In the Serpent's Shadow
Where Power Breeds PoisonBy Elias Keane
Length11h 30m
About this audiobook
He was hired to find the leak. He didn't know he was the bait.
Caleb Rourke thought returning to Washington was just another job — a routine security audit for a biotech giant, triple the usual rate, quick in and out. Then he found a ghost in the code: a decade-old encryption signature from a heist he was supposed to have buried forever. And a name he never expected to see again.
When Caleb's ruthless aunt Vivienne — Washington's most formidable power broker, days from confirmation as Secretary of State — summons him back into her orbit, she doesn't ask for loyalty. She assumes it. But Caleb is about to discover that the audit was never about the company. It was about him. And the man he once loved, who vanished ten years ago, is walking through the lobby.
In the Serpent's Shadow is a razor-sharp political thriller about power, betrayal, and the dangerous moment when the past stops being history and starts being a weapon.
The serpent is in the light now.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length11 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 21, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Cedits
2Title & Copyright
3Chapter One. The Serpent’s Summons
4Chapter Two. The Boy in the Stairwell
5Chapter Three. Zane’s Blindsiding Return
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6Chapter Four. What Daniel Kept
7Chapter Five. Tension, Undeniable Spark
8Chapter Six. The Audit
9Chapter Seven. The Silent Assessment
10Chapter Eight. Orphaned Crypto Surfaces
11Chapter Nine. Zane’s Cryptic Warning
12Chapter Ten. What the House Keeps
13Chapter Eleven. The Velvet Glove
14Chapter Twelve. Whitfield’s Public Scrutiny
15Chapter Thirteen. The Dangerous Spark
16Chapter Fourteen. Patterns
17Chapter Fifteen. The Uneasy Confession
18Chapter Sixteen. Midnight Discovery
19Chapter Seventeen. The Quiet Report
20Chapter Eighteen. Truth Interrupted
21Chapter Nineteen. The Interrogation
22Chapter Twenty. The Velvet Plea
23Chapter Twenty-One. Redacted Files, Hidden Operation
24Chapter Twenty-Two. Public Accusation
25Chapter Twenty-Three. Walls Begin to Crumble
26Chapter Twenty-Four. The Urgent Warning
27Chapter Twenty-Five. Archivist’s Whispers
28Chapter Twenty-Six. The Unstoppable Kiss
29Chapter Twenty-Seven. Infiltrating Server Room
30Chapter Twenty-Eight. The Crypto Ledger
31Chapter Twenty-Nine. Vivienne’s Ultimatum
32Chapter Thirty. The Fight for Trust
33Chapter Thirty-One. Whitfield’s Public Implication
34Chapter Thirty-Two. The Frame-Up Completed
35Chapter Thirty-Three. Daniel’s Truth
36Chapter Thirty-Four. Closing in
37Chapter Thirty-Five. Vow of Fury
38Chapter Thirty-Six. Zane’s Unwavering Loyalty
39Chapter Thirty-Seven. Whitfield’s Political Demise
40Chapter Thirty-Eight. Final Revelation
41Chapter Thirty-Nine. The Pawns Revealed
42Chapter Forty. Global Ascendance
43Chapter Forty-One. Rooftop Reunion
44Chapter Forty-Two. The Serpent’s Global Shadow
45Chapter Forty-Three. The Vow
46The End
47Author's Closing Note
48The Complete Rourke Correlation
49Discover More by Elias Keane
50Closing Credits
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