Fast paced thriller combining financial wheeler-dealing and double-dealing with action, romance, betrayal and vengeance. Conflict arises in the marble halls of Lloyd's of London, when the closely guarded secret of Michael's moneymaking system attracts the attention of less scrupulous characters. Before long the power of greed pushes the protagonists over the line between wheeler-dealing and double-dealing, and Michael finds himself fighting for his professional life in a world where he can no longer trust anyone. As the novel progresses, tension translates into violence, attraction develops into passion, and the desire for revenge grows so fierce that perhaps only rape and murder can appease it in the end.

Stephen Gray is the most prolific inventor of financial products. His real life multi-billion pound deals touch the lives of hundreds of millions of people across the globe. As a child, Stephen was handicapped by a rare genetic disorder - Hirschsprung's disease. He left school with next to no qualifications aged 16. But by 23 he was a CEO, and by the age of 30 he had arranged the world's largest reinsurance. This is Stephen's first novel. It will not be his last.