Marc Stiegler

If the First Apocalypse Doesn't Kill Them All, Try Another.
The most brilliant mind in a thousand years has been tortured and twisted by human cruelty. His solution:
Burn the world down and start from scratch.
Almost no one can stop him. A single obstacle stands in his way.
He must destroy the BrainTrust and its medical researcher extraordinaire, Dr. Dash.
With millions dying, nuclear war in the offing, and the BrainTrust under siege, the fight for the very soul of humanity hinges on a last desperate question:
Who remains to Defy the Darkness?
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This is a long book—450 pages!
If you like Michael Crichton, or Robert Heinlein, or even the TV show “The Last Ship”, welcome to the BrainTrust.
NOTE: While this saga takes place in the BrainTrust universe with some returning characters, it picks up over a year after the other books and does stand alone. No prior experience necessary.

If a rocketship dies, who wins?
The world’s most advanced rocket company suffers a catastrophic explosion that becomes a publicity disaster. Within hours, the new CEO Matt Toscano learns he faces much deeper trouble than a public relations problem—
The California Governor plans to destroy him.
Suddenly mankind’s best hope of better space travel lies on the water, with the BrainTrust.
Fortunately Dash Ambarawati, the BrainTrust’s most brilliant researcher, has studied rocket science since childhood. With her help, Matt stands a chance.
But Dash brings trouble with her. Matt and Dash find themselves with a host of enemies on their heels, including the Russian Union Premier and the American President for Life. The race is on.
One way or the other, this race will end in a Crescendo of Fire.
Meanwhile,
An itty bitty ninja gets her fondest wish. An ex-commando squares off with a Red Princess. And a retired project director toils quietly behind the scenes.
Kidnappers, oligarchs, politicians, dictators, princelings—outwitting them is not just a job, it’s an adventure.
And all in a day’s work…on the BrainTrust.
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The World Economy Crashed and Burned. What's a BrainTrust To Do?
Having barely dodged an extinction level event, humanity now faces a new disaster: the world plunges into a Great Crash deeper and more cruel than the Depression of 1929. The BrainTrust has an answer. But the old, corrupt, dirtside Powers don’t need an answer.
They need a scapegoat.
Soon an unholy alliance launches three mighty fleets, each individually powerful enough to destroy all the combined navies of WWII. Relentless and unstoppable, they bear down on the effectively unarmed archipelago.
Now Dash and her mentor Colin must face a last question.
It will be her Final Exam.
Can Dash even accept the only answer?
How terrible is the price she will have to pay?
Welcome to the thrilling finale of the BrainTrust saga!
Note: For this novel, in collaboration with five economists and two cryptocurrency software engineers, I developed a new currency that should work in real life to flatten the boom/bust cycle. So if you'd like to see one way an advanced civilization could deal with economics, you could read this not only as a good yarn but as a guide.