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Fidelio is a work like no other. Beethoven’s only opera is about the joy of married love - by a man who never knew that pleasure. It is about heroism by a man who was often mean and petty in his human relations; it is about freedom by a man who was a prisoner of his own deafness; and ultimately it is about joy by a man who experienced precious little of it.

In einem spanischen Staatsgefängnis hält Gouverneur Don Pizarro seinen Widersacher Florestan im tiefsten Kerker gefangen...

Leonore und Florestan wollen durch die Gassen Sevillas stromern. Als Florestan zur Verabredung nicht erscheint, beginnt Leonore ihn zu suchen. Als Junge verkleidet und unter dem falschen Namen Fidelio gelangt sie ins dunkle Kellerquartier der Pizarro-Bande. Leonore findet Florestan und befreit ihn.

Di ritorno da un corso di aggiornamento, durato alcuni giorni, una donna trova il marito ucciso: questa è la sua versione dei fatti... Il commissario incaricato delle indagini si confronta con lei, in ripetuti incontri-scontri, cercando di far luce sul delitto. Perché la vittima, Pietro, non è un uomo qualunque! Ricco di famiglia, attraente, matematico di successo nonostante la giovane età, oltre a suscitare prevedibili rivalità professionali fra i colleghi dell’Università, ha, forse, relazioni extraconiugali. Anche la sorella della vittima aveva motivi per uccidere? Forse.

Ralph was a self-made man who took the good examples set by his parents and grandparents, started with very little, cut his losses when necessary, endured the Great Depression without folding and turned a half section of Iowa farm land into a prosperous operation. In so doing he passed on his work ethic and sound judgement to his family and provided a good life for himself and his family. Serving his country when asked to do so may have saved him from getting mired in the Montana homesteading disaster.

This narrative starts with Andrew Jackson before the original colonies had declared independence from Great Britain, continues through Jackson’s brilliant military career and through his becoming the 7th president of the United States. It continues through his promotion of the Indian Removal Act and the resulting tumultuous Trail of Tears.

The book chronologically explains the bungling of the federal government as they attempted to be fair to the Indians while at the same time moving them out of the way of settlement. It also delves into the interaction between the Sioux and the Chippewa, including the joint attempt in 1862 to kill all the white people in Minnesota, and how the results of that interaction affected Mille Lacs County, Minnesota and still does today.

A remnant of the Knights Templar, known as the Fidelian Knights tries to maintain the balance of justice, knowledge, and faith. These Fidelian Knights have united with the Commonwealth Alliance in a struggle against the rising evil of the Juntonian League and their elite mercenaries, the Varangian Guard.