Peter Newman built a quiet life—small business, loving wife, young son John. Until the day his father orchestrates his complete financial ruin with surgical precision, forcing him back into the family empire he'd escaped. The wall chart mapping his destruction is both monstrous and brilliant: every client betrayal, every accident, every pressure point calculated years in advance.
Now Peter must navigate a vast criminal organization that controls governments and industries worldwide. As he trains in violence he never wanted and makes decisions that corrode his conscience, he secretly plans to redirect this terrible machine toward good. But his father has other plans—and young John is already being shaped for a darker inheritance.
A masterful thriller about power, family, and the price of trying to stay human inside an inhuman system.
Roger Taylor (1938-2023) was the acclaimed author of the epic five-book fantasy series, the Chronicles of Hawklan and the Word of Hawklan novels. Praised by readers as "subtly subversive," his work delved deep into the complexities of good and evil, often exploring the challenging idea that one must embrace their own darkness to protect the vulnerable.
His worlds, and the profound questions they pose, continue to captivate and resonate with readers around the globe.View all by Roger Taylor
