While the Obsidian Throne operated with surgical precision, chaos reigned on the surface. Magnus Marlowe, reeling from the "environmental system failure" that had corrupted his critical bioweapon data, was focused entirely on controlling the cascading financial and media disasters. He was blind to the true threat, convinced Kaelen Voss was still operating from a hidden, single safehouse.
Meanwhile, Cassius Marlowe, his arm in a sling but his ambition burning hotter than ever, was en route to the Black Sea facility. However, the travel delay caused by the need for secure transport allowed him time to perform his own focused research not as an executive, but as a predator hunting a rival.
Cassius was furious about the loss of the Triton’s Wake ca
