"The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power "

“A masterly narrative…The Prize portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies.” – James Schlesinger, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and U.S. Secretary of Energy“Impassioned and riveting…only in the great epics of Homer will readers regularly run into a comparable string of larger-than-life swashbucklers and statesmen, heroes and villains.” – San Francisco Examiner“Spellbinding…irresistible…monumental…must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history.” – The New York Times“Splendid and epic history of oil…. The story is brilliantly told…with its remarkable cast of characters.” – The Wall Street Journal

Daniel Yergin is the bestselling author of The Prize, The Commanding Heights, Shattered Peace, *Russia 2010, and What It Means for the World, and coauthor of Energy Future. Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading international energy consulting firm, he is also global energy expert for the CNBC business news network.