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.