The Diamond King

The Diamond King

Author: Vlad Kahany, V. Kahany Listening Length: 15h 51m
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The Great Gatsby meets Peaky Blinders… How does a street thief become a king? When Drasko, a nine-year-old thief from the slums, is presented with a once-in-a-lifetime offer, life takes him to a far-away land on the hunt for diamonds. Twenty years later, Drasko Mawr, now the wealthiest diamond miner in the world, come...

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Chapter 44

DRASKO

There was one rule about privacy at Mawr Diamond Industries—no one was allowed to talk to the reporters.

Those who broke the rule were either told to do so by Drasko’s clever public manager or they simply lost their jobs. And no one wanted to lose a job at Mawr Industries.

The reporters caught a whiff of juicy stories quickly but often had to resort to the most doubtful sources. Only a few stuck to the facts. And only one man wrote about the Wollendorf deal gone wrong, yet didn’t speculate. Instead, he wrote a clever projection of the future of the diamond trade.