From the acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of
Paper comes a superb historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor
of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, David Liss has created
one of fiction's most enthralling characters. The year is 1722. Ruffian
for hire, ex-boxer, and master of disguise, Weaver finds himself caught
in a deadly game of cat and mouse, pitted against Jerome Cobb, a wealthy
and mysterious schemer who needs Weaver's strength and guile for his own
treacherous plans. Weaver is blackmailed into stealing documents from
England's most heavily guarded estate, the headquarters of the ruthless
British East India Company, but the theft of corporate secrets is only
the first move in a daring conspiracy within the eighteenth century's
most powerful corporation. To save his friends and family from Cobb's
reach, Weaver must infiltrate the Company, navigate its warring
factions, and uncover a secret plot of corporate rivals, foreign spies,
and government operatives. With the security of the nation at stake,
Weaver will find himself in a labyrinth of hidden agendas, daring
enemies, and unexpected allies. With the explosive action and scrupulous
period research that are David Liss's trademarks, The Devil's Company,
depicting the birth of the modern corporation, is the most impressive
achievement yet from an author who continues to set ever higher
standards for historical suspense.
