Devising a dangerous plan to radically shake up the system, he begins to collect the evidence to take the corrupt cops down. His college friends think he's a traitor to the cause and even Roxy, the woman he loves, has begun to pull away. His education makes him an outsider, and his honesty makes him a threat to the corrupt cops who use the power of their badge to inflict brutality and extort. While the rookie cop with an Ivy League degree knows that change is difficult, the reality of fighting the establishment soon overwhelms him. Eager to make a difference, Steve decides to give up law school and join the city's police department. Then, he meets a reform-minded cop who convinces Steve that to change the system, he has to get involved. Weeks before his graduation, Steve's life is upended when National Guard troops kill four students at Kent State University. Fueled by a strong sense of moral justice, he wants to make the world better-a belief his girlfriend Roxy, a medical student, passionately shares. In the spring of 1970, Steve Logan, like thousands of other college students across America, takes to the streets to protest authority and the Vietnam War. Set against the backdrop of the protest era of the early 1970s, Wild World is a gripping novel about one tenacious young man whose fervor for justice brings unexpected consequences for his own life. Rush brings the '70s to vivid life in his award-winning debut novel.

Wild world by peter s rush