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

After the twenty minutes were up, they all got back into the jet and it took off. When the jet had begun to cruise comfortably in the air, Essen unbuckled his seatbelt and went to the back to make a call with a disposable phone. The phone rang and rang until someone finally answered: 


"Hello, this is Olivia. How may I help you?" 


"Gotcha. Sorry, I'm unable to answer the phone right now, but please feel free to leave a message and I'll get right back to you," this pre-recorded message of hers was then followed by a beep. 


"Hey, Olivia it's me, Joel. I'm sorry I hadn't called you earlier. I was busy doing you know what...saving the world...stopping bad guys. Yep. I'm not in the city right now but I just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you...about us. I still haven't forgotten about this morning...that kiss---" 


"Destination dead ahead," Ezra suddenly announced over the radio as the facility was now in sight. 


Chapter 30: Attack On CERN (Part 2)