Martin Fairbody, a proper American diplomat, and his wife, Beverly, a woman who is intimidated by no one, blunder into caves under Turkey and discover the world's oldest democracy where there is a unique system for coping with fanaticism. They are blamed for catastrophic rock slides in the caves. To prove he isn't the Devil bent on destroying the world, Martin must run a gauntlet of fanatical priests in the "ecclesiastical snake-pit." Hoping to get the upper hand, he attempts an audacious, and ridiculous, impersonation. Meanwhile, Beverly, left on her own, is pursued feverishly by the President, an overbearing giant who is determined to make her First Lady. Tremendous forces combine, threatening to split Martin and Beverly apart. To survive they will each rise, or sink, to astonishing levels of deviousness and courage. In the end, assumptions of a life-time are turned upside down. Fairbodys vs the Fanatics is a novel of multiple dimensions—high adventure, stunning twists and turns, loyalty and love, hilarious farce, and wicked satire of the marvelously strange behavior of officialdom. Zealots determined to enforce a bizarre scheme to protect the unborn sperm. Senators eager to regulate the postures in which the dying may take their last breath. The evil of Goody, God's sister, who gives women as much power as men to make trouble. These are but a few of the eerie echoes of life on earth that the Fairbodys encounter deep under ground.