The blistering sequel to The Ascendant: An action-packed thriller starring a bond trader turned antihero. Unlikely patriot Garrett Reilly can identify threats against America from both inside and outside the nation's borders. But now the whole world's economy is at risk...
Garrett Reilly sees what others do not: numbers, patterns, a nation on the brink of collapse. His unique talents saved countries from falling into a world war in The Ascendant. But it also made him a marked man―marked by terrorist groups; marked by the US Government.

In the thrilling third-part conclusion of The King of Fear, Garrett and the Ascendant team are one step behind the string of events that spell a societal and economic breakdown. As they race to connect the fragments of a malevolent logic bomb threatening the US, Garrett realizes the shadowy force behind the terrorist actions are personal. And when a team member goes missing in the eleventh hour, Garrett must decide where, in the end, his true loyalties lie...