The world's largest defense contractor manipulates international conflicts-- even a world war, if necessary-- to keep his business in the black.

"Genetic engineer Noah Parker has at last landed the job he's long coveted: director of dragon design for the Build-A-Dragon Company. With a combination of genetic engineering and a cryptic device known as the Redwood Codex, he and his team can produce living, breathing dragons made-to-order. The next frontier: a contract to develop dragns for the U.S. military. Yet the specs are more challenging than anything Noah has ever dreamed of"--

"Two friends in their early 20s, living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War, exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $300-million dollar deal to arm the Afghan military, a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, including the U.S. government."...

"This story of one of the most significant public corruption scandals in American history chronicles how a Malaysian defense contractor defrauded the U.S. Navy of tens of millions of dollars and put our nation's security at risk."--

Examines the Wedtech scandal of the 1980s. A 100 million dollar military contractor who succeeded not by hard work but by bribing politicians and government servants.