Stephen Bradley, Adrian Tryner, Jean-Pierre Lamanns and James Brigsley are united by hard luck. They share a grudge for one man, Harvey Metcalfe, the Polish migrant to the United States, who has destroyed these four men. Metcalfe, a self-made millionaire is a success at his business owing to his unethical ways. When he maliciously sells inflated oil stocks to the four men and they crash, they are left ruined and bitter. They come together when Bradley takes the initiative to seek revenge. Thus, an Oxford professor, a physician, an art dealer, and a royal sketch a plan to drag Metcalfe to the dogs and leave him penniless. Archer's first novel is a delicious story of success and revenge. FBI Special Agent Mark Andrews is responsible for the security of Florentyna Kane, the first female President of the United States. Immediately after being sworn in as the President, Kane is faced by resistance which heightens with the intimation of an ultimate threat of assassination. Cunningly, the informant of this danger is found killed within an hour of receiving the news. It is now left to Andrews to reach the source of this life threat and have it eliminated for a successful term of the newly elected President. With twists thrown in and a complicated personal life of the agent in the backdrop, Archer's much-acclaimed novel is a must-read for all thriller lovers.
