The book opens with Joel Essen, a scruffy detective, witnessing an assassination of a renowned physicist. Going against his captain’s orders, he investigates the case. But in doing so, he opens Pandora box and learns of a nefarious plan to unleash hell on Earth. This new profound burden pushes the detective into action to go against a group of very powerful individuals. 

As intriguing  as the plot seems, it’s not the heart of the book’s mystery. It becomes rapidly clear that Joel Essen himself is very peculiar. He has his warts and inner demons from his past. A mystery that is slowly revealed throughout the book. The central theme of the book is that ‘no man is an island and no man stands alone’. Seeing that this book is a team up book, Essen will have to learn to trust and work with others. This is something he will especially struggle to come to terms with. In fact the other four main characters will have to learn to do the same. Every character has their own backstory that is perfectly intertwined into the main plot. 

Two Steps From Hell is a very suspensive story and with each chapter, the readers are forced to the edge of their seats. Everything and everyone will be against their favourite protagonist and time will be of the utmost importance to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.

Two Steps From Hell

The next day Jade laid in bed and stared up into the ceiling of her cube-shaped room, feeling thankful that she had received a second chance at life. She had officially left the side of darkness and joined the side of light. Yet like a cloud casting its unwanted shadow upon a land, so did she became overshadowed by an uneasy feeling. A feeling of fear of the unknown. This made her uncomfortable to the point where it caused her to get out of the bed. But it kept on bugging her. So she began to walk around in the small room. Then all after a sudden she glimpsed at herself in a mirror that was fastened on the wall and for some reason rationalized that the problem was staring back at her. 


Chapter 21: Confrontation (Part 1)