CRASH
- an exciting new thriller by David Hagberg and Lawrence Light -
from Forge Books, Tor/Forge
The second Great Depression is coming. The world’s economies are groaning under too much debt. If one thing goes wrong, the entire rickety system collapses. Now, acclaimed awarding-winning New York Times bestselling novelist David Hagberg and renowned financial reporter Lawrence Light have combined forces to dramatize—hour by hour—how this all-too-real catastrophe could go down.
With debt-burdened governments and businesses worldwide about to go bust, a cabal of Wall Street big shots plot to destroy the globe’s stock exchanges. To provide that one thing that goes wrong. In 24 hours, a powerful computer worm will smash the exchanges and spark an international panic, pushing a debt-laden world into the abyss. The Wall Street gang’s investment bank will be the last one standing, able to make a killing amid the ruins.
But one woman, a computer expert at the bank, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a brilliant program to destroy the cyber-intruder, not realizing that her bank created it. Angered by Cassy’s discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping. Her boyfriend, a former Navy SEAL, is alarmed at Cassy’s disappearance and manages to unravel the plot. But Ben Whalen only has until the next morning to save the woman he loves and prevent the economic apocalypse.
This story is based on a genuine threat posed by towering debt. The resulting catastrophe would make the 2008 financial crisis
look like child's play.
Available hardcover, paperback, Kindle and Nook. ORDER NOW!
With debt-burdened governments and businesses worldwide about to go bust, a cabal of Wall Street big shots plot to destroy the globe’s stock exchanges. To provide that one thing that goes wrong. In 24 hours, a powerful computer worm will smash the exchanges and spark an international panic, pushing a debt-laden world into the abyss. The Wall Street gang’s investment bank will be the last one standing, able to make a killing amid the ruins.
But one woman, a computer expert at the bank, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a brilliant program to destroy the cyber-intruder, not realizing that her bank created it. Angered by Cassy’s discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping. Her boyfriend, a former Navy SEAL, is alarmed at Cassy’s disappearance and manages to unravel the plot. But Ben Whalen only has until the next morning to save the woman he loves and prevent the economic apocalypse.
This story is based on a genuine threat posed by towering debt. The resulting catastrophe would make the 2008 financial crisis
look like child's play.
Available hardcover, paperback, Kindle and Nook. ORDER NOW!