Sam is a brilliant and cool-headed stock trader at a top-tier London hedge fund. With a reputation for making smart calls and taking calculated risks, he’s living the high life—fancy apartments, tailored suits, the best restaurants, and a promising future. He’s engaged to Sophie Martin, a lawyer in a respected London law firm. Life’s perfect—or so it seems. The trouble started when Sam’s three colleagues, driven by jealousy and greed, set Sam up for a fall, accusing him of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that involves Russian mafia. Sam is arrested by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The scandal hits every news outlet, painting him as a rogue trader responsible for massive fraud and betrayal of his country. He’s swiftly convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for financial crimes, thanks in large part to the influence of his colleagues. Sam finds himself in a maximum-security prison, where he’s out of his depth. Surrounded by hardened criminals, he’s targeted and attacked until he gains the protection of Frank “Faria” Marino, a feared crime boss with deep connections to the underworld. Over time, Sam and Frank strike up a bond. Frank sees the sharpness and potential in Sam, teaching him everything from financial loopholes to the art of manipulation and survival in the cutthroat world of the ultra-wealthy. Frank reveals that his old gang had stashed billions in offshore accounts—money from their criminal empire—before they were all killed off in a gang war. The catch? The scheme was orchestrated nby the Russian mafia boss, too familiar to Sam. The Russian goon was crucial part of the plot that caused Sam’s downfall. Frank entrusts Sam with the secrets he knows and the location of the offshore account—a fortune waiting for anyone with the guts and brains to claim. Before he dies, Frank passes on not just the knowledge of the money, but the names of all those who betrayed him, offering Sam a playbook for revenge. With Frank’s knowledge and a new sense of purpose, Sam reinvents himself as a shrewd, calculating force—cold, shrewd, always two steps ahead of his enemies. He starts manipulating his prison environment to gain allies and leverage, using his wit and financial know-how to build influence among both the inmates and the guards. Sam engineers his escape by faking his own death during a riot orchestrated with the help of prison insiders. He disappears into the world, officially dead, but very much alive and ready to execute his carefully laid revenge.