The
Fiduciary Delusion
by
John Molik
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GENRE:
Thriller (conspiracy)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BLURB:
An
unambitious young man finally finds himself, only to nearly lose
everything in an apparent web of international economic terrorism and
intrigue. But, as his world begins to unravel, has he become
genuinely delusional? Or is he really on to one of the most dangerous
global conspiracies of all time? Against all odds, only love and a
true friend's faith can save both him and the world as we know it
from the abusive power of evil.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt:
'Reynolds?
Of MI6?' shouted Marshall Rand, the Inspector General of the US
Treasury.
'Yes,
agent Patel has confirmed this with that reception desk employee at
the hotel
where
the memory stick was dropped,' replied Arun Marwah, Director of the
India Intelligence Bureau.
Marshall
Rand squinted. 'And this employee? He can swear that he can
identify him as the man who actually dropped the flash drive?'
'That is
correct, sir.'
Marshall
squirmed and mumbled a few things then quickly, but politely, ended
the phone call.
Standing
up, he put his hands on his hips, walked over to the window and
stared down at the mass in motion filled with cars, trucks, and
taxis, all crawling along the avenue below the banks, hedge fund
hyenas, fancy restaurants, and big office towers. Above, he could
hear the sound of a commercial airliner departing Washington's
National airport to the Northeast. A city humming, entirely greased
by cash, credit, money, moolah all created out of thin air by a
cartel running the world's private banking operations. Those that
bank on that sexy fiat drug, that fiduciary smack attack that greases
the invisible hand, are depending on just one thing, its continual
unending supply and endless promise. Any rapid withdrawal of the
punch bowl, and the party's over. The hooked speculators,
opportunists, horders, spenders, trickle downers, everyone in the
system, look up to us, all strung out and begging for a chance for a
seat, any seat, at the global banquet. But, what happens when it's
over? He began to swea
t just
thinking about how all civilizations must inevitably go through this
when he suddenly noticed the deciduous trees along the park that
stood there resolute, having had lost most of their leaves. Quickly
glimpsing the street lights changing from green to yellow to red, he
lost himself in his thoughts. It's a cycle, a historical cycle that
not one civilization or empire has ever been able to avoid. It
starts with the warrior stage, heroism, honor. Next comes the
intellectual phase with its laws, order,
justice,
art, music, and entertainment. Society, now cocooned, is able to
flourish. Then, comes the Merchant phase with its rapid wealth
distribution, free trade, increases in standards of living, and the
development of modern conveniences. Oligarchs form to control
resources, then begin warring. Greed, selfishness, and avarice marks
the end of the stage. My job, my sole purpose, is to protect the
Intellectual
phase and to keep it running, but this noble pursuit has been exposed
by history as being inevitably futile. It's as if there is an inner
knowing deep seated in the human mind that senses what comes next.
Chaos. The final stage of outright theft, civil unrest, and
collapse. All that was built up, falls. The thieves, these naked
emperors, who connived, pillaged and lied to the population are
hunted
down and
destroyed. A power vacuum is formed and once again, the warriors
assert themselves. The cycle begins again.
Rand
shook his head, then walked back to his desk and pulled up his
secured Adobe Connect entering a password. An entry popped up:
London. Private. He clicked on it.
'Sir, I
am so sorry to bother you,' started Rand, 'but something serious has
come up.'
'Yes,
well what is it then?' replied the man with disinterest. He had a
voice and accent much like John Major, the former British Prime
Minister.
'I'm
sure Eckhart has informed you on what the agency had uncovered in
India.'
Silence.
'Well,
unfortunately, it goes deeper.” He hesitated. “Much deeper than
we ever imagined.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
John
grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and graduated from UC
Davis with a B.A. Degree in Economics and has worked in numerous
corporate finance and project management jobs in the consumer
electronics and IT industries. In 1990, after taking an extended
backpacking trip of the South Pacific before attending graduate
school, he met his would be wife and in 1991 was married. They
settled back in Irvine and South Orange County area of California. In
2003, he and his family (now with two kids in tow) relocated to
Christchurch, New Zealand.
John's
interest in writing began when he was a student at UC Davis, having
worked as a Feature Writer for the California Aggie Newspaper.
Possessing the desire to write again, and with a bucket list goal of
eventually trying his hand at thriller novels, he took the plunge,
and in 2014, began writing his first novel, The Fiduciary Delusion.
John's interests also include: science, existential philosophy,
health, and both western and eastern holistic medicine. John also
plays guitar, piano, sings and writes music. In addition, John is an
admitted “gym rat” and can be regularly found lifting weights,
trudging up hills, sea kayaking, and getting out and about enjoying
the beautiful wild outdoors.
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Fiduciary-Delusion-John-Molik-ebook/dp/B01DWA5BVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471837879&sr=8-1&keywords=the+fiduciary+delusion#nav-subnav
AmazonUK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiduciary-Delusion-John-Molik-ebook/dp/B01DWA5BVW/
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29866402-the-fiduciary-delusion
Ask
David:
http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/conspiracy-thriller/13075
No comments:
Post a Comment