{"product_id":"9781250268709","title":"Crash","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCrash\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Hagberg, Lawrence Light\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow, acclaimed award-winning \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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 in \u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut one person, who works for their bank as a computer expert, spots the worm embedded deep in its network. Cassy Levin invents a program to destroy the cyber-intruder. Angered by Cassy’s discovery, her bosses order her kidnapping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer boyfriend, a former Navy SEAL, is alarmed at Cassy’s disappearance and unravels the plot. Ben Whalen only has until the next morning to save the woman he loves and prevent the economic apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis story is based on the genuine threat posed by towering debt, which will make the 2008 financial crisis look puny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A riveting, must-read story that couldn’t be more timely!” —Ward Larsen, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of Assassin’s Revenge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In these times where reality too often surpasses fiction, David Hagberg and Lawrence Light have managed to weave a course of events in their financial thriller \u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e that manages both to surprise and leave us wondering– \u003ci\u003ewill this be the next shoe to drop?\u003c\/i\u003e” —H.T. Narea, author of financial thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Sex, violence, suspense, intrigue, drama, catastrophe, the end of Wall Street (almost) as we know it—what’s not to like?” —James Grant, editor of \u003ci\u003eGrant's Interest Rate Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A frightening doomsday scenario.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A grade-A thriller.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250268709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Forge Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40793122242766,"sku":"9781250268709","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_f40bc677-17b9-402c-a1a0-3888e8188114.jpg?v=1642404322","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250268709","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}