The book by a specialist in the field of geopolitics and global energy Ellen Wald is dedicated to the history of Saudi Arabia from the beginning of the 20th century, when Abdel-Aziz of the Saudi family began the fight for the unification of the Arabian Peninsula, and to the present day, when the Kingdom has become one of the most important participants in the global energy market. The main characters of this historical and political saga are the al-Saud royal family and the most profitable company in the history of the oil business, Aramco. The reader can expect an exciting immersion into a world where religion and terror, business and family feuds, Eastern wisdom and Western values, the struggle for oil and the redistribution of the global energy market are closely intertwined.