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

Meanwhile in the heart of Downtown, at his company, Victor was preparing himself for a press conference he had called from outside of his office. 


Inside his dark office, he was standing and watching surveillance footage he had confiscated from City Hall of him shooting Jade and Merci. He then fast-forwarded it to a part where Essen, Olivia, Ezra and David were all working together to carry the sisters' body out of the ballroom. The video subsequently ended and he pressed the delete icon that was on the uppermost right-hand corner on the tablet's screen. The video file was gone shortly after that. He then looked out through the transparent wall of his building, looking mischievous as he watched as midday approached the city. 


Chapter 26: Impending Rival (Part 2)