The Penny Jumper

The Penny Jumper

THE PENNY JUMPER is a 160-page novella by famed New York Times bestselling author James Grippando. It also includes a collection of three other short stories.

THE PENNY JUMPER introduces, Ainsley Grace, brilliant young astrophysicist at MIT who has always dreamed big. Her current passion, â€œProject Cosmic Company,â€ will integrate strategic observatories around the globe to build the worldâ€™s largest and most powerful telescope.

Things havenâ€™t come easy for Ainsley. Her mother, an equally brilliant young astrophysicist, died when Ainsley was just a child. Ainsley struggled to fi t in as the â€œbrainiacâ€ who started college at age sixteen, earning her Ph.D. before most people her age had even settled on a major. Everything seems to be falling into place when Ainsley teams up with her motherâ€™s former colleague at MIT to finish Project Cosmic Company, a project on which her mother had been working when she died.

Then the dream unravels.

Encouraged by her motherâ€™s former colleague, Ainsley takes a short-term opportunity to pay off her mountain of college debt by writing stock trading codes for a high-frequency trading firm on Wall Street. Her job is to make sure that her firmâ€™s supercomputers are faster than any others on Wall Street.

Because she is able to draw on the same algorithms sheâ€™s been writing for Project Cosmic Company, itâ€™s a snap. And because astrophysicists are Wall Streetâ€™s new whiz kids, it pays well. But there is a hidden price that comes with Ainsleyâ€™s work. The world of high-frequency trading is â€œsurvival of the quickest,â€ and the difference between making a billion and losing a billion dollars could be less than a nanosecond. With stakes this high, Ainsley finds herself caught in the middle of a secret and deadly battle for speed. When Ainsley is framed and indicted for stealing Wall Street trade secrets, her personal life, her career dreams, and even her groundbreaking research at MIT are turned upside downâ€¦and the terrible truth about people she trusted most is revealed.
Country USA
Manufacturer NightStand Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-10-11
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	NightStand Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-10-11
Format	Kindle eBook

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