First published 2021
Jake Reynolds, a brilliant but disgraced cryptocurrency programmer, discovers a catastrophic flaw in his own trading algorithm. What started as a personal revenge project against Wall Street now threatens to destabilize global financial markets. When international banks trace the code back to him, Jake goes underground, pursued by ruthless financial intelligence agents and the shadowy crypto syndicates who want his technology. His only ally is Elena Petrova, a Russian data analyst who understands the algorithm's potential destruction. Together they race against time to prevent a systemic financial collapse that could erase trillions in digital assets. But each attempt to neutralize the code reveals deeper, more dangerous layers of manipulation. Jake must choose: destroy his life's work or risk global economic chaos.
Genres: science-fiction, business, mystery, crime, action, 21st-century, finance, algorithms
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Wall Street
Period: 21st Century
233 pages · Paperback · Independently published