9 Days Falling continues with the onset of more trouble in the world's financial systems in the scene Hurricane Goldman. Taking up where the scene Dark Matter began, the character Rob awakens to more bad news in his Quantum Sleeper. The serious problems in the securities markets make a well deserved end for the badly overleveraged Goldman Sachs. And this time the Ex-Goldman executives that virtually run the US government are unable to assure the rescue of the nefarious firm by raiding the public purse. The basic insolvency of the banking system is now exposed again, as so called "assets" hidden off balance sheet can no longer be assigned any worth at all. As the trouble happens concurrent with the hurricane that knocks down most of the US Gulf of Mexico oil production and damages major terminals in Houston, the fragility of the systems we depend upon for energy and finance is clearly evident.
