'Atlas Shrugged', the epic novel by Ayn Rand first published in 1957, stands as a landmark in the realm of thought and is one of the best-selling novels worldwide for decades.

It is the story of a man who said he would stop the engine of the world - and he did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest liberator? Why did he have to fight not against his enemies, but against those who needed him the most? And why did he have to fight his hardest battle against the woman he loved?

What moves the world - and what force drives man? This novel, this grand undertaking, presents a stunning panorama of human life - from the genius entrepreneur who becomes a useless womanizer to the great steel magnate who does not realize he is engineering his own destruction, from the philosopher who becomes a pirate to the composer who abandons his career on the night of his triumph, from the woman who manages a transcontinental railroad to the last worker on the trains...

With superhuman heroes and miserable subjects, set against the eternal struggle between good and evil, 'Atlas Shrugged' is Ayn Rand's masterpiece that tackles the greatest questions that concern mankind. A philosophical revolution delivered as a thrilling narrative.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]