The Oligarch: A Thriller by
Elected amid widespread protests and allegations of vote rigging for a controversial third term, the Russian President is determined to destroy the oligarchs before they destroy him. Introducing a new law to renationalise the vast asset wealth they acquired in Yeltsin’s questionable privatisation programme, the President seizes this chance to demolish their power base.
His greatest opponent – Anton Blok, owner of the mighty Tyndersk Kombinat – faces far more than just financial ruin as his empire threatens to fall apart, and the President knows that his old enemy will stop at nothing to avoid catastrophe. With battlelines drawn, he turns to Alex Leksin, a business trouble-shooter, to thwart Blok’s plans.
Against the challenge of hostile Arctic conditions, Leksin must tread a dangerous path through a labyrinth of corruption until the exciting and unexpected denouement takes place in Russia’s northernmost seaport.
About the author, G. W. Eccles:
George Eccles left London in 1994 to move to Russia and Central Asia during the tumultuous period that followed the breakup of the Soviet Union. His work involved extensive travel throughout Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. It often to places with restricted access to foreigners. During his time there, he advised a number of real-life oligarchs how best to take advantage of the opportunities that became available as regulation crumbled and government became increasingly corrupt. Against this background, while his novels are fiction, many of its anecdotes and scenes are inspired by actual events.
His first novel, The Oligarch: A Thriller, received considerable critical success, being awarded a Silver Medal both at the Global E-book Awards 2013 and at the Independent Publishers Book Awards 2013, as well as being selected as IPPY Book of the Day.
His second novel, Corruption of Power, was published by Peach Publishing on 14 December 2015.
George now lives with his wife – and a cat called Lenin and a bulldog called Boris – in a hilltop village not far from Cannes in the South of France.
Website: http://www.gweccles.com
Blog: http://www.gweccles.com/blog.html
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