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

"You killed her!" Merci shouted, looking at her sister lying frozen on the floor with her eyes wide open; the light within which had disappeared. "Why!?" She then wailed, standing up to Victor. 


"She stole something that did not belong to her. Where I'm from the penalty of stealing is death." Right away he turned the gun on her. 


"Don't take it personal, Merci...wait...yeah, it's definitely personal," and he quickly squeezed the trigger, shooting her just above her gut and causing her blood to splatter all over the sword that was on the floor. Ezra saw this and hid immediately behind a table. "Consider your contract terminated," he bragged after. 


"You killed them both," Terry filled with dread, mourned uncontrollably. "You didn't have to kill them!" 


"Mortal, go fetch me the sword," the demon in Victor ordered, falling out of character. 


"The sword, go get it now!" In many voices, he shouted at Terry. 


Chapter 23: Bury Me Here