Blockchain Exploit

A techno-thriller about the hacking of Bitcoin crytpos. MI6 and the Russian FSB hunt for the crypto-mistress across Europe. A terrorist with links to Arab royal families appears leading to a horrific climax... Sveta Kovacs is a sociopathic Ukrainian expert in blockchain technology with a Ph.D in cryptography. Her murky hacking past and many online scams have financed her Bitcoin mining operation in Portugal. Now she has found a way to exploit a weakness in blockchain technology and if she succeeds there are billions of dollars at her disposal. The new Russian CryptoRuble is threatened and the GRU are on Kovacs's tail. Ex-Royal Marine anti-hero Steve Baldwin is still recovering from the recent loss of his wife, an MI6 officer, and is guarding Kovacs as a favor to an old friend. An old enemy appears in the mix after MI6 has duped the CIA. But what is the terrorist's role? Is it coincidence?Geo-politics and international finance are never simple and in the new world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies the pressure points are moving. Fortunes are locked up in crypto-wallets. Can they be cracked? Baldwin cannot move with the times, but he can fight back against those who control him and those who threaten him. Double-dealing multiplies as events move to a climax in Spain. Baldwin has the chance to avenge his wife's death, but he is being manipulated by MI6. Again. Who can he trust?Can he stop another terrorist catastrophe?An up-to-the-minute pacey thriller!