'Can we trust this mysterious prince with our oil supplies, with our friendship - with the prospects of peace in the Middle East? If anyone can give us the answers to these life-and-death questions, it is the brilliant and compulsively readable Ben Hubbard.' Robert Lacey, author of The Kingdom and Inside the Kingdom 'Is Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, a modernizer or a murderer? Through dogged research and a remarkable ability to navigate the labyrinth that is Saudi society, Hubbard makes clear the answer is 'both.' MBS is a devastating portrait of the young and increasingly despotic prince whom President Trump calls "a very great friend" . Essential reading.' Scott Anderson, author of Lawrence in Arabia 'A rare and penetrating look behind the curtain of the world's most important family and its dangerous new leader. Ben Hubbard brings all the strands together in this absorbing biography.' Lawrence Wright 'A devastating profile . Ben Hubbard has provided a chilling and occasionally horrifying portrait of a man known world-wide simply by his initials, MBS.

It's a captivating read.' Robin Wright, author of Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World 'Authoritative . Offers a perfect synthesis of journalism and area expertise: the best description we have at the moment of why things happen as they do in the Kingdom.' Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century. 'An elegant writer, the multilingual veteran Middle East correspondent Ben Hubbard is exactly the right person to draw this portrait of the most important leader in that part of the world today. His fast-paced narrative never flags or avoids dark corners. I found it riveting.

' Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost.