This is the story of twins, Tom & John Staid, who are raised in Pennsylvania; are exhorted to live with courage by their father; and take their natural bond for granted as they encounter life´s challenges. This lasts through their adventurous high school years. Both have outsized ambition and jocularly talk of ´ruling the world´: Tom chooses sociology and John chooses engineering as nearly opposite approaches to their reach for greatness. Tom regards positively directing society as the highest good whereas John considers creating wealth through technical achievement as the pinnacle of humanity.This difference spawns a longstanding intellectual and life-choice debate that starts in college where they believe their disagreements are minor. From rural Pennsylvania to a gritty housing area in Pittsburgh; from a small private college to a glittering Silicon Valley start up - twins grapple with both their rivalry and the consequence of their choices. The reader ultimately will feel an affinity for one of the brothers thus the question "which twin will you love, which will you hate"? This fiction will fill the readers' minds with opposing ideas and intellectual debate as the twins each grapple with the consequences of their choices.Marx & Ford is part of the "Good Fight Series" and overlaps times and characters of Loud & Clear, Fear & Hope and the upcoming Gold & Glory.