Silk Road by Eileen Ormsby
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(2014, 340 pages, true crime) Would you like to learn about the 'eBay of drugs', a billion dollar empire, or how to access similar sites?
Behind it was the FBI's Most Wanted Man, a mysterious crime czar dubbed '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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Ashfield, Balmain, Bankstown (on Ebook), Belrose, Blacktown, Bonnyrigg, Cabramatta, Caringbah, Chatswood, Five Dock, Gordon, Hornsby, Kings Cross, Manly, Marrickville, Mona Vale, Mosman, Mount Druitt, Newtown, North Ryde, North Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith, Randwick, Rouse Hill, Stanhope Gardens, Sylvania, Waverly
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Author's blog (http://allthingsvice.com/about/)
Goodreads (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23502744-silk-road)
Silk Road by Eileen Ormsby