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Copyright: May 31, 2015
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The Throne of Olympus trilogy is a modern-day re-working of the Greek mythological tales of Zeus and his battle against the Titans.
In Volume 2 of The Throne of Olympus - "Balance of Power", Zane Ravenscroft comes face to face with Christophe Villon, in a final showdown for control of the two great banking dynasty families. To the victor will go great power and control of 'The Work of Ages' - to the defeated, oblivion. Set against the backdrop of true, world events, "Dallas" and "I Claudius" unite, resulting in a deeply engaging and richly entertaining experience. The protagonists in this passion-fuelled saga of our times are members of two rival banking dynasties, the Villon family in Europe and the Ravenscroft family in the U.S.A. who are arch-enemies. But it was not always so. Around the mid-nineteenth century, both families were members of a cabal known as The Illuminati, whose long-term, secret goal was the establishment of a new world order that would involve the creation of a single economy, banking system and, in turn, a single government. One the eve of World War II, when our story begins, the two families are still working towards the same goal, but now aggressively independently. While witnessing the disintegration of their tangled personal relationships, we follow their cunning and ruthless conspiracies over the ensuing decades right up to the present time. As each scene swiftly shifts from one exciting location to another across the globe we become immersed in an Olympian world of lust and greed, intrigue and murder, incest and patricide.
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