ONE HUNDRED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Erik Vessell feels safe. And even the precious secret he shares with Nick Kartize seems to be part of an existence so different from the new one they have both built for themselves in the United States, far from Germany and Italy. But, suddenly, it is as if the past is demanding the balance of an account left unpaid for too long: a hundred-billion-dollar account. From New York to Siena, from Los Angeles to London, to Florence, to Frankfurt, in the scenery of Chianti and Elba Island as in an Egypt full of mysteries, here is a story in which adventure, detective story, espionage, life, death, love and violence are blended.
It could be an exciting television series.
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Some reviews from critics when this thriller came out in volume:

- "An Italian Ken Follett"
(La Stampa)

- "One Hundred Billion Dollars can be considered the progenitor of a genre, that of the Italian-style thriller"
(Avvenire)

- "In the novel every situation works every character is calibrated with care and fun."
(Corriere della Sera)

Luciano Simonelli lives in Milan. He works in publishing both as a journalist and as a publisher and editorial director. He is the author of several volumes of nonfiction. "One Hundred Billion Dollars," which marked his debut in fiction, pointed to a new, all-Italian way for stories of intrigue and action.