THE GREATEST HEIST: START HERE

Every chapter, in reading order, from Book 1 to Book 3.

Start at the top and read straight down. The chapters run oldest to newest, in the order the story happens.

Book 1 opens at a Manhattan party in 1981 and ends with the 2008 crash in view. Book 2 is the crash itself. Book 3 is Zorro Ranch. New readers start with Book 1, Chapter 1.


BOOK 1 — THE NETWORK

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Chapter 1 — How Reagan’s Shadow Network Created Trump and Epstein · July 23, 2025

Chapter 2 — Infecting Capitalism · July 24, 2025

Chapter 3 — Parallel Networks · July 26, 2025

Chapter 4 — The House of Broken Friendships · July 31, 2025

Chapter 5 — The Four Men Who Stole America · August 5, 2025

Chapter 6 — The Concorde Deception · August 12, 2025

Chapter 7 — The Cultivation of Donald Trump · August 19, 2025

Chapter 8 — The $50 Billion Russian Laundromat · August 27, 2025

Chapter 9 — The $450 Million Windfall That Saved Trump · September 3, 2025

Chapter 10 — Too Big To Fail · September 19, 2025

Bonus

The Story So Far — a catch-up through Chapter 8 · September 1, 2025

Live Event — William K. Black on The Greatest Heist · September 23, 2025

The Greatest Heist with William K. Black · September 27, 2025

Live Event — How Trump and Epstein Rewrote American Power · October 9, 2025

The Greatest Heist Live — the evidence from the first ten chapters · October 10, 2025

Book 1 Recap · November 6, 2025

Exclusive — The Billionaire, the Predator, and the Braque · May 26, 2026


BOOK 2 — THE CRASH

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Prologue — The Inside Story of 2008: How They Did It · November 6, 2025

Chapter 1 — The Gathering · November 10, 2025

Chapter 2 — The Arrest · November 16, 2025

Chapter 3 — The Quiet · November 23, 2025

Chapter 4 — The Storm · November 30, 2025

Chapter 5 — The Lair · December 10, 2025

Chapter 6 — The Bear · December 23, 2025

Chapter 7 — The Vault · January 11, 2026

Chapter 8 — The Extraction · January 27, 2026

Chapter 9 — The Bomb · March 23, 2026

Bonus

The Story So Far — Epstein, JP Morgan, and the Heist · January 2, 2026

Special Report — Howard Lutnick’s Firm is a Russian Front · March 24, 2026


BOOK 3 — ZORRO RANCH

Book 3 is in progress.

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Chapter 1 — Atomic Spy · April 21, 2026

Chapter 2 — Zorro Ranch · May 23, 2026

Bonus

Special Report — Beneath Zorro · May 21, 2026


The investigation continues. New chapters land here as they publish.