On April 15 1906 two baby boys entered the world. One was born to a life of prosperity and ease the other to a world of hardship and struggle. On different sides of the globe they grew up -- one shaped by a luxurious upbringing fine schools and a history he read; the other well tempered by war slavery and the history he was part of. William Lowell Kane scion of a Boston banking family and Abel Rosnovski penniless Polish immigrant -- one is gold the other steel. Rosnovski is Kanes ultimate adversary while Kane Kane embodies everything that Rosnovski stands against. In their relentless battle both men know that there can be only one victor -- and one vanquished. Across three generations and around a rapidly changing world their war rages unchecked for the love of a dream the loss of an empire and the lure of a fortune.