Blind Ambition has a Price

Ambition is the driver that propels people forward in life, motivating and inspiring them to be successful, but blind ambition can also lead to one's demise, infecting anyone and everyone involved. In Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' blind ambition is revealed as the main cause of the destruction of those around Macbeth and finally resulting in his own destruction. Yet this problematic human characteristic leading to possibly destructive unintended consequences has survived and is the theme of this book.

An underlying theme throughout is the choices we make in life. We cannot choose

our 'blood family' but we can choose the people with whom we want to share our

lives as family. However, we must be alert to the potential impacts and

conflicts in society, and especially when 'blood family' and family collide,

each seeking priority.

Richard and Jim built a significant media advertising agency blindly ambitious to the

destructive influences on the wife and young son of Richard leading to divorce

and dislocation from his son. Jim suffers a serious heart attack causing both

to take stock of their lives, sell the business and move to the country to

rebuild their lives. Richard builds the home of his dreams, populates it with

people he considers family. Life starts to look good. Richard and Jim even

consider the occasional commission. But the victims of their blind ambition in

the form of his now adult wayward son and vengeful mother seek opportunity to

heap revenge on Richard.