Steven Davis and Evan Macosko guided me on medical details. The advice and work of Deviant Ollam, Wil Allsopp, Kevin Mitnick, Marc Weber Tobias, Bruce Schneier, and Chris Gates at Lares Consulting were invaluable for the Fed break-in plot and the finer points of physical security. Gary Cohen and Doug Frantz helped with background on private intelligence and corporate espionage. John Dearie, Mike Derham, and several others who asked not to be named were kind enough to talk to me about Federal Reserve operations. I took a few liberties: the foil trick is slightly more complicated in practice; DC has a new evidence warehouse; and I changed the particulars of how the Board of Governors transmits the directive to the Fed’s New York trading desk.
I’m honored to have the backing of an absolutely first-rate team at Little, Brown and Hachette Book Group: Heather Fain, Miriam Parker, Amanda Lang, Tracy Williams, and everyone who helped get these books into readers’ hands. I would especially like to thank Wes Miller for his excellent revisions, Peggy Freudenthal and Chris Jerome for a great copyedit, and Marlena Bittner for her humor and the unbelievable job she did spreading the word about Mike Ford. I’m indebted to the foreign editors and translators on this series and the booksellers and readers who make this work possible.
My agent Shawn Coyne has been an essential partner, at my side from the first notion to the last page. My editor, Reagan Arthur, saved the day on this one with her patience and unerring judgment. This book wouldn’t have been possible without their guidance, and I’m incredibly lucky to have them in my corner.
About the Author
Matthew Quirk studied history and literature at Harvard College. After graduation, he joined The Atlantic and spent five years at the magazine reporting on a variety of subjects including crime, private military contractors, the opium trade, terrorism prosecutions, and international gangs. He is the author of The 500. He lives in Washington, DC.
Also by Matthew Quirk
The 500
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Books by Matthew Quirk
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Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 2014 by Matthew Quirk
Cover design by Lauren Harms, photograph by Murat Taner/ Getty Images
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