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

Some minutes later and they were back in the ring. 


"Wake up...Wake up," Merci heard someone saying repeatedly as her eyelids slowly moved apart. "Wake up!" The person continued. 


Then with her eyes fully opened, she saw Jessica kneeling over her. 


"That's it," Jessica gently supported her as she sat up on the floor with her hands and feet bound in fetters. 


"They've brought us back to the ring. They changed you into your costume and gave us our weapons. I think they want us to fight." 


The moment she mentioned this to Merci there arose a cheerful uproar all around them. Hostess' face had appeared on the monitors and began to say: 


Chapter 36: The Stiletto (Part 4)