What if the next world war isn’t fought for ideology or territory — but for quarterly profits?
That’s the unsettling premise behind Prophets of War, the explosive debut novel from writer, investor, and political thinker Jack Brown. A lifelong student of history and finance, Brown turns his eye to the places where power hides in plain sight — where ambition, ideology, and capital collide.
The story follows Alex Morgan, a young financial prodigy who stumbles upon a hidden network of shell companies and shadow investors profiting from global conflict. What begins as a search for truth soon becomes a desperate fight for survival, as Alex discovers that the war in Ukraine is only one piece of a far greater design — a machine that monetizes chaos itself.
From the boardrooms of Wall Street to the offshore vaults of the Caribbean, Prophets of War rips open the veil on how modern empires are built — not with armies, but with spreadsheets.
Jack Brown joins us to discuss how fiction can illuminate the systems that shape our world — and why some of the most dangerous battles today may not be fought with weapons, but with money.
