Book excerpt: Whanga Mitchell's singular passion is to become a US Marine. Dexter Bryant's only desire is to bring his unyielding mother to accept his black wife before the baby comes. John Mitchell's one regret is raising his daughter near a marine base. Susan Bryant's lone mission is to destroy her black daughter-in-law before her black daughter-in-law destroys the proud Irish bloodline of the Bryant's ancestry. Will the honesty and purity of Whanga's heart sustain her amid silent adversaries individually seeking her destruction? And then, there is Mahmoud Abbas, whose sole desire is revenge. "Well, my brother, Hussein, I'll tell you this. While the rest of the world is still fussing over nuclear enrichment, our brothers in Iran, thanks to Allah, are far beyond that." "I don't understand," Hussein said. "Are you saying they already have the nuclear bomb?" "Shhh, don't say it too loud. This is only known to a very few privileged individuals.