King's Ruin

<p><strong>He was gilded in oil. She was traded in gold.</strong></p><p>In sun-scorched Texas oil magnate Harlan Creed is dying and hunting for a successor. He invites Myles King a brilliant but controversial investor known as the Golden Boy to shadow him. Myles believes it's a chance at legacy. He doesn't realize he's being groomed just like others before him and all of whom have vanished without a trace.<br><br>Half a world away Leyla Al-Mazir is dispatched by her father and gold baron Fariz Al-Mazir to negotiate environmental concessions with Creed. A poised diplomat with steel beneath her grace Leyla thinks she's stepping into a policy game. Little does she know there are more sinister things at play when Leyla becomes a prize sealed in gold.<br><br>Their new alliance is born not of trust but necessity. Uncovering The Gilded Vein a secret syndicate controlling gold oil and lives they realize that the deeper they go the more they question whether they're liberators or the next generation of monsters in gold.</p>