American Kingpin by Bilton, Nick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Author’s Note Cast of Characters PART I

1: The Pink Pill 2: Ross Ulbricht 3: Julia Vie 4: The Debate 5: Jared’s Khat 6: The Bonfire 7: The Silk Road 8: Ross the Farmer 9: Opening Day of the Silk Road 10: What Goes Up Must Come Down 11: The GAWKER Article 12: A Bull’s-eye on My Back 13: Julia Tells Erica 14: What Have You Done?! 15: Jared and the Fifty-Ton FLAMINGO 16: From Austin to Australia

PART II

17: Carl Force’s Tomorrow 18: Variety Jones and the Serpent 19: Jared Goes Shopping 20: The Dread Pirate Roberts 21: Carl Force Is Born Again 22: “O Captain, My Captain” 23: Ross, Hanged or Home 24: Carl, Eladio, and Nob 25: Jared’S Chicago Versus Carl’s Baltimore 26: The Mutiny 27: A Billion Dollars?! 28: The Aspiring Billionaire in Costa Rica 29: Variety Jones Goes to Scotland 30: The Armory Opens 31: Ross Silences Julia

PART III

32: Chris Tarbell, FBI 33: Ross Arrives in San Francisco 34: Chris in the Pit 35: Batten Down the Hatches! 36: Jared’s Dead Ends 37: A Pirate in Dominica 38: Carl Likes DPR 39: Kidney for Sale! 40: The White House in Utah 41: Curtis Is Tortured 42: The First Murder 43: The FBI Joins the Hunt 44: Camping and The Ball

PART IV

45: Gary Alford, IRS 46: Life and Death on the Road 47: Gary’s Big Change 48: Ross Goes Underground 49: Carl Switches Teams 50: A Parking Ticket on the Internet 51: Tarbell Finds a Mistake 52: The Fake IDS, Part One 53: The Deconfliction Meeting 54: Jared Becomes Cirrus 55: Julia Is Saved! Hallelujah! 56: The Fake IDS, Part Two 57: Onward to Federal Plaza 58: Julia Comes to San Francisco 59: I Am God 60: The Phone Call 61: The Good-bye Party

PART V

62: The Pink Sunset 63: Carla Sophia 64: FeLiNa 65: Arrested 66: The Laptop 67: Ross Locked Up 68: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. ROSS WILLIAM ULBRICHT 69: To Catch a Pirate 70: Sentencing 71: The Plural of Mongoose 72: The Museum 73: The Others

Photographs Notes on Reporting Acknowledgments Bibliography About the Author