Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Blue Butterfly Books (October 1, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0978498283
ISBN-13: 978-0978498283

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In the fast-paced world of international finance, the money never sleeps…

How much money is too much? And how fast is too fast in life? Investment star Paris Smith steps onto the top rungs of the corporate ladder, only to discover he is caught between his need for fulfilment and his need for understanding, between his drive for power and his inability to cope with his growing emptiness where there was once love. When his wife disappears from the core of his life, Smith’s loneliness and sense of disconnection threaten to overwhelm him. When he tries to compensate by losing himself in his work, he stumbles off the treadmill of his own success, and is entangled in the web of a fraudulent bond deal that threatens to derail his career and his life.

Forced to put his personal life on hold while he travels non-stop between Toronto, Singapore, and Bangkok to salvage his career, the embattled financier is deprived of the time and space he needs to mourn the absence of his wife and to objectively assess his future options.

In the heat, turmoil and fast money of Southeast Asia—half a world from home and half a life from his last remembered smile—Paris Smith finds duplicity, comradeship, and power. He also finds a special woman who might heal his heart.

Investment banker Paris Smith, who’s main motivation in life is to make large amounts of money, which he has become accustomed to doing. When he must meet a deadline to complete a one hundred million dollar bond transaction, that has gone very wrong, will he trade his soul to accomplish this feat?

Needless to say, Paris Smith lives with the loss of his wife and a growing emptiness, driven by greed and fast money. While on one of his many travels, he meets a woman which gives him new hope.  Will this special woman from Southeast Asia be the one to fill his empty soul?

This is a fast paced page turner! The author magnificently writes about the fast and ruthless climb up the corporate ladder. He also examines the very nature of the human soul and it’s relationship with material wealth. How much money is too much?

A great read with a very strong moral message of integrity.

About the Author.. Click on vom Scheidt’s Photo to read the Author’s Interview!

F.W. vom Scheidt’s education, experience and career have embraced the author’s broad spectrum of interests, from film and philosophy to mathematics and economics.

Before entering the investment industry, he held university and corporate appointments in marketing and finance, always with a core focus on fostering creativity and entrepreneurship. For more than a decade, vom Scheidt has been a director of an international investment firm.

The author works and travels in the world’s capital markets, but makes his home in Toronto, Canada.

A Special Thanks goes out to Dr. J. Patrick Boyer over at Blue Butterfly Books for the opportunity to Review this realistic novel!

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