Description: From international bestselling author Jeffrey Archer comes a novel about two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred.
Brief description: Jeffrey Archer is Britain's top-selling storyteller. He is a former Member of the Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He was created a Life Peer in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1992. He has written ten novels, several of which have been serialised for television and radio, four sets of short stories, and three plays. His first - Beyond Reasonable Doubt - starring Frank Finlay and Wendy Craig, ran at the Queen's Theatre, in London's West End, for over 600 performances. His second play, Exclusive, which ran at the Strand Theatre, starred Paul Scofield, Eileen Atkins and Alec McCowen.