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CATHERINE SODER is the youngest-ever executive at Christie’s Auction house in New York, climbing the corporate ladder. When an attempted terror attack is uncovered at her debut event, she is plunged into a struggle to unmask the terrorist plot. As the FBI attempts to gain control of the auctioned piece in order to uncover the plot, Catherine is drawn deeper into the circles of deception by none other than the Vice President of the United States, who vies to control the multibillion-dollar business of antiquities to fund his attempt to take control the world’s oil supply.
The cast of characters includes FBI man PETER SELNICK, who arrives at Christie’s to foil the terror attempt, then discovers the winning bidder’s agent murdered in her apartment that night. He connects Catherine with his pal, PAUL JACKSON, who’s running for New York City mayor, in an underhanded effort to oversee the antiquities in and out of the auction house; Selnick is in bed with Vice President, Jim Bellevue, who wants to control Iraq’s oil, presumably to keep it out of the hands of the terrorists. They thus begin their unconventional and testy relationship.
Catherine has been aided in her rise at Hamilton’s by her father, archeologist DR. EDWARD SODER. He is selling looted antiquities to “respected” art dealers in order to expedite the authentication process through a loophole in the system, thus driving prices up. Unbeknownst to Catherine, he is in collusion with IAN ROYSTON, the most prolific and corrupt collector of raided antiquities in the world—and a good friend of VP Jim Bellevue.

When Catherine discovers she’s being offered the presidency at Hamilton’s, replacing her jealous boss, CECILE SMALL, she fears Cecile might try to interfere in some way, making the transition difficult for her. But as she takes over the company, she realizes she’s being controlled by some force greater than herself… or Cecile. Who is it? And to what lengths will they go to get what they want?

In the high-end, big money yet duplicitous world of antiquities, anything is possible…including terror, murder, political intrigue...and at the highest reaches of the most powerful governments in the world.