The good life - expensive cars, an island mansion, a beautiful wife - Cassius Cartwright, former Hedge Fund Manager of the Year had it all. But in a matter of months, the Great Recession brought Cassius to his knees. Broke, with angry clients and the S.E.C. after him, Cassius needed money, fast. And then he encounters two associates from his past, two cocaine traffickers with a million in cash and no way to get it to their Colombian connection. It's the perfect crime, if he can pull it off. But nobody just lets a million dollars walk, so with federal agents and Colombian terrorists in pursuit, Cassius plans the ultimate high-risk gamble, truly A Hedge Extreme.