Lust for life, or lust for death?This question haunts Nightminster as he concentrates his immense talents on the pursuits of love and gold.From Victorina, he learns about a secret refuge of the Krossington clan long hidden in the wastes of eastern England. He dreams of building the 'perfect business' at this secret location. He will achieve Target Hundred Thousand!Marcus-John Krossington is certainly impressed, just not in a nice way.Nightminster is not alone in thrusting enterprise. The new president of the Official SUN Party, Sebastian Smith, is proving an exceptional champion of the people. The asylums of London are falling his way one by one, to the despair of Johnny Albert and his fellow ultramarine owners. Even the great Krossington clan feels the force of Smith's ambitions.This is the great opportunity Nightminster has been waiting for. He seizes the Krossington's refuge to establish his 'perfect business', the Value System. And he discovers that highest ambitions may actually be darkest ambitions. It's too late to turn back. He's committed to building hell on earth.Darkest Ambitions is the second book in the Sovereigns of the Storm dystopian series.