Archē series which explores various structures in which a novel might present itself. This novel examines a hypothetical 2nd gunman behind the grassy knoll who shot at John Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, It details how his personal struggles mirror the larger themes of individual liberty and perceived government/social oppression. The novel is told via the presentation mode of discontinuous narrative. The overarching philosophical position concerns the dialectical interactions between the role of a given individual and the society at large. How do these interactions affect free will and determinism? How strong are environmental factors in shaping us?

There is a secret back door to the Ivory Tower. Andrew Viam makes his escape and it takes him to places and people that threaten his very existence. Follow Andrew's odyssey to see whether he has what it takes to survive.