Power of the SwordWe are Courtneys. We don't have to fight with our fists. We fight with power and money and influence. Nobody can beat us on our own ground. A powerful family. A time of war. Centaine de Thiry Courtney has not only survived, but thrived. She is a successful woman with two sons of her own: Shasa Courtney, the Courtney heir, and Manfred de la Rey, Shasa's half brother, her secret child raised solely by his father. At the time of the Great Depression,