Introduction
Life makes everybody face choices. Sooner or later, everybody has to decide between two alternatives, and make a value judgment. Some decisions are petty, others serious. But everybody has to make them.
The troubles arise when the choices don't leave one with any good alternative. The lesser of two evils is still an evil. Then, a person has to sacrifice some principles for others.
Such is the case of Daphne Rogers, an ambitious, honest graduate from political science school embarking on the political road at the very top: Washington, D.C.
Daphne has had to compromise her principles from the start of her career, and she has reached a point where she believes she will not have to compromise further. Then, suddenly, she is faced with the opportunity to give her career the biggest boost it has ever had, but she must make the ultimate compromise in order to succeed.
Daphne's decision, her feelings, reactions, and what happens to her should bring to anybody's mind the consequences of making those kinds of choices.
The story may be set in exciting circles, but it's something that could happen to any of us. The moral lesson should stick long after the story is finished.