In the secretive inner circle of the ultra-rich, Alex Hoffmann is a legend.

He has developed a method of playing the financial markets that generate billions of pounds. It is a system that thrives on panic- and feeds on fear.

And then, in the early hours of one morning, his life is threatened when a terrifying intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside home.

So begins a walking nightmare of violence and paranoia as Alex attempts -with increasing desperation- to discover who is trying to destroy him.

Before it's too late ...