Cirrus@Austlit

'The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Secretariat has estimated that 60% of the world's wealth is held in offshore shell companies, with many of them involved with sophisticated money-laundering networks.

'An international information bureau was established to track the millions of unseen and untouchable funds as they streamed through a constantly shifting, twisting, turning web of electronic media.

'To fight this financial fraud, a corporate lawyer joins forces with a mysterious person from the Isle of Man called The Manx Deemster, who is head of The Caine League - a unique group of altruists.

'The Manx Deemster is a fictional account of the unconventional detection methods undertaken to uncover the identities of criminals and their illegal activities, which remain hidden behind a carefully orchestrated veil of deceit.'

Source: Equilibrium Books (http://www.equilibriumbooks.com/manx_deemster.htm). Sighted: 13/7/2011

'Whilst Globalisation might provide conditional business opportunities for some, it has also given unrighteous providence to an elite group of transnational corporations to control a country's economic, financial and political interests by skilfully manipulating nations through a co-ordinated smokescreen network of companies-within-companies.

'This Matroska Effect has an adverse influence on the lives of many throughout the world, and its mechanism often generates corruption and financial fraud within corporations and governments - ignoring the citizens' plight of social injustice.

'While investigating the Razkom Corporation, Alistair Allobrogicus - the Manx Deemster - uncovers a powerful, international clandestine organisation controlled by a nefarious group of egocentric, white-collar criminals who eliminate anyone who opposes their plans.

'Although fictional, The Matroska Effect was inspired by actual criminal events and illicit acts, many of which are still occurring within our societies today.'

'In recent decades, there has been much emphasis placed on the rights of individuals, yet there are still over 200 million people in the world - representing 60 stateless nations - who are poor, marginalised and denied basic human rights under International Law. They are unable to choose their own social, political or cultural futures, and are either confined within First, Second or Third World Countries. They are the people of the Fourth World.

'Researching information concerning the misuse of human aid to a Fourth World country, a freelance journalist dies in New York under suspicious circumstances after discovering secret plans for the illegal supply of military weapons. When Alistair Allobrogicus - the Manx Deemster - becomes involved and delves into the mire of murky military and political subterfuge, more disturbing facts emerge that point to the existence of secret shadow governments controlled by a cartel of covert puppeteers and provocateurs.'

Source: Equilibrium Books (http://www.equilibriumbooks.com/puppeteers.htm). Sighted: 13/7/2011