They Called Their Nation an Experiment. Now, Someone is Trying to Prove it Failed. In the blistering silence of the Arizona desert, a cartel kingpin is assassinated with military-grade precision. It's written off as gang violence. But disgraced CIA analyst Jack Reid sees the truth in the data-a pattern of attack that doesn't fit, a ghost in the machine that should not exist. It's the same pattern he was fired for predicting, the one he called Project Chimera. Across the Atlantic, exiled MI6 officer Alistair Finch, broken by a conspiracy that shattered his career, receives a cryptic message. The ghost from his own ruined past has resurfaced. The name: Chimera. Drawn together by a shared nightmare, the analyst and the spy uncover a conspiracy so vast it threatens the very fabric of the West. A ruthless Russian oligarch, a cunning Chinese strategist, and a betrayed Romanian hacker are conducting a real-time, brutal stress test on the United States. They call it THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT. From the poisoned streets of Denver to the blacked-out towers of New York, Reid and Finch are the only ones who understand the true goal: not to conquer with bombs, but to collapse a nation from within by exploiting its political divisions, its addiction crisis, and its failing infrastructure. They are hunting a ghost, pursued by assassins and betrayed by their own government, racing against a clock that ticks down to a catastrophic event designed to shatter America's spirit on Christmas Eve. The American Experiment is a propulsive, masterfully plotted thriller for our time-a high-tech, globe-spanning journey into the shadows where the war for the future is already being fought. For fans of Sicario, The Night Manager, and Tom Clancy, this novel asks a terrifying question: what if our enemies aren't trying to defeat us, but to prove we're already defeated? If you thought the Cold War was over, you weren't paying attention. The real war has just begun, and the battlefield is everywhere.