When Nathan Wilson came to teach in the high school at Red Pines in the 1950’s, he found the town smoldered under the heel of an organized racket headed by outwardly respectable Ralph Beckon. Determined to rescue Red Pines for Christ, he found his courage and idealism (and naivité) tested by insurmountable odds—just as his love for the entrancing Margaret Sharn seemed doom to failure. How he meets each breath-taking challenge makes a fast-paced, absorbing story.