Undermoney, Jay Newman
Undermoney, Jay Newman
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Undermoney

Author: Jay Newman

Narrator: Jeremy Bobb

Unabridged: 20 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/25/2022


Synopsis

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).

About Jay Newman

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ed on February 16, 2022

This exceptional thriller will challenge your thinking about the relationship between our financial markets, dark money, greed, morality and terrorism. Shorting targeted stocks prior to natural disasters result in huge monetary windfalls. What happens then when the natural disasters are not natural......more

Goodreads review by Denise on September 16, 2021

Totally Terrifying Political Thriller So very current. All the bad guys are there, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia. The corruption in our government, and all the alphabet services, the inefficient and easily corruptible election process. The easily manipulated investment industry, the foreign banking indu......more

Goodreads review by Linda on December 26, 2021

I was intrigued by the characters. The story was hard to get into due to all the informational detail. Some of which I don't think was necessary to the story. The story itself did build, but I was let down at the end. I didn't feel like there was any resolutions.......more

Goodreads review by Doug on June 10, 2021

A good story that could be made better with som editing to remove some of the bulk. The story bogs down in several places, and it becomes a struggle to push though and finish. I received an advanced digital copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and voluntarily provided an honest review.......more