At the dawn of the new century, media mogul Billy Lansky observed outside forces, currents moving in curious directions. Pockets of skilled, well-financed social engineers were popping up all over the globe. The zeitgeist was red-hot, stoking a unique moment in time. An exceptional turn in human events would be lost, he'd say, if someone didn't "close the deal " A twenty-first-century renaissance, in which public consciousness could rise to the level of our mind-numbing technology, was possible, he'd assure you, if we would "act now " With his plan in place, we'd maximize our inimitable knowledge and boundless power. With Lansky in play, hopes ran high for the world. He dreamed a king's dream. He traded on everything he had for the greater good at a time when America gambled global unity on militarism and misadventure. To say Lansky was beneficent would be to miss the point entirely. He was noble. "American Messiah" is a fast-paced intrigue spanning five continents.