One Trillion Dollars – Andreas Eschbach

• Title: “One Trillion Dollars”
• Author: Andreas Eschbach
• Edition: 2014

• Original title: “Eine Billion Dollar“
• Edition: 2001
• Language: German

“One Trillion Dollars” is a novel by German writer Andreas Eschbach. Its plot revolves around a young pizza driver from New York City, who inherits a trillion US dollar from one of his ancestors who lived in 16th century Florence. With the money comes a prophecy that he must use it to give humanity back its lost future.

Bestselling author Andreas Eschbach’s «One Trillion Dollars» is a thriller that pits morality and choice against the lust for material goods – at any cost.

This novel inspired the Paramount+ television series “One Billion Dollars”.