Eagles Gather — Taylor Caldwell

This is an unforgettable novel of a titanic family, of the greed that nourished them and of the strange, haunted love that even their immense power could not crush.

The saga continues two generations later, still a story of brother against brother with a new generation and new names. Christopher, cold-blooded schemer is out to "get" the brother who holds the titular headship, and uses other family members for his own ends. Two new characters are introduced; one is an idealist, the other more unscrupulous than all the rest and willing to show that it takes a thief to catch a thief.