Synopses & Reviews
Money is the deadliest weapon of all...
The evidence against him is overwhelming. The prison term he's facing will last the rest of his life. And inside a country built on secrecy, Charles Black, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has only one choice. He's about to go on the run: running for his freedom, and for the truth. Accused of almost half a billion dollars' worth of fraud, Charles Black knows he's innocent but doesn't know that he's been made a pawn in the ultimate set-up...
From the hushed halls of the most secretive institutions in the world Swiss banks to the high-risk derivatives market, from the emerald coast of Sardinia to the Alaska wilderness, one man is fighting a labyrinth of danger, money, and power-and against one, unseen enemy who has been pulling all the strings...
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"Erdman is to the world of high finance what John Grisham is to the law." Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer
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"Paul Erdman is our finest writer of high-finance fiction." San Francisco Chronicle
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"When it comes to the financial thriller, no author comes close to Paul Erdman, who is always on the cutting edge." Chicago Tribune
About the Author
Paul Erdman is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author, as well as a financial writer, international financier, and founder of a Swiss bank. His previous books include The Silver Bears, The Crash of '79, The Panic of '89, and Zero Coupon. He lives in California.