TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berry, Steve
TI  - The atlas maneuver
T2  - A Cotton Malone thriller
SN  - 9781399706421
U1  - 813.6 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Hodder & Stoughton, 
KW  - Malone, Cotton
KW  - Conspiracies
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Foreign trusts
KW  - Cryptocurrencies
KW  - Cyberterrorism
KW  - Secrecy
KW  - Switzerland
KW  - Political fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
N2  - 1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust. Present day. Retired Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is in Switzerland doing a favor for a friend. But what was supposed to be a simple operation turns violent and Cotton is thrust into a war between the world's oldest bank and the CIA, a battle that directly involves the Black Eagle Trust. He quickly discovers that everything hinges on a woman from his past, who suddenly reappears harboring a host of explosive secrets centering around bitcoin. The cryptocurrency is being quietly weaponized, readied for an assault on the world's financial systems, a calculated move that will have devastating consequences. Cotton has no choice. He has to act. But at what cost?
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