This brilliant novel centres on three generations of the Mandible family as a fiscal crisis hits a near-future America. They have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their 97-year-old patriarch dies. Yet America's national debt has grown so enormous that it can never be repaid. Under siege from an upstart international currency, the dollar is in meltdown. A bloodless world war will wipe out the savings of millions of American families. This is not science fiction ...