Silent Collapse

They call it Silent Collapse. By the time you hear it, it's already too late.

David Akerman thought he understood every rhythm of the World Bank's Global Response Center. For six years, he'd monitored the heartbeat of global finance from five sub-levels beneath Washington D.C., tracking ten trillion dollars in daily transactions. But tonight, the rhythm is wrong.

The attack comes not with a battering ram, but with a skeleton key.

In minutes, the most advanced cybersecurity defense force on the...