Dans le monde de la finance, Chuck Rhoades, un procureur fédéral de New York, affronte certains des plus riches gestionnaires de fonds d'investissement des Etats-Unis. Dans la ligne de mire, l'ambitieux et brillant Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, dont la puissance ne cesse de croître. Les deux hommes rivalisent d'ingéniosité pour manœuvrer au mieux au grand dam de l'autre.

After being implicated in a deadly scandal, a trader at a leading London bank fights to clear his name, but instead uncovers an intercontinental conspiracy masterminded by powerful forces operating in the shadows.

Pierre, Raphael and Jules are golden boys and longtime friends. Pierre, the most flamboyant of them, is in great financial difficulty. He hid all his problems from his wife Alex. Soon Alex will, to repay the debts inherited from her husband, return to the palace Brongniart by the door, in the midst of stock market turmoil in the 90s. Flames, friendships, betrayals, insider trading, tax havens, money laundering, in a macho environment devoted to the cult of secrecy ...