And everyone else? They just want him dead.

They need someone to lead a crack squad of rogue soldiers to act as the last line of defense in a war that could mean the end of everything America holds dear. military wants him for his extraordinary abilities. Treasury bonds are being sold off at a terrifying rate, his gift makes him the most wanted man alive. But when he notices that two hundred billion dollars’ worth of U.S.

His gift has made him a rising star on Wall Street. our very way of life are in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy. Hidden deep within the figures tracking the ups and downs of the stock market lies a terrifying truth: America is under attack. Box, New York Times bestselling author of Breaking Point and The Highway). The Ascendant is a rollicking, globe-hopping, timely, and prescient page-turner-a twenty-first century thriller” (C.J. The Ascendant is a brilliant new twist on the art of the white-knuckle thriller.“Like his intriguing protagonist Garrett Reilly, author Drew Chapman possesses startling skills and this first novel just blows the doors off. In this taut and cunning novel, Drew Chapman takes readers into a scenario that is eerily plausible and utterly terrifying-an unconventional war capable of bringing a superpower to its knees. His biggest problem? Numbers don’t lie…but governments can. As Captain Alexis Truffant explains, Garrett has stumbled upon something much larger-and scarier-than he could have imagined: the first attack in a covert war of unthinkable proportions. Then the United States military arrives at his office, and Garrett’s life is blown to pieces.

It’s a discovery that he knows will make him incredibly rich. As he watches buy and sell numbers float across his Bloomberg terminal, Garrett notices what nobody else can: that US Treasury bonds are being sold off at an alarming rate- two hundred billion dollars’ worth. But he doesn’t just memorize them he sorts them, ranks them, senses patterns in them. Garrett’s memory for numbers is photographic. Not according to Garrett Reilly who, just two weeks past his twenty-sixth birthday, thinks he’s probably the best bond analyst at his brokerage-maybe even the best in all of Manhattan.

The Ascendant by Drew Chapman