The Economist

Some men balance books. Others balance on the edge of a blade.

Landon Whitworth was born with a gift—an uncanny ability to make sense of chaos through numbers. From his humble Brooklyn upbringing to his meteoric rise as New York’s Accountant General, Landon lived by one rule: integrity over influence. But in the city's political underbelly, honesty is dangerous currency.

When Councilman Briggs makes him a veiled offer—bend the rules for personal gain or watch his world unravel—Landon refuses. That’s when the accidents start. A blown tire. A gas leak. Anonymous threats in the dead of night. His wife begs him to walk away. But Landon can’t look the other way.

Instead, he strikes back—with a ledger.

In a single act of silent rebellion, Landon exposes a network of corruption through carefully documented leaks to investigative journalists. As headlines erupt and power players fall, the city holds its breath, unaware of the quiet man behind the storm.

The Economist is a gripping political thriller about courage in the face of coercion, the price of principles, and one man’s fight to prove that truth, like numbers, always adds up.