The Ascendant - Hardcover

Fans of "Homeland" and "24" will love "The Ascendant"--a rocket of a thriller that's fresh and cool and totally real.--Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia and Buried Secrets

"Fans of "Homeland" and "24" will love "The Ascendant"--a rocket of a thriller that's fresh and cool and totally real."--Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia and Buried Secrets

"Chapman's novel is "The Hunt for Red October" meets "Hackers"...a must-read for international-thriller fans."--Booklist (Starred Review)

"Like his intriguing protagonist Garrett Reilly, author Drew Chapman possesses startling skills and this first novel just blows the doors off. "The Ascendant" is a rollicking, globe-hopping, timely and prescient page-turner--a Twenty-First Century thriller that once begun refuses to yield or loosen its grip on the reader. A stunning debut."--C.J. Box, New York Times bestselling author of Breaking Point

"Political thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it, "The Ascendant" is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best. Its unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly, reminded me of a young Jack Reacher as a tech-savvy bond analyst. Drew Chapman is a debut novelist to watch."--Alafair Burke, bestselling author of If You Were Here

"From its first page, "The Ascendant" pulls you into a compellingly suspenseful story, and delivers it at a break-neck pace. Drew Chapman demonstrates the assured hand of an author on his twentieth novel, not his first. I couldn't put it down!"--Alex Grecian, New York Times bestselling author of The Yard

A numbers wizard and career-climbing bond analyst stumbles upon an enormous covert war operation when he notices that US Treasury bonds are being sold off at an extremely high rate bringing the US military to his front door. (suspense).