In the Shadow of a King: Volume 1
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The world has changed. Government One, a massive global government encompassing every nation on earth except for the united states and china, reigns supreme. The US is in a state of disarray and a total police state. the economy has collapsed and it hangs by a thread under the leadership of a new, independent President. The Shadows, a group of elite warriors fights behind the scenes to stop the hidden men and women who have already brought the world to it's knees. Alexander Freeman, or Les, as his friends call him, leads the Shadows with his partner and anchor, Isabella - the Angel... But can Les even trust himself? Does he hide a secret from his team... one which he may not even be aware?
Now, with the world's leading technology company, Engulf Technologies, and the United States Space Defense working together to create a new weapon, the secret societies, the new governments of the world, and the Shadows wage a clandestine war tangled in a relentless web of sophisticated global terror and a race for complete dominance. In this New World, the freedom and future of common mankind is on the brink of annihilation. Could this be the dawning of the New World Order? Could this be the era of the common people taking the power back?
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