2 parts Ongoing MatureIn the world of financial conglomerates, where stock market seasons can last a decade and a crisis can ruin entire lives, signs of imbalance are multiplying. Beyond the digital borders and firewalls, dark forces are massing, threatening the global stability of the markets.
At the heart of the "Council of Seven," the established order is faltering. Ostentatious opulence and illicit cronyism, hostile takeovers and systemic corruption, blackmail and disinformation inexorably tighten their grip on the coveted power, a seat at the pinnacle of global influence that everyone attempts to seize.
A young generation of analysts, marketers, and entrepreneurs, from diverse backgrounds, finds itself caught in the mesh of this poisonous net. Some, like Lee, desperately try to get out of the game by paying off a toxic debt contracted with the powerful. Others, like the charismatic and ruthless Alexander, resurface from the past with the fierce intention of destroying the system that crushed them. Driven by a need for revenge against those who stole his freedom, Alex has only one goal: to strike not at the body, but at the reputation and balance sheets of his enemies.
In this modern arena of high-risks and unspeakable secrets, alliances of convenience are formed, ambition clashes with integrity, and loyalty confronts the most cynical betrayal. While the economic stability of an entire nation is conditioned by these shadow wars, the protagonists must navigate a minefield of intrigues, white-collar crime, and power games.
The fire smolders beneath the frozen ash of capitalism. Will hatred, obsession, or perhaps an even more dangerous truth, devour everything in their path? And what if, by the time the fault line gives way, it is already too late to save the world they seek to control?
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