The First Billion

Christopher Reich electrified readers with Numbered Account and The Runner hisfirst two international thrillers. Now the New York Times bestselling authorwhose ... » 

Christopher Reich electrified readers with Numbered Account and The Runner hisfirst two international thrillers. Now the New York Times bestselling authorwhose work has been called gripping Chicago Tribune chilling TheDenver Post wonderful The New York Times Book Review ratchets up thestakes in an ingeniously plotted story of nervejangling intrigue and hotwiredsuspense. Using todays cutthroat global economy as a backdrop The FirstBillion explodes into a breakneck tale of betrayal revenge and redemption...John Jett Gavallan is a former fighter pilot now the highflying CEO ofBlack Jet Securities an investment firm that earned its first billion beforethe techno dream crashed and burned. Poised for an offering crucial to hiscompanys survival Gavallan is banking on the riskiest gamble of his dazzlingcareer. In exactly six days he will take Mercury Broadband Russias leadingmedia company public on the New York Stock Exchange. But rumors of fraud havesuddenly surfaced that could send the deal south. Gavallan makes a preemptivestrike by dispatching his numbertwo manfellow Desert Storm fighter pilotGrafton Byrnesto Moscow to penetrate the shadowy Russian multinational. WhenByrnes fails to return Gavallan fears the worst. Butthe truth is even more diabolical than he can imagine.Plunging into a desperate search for his best friend the renegade top gun issuddenly fighting a different kind of war where there is no safe harbor and noone he can trust. Not Konstantin Kirov the elusive head of Mercury Broadbandwho may not be what he seems. Not the bankers and traders Gavallan doesbusiness with every day. Not the exotic beautywho has told him all her deepestsecretsexcept one. Suddenly Jett finds himself trapped in a conspiracy thatcould shatter the delicate balance between nationsand plunge the globaleconomy into chaos. Hunted by the F.B.I. and a band of elite killers Jettraces from Pa «