NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A world of invention and skulduggery populated by the likes of
Edison Westinghouse and Tesla."-Erik Larson "A model of superior historical fiction . . .
an exciting sometimes astonishing story."-The Washington Post From Graham Moore the
Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times bestselling author of The
Sherlockian comes a thrilling novel-based on actual events-about the nature of genius the
cost of ambition and the battle to electrify America. New York 1888. Gas lamps still flicker
in the city streets but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who
controls the means to turn night into day will make history-and a vast fortune. A young
untested lawyer named Paul Cravath fresh out of Columbia Law School takes a case that seems
impossible to win. Paul's client George Westinghouse has been sued by Thomas Edison over a
billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country?
The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society-the glittering parties in
Gramercy Park mansions and the more insidious dealings done behind closed doors. The task
facing him is beyond daunting. Edison is a wily dangerous opponent with vast resources at his
disposal-private spies newspapers in his pocket and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet
this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will
he do it? In obsessive pursuit of victory Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla an eccentric
brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison and with Agnes Huntington a
beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. As Paul takes
greater and greater risks he'll find that everyone in his path is playing their own game and
no one is quite who they seem. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
AND THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER "A satisfying romp . . . Takes place against a backdrop rich
with period detail . . . Works wonderfully as an entertainment . . . As it charges forward the
novel leaves no dot unconnected."-Noah Hawley The New York Times Book Review
