No one doubts that Farv Larion is a brilliant young man. His arrogance should make him difficult to like, but his charisma draws people to him-especially a certain type of person. But even those who imagine they are closest to him have no idea of the ice-cold calculation and ruthless ambition behind his cultured exterior. From his teens he has believed himself to be godlike, worthy of worship. With adulthood has come the chance to demonstrate the terrible reality of his self-belief. For Larion, all of humanity is his laboratory. Under the guise of a project to eliminate disease, his plan is to create a New World of altered existence, with himself as Lord and Master. With the support of foreign powers, he intends to begin by destroying the United States and all that the nation stands for. Only the commanders of an elite force of U.S. soldiers have an inkling of what Larion is up to. And in the final, appalling reckoning, will they stand a chance? Michael Steward Landcaster was born in 1981 and lives in the greater Chicago land area with his family and one daughter. Roscoe Q. Roberts was born in Chicago in 1971 to Belinda J. Roberts and Roscoe Roberts Jr. He has four sisters and one brother.