Robert Ennever | Bendemere Books

DILEMMA

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Published on Friday, 29 March 2019 14:18

Sometimes decisions are easy to make; the options are so disparate that they require no consideration. The best choice becomes the only choice.  On other occasions the advantages and disadvantages are more complex, less obvious. It is difficult to know how or which to choose. There is, however, a third possibility. 

Circumstances may be such that they leave no alternative but to suffer the effects the cause has dictated.  In all three cases the course we elect to follow will determine the eventual outcome.  Along the way problems will be encountered, distractions will occur. Inevitably some paths will lead to a dead-end and it will be necessary to retrace our steps. Other routes may result in a need to extricate ourselves from perilous situations.  Often, faced with an unwelcome quandary where there are no winners, only losers, we are forced to decide between two evils.  We are on the ‘horns of a dilemma’! This is the situation which confronts characters in this novel. 

DEDICATION

I dedicate this novel to those whom life has treated harshly, to those who, by an accident of birth, have been condemned to poverty, sickness and hunger; to those millions trapped in an economic prison of servitude, cruelty and exploitation so that, by their labours, a fortunate few might wax fat.

I dedicate it to those who wage war on oppression, who give voice to the down-trodden, and who fight for fairness and justice.

I dedicate it to those who do battle with bigotry, intolerance and ignorance, and those who seek to conquer the diseases which afflict humanity.

I dedicate it to the generous souls who care for the ill and suffering.

I dedicate it to all of you who strive to make this world a better place.

May your efforts not be in vain!

Robert Ennever

March, 2019.