The Billion Dollar Sure Thing

The Billion Dollar Sure Thing begins when the U.S. government launches a secret billion-dollar operation designed to protect the dollar during a period of international monetary instability. The plan hinges on manipulating the price of gold and strengthening confidence in the American currency, but word of the operation leaks before it can be carried out. As news of the scheme spreads through financial and political circles, bankers, speculators, intelligence operatives, and foreign governments scramble to profit from the information or prevent the plan from succeeding.

The action moves between Washington, London, Paris, Moscow, Beirut, and the Swiss banking world as multiple players pursue their own agendas. Among them are financiers seeking fortunes from the coming market upheaval, Soviet officials hoping to exploit the crisis for political and economic gain, and investigators trying to uncover the source of the leak before the operation collapses. As currency markets and gold prices become battlegrounds, the scheme threatens to trigger a financial shock with worldwide consequences.