Viking Raid: A Robert Fairchild Novel (The Shipping Man Book 2)

Viking Raid: A Robert Fairchild Novel (The Shipping Man Book 2)

Combining a ship finance textbook with a jet setting geopolitical romp, <i>Viking Raid</i> picks up where <i>The Shipping Man</i> left off - on a journey into the famously private world of international shipping tycoons and their financiers.<br /><br />At the conclusion of <i>The Shipping Man</i>, Robert Fairchild is sipping rosé on the Côte d'Azur with Coco Jacobsen and toasting to the success of their $300 million junk bond offering; six months later the CEO is in the 120-degree engine room of a supertanker discharging two million barrels of Saudi crude oil - afraid for his job and afraid for his life.<br /><br />Fortunes change quickly in the volatile world of international oil shipping and Fairchild knows that unless he can find another $500 million soon his powerful Norwegian tanker tycoon boss will have little use for him.<br /><br />When Robert convinces Coco to attempt an Initial Public Offering of Viking Tankers on Wall Street, the desperate American thinks his problems may have been solved - but the former hedge fund manager couldn't be more wrong.<br /><br />Instead, Fairchild finds himself stuck between an American shale gas wildcatter and The Peoples' Republic of China in their competition for clean energy. Combining swashbuckling shipping adventure with corporate finance derring-do, <i>Viking Raid</i> puts Fairchild back at the table in the highest-stakes casino in the world - with more than just his deal at risk.