The two have only one thing in common...William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnowski. One is the son of a wealthy Boston family, the other a Polish refugee. Two are born on the same day in two corners of the world. Different names, different circumstances of birth, but the same ambition ? to make money and establish an empire across the globe. As the orbits of the two cross each other at the same time, they will collide. Endless hatred, jealousy and an insatiable desire to defeat each other will be born out of rivalry. This story of enmity spanning nearly six decades is not only a four-generation narrative of two families, but a capsule of the ongoing history of the post-World War II United States. Jeffrey Archer's various books have been published in forty-seven languages in one hundred and fourteen countries. More than seven and a half million readers have given five-star reviews on most of the books. Two hundred and seventy-five million copies have been sold internationally. He is the only author whose fiction has been a bestseller nineteen times, short stories four times and non-fiction?The Prison Diaries?bestseller. Jeffrey and Damie Marie Archer have been enjoying married life for the past fifty-three years. They have two children ? William and James. With three grandsons, two granddaughters and children, they share homes in London, Cambridge and Mallorca.