Small town politicscan be murder. When Robert Jaston, a Massachusetts dairy farmer, learns that the three-person board who governs the town has votedto take his land by eminent domain, making way fora gambling casino, he says, "Over my dead body " He hires the onlyattorney who will take his case, a young woman also at odds with the town establishment. She wageswar in the courtroom while he battlesthe underhanded maneuvers of those who hold all the cards. Together their tactics enrage their opposition until someone buys the farm "

Mickey Quinn, a wife-killer and bar owner, decides he will control the destiny of his only son, conceived thru intimidation and violence over his employee, Darlene Bundt. Quinn's got plans for his kid: he's gonna raise him up sharp, tough, and "connected" to the Massachusetts political elites. Once Darlene has decided— against common sense— to bear this child— thereby testing the very foundations of her faith— Quinn sets his "goon" to stalking her. Darlene is forced her to go on the run, and then, into hiding from David's mobster-father....