The Federal Reserve is the largest bank in the world, and some high government officials have devised a scheme to loot billions of dollars from the Federal Reserve! The Soviet Union is in dire straits financially, not having been able to meet their International Monetary payments and without adequate hard currency reserves to meet those payments. The Soviets reach out to the President of the United States to give them aid to get past what has been a dismal harvest and the inability to get their oil to market. President Killingsworth calls on Gene Bartow, the Secretary of the Treasury, to put together a plan to provide them the aid the Soviets need without having to go to Congress. Using contacts that he obtained while a Wall Street banker, Bartow has devised a scheme to steal billions of dollars from the Fed. In an international financial thriller, Jack McCord, a billionaire businessman, the central character of the book, is all that stands in the way of a group of international bankers using the Federal Reserve to finance their devious plans. In a short period of time, these international bankers have formed a cabal which includes well respected American politicians to accomplish their aims. If they are successful, it will roil the markets and cause untold damage to the world's economy. In his premiere novel, John Griffin introduces us to the world of high finance, where the stakes move into the billions of dollars with each and every roll of the dice. Also, we are introduced to Jack McCord, a billionaire businessman with a flair for solving some of the most difficult problems along with his privately held company and team at Cain Industries. There have been bank robbers around for hundreds of years, but never on this scale previously. And none have attempted to loot the largest bank in the world - the Fed. If McCord and his Cain Industries people are not successful, the world's economy will suffer an extraordinary setback.
About the Author: John G. Griffin is the managing partner of Spectrum Strategies Group, LLC, a diverse financial services group. He entered the financial services industry in 1975, and has been a student of the financial markets and has obeserved how the vagaries of the markets and the shenanigans of Wall Street bankers and politicians have hurt the United States, and the world economy. John is recognized as one of the top planning professionals of the region of the country where his practice is located. An avid reader of fiction himself, John has long admired the works of other fiction writers in his genre. John is the author and originator of a number of proprietary strategies which have been used in the marketplace and continues to develop and/or joint venture with other professionals, strategies which provide substantial benefits to those businesses and individuals with whom they work. For over 25 years, John has provided his clientele with cutting edge tax strategies, high quality financial products, and a listening ear to hear what they would really like to accomplish. Today, he is one of the leading professionals in the area of advanced estate planning and business transition planning. John's practice involves wealth transfer strategies for high net worth clients, business transition strategy work for closely held business owners, and tax professionals from several disciplines have successfully used his tax planning techniques in their own practices. In addition, John is often called upon by business owners to consult with them on various matters involving the transition of their firms over time. Professionally, John has served in numerous leadership capacities having served on the boards of a number of industry organizations and in his community organizations, such as Volunteers of America and the Shreveport/Bossier Rescue Mission. John has been married for 38 years to the former Cindy Gibson and they have three children, two who are married with two grandsons.