The Paypal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia and the Rest of Planet Earth, winner of the Writers Notes Book Award, is an absorbing insider’s story about the two Silicon Valley entrepreueurs who launched the on-line payment service PayPal.

The company’s history is an engrossing story of human struggle and perseverance against overwhelming odds. PayPal went from unknown start-up to on-line powerhouse in just two years, but the young entrepreneurs recruited to overhaul and revolutionize world currency markets had to face some of the greatest trials ever thrown at a Silicon Valley firm.