In the Shadow of a King, Vol 2

Golden Hive

von Mateo Cross

404 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

HOW DO YOU DESTROY AN EMPIRE WHEN YOU ARE ITS KING?The global infrastructure is fracturing. Following the devastating attack on the World Court, Government One is tightening its grip. Above the atmosphere, the ARC satellite weapons system is fully operational. It is waiting for the command to initiate "The Purification," a mass culling orchestrated by the ancient, ruthless Merovingian Kings to reduce the global population to 500 million.Les Freeman and Isabella lead an elite team of Shadows to dismantle the Kings' empire from the inside out. But the greatest threat to the mission is Les himself.Manipulated for years by a hidden enemy, Les suffers from induced blackouts where his alter-ego takes control. In the dark, he is Alexander Meroviche, the 7th Crown of the Merovingian Dynasty. While Les fights a war against the monster living inside his own mind, Isabella must take the reins. She is forced to orchestrate their strikes and keep their fractured team from falling apart.Help arrives from the most unlikely of places. Silas, the highest-ranking Cleric of the NeoTemplars, has woken up to the lies of his indoctrination. Desperate for redemption, he defects to the Shadows and offers them the keys to the Kings' impenetrable fortresses.From the neon-lit underground of Macau to the ancient, blood-soaked ruins of King Solomon's Mines, Isabella, Les, and Silas must execute a flawless, globe-spanning offensive. When you are fighting an enemy that controls the world, one wrong move does not just cost you your life. It costs humanity its future.In Golden Hive, Volume 2 of the In the Shadow of a King series, Mateo Cross delivers a kinetic, relentless tactical thriller. It explores the agonizing cost of redemption, the brutal reality of unlearning your past, and the courage it takes to fight the darkness within.You have intercepted an internal historical document from the archives of Cell 42. Step into the dark and witness the war that shaped our reality.Welcome to the Shadows.