Having many friends who have sociopathic tendencies.Be able to follow the Ten Commandments only when it is convenient.The novel reads more as a narrative and could also be entitled The 9 Secrets in How to Become a Highly Effective Oligarch which are: As Vorotavich lies in a coma in the hospital, the details of his life and his rise to status as an oligarch are presented. In the beginning of the first novel, Rise of an Oligarch: The Way it is, the oligarch, Mikhail “Misha” Leonidovich Vorotavich, has been shot in the head from an assassination attempt. Nik Krasno and writing partner Carlito Sofer have written a series that focuses on a fictional character of a Ukrainian oligarch. The oligarchs were ruthless in their acquisition of wealth, often aligning themselves with organized crime and gaining much of their wealth through unscrupulous means.

These business magnates were nicknamed ‘The Oligarchs’, because of their tremendous influence on politics and the economics of both Russia and the Ukraine. The privatization of industry in Russia and the Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s resulted in the rise of a number of individuals that were able to acquire tremendous wealth by taking advantage of the chaotic political and economic environment of the former Soviet bloc countries during that period. Thriller Sub-genre: Spy/Conspiracy Thriller, Historical Fictionįuture for the Series: Krasno just released the fourth book in the series entitled Escape? which was released on 9/20/20.

Rise of an Oligarch by Carlito Sofer