Diamonds are the world’s most expensive illusion, yet a marvel of nature. Born billions of years ago from the debris of dead stars, this pure carbon stone went from being a king's talisman to the ultimate masterpiece of modern marketing. M. takes us on a sharp, provocative journey through the physics of an indestructible mineral and the contradictions of a society that turned a simple piece of pressurized carbon into the definitive symbol of wealth and romance.

Gold is the mirror of our history: incorruptible while everything else changes. We worshipped it as the flesh of gods, used it to finance empires, and today we hide it inside our smartphones. It is the golden thread connecting an ancient Pharaoh to a NASA engineer. Perhaps its true value isn't its price per gram, but how, for 6,000 years, it has told the story of who we are and how far we are willing to go to shine. A unique journey from ancient myths to modern science and sp

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has shattered our illusions: we took everything for granted, but we are sitting on a powder keg. The journey of oil is a brutal epic starting with man-made earthquakes and ending in our lives as plastic, medicine, and asphalt. Between ships changing course for a cent of profit and traders pulling the world's strings, we realize our freedom depends on a viscous substance extracted miles underground. It's a high-stakes game of power and survi