Currency War

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Is it possible to wage war without weapons? This question looms over Ben Coleman after he witnesses a bank run in Beijing, violently suppressed by the military. As chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Coleman realizes this event signals greater turmoil, a concern echoed by Li Xue, his Chinese counterpart. Li is part of a modernizing faction clashing with hardliner General Deng Wenxi, who aims to elevate China as the global superpower by replacing the U.S. dollar with the yuan as the world's reserve currency. Thus begins a currency war between the U.S. and China, fought in dollars and yuan amidst shifting international alliances and political strife. Complicating matters, Coleman's marriage faces strain as his wife, a retired MI-6 agent, is pulled back into the world of espionage. As this bloodless war unfolds, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the corridors of power—from the White House to the People's Bank of China, from a high-society dinner in London to a Political Action Committee's inception in Virginia, and from the intimate lives of the elite to the hidden indulgences of Laos.