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The Reckoning
Paperback
Series: The Long Game, Book 3
ISBN13: 9781996819081
Publisher: John Hempstock
Published: Jan 16 2026
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The final confrontation begins beneath the streets of Manhattan.
The Meridian Syndicate has thirty days before federal elimination-but Colonel James Patrick Webb has uncovered something far more dangerous than any heist. Deep within the Federal Reserve's gold vaults lies evidence of systematic corruption that connects America's highest officials with foreign intelligence networks threatening the nation's sovereignty.
As FBI Agent Marcus Webb closes in on the syndicate, he doesn't know he's hunting his own brother-a soldier presumed dead who's been operating undercover to expose institutional betrayal. Lieutenant Sarah Chen must choose between her federal assignment and constitutional principles when she discovers the task force's true mission: eliminate evidence, not gather it.
In seventy-two hours, the syndicate will attempt the impossible: steal federal gold reserves while transmitting proof of treason to the world. But when brothers reunite five hundred feet below New York's financial district, they'll discover that some truths are worth more than survival-and that exposing corruption may require the ultimate sacrifice.
From the abandoned steel works of Queens to the bedrock vaults of the Federal Reserve, The Reckoning delivers a pulse-pounding finale where family loyalty collides with institutional power, and where the price of constitutional accountability may be paid in blood. The long game ends here-but will American democracy survive the truth?
Perfect for readers who crave: High-stakes heists with moral complexity, conspiracy thrillers grounded in financial realism, and action-packed finales that challenge assumptions about government, justice, and the cost of truth in a world where institutions protect their secrets at any price.
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