The Lion and the Mouse

On a sticky May morning, a railroad’s directors gather in panic: Judge Rossmore may have dealt a blow that even John Burkett Ryder’s billions cannot undo. And the whispers in the offices are only the beginning.

In lower Broadway, amid clattering typewriters and the distant roar of New York, the Southern and Transcontinental Railroad faces a legal injunction that could threaten its very existence. Its chairman, John Burkett Ryder, has built a colossal fortune by bending the rules—and expects the world to bend with him. But Judge Rossmore is said to be beyond bribery, while public anger against the railroad barons is rising. How far will Ryder go when money can no longer guarantee victory?

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