PROLOGUE

A black gold broker willing to do anything, a putschist president in search of funds, emissaries lured by commissions, traders and go-betweens accustomed to intrigue. This is the cast of those involved in what they themselves call "the heist of the century", the billion-dollar pre-financing contract obtained by Gunvor in Gabon in 2024.

Faced with giants Trafigura and Vitol, also based in Geneva and already well established in Libreville, the group, led by the enigmatic