<p>''Gripping'' <b><i>Economist</i></b><br> ''Jaw-dropping'' <b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><br> ''Riveting'' <b><i>Financial Times</i></b><br> ''Fascinating'' <b><i>Reuters</i></b><br><br><b>We are entering an age of energy crises and food shortages. This book reveals why.</b><br><br>Meet the swashbuckling traders who supply the world with energy, food and metal.<br><br>Their goal: To make billions by buying and selling raw materials - flogging Russian gas to Europe, Saudi oil to America and Congolese metals to Silicon Valley.<br><br>Their methods: Whatever it takes - whether funnelling cash to Vladimir Putin''s sanction-stricken Kremlin, schmoozing Russian metal oligarchs after the collapse of the Soviet Union, or striking deals with the Libyan rebels at the height of the Arab Spring.<br><br>These are the commodity traders. You''ve probably never heard of them. But, like it or not, you''re one of their customers.<br><br><b>*<i>Financial Times</i> and <i>Economist</i> Book of the Year*</b>