The Capitol Game

THE CAPITOL GAME has a complex plot that narrator Scott Brick handles with precision. Brick's delivery is packed with emotion as he presents the ebb and flow of dirty tricks played by this thriller's cast of combative characters. Jack Wiley, a Wall Street banker, discovers a miracle polymer that makes Humvees, tanks, and the like bomb proof once the coating is applied. Whoever controls the polymer stands to bankroll billions and save a few thousand American lives in the process. Wiley's scheme is to partner with one of America's most powerful corporations and fast-track the polymer through the Pentagon. But just how wily is Jack Wiley? Brick has the answers and delivers them with style. T.J.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

June 14, 2010
In Haig's exciting financial thriller, young hotshot Jack Wiley, a partner and senior v-p at an elite Wall Street private equity firm, approaches the Capitol Group, a large privately held corporation, with a golden opportunity—to acquire the troubled Arvan Chemicals company. Arvan has invented a polymer coating that when painted onto combat vehicles makes them virtually impenetrable to firepower, a product that will be worth billions to the military. With Jack's aid, the Capitol Group launches a successful takeover of Arvan. Haig leads the reader step-by-step through a believable scenario that details the making of the deal through the polymer's production and implementation. While the rewards are potentially enormous for all involved, as even the least astute will anticipate, the scheme must eventually go awry. Haig keeps the suspense boiling until the final twists as he reveals why and how everything unravels. Readers will be pleased by an ending that suggests clever Jack Wiley will return.