The Price

About the Book

Four young people graduate from one of America’s finest universities NYU. They have been more than friends during their freshman years but for the class 2008 graduation brings the shock of reality as they face the real world. The NYU graduates decide to go their different ways unaware of the tragedies that will befall them in their pursuit of wealth and fame in the real world of materialism and man’s inhumanity to man. Their families are from different walks of life, from excessive wealth to working class. We live in an insanely competitive and individualistic world . . . one that worships, money, possessions, perfection and celebrity that never let us take a step off the treadmill. This is a drama of insurmountable proportions where, tragedy, murder, betrayal, fraud and industrial espionage are all part of their tremulous journey in the real world and the reality that with every decision we make there is always a price!

About the Author

Born in Scotland, the author, after military service, embarked upon a corporate career, successfully holding a number senior executive positions with large multination companies. He has traveled extensively throughout the world in his role as ‘corporate doctor,’ finally retiring after spending three years in New Delhi as CEO of a large Indian corporation to pursue his dream as an author. He studied engineering at Dundee University and business law at Sydney University. The House is the author’s third fiction novel. He is currently writing his fourth novel, The Inequity, which will be completed early 2006. The author is an Australian citizen but now domicile in Malaysia and lives on the island of Penang. He is happily married to his beautiful Chinese wife, Anne, who inspired him to pursue his real dream to become a successful author.