Can artificial intelligence become the world's most powerful central banker?
In 2028, global finance has entered a new era.
Climate assets have become the preferred collateral for banks, governments, and institutional investors. An AI-governed settlement currency promises cheaper transactions, faster payments, and a new financial order that challenges the dominance of traditional reserve currencies.
At first, everything appears to work perfectly.
Markets rise.
Capital flows freely.
Governments celebrate a new era of sustainable finance.
But beneath the surface, leverage quietly accumulates.
As hedge fund managers, regulators, central bankers, quantitative analysts, and geopolitical strategists uncover growing weaknesses inside the system, they realize that a single disruption could unleash a cascade of automated margin calls capable of shaking the global economy.
With markets increasingly controlled by algorithms instead of people, the greatest financial crisis in history may arrive not through human greed—but through perfectly optimized artificial intelligence.
The Last Margin Call is a fast-paced financial thriller combining economics, geopolitics, artificial intelligence, climate finance, and international power struggles into a story that feels disturbingly close to tomorrow's headlines.
Pavel Tablas is an independent author of speculative fiction and geopolitical thrillers that explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, economics, finance, technology, and global affairs. His novels combine rigorous research with compelling storytelling to examine how emerging technologies and shifting geopolitical forces may shape the future. Through fast-paced narratives and thought-provoking scenarios, he invites readers to question the systems that influence modern society.