At the dawn of the new century, media mogul Billy Lansky observed outside forces, currents moving in curious directions. Pockets of skilled, well-financed social engineers were popping up all over the globe. The zeitgeist was red-hot, stoking a unique moment in time. An exceptional turn in human events would be lost, he’d say, if someone didn’t “close the deal!” A twenty-first-century renaissance, in which public consciousness could rise to the level of our mind-numbing technology, was possible, he’d assure you, if we would “act now!” With his plan in place, we’d maximize our inimitable knowledge and boundless power. With Lansky in play, hopes ran high for the world. He dreamed a king’s dream. He traded on everything he had for the greater good at a time when America gambled global unity on militarism and misadventure. To say Lansky was beneficent would be to miss the point entirely. He was noble. "American Messiah" is a fast-paced intrigue spanning five continents.