{"product_id":"the-collegium-conspiracy-9798895431955","title":"The Collegium Conspiracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ed Marino\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Thrillers - Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA U.S. congressman is found savagely murdered his body bound to a navigational buoy just off the rocky coast of a quiet Maine town. The message is chilling. The motive? Unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response, the President assembles a covert task force led by former FBI agent Nick Taglio and his life partner, ex-CIA officer Francesca Frankie Paterson. Having walked away from high-stakes intelligence work for a quieter life in Boston, Nick and Frankie are pulled back into the shadows by a crime too dangerous to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a murder investigation soon unravels into a global conspiracy. The clues point to Collegium a modern-day criminal syndicate modeled after an ancient Roman cabal. Their objective: hijack control of the global cryptocurrency market and destabilize the U.S. dollar, threatening the entire world economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmed with cutting-edge AI and off-the-books tactics, Nick and Frankie race against time on a high-stakes mission from coastal Maine to Boston, New York, London, and Washington until the trail leads them to the unlikeliest of doorsteps: a rival superpower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast-paced and fiercely intelligent, The Collegium Conspiracy is a gripping thriller that fuses history, technology, and political intrigue into a chillingly plausible global threat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin Macauley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46862982316183,"sku":"9798895431955","price":1401.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798895431955.webp?v=1769968412","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-collegium-conspiracy-9798895431955","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}