Leaving Ashwood

The Ashwood trilogy ends three decades after failure of the global economy. The big question is answered. If world leaders had the opportunity to build from scratch, what would happen? At the half point of the twenty-first century, corporate spinners say: ''The vote of a shareholder is a commitment to building a better world, while the vote of a citizen is an uneducated guess.''

Cynthia Kraack of Mendota Heights, MN