Examining the changing role of Africa in the global economy.

"Trading Down is a brilliant, fast-paced read that cleverly intertwines the world of high finance and international terror - a realistic possibility in today's world" - James Longman, Foreign Correspondent, ABC News Chris Peters loves his work in a multi-national bank: the excitement of the trading floor, the impossible deadlines and the constant challenge of the superfast computers in his care. And he loves his beautiful wife, Olivia. But over time, the dream turns sour. His systems crash, the traders turn on him, and Olivia becomes angry and disillusioned. So much bad luck. Or is it? A natural detective, Chris finds evidence of something sinister in the mysterious meltdown of a US datacentre. A new kind of terrorist. But can he get anyone to believe him? His obsessive search leads him to a jihadist website, filled with violent images; a man beaten to a pulp in a Dubai carpark; and a woman in a gold sari dancing in the flames of her own destruction. Slowly, a tragic story from decades ago in Yemen emerges. Too late, Chris understands the nature of the treachery, so close to him. His adversary knows every move and is ready to strike. Even his boss agrees: if this program is run, it will destroy this bank as surely as a neutron bomb. And Chris Peters has 48 hours to figure it out... "Trading Down does for bankers what The Charge of the Light Brigade did for horses. It's merciless."Lord Michael Dobbs, Author of House of Cards "My wife couldn't get a word out of me till I had finished the book. Now I can't get a word out of her, while she reads it. Brilliant" - Johnny Cameron, ex-Chairman, Global Markets "Trading Down is fast paced, enthralling and grips from the first page to the last. It tells it how it is in the investment banking environment.... constant crisis and fire fighting on multiple fronts" - Clare Cameron "A great, surprising rollercoaster crime-thriller, set inside an investment bank under cyber-attack" - Tanya Andreasyan, Editor, Banking Technology