The Annuity

The Annuity

Barry Ecklestone is a Wall Street legend and wunderkind who always made money for his clients—that was until now. Barry’s company has taken a bath and Oleg Malignikov, his Russian mobster client, isn’t willing to take a loss. Barry needs billions to pay off Oleg and he needs it fast. His one hope is a multibillion-dollar annuity he manages for Victor Bergmann, a Silicon Valley computer genius. If he can eliminate Bergmann, Barry can use the assets backing the annuity to pay off Oleg before the Russian turns him into fish food. Barry sends the annuity checks to a lawyer in Utah but hasn’t actually seen Bergmann in years. Records indicate he has no passport, owns no homes, no yachts, and no private jets. How can he kill the man if he can’t find him? There is only one property associated with Bergmann, a ranch in the wilds of Arizona. Barry dispatches a hit man to eliminate Bergmann. How hard can it be to kill a computer nerd? When the hitman disappears, Barry suspects he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Unbeknownst to Barry, Bergmann is not your average billionaire. He is an eccentric, paranoid, conspiracy theorist who used his almost unlimited resources to turned his ranch into the ultimate survivalist compound. Barry is going to need a Plan B and C and...