On the Brink: A Novel

It's 1981. The Arabs have the financial wold by the throat, and are beginning to squeeze.
It begins when OPEC doubles the price of oil. As costs go up, Europe goes down. A desparate President gluts the U.S. with useless greenbacks in an effort to save the economy.
Instead he sets off a wild inflationary spree that brings the country to its knees.
Wall Street crashes. Riots and arson raze the cities. And a grass-roots governor named Whitelaw preaches a simple, fascist gospel to the American masses. Already, two million call him leader. Already, they are a people on the brink.