Solomon Key

the long version

"The Puppet Masters are ready to usher in their prophesied utopia - a future world the rest of us won't be around to see, though we support their global efforts to enslave us believing that we will. But when the missing piece of their diabolical puzzle is discovered by archaeologists, their end game is out of the bag. . . Except that the ancient relic has fallen into the hands of an unsuspecting Matthew Scott, a man who wants nothing other than to stay off the grid, hiding from his former employees and the atrocious sins they had him commit. As armies of professional killers hunt him down, and with billions of lives trapped within the evil cross-hairs of a new world order, Scott must come to terms with his destiny. . . while the entire world, retribution for his crimes, and the only person he has ever cared for all hang in the balance." [back cover].