First published 2011
Private investigator Jake Helman takes on what seems like routine work when the mayor's wife hires him to document her husband's cheating. At the same time, Jake helps the ex-girlfriend of his former partner Edgar track down her son, who has joined a cult that worships extraterrestrials. Jake's deceased wife Sheryl, now working as an agent of Light, asks him to find a creature called the Destroyer of Souls, possibly connected to the vanishing of the biblical figure Abel. The mayor investigation leads Jake to Karlin Reichard, a powerful industrialist who controls a secret organization that has shaped world events for centuries. To expose this conspiracy, Jake must infiltrate their ranks. He faces assassins and supernatural enemies as he works to reveal the truth about the Order of Avademe and confront a monster that wants to control both heaven and hell.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, mystery, crime, action, paranormal
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Karlin Reichard
432 pages · Kindle Edition · Medallion Press
Content warnings: violence