First edition First Printing signed and inscribed by author with a personal message to news anchor, Kelly Lange Dust jacket has some discoloration. Please review photos and reach out if you have any questions Fact sometimes trails in the footsteps of fiction, and so it is that events in the real world have followed much the course predicted by Paul Erdman's famous novel. Written when the first Arab oil embargo sent shock waves through our carefully balanced and delicately tuned economic system, THE BILLION DOLLAR SURE THING describes a plot to control the world's monetary assets.