This is the story of John Law, a pied piper who led rich and poor alike across the barriers of reason and plunged them into disaster. Was he a genius, wizard or charlatan? Was France victimized by a gigantic fraud perpetrated by a scheming Scotsman? is the word for this swashbuckling historical novel. is a perfect combination of a fast-moving action Adventure upheld with solid historical facts." (Grace Cavalieri)