Millard-Fenton Publishers was enthusiastic about the new author they were just about to sign up, the retired CEO of a Fortune 500 company who had a fascinating story to tell. Someone had steered the man to a business manager for handling his negotiations. The business manager didn't want to admit he knew zip about publishing contracts, so he hired an old friend to help him figure out what he needed to know. The old friend, unfortunately, was not a very good choice. Kurt Dillon used what we might call unusual methods in his research, methods not entirely ethical.