Love was in the air. Life was free of care. The future was bright. The 1960's should have been the beginning of 'Pax Americanus'¦ 200 years of 'The American Peace'. It wasn't.
'Man In Debt' is a novella-length piece in fourteen chapters. Largely in correspondence form, it concerns a battle involving a wily borrower, his lender and their two firms of lawyers. The principals move from hostility to quasi-friendliness. Their legal representatives go the opposite way, with farcical results.
In the aftermath of the Cold Night, the Mahari desert is plagued by twisted spirits that turn people into bloodthirsty creatures called Kvatahs. Villagers become reluctant slayers, trapped in an unending conflict. A young man may hold the key to breaking the curse. Will he succeed, or will the Cold Night cast a perpetual shadow over the desert people?