Book excerpt: Roland Micheaux is a young attorney with a dark secret. The secret drives him to succeed in order to redeem himself. However, the more he accomplishes, the more he has to lose. When a mysterious man called Jasper Kain tells Roland he knows his secret - and that his actions will bring about the end of the world - Roland's life begins to crumble. As Kain's premonitions begin to come true, Roland must find a way to save himself - and the world that suddenly wants to destroy him. --from publisher's description.