Shots echoed across a large cornfield in Radford, Va., during the cold, early morning of October 1978. Minutes later, a terrified man was seen running for his life across an open field and into a maze of corn stalks. Hot on Stephen Becker's heels was a pack of bloodhounds and a ruthless man with only one thought in mind; catch Becker and silence him. Why would anyone want to harm Becker unless he was hiding a secret that might uncover a conspiracy involving several very influential people. For many years Becker has lived with this secret. But now that it's effecting his families health, and perhaps the health of others, he's willing to risk his life to expose it for what it is. In a word, deadly. Acre Beyond the Rye is a suspenseful and exciting book with characters that you'll long remember after you finish reading it.