Silk Road has been in the news recently, as the trial in New York has just wound up. This is the book based on the true story of 'The World's Most Notorious Online Drug Market', written by Eileen Ormsby, and published by Macmillan Publishers.
Publishers' Blurb: 'It was the 'ebay of drugs'. A billion dollar empire. Behind it, and FBI Most Wanted Man, the enigmatic crime czar Dread Pirate Roberts. Silk Road lay at the heart of the 'Dark Web' - a parallel internet of porn, guns, assassins and drugs. Lots of drugs. With the click of a button LSD, heroin, meth, coke, any illegal drug imaginable, would wing its way by regular post from any dealer to any user in the world. How was this online drug cartel even possible? And who was the mastermind all its low roads led to? This is the incredible true story of Silk Road's rise and fall, told with unparalleled insight into the main players - including alleged founder and kingpin Dread Pirate Roberts himself - by lawyer and investigative journalist Eileen Ormsby. A stunning crime story with a truth that explodes off the page.
Silk Road has been in the news recently, as the trial in New York has just wound up. This is the book based on the true story of 'The World's Most Notorious Online Drug Market', written by Eileen Ormsby, and published by Macmillan Publishers.
Publishers' Blurb: 'It was the 'ebay of drugs'. A billion dollar empire. Behind it, and FBI Most Wanted Man, the enigmatic crime czar Dread Pirate Roberts. Silk Road lay at the heart of the 'Dark Web' - a parallel internet of porn, guns, assassins and drugs. Lots of drugs. With the click of a button LSD, heroin, meth, coke, any illegal drug imaginable, would wing its way by regular post from any dealer to any user in the world. How was this online drug cartel even possible? And who was the mastermind all its low roads led to? This is the incredible true story of Silk Road's rise and fall, told with unparalleled insight into the main players - including alleged founder and kingpin Dread Pirate Roberts himself - by lawyer and investigative journalist Eileen Ormsby. A stunning crime story with a truth that explodes off the page.
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