"A perfect piece of entertainment with characters and a story that never disappoints. Poignant in places, nail-biting in others, the plot is accentuated by a take-no-prisoners attitude, similar to speeding down a slalom course with all its twists and turns. It's quite a ride." -Steve Berry New York Times Best-selling author

Gold has always ruled the world. Now it could destroy it.

For centuries, the Alchemist's Gold Theory-the lost formula for creating limitless gold-has haunted history's most powerful rulers. Emperors died for it. Wars were fought over it. Then it vanished . . . until CIA cryptologist Brady Donovan uncovers evidence the legend is real, igniting a global race to control a secret that could crash economies, topple governments, and hand unimaginable power to whoever reaches it first. Pulled from his Langley desk with no field training, Donovan must rely on decoding patterns hidden in plain sight. Each clue brings him closer to the truth, and closer to enemies who will kill to keep it.

As rival governments, mercenaries, and predatory billionaires close in, Donovan races across continents-from Egypt's tombs and Napoleon's battlefields to modern-day London, Paris, Washington, DC, and into submerged salt caverns off the Louisiana coast. With the final classified clues locked deep inside the CIA's most restricted vaults, Brady Donovan is the last line between the modern world and an economic weapon that could rewrite history.

THE MIDAS TOUCH is written by international-award-winning thriller writer Gary Grossman with Charles Segars and Oren Aviv, the creators of the billion-dollar National Treasure movie franchise.