Sean Stamos

In Sean Stamos: The Manchurian Market, volume 1, Brent Laartz delivers a high-stakes espionage thriller centered on Natalia Volkov. A former Russian Olympic sailor turned business journalism expert, Natalia develops an artificial intelligence program designed to monitor market trends. However, her technology uncovers a massive coordinated trading scheme capable of dismantling Western civilization. To expose this global crime, she must rely on her longtime confidante Chip Merlin and the rising intelligence operative Sean Stamos.

This action and adventure fiction spans from the competitive America's Cup sailing on the Solent to the Swiss mountains and the streets of Manhattan. As Natalia battles to reveal the truth, she also navigates personal struggles against her overbearing family. This thriller combines elements of political intrigue with the evolving influence of women in the traditionally male-dominated world of professional sailing.