Myth

Johnny Long is back and better than ever as he takes on the most challenging crisis to hit the financial-services industry in decades. In Myth, we have a harrowing tale involving a retired couple in dire distress. Their income has been decimated, the result of depending on fixed income over years of declining interest rates. Their options are few and their future bleak. How will they survive?

They turn to Lucien Marat for help. Armed with a passion to help others, Lucien Marat takes on Wall Street in a trial that he hopes can save millions of retirees from certain ruin. What unfolds is a shocking account about “business as usual” on Wall Street as well as a probing look at consumer accountability. Along the way, we learn that there is cause for hope, that there is another way!

In this, his fourth novel, David Mallach triumphs. His handling of controversial material is both insightful and fair-minded. Myth is the kind of book that can rock the foundations of Wall Street. Myth is far more than a novel; it is a startling expose wrapped masterfully within a narrative that grips the reader from the start and refuses to let go. In a world where everybody thinks they are right and where being wrong can cost billions, Mr. Mallach reminds us that our perception of “right” and “wrong” can itself be a myth.