My Brother, My Enemy

Genius, betrayal, and love—what will prove stronger?

The story of two inventor brothers who went through betrayal, cruel choices, and internal conflicts on the way to a great discovery.

The Mallori brothers—Davy and Ken Mallory—are future television inventors, passionately devoted to their work. Again and again, they will have to face arrogant refusals from potential sponsors, the greed of unscrupulous businesspeople, and human foolishness and lowliness. But it won’t be “fire and water” that leads these talented young people to a cruel inner conflict; it will be the “copper pipes” that marriage will become for them—the marriage of their adored sister Margo to a wealthy man who is ready to fund their work. And even this isn’t enough: Ken and Davy love the same woman…

The fate of an inventor is a theme not new to American literature. Yet few have managed to reveal the psychology of invention so truthfully, deeply, and completely as Mitchell Wilson does in the novel “My Brother, My Enemy.”