City bankers : Pat Kennedy, Michael Fitzwilliams,Sergei Tarasov and their friends Tom Barton and John Francis continue their pursuit of wealth in a rapidly changing international political and business environment. Thwarted by Vladimir Putin's dreams of a Greater Russia, they are faced with falling commodity prices, the annexation of Crimea and the struggle for power and influence in London, Moscow and Hong Kong. Kennedy, Barton, Francis and their friend Pat O'Connelly search, each in his own way, to survive the dangers building up around them in an increasingly volatile geopolitical situation.