Reviewed by: BigAl
Genre: Financial Thriller
Approximate word count: 70-75,000 words
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Author:
“Larry
started his Wall Street career in 1980, spending the first twenty years
developing, marketing, and promoting investment products for corporate and
wealthy investors. Writing was just one tool of communicating and promoting,
combining it with video and personal presentations to help ‘tell a story.’
The market
crash of 2008 created many stories to be told, yet all the media were caught up
in the ‘blame game,’ attempting to explain how and why it happened. No one told
the story of despair and desperation that everyone lived through, which many
have still not recovered from.”
This is
Shields’ first novel. He is currently at work on its sequel.
Description:
“Scott is a
master of the universe at a Manhattan venture capital firm.
He has the
requisite nerves of steel and the connections to be a serious player. What he
lacks is the big score, the deal that will put his name on the map. And time is
ticking down. In the wake of the Wall Street crash of ’08, his mentor, Jordan
Holstein, has been forced out, and Scott’s been passed over for partner. It
won’t be long before he’s out on the street himself. His home life isn’t much
better.
Then
redemption arrives in the form of a techno geek Stanford undergrad with a $500
million dollar idea.”
Appraisal:
This is the
kind of book I naturally gravitate to, with legal and financial thrillers
taking up a big chunk of my library space. If the story involves computers or
technology, even better. This one touches on that area, with the storyline
involving a Silicon Valley software startup looking for investment capital. The
investment parts rang true, with details that obviously came from the author’s
work experience. The software parts were fewer and more vague, which kept them
on the right side of the believable/unbelievable line, although close at times.
I liked the protagonist Scott, even more as he grew as a person and learned
from his mistakes. All in all, a good read that should appeal to fans of the
genre.
FYI:
Adult
language and minor adult situations.
Format/Typo Issues:
A small
number of typos and other proofing misses.
Rating: **** Four stars
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