A highly addictive story of a ruthless climb to the top of the drug game.

The Disobedient is the first season in a series of crime novels set in the world of drug trafficking and a story about a group of friends, where everyone looks after their own best interests first. TV and film rights already sold.

PETE: An impulsive marketing start-up entrepreneur

Pete thinks he has a unique idea for a facial recognition marketing software, but he needs significant investment to turn his vision into reality. Things begin to go sour when he loses one of his most important clients and they also publicly shoot down Pete’s idea. The worst thing, however, is that Pete had “borrowed” some money from his wife to cover the company’s expenses. He is neck deep in trouble.

MAX: The owner of an ailing workwear company

Once a fiddler, always a fiddler, Max will sell seconds at best quality prices whenever possible. Max is still the same shameless opportunist he was back in school with only one thing on his mind – money. The problem is that he is so much better at spending than making money.

JOONAS: A skilled but stand-offish lawyer

A strategic thinker with a keen analytical mind, Joonas is good at problem solving. If only it were not for his colleague Elli who repeatedly takes credit for all of Joonas’ hard work, he would have already been promoted. However, the feeling of power he gets from the successful drug deals just might be the boost his confidence has needed all this time…

JESSE: a successful cybersecurity developer

Jesse is a a devoted husband and father who, according to the others, was a real boy scout already back in school. He eventually agrees to join the gang only because Joonas also said yes, but his programming skills might not help him adopt the code of the streets.

BUSINESS IDEA

To commercialize drugs into trendy stimulants. “Ten grams of Handpicked Joy and Laughter by The Local Dealer Company.”

In the recession-era Finland of the nineties, Pete, Max, Jesse and Jonas were known as The Company. They made pocket money by selling homemade pins and t-shirts, and, eventually, tobacco. Through Max’s Russian acquaintance they sourced cheap cigarettes and made sure that kids in their secondary school smoked more than in any other school in Helsinki. After school they parted ways …until twenty years later two of them meet by chance and their new business sees the light of day.

They quickly realise that drug trafficking in Finland is astonishingly rudimentary. The quartet put all their marketing, branding, and logistics skills to use and find new ways to effectively promote, sell, and distribute drugs on the dark web. The Local Dealer Company is born. However, there are other dangers in the drug trade than the unpredictability of consumer behaviour and the fluctuations of bitcoin price – the Russian mafia, for example. It is a long climb to the top of the drug trade. Always watch your back and never forgive.

The Disobedient is a thoroughly shameless story of selfish people, double standards, greed and cruelty. A witty and funny page-turner, the novel will grab you from the start and not let go until you’ve turned the very last page, leaving you wanting more.