From a seasoned insider of global finance comes a stimulating relevant and dramatic” (The
Wall Street Journal) thriller about a group of American operatives who secretly take over the
world’s largest dark money fund—a gripping thriller that takes you into the world of New York
hedge funds Russian money launderers and DC power politics [that] makes you feel like you’re
actually there” (Bill Browder author of Red Notice). When a US airdrop of billions of dollars
disappears in the desert sands of Syria only a small group of military operatives knows its
ultimate destination or why it has been stolen. Their goal is no less than the restoration of
America’s geopolitical dominance on the global stage. Essential to this scheme are Greta Webb
a sophisticated CIA operative who is an expert on dark money not to mention lethally skilled
in hand-to-hand combat and Elias Vicker the damaged dangerous soul who runs the world’s
largest hedge fund. To achieve its goals the group must form dangerous alliances. One is with
the hidden family that manages the largest private pool of capital that has ever existed.
Another is with Fyodor Volk the ruthless founder of Russia’s most successful private military
company a mercenary with ties to Vladimir Putin. Volk has his eye on Greta. She would be wise
to avoid him but cannot. Arcing from Manhattan’s finest apartments to Washington DC from
Middle Eastern war zones to private European bank vaults Jay Newman’s Undermoney follows the
Americans as they are enmeshed in the world of dark money and confront ever-increasing danger.
Ultimately they must decide whether their objectives are worth the cost of sacrificing not
just a few but potentially many human lives. Unexpectedly timely” (The New Yorker) Undermoney
is a wildly entertaining peek behind the curtain of American politics financial skullduggery
and high-stakes global conflict” (Nelson DeMille).
