Fear Moves Markets.
Power Controls Them.
Ross Grant has spent his career navigating risk, reading markets, and recognizing patterns others miss. As financial panic spreads across the globe, he begins to uncover evidence that the crisis gripping Wall Street may not be the result of fear, bad decisions, or bad luck.
Someone appears to be profiting from the chaos. What begins as a search for answers pulls Grant into a world of hidden alliances, international power brokers, political influence, and financial warfare where fortunes, governments, and lives hang in the balance.
The deeper he digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Set against the backdrop of the late 1990s financial crisis, Ambush moves from Wall Street trading floors and Manhattan boardrooms to London streets, European mountain passes, and the American Low Country.
As markets descend into chaos, Ross Grant discovers signs that the collapse may not be accidental. Joined by John Capstone, he follows a trail that leads to the hidden centers of power behind a global conspiracy.
GENRE
FINANCIAL THRILLER
SETTING
New York / LONDON / SINTRA / SAVANNAH
POWER IS THE GOAL.
CHAOS IS THE STRATEGY.
They create panic.
They trigger collapse.
They profit from the wreckage.
Now they're coming for him.
The greatest financial crime in history is underway.
And stopping it may cost Ross Grant everything.
THE WORLD OF AMBUSH
As markets descend into chaos, a conspiracy emerges from the shadows.
Ross Grant follows the trail from Wall Street into a world of international intrigue and hidden power.
WALL STREET
Where Fortunes Are Made
The collapse begins here.
Ross sees a pattern others miss.
The trail starts on Wall Street.
LONDON
Where the conspiracy grows
The answers don't stay in New York.
The evidence leads across the Atlantic.
London reveals a larger game.
EUROPE
Where the pieces connect
Powerful people meet in secret.
Markets move. Nations react.
Ross discovers who benefits.
LOWCOUNTRY
Where the Past Returns
Some secrets lead home.
Influence runs deeper than markets.
The past may hold the key.
THE CRISIS
Where Everything Changes
Currencies collapse.
Fear spreads.
Someone was ready.
THE HEADLINES
Where the Truth Emerges
The world sees a crisis.
Ross sees a pattern.
The truth changes everything.
AMBUSH PROFILES
Ross Grant
The Strategist
President of Bradley & Watson
A financial prodigy with an unmatched ability to recognize patterns, Ross sees connections others overlook. As markets descend into chaos, he discovers evidence that the crisis is not accidental and becomes a threat to those determined to hide the truth.
John Capstone
The Protector
Disciplined & Uncompromising
When Ross finds himself targeted by forces operating beyond Wall Street, Capstone becomes his most trusted ally. Calm under pressure and prepared for anything, he navigates a world where hesitation can be deadly and survival is never guaranteed.
Hans bauman
The Insider
Connected & Influential
Hans Bauman moves comfortably among the financiers, industrialists, and power brokers shaping events behind the scenes. As Capstone follows the trail, he discovers that Bauman's world may hold the answers to a crisis threatening the global economy.
THE AUTHOR
Eric Cambell Sutherland is the author of Ambush: Mayhem and Murder in the Financial Markets, a high-octane financial thriller grounded in real-world market mechanics and institutional behavior.
The novel draws extensively on Sutherland’s four decades on Wall Street, where he has witnessed every major financial crisis and market upheaval since beginning his career in 1979. As a seasoned manager, wealth advisor, and institutional fixed-income salesman, he has guided institutional accounts, families, foundations, and endowments through periods of extreme volatility and systemic risk.
His firsthand understanding of financial markets, governance, and incentive structures informs the realism and precision of Ambush. Rather than speculation, the story is driven by lived experience, weaving market chaos, financial intrigue, and historical reckoning into a gripping thriller brought to life by a wildly eclectic cast of characters.
Get YOUR COPY
AMAZON.com
B&N.COM
Bookshop.org
indiebound.org
BOOKTOPIA.COM
WATERSTONES.COM
Ambush: Mayhem & Murder
Book by Eric Campbell Sutherland
Published by Palmetto Publishing
2026 SITE BY THE BRIGANTINE GROUP