The First Billion
Money makes the world go round for Jett Gavallon, a high-tech  entrepreneur who's on the brink of bringing a Russian telecom startup to market  with an IPO worth billions. But when his best friend and second-in-command  disappears after Gavallon sends him to Moscow to make sure the new company is on  the up and up, Jett begins to have second thoughts, which are exactly what his  Russian partners can't afford. Beset by an FBI task force looking into Mercury  Broadband's financing by Russian mobsters, rumors of fraud being circulated by a  Drudge-like online financial gossip columnist, and the discovery that his former  lover is not who he thought she was, Jett puts his fortune on the line in a  desperate attempt to save his company--and ultimately, his life. An exciting,  fast-paced adventure by an author who puts his experience in international  banking to work in the service of this carefully plotted thriller.--Jane  Adams--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.