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

"That's it, just one step. You can do it." 


"Ezra, stop telling me I can. I can't okay," Essen admitted out of frustration while straining to hold onto two metal bars. He was between them and standing on his two legs. But the problem was he could not move them forward, not even an inch he could move them. "Please just help me back to the goddamn wheelchair." 


"Essen, I understand you're frustrated, but we need to keep trying. It has only been three days and your legs..." 


"Okay, I'm coming," he said, pushing up his eyeglasses on his face before lending Essen a shoulder to clutch onto, while he dragged him and placed him in his wheelchair. "Maybe we'll try again tomorrow, yeah?" 


But Essen was heavy with hopelessness. "Ezra, this is not working out." 


Chapter 37: Escape Velocity