Introduction: From a young age, success had always come easily to Dagny Taggart. Her cold efficiency and unflinching ambition had quickly earned her an executive position at a transcontinental railroad corporation, even as the global economy crumbled around her. But for all her flawless victories, there was one realm, one battleground she had not yet conquered: Royal Road. It's a strange new world out there, one that will test her resolve - but for Taggart, it's a challenge to be welcomed......