Victoria spends five grueling years in financial exile after her adoptive uncle Julian strips her of her inheritance and ousts her into poverty. Hardened by betrayal, she claws her way back into Manhattan's trading pits as a ruthless hedge fund manager determined to crush Julian's conglomerate piece by piece.
Every hostile takeover and short sale brings Victoria closer to bankrupting her former mentor. Yet as Julian collapses inside his corner office during their final shareholder standoff, Victoria uncovers a devastating paper trail. Julian staged her expulsion to shield her from the shadowy cabal that assassinated her biological parents, sacrificing his failing body to forge her into a warrior. Victoria must now take the reins and hunt the true conspirators.
