Geopolitical intrigue, brutal riots, murder, mystery, and corruption - The Noah Principle intricately fuses a real-time depiction of the ruinous 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis with a carefully crafted literary thriller examining ethnic discord in South-East Asia. Two young expats unwittingly compromise their future. A wealthy financier seeks to conceal the sins of his past. Economic chaos drags Indonesia to the brink of another self-destructive rebirth. Cain and Charlie work at the Temple-Speer Financial Advisory in Jakarta. Their friendship is strained in a deadly battle of wits between their bosses, but it's tested to the limit trying to survive the chaos erupting all over the city.