The Black Eden Av Richard T. Ii Kelly

<p>1956, the Scottish Highlands: Aaron and Robbie, a schoolmaster¿s son and a farmer¿s boy, are fast friends with a shared passion for diving, but very divergent ideas of what they will do with their lives.<br><br>Meanwhile, Mark and Ally, bright pupils at Edinburgh¿s grandest private school, are aspiring to make change in the world ¿ one through high finance, the other on the political stage.<br><br>And Joseph, heir to an Aberdeen trawler-fishing dynasty, is brooding over whether his true ambitions are set higher than his father¿s succession plan.<br><br>For each of them, the discovery of oil under the North Sea will make their dreams achievable. But behind the promise and temptation of ''black gold,'' there is a price to be paid. Over the passing years, they will discover that oil can overthrow relationships, turn friends into foes, and even put lives in peril.</p>