Fatal Domain by Steven James is Book 2 in A Travis Brock Thriller Series.
If you've never read a Steven James novel, prepare yourself to read a real "book." And by that, I mean he writes good-size novels with plots so complex you can't imagine him being able to tie all the threads together - but he does. And he does it with precision.
Travis Brock was devastatingly burned by a house fire and has the scars to prove it. He lost his wife in the fire when he couldn't save her. (Broker of Lies). He works as an elite redactor for the Department of Defense and notes that "secrets are his business." He's now in a small elect group led by Colonel Clarke which includes a female "Adira" (former Homeland Security/Secret Service), and another male "Gunnar" (former Army Ranger). Their task is to commandeer something that could devastate national security from an IT firm manipulated by a billionaire Robin Hood type trying to save the world through a breakthrough pharmaceutical product. To say it's complicated is an understatement.
As it turns out, as dangerous as their assignment is, it's only the beginning of shocking revelations and tests of character, determination, and endurance with outlandish twists and a lot of personal evaluations and reconfiguring of right and wrong, the big picture, the horrors of "studies," and the evils of various mindsets.
It wouldn't do to give away pieces of this lengthy story, so I will conclude this review with my opinion that the sequel to Broker of Lies is far better and reveals many aspects of how dangerous the quests of pathological choices can be in the name of "the greater good." Men and women playing God and striving to make the decisions only He can make demonstrate the worst and most deceived of humanity.
I've read most of Steven James' novels, all of The Bowers Files, and Fatal Domain includes the most and the best explanations and references to biblical principles and particular scriptures without intoning a "religious" voice than all of his previous novels that I've read. A welcome aspect to the wicked characters and concepts in this story.
Highly recommend this Master Storyteller's Fatal Domain.
Father, please continue to guide Steven James' work, his artful writing, and bless him and his family in the ways they need it most. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.