Part of Cotton Malone, book 18
First published 2024
Cotton Malone travels to Switzerland for what should be a straightforward favor. The simple operation explodes into violence, throwing him into a deadly conflict between an ancient banking institution and the CIA. The fight centers on the Black Eagle Trust, a classified fund built from Japanese gold stolen during World War II and secretly recovered by the US government in 1947. A woman from Cotton's past emerges with dangerous secrets about bitcoin being transformed into a financial weapon. The cryptocurrency plot threatens to destroy global monetary systems. Cotton pursues answers from Luxembourg's banking corridors to Switzerland's hidden vaults, then into Morocco's dangerous mountains. Every decision backfires. Each strategy fails. Finally, Cotton confronts the Atlas Maneuver itself, but stopping this conspiracy may cost him everything he values.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Luxembourg, Morocco, Switzerland
Period: 1947, World War II
401 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing