The Piranhas Author:Harold Robbins The "piranhas" are not only the dangerous fish that lurk under the calm surface of the Amazon river - they are also the men and women whose greed,immorality and amorality feed on the fabric of society; not only those who run the illegal machinations of the mafia and the world-wide drug trade that controls the shadow governments of many... more » countries but also those who live in the more "respectable" world of finance, banking and Wall Street, and who fleece the innocent of their savings in order to gobble up big businesses and whole industries. They live only by their own rules believing they are above the rest of society, above their rules. They are truly the piranhas. At the center of the story is Jed Stevens, whose rise to great wealth never frees him from the ties of his family background. Jed is caught up in a career that spans the worlds of show business, high finance and aviation, until he is forced to choose between the world he has conquered and the world he owes his loyalty to...« less