In the shadows of the global economy, a secretive cartel known as the Consilium Noctis has turned world markets into instruments of control. With billions flowing through dark pools, unregulated and unseen, they cartel wage a quiet coup through threats, murders, and untouchable wealth. A timely political thriller about shadow markets, stolen fortunes, and the possible threat to America’s future.
Meticulously researched and brilliantly crafted, the nineteen short stories in this book reveal little-known facts about American history and the socio-political events that shape our world. Despite their fictional fabric, these tales remain rooted in historical events, weaving together the intimate stories of everyday lives with the sweeping forces that shaped the fabric of our Nation, rendering the narrative both compelling and educational.
From the corridors of Wall Street to the echoes of ancient empires, Adrien Gold delivers thought-provoking talks that blend historical intrigue, financial insight, and storytelling mastery. Book Adrien for your next conference, lecture, or special event.
In this gripping and timely thriller, a secret banking cartel wages a silent coup, not with bullets or ballots, but with code, corruption, and the instruments of global markets. They engineer chaos through untraceable trades, backdoor algorithms, and captured power. To protect their unregulated, private trading exchanges, known as dark pools, they threatens the American President with a coordinated market collapse .
With time running out, the Secretary of the Treasury forms an unlikely alliance with a brilliant team of a rogue financier and a journalist helped by hackers, and spies. Drawn into a deadly global conspiracy, they face a chilling truth: in a world ruled by money and manipulation, the most dangerous currency is truth itself.
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The book presents nineteen unique short stories, each meticulously researched and brilliantly crafted, revealing little-known facts about American history and the socio-political events that shape our world. Despite their fictional fabric, these tales remain rooted in historical events, rendering the narrative both compelling and educational.
These stories introduce us to General Smedley Darlington Butler and an audacious Bank Plot to overthrow FDR. Other tales explore complex characters like Andrew Jackson, Paul Warburg, and the events leading to the 1929 Crash. A sense of anticipation and intrigue are consistent themes throughout these stories.
Becoming an American citizen led Adrien Gold to study America’s history. Fascinated by the many momentous but little-known, or often-hidden events that he discovered along the way, Gold embarked on writing a series of entertaining and informative short stories of historical fiction. These stories were compiled into “The Kings Have Won.” The book recounts America’s 200-year-long battle for the wealth of the nation.
Adrien Gold is a retired visual artist who, during his long career, worked with countless national and international brands. He resides on the East Coast with his wife and two Cocker Spaniels, where he enjoys the beautiful and varied seasons and long walks by the sea.
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Becoming an American citizen led Adrien Gold to study the America’s history. Fascinated by the many momentous but little-known events that he discovered along the way, Gold embarked on writing a series of 19 entertaining and informative short stories of historical fiction, compiled into “The Kings Have Won.” The book recounts America’s 200-year-long battle for the wealth of America.
Discover the epic showdown between President Andrew Jackson and banker Nicholas Biddle in this gripping exploration of the Bank War, one of the most pivotal, dramatic, and often misunderstood battles in American history.
Who truly won? And what legacy did this titanic clash leave behind—for our economy, our democracy, and the American dream itself?
Caillou was a one-eyed beast of sorts—a disfigured being ravaged by fear and the violence of men; part cyclops, part gargoyle, and part man. A soldier amongst the thousands about to die on this dreary battlefield, he sat, sheltered from the torrential rain; silent, immobile, and apprehensive, waiting for the giant before him to move.
