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.
Family
Psychological
Crime
Thriller
Betrayal
Noir
Conspiracy
Domestic Thriller
Hidden Identity
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Detective and Crime
Length13 hrs
Publish dateAug 19, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title page
24Chapter 23
2Chapter 1
25Chapter 24
3Chapter 2
26Chapter 25
4Chapter 3
27Chapter 26
5Chapter 4
28Chapter 27
6Chapter 5
29Chapter 28
7Chapter 6
30Chapter 29
8Chapter 7
31Chapter 30
9Chapter 8
32Chapter 31
10Chapter 9
33Chapter 32
11Chapter 10
34Chapter 33
12Chapter 11
35Chapter 34
13Chapter 12
36Chapter 35
14Chapter 13
37Chapter 36
15Chapter 14
38Chapter 37
16Chapter 15
39Chapter 38
17Chapter 16
40Chapter 39
18Chapter 17
41Chapter 40
19Chapter 18
42Chapter 41
20Chapter 19
43Chapter 42
21Chapter 20
44Roger Taylor
22Chapter 21
45Books by Roger Taylor
23Chapter 22
46Copyright
About the author
Roger Taylor
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 audiobooks by Roger Taylor
