Amid the tranquil blue bays of the Phillipines, American businessman Tripp Gardner pursues his dream, a lucrative international partnership that assures a comfortable future for his family, and prosperity for Thousands of Phillipine farmers. But unknown to Tripp, beneath the dense foliage and shifting sands of the Pacific Rim Marketing Corporation properties lies the unpredictable force of the greatest fortune ever amassed, the infinite golden wealth of Southeast Asia, stolen, and then buried, by General Yamashita’s Japanese forces in the waning days of World War Il.

In the tradition of Clive Cussler, Tate Holt’s business thriller builds upon the true history of a legendary treasure to unfold a page-turning tale of greed, political corruption, murder, limitless wealth and the limits of ambition, taking readers from the thatch hut hermitages of the Pacific islands, to the shirt-sleeve hangouts of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, to the corridors of Phillipine government.