The Ascendant by Drew Chapman, New in Bookstores in January 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during January 2014 by Simon & Schuster, is The Ascendant by Drew Chapman.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for January 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of January 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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The Ascendant
Drew Chapman

Hidden deep within the figures tracking the ups and downs of the stock market lies a terrifying truth: America is under attack. Our government … our economy … our very way of life are in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy … and no one knows. Except Garrett Reilly. He has a knack for numbers. He sees patterns no one else can. His gift has made him a rising star on Wall Street. But when he notices that two hundred billion dollars' worth of U.S. Treasury bonds are being sold off at a terrifying rate, his gift makes him the most wanted man alive.

The U.S. military wants him for his extraordinary abilities. 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. And everyone else? They just want him dead.