Ride the golden tiger - Jonathan Black

Gold. Age-old symbol of power, wealth, prestige. The ultimate aphrodisiac. Now the world's supplies are controlled by a few very powerful firms headed by a handful of extremely wealthy men. And even they can get greedier still...

Maverick prospector Matthew Rutledge's dream is to find a new source of gold which will free the world from the tyranny of the giant monopolies. But when rumours of uncharted mountain-top gold fields take him to the exotic Himalayan kingdom of Sakhana, he finds himself faced with a life-and-death struggle. His ruthless opponents are a trio of unprincipled international manipulators - a billionaire American business mogul, a wealthy Sheikh, a super-rich French financier - whose aim is to do the impossible.