Dominion Of The Spirit is a story of lives forever altered by the vagaries of fate and the irrepressible growth of a nation. As old-world traditions give way to the reality of a convulsively changing time, the Brighton family must confront the spectre of a lost dynasty and the influence of an irascible destiny. Caught in the tidal currents of history, Thomas Brighton, a first-generation Canadian, is forced to embrace the better angels of his nature and overcome those personal demons that have defined the very substance of his existence.