The Story
The Steel Barons follows the harrowing descent of Jack Parker, a thirty-year-old American lawyer sent to Kyiv in the early 1990s to negotiate a multimillion-dollar telecom deal. It should have been a fast track to equity partnership in one of Manhattan's most prestigious law firms. Instead, one reckless night lands him in a Soviet-era venereal disease clinic — and from there, everything begins to unravel.
Dismissed by his firm and facing a divorce, Jack finds himself stranded in a country where bribes are justice, hired guns settle disputes, and survival depends on who you know. Thrown into the orbit of Sergei, a streetwise fixer, Jack begins navigating a world far removed from any courtroom. In the process, he becomes a billionaire with a personal army of mercenaries.
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