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

Reaching the unknown location, Ian walked into a vault room where he met five men dressed in clerical red cloaks. They had a long, carved chess placed on a table that was in the centre of the vault, waiting for him. 


"Is this it," Ian came to a stop at the table; towering over the chest with his head tilted upwards, foreboding. 


"Yes," one of the clergymen replied. "But why do you---" 


"Show it to me?" Ian impatiently asked. So the clergyman swallowed what he was going to ask him and opened the box. In the box was the God Killer sword, reflecting its silver and whispering in tiny inaudible voices. "This is new," Ian said, referring to the sword's whisperings. "When did it start doing this?" 


Squinting his eyes with suspicion, he ordered the clergyman to "Seal the box and put it on the plane. It's no longer safe here in the city." 


"Where are we taking it?" The clergyman asked as he and another sealed the box together. 


Chapter 48: The Prodigal Son Returns (Part 1)