"TheQuest"continuestherivetingstoryDanielYerginbegantwentyyearsagowithhisNo.1InternationalBestseller"ThePrize",revealingtheon-goingquesttomeettheworld'senergyneeds-andthepowerandrichesthatcomewithit.Amasterstorytelleraswellasourmostexpertanalyst,Yerginprovesthatenergyistrulytheengineofglobalpoliticalandeconomicchange.FromthejammedstreetsofBeijing,theshoresoftheCaspianSea,andtheconflictsintheMiddleEast,toCapitolHillandSiliconValley,Yergintellstheinsidestoriesoftheoilmarket,theriseofthe'petrostate',theracetocontroltheresourcesoftheformerSovietempire,andthemassivecorporatemergersthathavetransformedtheoillandscape.Heshowshowthedramaofoil-thestruggleforaccesstoit,thebattleforcontrol,theinsecurityofsupply,itsimpactontheglobaleconomy,andthegeopoliticsthatdominateit-willcontinuetoshapeourworld.Andhetakesonthetoughestquestions:willwerunout;areChinaandtheUnitedStatesdestinedforconflict;whatofclimatechange?Yerginalsorevealsthesurprisingandturbulenthistoriesofnuclear,coal,andnaturalgas,andinvestigatesthe'rebirthofrenewables'-biofuels,wind,andsolarenergy-showinghowunderstandingthisgreeninglandscapeanditsfuturerolearecrucialtotheneedsofagrowingworldeconomy."TheQuest"presentsanextraordinaryrangeofcharactersanddramaticstoriestoillustratetheprinciplesthatwillshapeourenergysecuritysystemforthedecadestocome.Itisessentialreading.