“With Leverage, Amran Gowani blows off the facade of high finance, revealing a world that is even more depraved than most think, where 'profits over people' is the rule of the day. Armed with years of Wall Street experience, the skill to weave a compulsively readable tale, and prose that'll make you go 'WHOA!', Gowani reminds us that the most valuable commodity on Earth isn't oil or gold, but the unshakable spirit to do better and be better which dwells within us all. A bell-ringing debut with high ROI.”
—Mateo Askaripour, New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck

“Fast and funny, appalling and appalled, Leverage absolutely nails the rats-eating-each-other vibe of the post-Great-Recession, pre-Trump era. Al Jafar—who knows hedge funds like Ishmael knows whales, like Dante knows Hell—is among the most entertaining voices in recent fiction.”
—Martin Seay, author of The Mirror Thief

“Told in a dazzling, wildly assured narrative voice, Leverage is a by turns tense and hilarious thriller set against the backdrop of a financial crisis which doubles as a sly dissection of the exploitation and structural inequity buttressing that very system. Amran Gowani’s debut—part social satire, part tale of self-discovery, and part love letter to hip hop culture—announces the arrival of a writer to be reckoned with.”
—Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands, international bestselling authors of Trust Issues

“No one else is doing what Amran is. He’s smarter than funny people, funnier than smart people, and has more heart and edge than both.”
—Dennard Dayle, author of How to Dodge a Cannonball

“I love a good Wall Street thriller, but I especially love one with this kind of depth and nuance – a keen and brilliant sense of the absurdity of it all. Amran is a sharp and funny, often surprisingly moving writer.”
—Catherine Baab, author of Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru

“Leverage is a wild ride that is, at various turns, funny, dark, and heart-wrenching. This thriller will make you burn through the pages and revel in twist after twist. By the end, you’ll leave satisfied, entertained, and in possession of a far greater understanding of both the Wu-Tang Clan's discography and what can happen when capitalistic greed is stretched to its furthest extremes.”
—Andrew Boryga, author of Victim