Octopus is a real-life thriller that tells the inside story of a GBP300 million hedge fund fraud & the wild-goose chase through Europe by its drug-fuelled manager for a lucrative secret market" beneath the financial market we all know. Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all. Born into one of the worlds richest families he founded his own hedge fund promising his investors guaranteed profits. But after suffering devastating losses & faking tax returns Israel knew his real performance would soon be discovered. So when a former CIA-operative turned conman told him about a "secret market" run by the Federal Reserve Israel bet his last $150 million of other peoples money on a chance to make it all back. So began his crazy year-long adventure in a world populated by clandestine bankers conspiracy theories & gun-toting spooks issuing cryptic warnings about a mysterious cabal known only as the Octopus."