Intriguing characters and plotlines intertwine in anear-future political thriller drawing on contemporary world events and actualgrowing technology contributing to a cyberwar in both reality and virtualreality. When Lindsey, a young student in London, is rescued from a riot byChamza, a young woman from the Arab world, they begin a relationship based onboth fascination and convenience. Before she knows it, Lindsey is drawn into aworld of vast wealth and intrigue; her new friend seems to have ties topolitical movements and revolutionaries throughout the Islamic world, but it isnot clear what their agenda might be, or where her great wealth comes from. Could it be the fabled legendary lost treasure of Al-Qaeda, supposedly amassedthrough insider trading prior to 9/11? Unbeknownst to either Lindsey or Chamza, a set of US contractors, all veterans of war in Iraq and the CIA's renditionprogram, are focusing their sites on Chamza, believing her wealth is indeed thekey to a larger threat to the entire world economy. The series looks atsurveillance, clandestine military action, and class warfare in the twilight ofthe current War on Terror, all within the context of a thriller that ultimatelyseeks to find out what controls the global economy. | Ghost Money by Thierry Smolderen, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters