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Right Is Might

by F.W.Lane

236 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-2524; ISBN 1-4251-0766-4; US$19.11, C$21.98, EUR15.70, £10.99

One deal that equates to three lottery jackpots. Then you find the woman of your dreams comes with it. Too much to expect in one lifetime? It took Dillon a day.

About the Book

The story of a financially successful individual who discovers a huge fraud underway at an Arab bank, after it acquires his company. The new owners of his firm require an acknowledged expert in bond trading to dispose of their huge bond holdings, post a coup in Saudi Arabia and the subsequent introduction of Sharia law. His discovery of the 'skimming' of the bond proceeds, to finance a project to deny Israel of much of its water supply, spurs him and his girlfriend into action. Their discovery also alerts a sinister corporate cabal which plans to benefit hugely from the terrorist plot and thus the pair have two adversaries against them. They're unaware of the corporate threat, however.

They decide to help a philanthropic agency promoting peace in the Middle East by agreeing to act as 'insiders' on their behalf, at the bank. Their aim is to keep the agency abreast of these financial developments and when it is realized it will be necessary to thwart the terrorist plot against Israel to avoid another war in the region, they devise a computer 'fraud' of their own to 'turn the tables.' This succeeds just in time and the couple is feted by the Israelis when they learn of their efforts to help them.

About the Author

The author worked in the securities markets for over forty years and retired in 2002. During that time, as a stockbroker, he saw several opportunities for fraudulent activity present themselves and although he never stumbled across even one being perpetrated, the possibilities spurred him to write this novel.

This book bears a number of similarities to his own experiences during four decades in such a fascinating industry. He did set up his own company when the subsidiary of a major London firm he worked for, was acquired by an American Bank in the late eighties. He did meet 'the girl of his dreams there' after his divorce and they might well have formed the 'joysome twosome' referred to in the novel. She still works in the finance industry today.

The writer regards the Middle East as the most dangerous of the world's 'hotspots.' The Arabs and the Israelis might one day bury their differences but it will require one side to make the first, genuine, move and that doesn't seem likely, not for some time, at any rate. Which side should ' give a little' first? The Author thinks the Arabs should, since they have the most to gain, whereas the Israelis have the most to lose, if they profferred the 'olive branch' prematurely. Just think what prosperity would be visited upon an Arab / Israeli trading bloc - the former's oil wealth being utilized by dynamic Israeli entrepreneurship, for the good of all in the Middle East. Now that would be something!

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