Some games are played in the boardroom. Others are played in the shadows.

While grappling with an elusive deal and unraveling the mystery of a vanished CEO, the CFO, Jon Kiza, is unexpectedly thrust into the race for the top job... and maybe his life. He, however, must face off the firm’s rainmaker, the boisterous and silver-tongued Paxton Stump.

With the heightened stakes, after a routine trip puts him in the crosshairs of forces he didn’t see coming, Jon is jolted into survival mode. A smear campaign is inevitable, and he is boxed into a situation that could wreck his bid for the top job. In a world where information is power, and no one can be trusted, he is like a cornered animal. To cope and stave off the enormous personal cost, he has to resort to the tools he is most familiar with.

Will he rise above being a hapless victim and save the firm from a maniacal predator?

Set across multiple cities, Black and White Smoke is a fast-paced corporate thriller for lovers of boardroom intrigue, power struggles and drama-rife dealmaking.