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“Let’s face it. The world’s a red hot mess right now and we’re all left to wonder why. Is it just some kind of chaotic, self-driven, accident or is there something else behind it? Jay Newman’s explosive debut novel is an eye-opener, even for the most jaded amongst us. Do you know that feeling you get when you’re reading or listening to information and it just feels like it’s the truth? Shivers, right? In Undermoney, we learn that there are drivers out there—aiming at destruction, whether they know it or not—patrons of war and profiteering. Monetary-greed, the lust for power, and addiction for “being on top” have led thousands of people at the apex of global society (or trying to get there) to become ruthless, cruel and selfish beyond belief. It’s nothing new, actually, given that history is rife with the stories of conquerors and despots who run over defenseless masses in order to get what they desire. But we live in a time of unprecedented access to the tools—e.g. high-powered weapons, lightning quick communications, internet propaganda—needed to make these people’s actions devastating on a huge scale. The author spent over thirty years working at the top—amongst the moneyed groups, corporations, government agencies and individuals driving it all, and he is sharing what he learned with us. Yes, it’s a novel, so it’s fiction. Or is it?”
— Linda • Auntie's Bookstore
From a seasoned global finance insider comes “a gripping thriller that takes you into the world of New York hedge funds, Russian money launderers, and DC power politics [that] makes you feel like you’re actually there” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice).
When a US airdrop of billions of dollars disappears in the desert sands of Syria, only a small group of military operatives knows its ultimate destination or why it has been stolen. Their goal is no less than the restoration of America’s geopolitical dominance on the global stage. Essential to this scheme are Greta Webb, a sophisticated CIA operative who is an expert on dark money, not to mention lethally skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and Elias Vicker, the damaged, dangerous soul who runs the world’s largest hedge fund.
To achieve its goals, the group must form dangerous alliances. One is with the hidden family that manages the largest private pool of capital that has ever existed. Another is with Fyodor Volk, the ruthless founder of Russia’s most successful private military company, a mercenary with ties to Vladimir Putin. Volk has his eye on Greta. She would be wise to avoid him but cannot.
Arcing from Manhattan’s finest apartments to Washington, DC, from Middle Eastern war zones to private European bank vaults, Undermoney follows the Americans as they are enmeshed in the world of dark money and confront ever-increasing danger. Ultimately, they must decide whether their objectives are worth the cost of sacrificing not just a few but potentially many human lives. “Unexpectedly timely” (The New Yorker),Undermoney is a “wildly entertaining peek behind the curtain of American politics, financial skullduggery, and high-stakes global conflict” (Nelson DeMille).
Jay Newman has worked in the field of international finance as a trader, investment banker, and investor for forty years. During most of that time, he focused on investments in the defaulted debt of sovereign nations in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. Undermoney is his first novel.