Passionate and captivating... only in the great epics of Homer do readers regularly encounter a comparable array of larger-than-life adventurers and statesmen, heroes and villains.

Daniel Yergin is the bestselling author of "The Prize," "The Commanding Heights," "Shattered Peace," "Russia 2010," and "What It Means for the World," as well as the co-author of "Energy Future." He is the chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading international energy consulting firm, and a global energy expert for the CNBC business news network.

Celebrated by The New York Times as "a book that must be read to gain a fundamental understanding of the role of oil in modern history," Yergin's bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner has been transformed into an exciting eighth book.