Controlling Interest

Joseph Conklin, a man humbled by torture, war and the unabashed greed of others, has established himself as the nondescript head of the shipping conglomerate Hermes International. He has used his relative anonymity to secretly run an extensive syndicate known as Catharsis under a masked persona dubbed by the media as "The Leveler".   

 Considered a terrorist by the government, the Leveler uses his clandestine influence and vast resources to balance out the inequities of society by forcing empathy on the world. In radical ways. Along with disrupting systems of greed and consumerism, he endeavors to elicit real justice by using Catharsis to aid those truly in need.

With threats against an ultra wealthy pharmaceutical executive and corrupt politicians, the authorities are forced to answer the Leveler by allocating their best people to the case. Enter Martin Fultons, a dutiful if not slightly jaded G-man, a his partner Jennifer Fallwood, who are determined to stay ahead of a suspect who is always ten steps ahead of them.

Fighting the Leveler becomes more than the agents bargained for when they must contend with Conklin's fleet of copter drones, versatile inner circle of associates, and formidable intellect. To make matters worse, the Leveler's "Robin Hood" like philanthropy has put some of the public on his side and made him more than just a controversial figure.

With the brilliant Conklin turning the means of production into the means of destruction and the FBI on his trail, the reader finds themselves in the middle of a battle for society 's soul.