Fourth EstateJeffrey ArcherRichard Armstrong narrowly escaped Hitlers atrocities in Eastern Europe on his courage and his witsskills that served him well in peacetime. Having turned a strugglingBerlin newspaper into a success story seeminglyovernight, Armstrong made a name for himselfand more than a few enemies along the wayMeanwhile, young Keith Townsend enters the international arena, armed with a world-class education and a sense of entitlement to match. Charged with growing his fathers newspaper business into a global media force, he and Armstrong are bound to become sworn rivalsuntil they arrive at the edge of collapse and will do whatever it takes to stay alive in the gameor die trying.