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The Global Seven
Paperback
Publisher: Bianca de Koning Smuts
Published: Nov 13 2025
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
THE UNCONDITIONAL CONTRACT. THE IMPOSSIBLE DISTANCE.
For Anya (The Anchor, London), Isabelle (The Beautiful One, Milan), Skylar (The Dumb Blonde, LA), Chloe (The Secret Keeper, Sydney), Liam (The Loyal Brother, Amsterdam), Elias (The Financially Stable One, Hong Kong), and Julian (The Funny One, Dublin), friendship is not a casual bond-it is a brutal, expensive, logistically impossible operation. Scattered across seven time zones and seven industries, their loyalty is constantly tested by the tyranny of the clock and the crushing weight of their own flaws.
When Julian's latest venture collapses, forcing Elias to aggressively restructure the debt, the precarious stability of the group shatters. The ensuing crisis is amplified by Chloe's inability to hold a secret, leading to an explosive confrontation during their first in-person meet-up in London.
The true test begins when they scatter again:
- Isabelle faces professional ruin in Milan after Skylar uncovers a corporate ethical breach.
- Liam's life as the group's reliable stabilizer implodes when he must make a ruthless financial compromise to save the company, forcing him to face his own profound family failure.
- Elias realizes his wealth has bought him profound isolation, and his structural control is meaningless against human messiness.
The crises finally converge in Sydney when a vengeful ghost from Julian's past launches a high-stakes legal and public attack, targeting not just his company-The Encouragement Engine-but the financial solvency and professional reputations of the entire group.
Forced into an all-night structural battle, the seven friends must pool their specific, flawed talents: Anya's anchor-like control, Liam's operational intelligence, Isabelle's powerful narrative, and Skylar's purest form of loyalty. To win, Julian must expose his deepest shame, and Elias must make the ultimate sacrifice of control, proving that the bond of friendship is the only collateral worth fighting for.
The Global Seven is an epic exploration of modern loyalty, proving that distance doesn't break a true bond-it just reveals its true, terrifying cost.
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