Aida

by Timothy Keen

America is under attack by an international organization that hasn’t claimed responsibility for the murder of U.S. citizens abroad, the destruction of private assets overseas, and the theft of hundreds of billions of dollars from wealthy Americans. National security and law enforcement agencies are at a loss, but circumstantial evidence points to a coalition of allies and adversaries working together to bring down the largest economy on earth. In the uncertainty of these tumultuous times, an eccentric economic nationalist is elected president by promising to make America independent of the global economy. Ted Blackstone has a plan, but he won’t reveal the identity of his economic and political advisors. Jason Holmes has been moving from one small rural town to another in the Midwest with his grandparents ever since his mother went to prison. He turns to video games out of desperation and then meets a beautiful young woman who befriends him and becomes his mentor, helping him remain sane and get into a prestigious university. There, he meets a mysterious game designer on line who sends him some old computers and robots for his entertainment, but he suspects there is more going on than meets the eye.Susan Blanchard is the best cyberthief in the world, until she makes a mistake and is saved by a reclusive hacker with skills far beyond her own. Fascinated by this young woman, she finds herself drawn into a global terrorist plot to economically dominate the world after assassinates the Vice President of the United States. FBI Agent Nathaniel Drawbridge can’t tie all the pieces together until he joins forces with a Chinese agent who has spied on America for decades. Instead of arresting her, he must learn to trust her as they close in on the mastermind behind the conspiracy against civilization.

467 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2019