First came the Mormons, then the railroad and then the grifters.
Because they saw what others couldn’t, the grifters were both the most cursed and blessed.
What the grifters saw and quickly built were stair steps, never leading up but always leading down. They were constructed so one human foible cascaded into another, each more costly than its predecessor.
Only the grifters knew how this staircase should be built.
