The Devil's Calling

Readers will relish this captivating second entry in Kelley's trilogy, with free-thinking literature professor Sean Byron McQueen returning for another rousing adventure.

It's been nine years since Sean Byron McQueen's best friend was murdered and Sean recovered his friend's world-changing theory. Now, Sean and his wife, Professor Emily Edens, quantum cosmologist, run a college in Oregon where they teach innovative classes about science, literature, and most importantly, The Theory of Everything-or how to choose love over fear.

The couple are raising two young children, as well as their good friend's twin daughters, who are technological savants. They help Sean through his trepidation over the use of holograms and a new form of mass mind communication run by Genesis, a breakthrough quantum computer made in Russia.

After Sean begins receiving strange communications with forgeries of famous authors' works, he realizes that the evil Guru might be the mastermind behind Genesis. And the Guru might also be after Emily, who is leaving on a worldwide tour to discuss The Theory of Everything. Sean sets out to track down the Guru before the dangerous ""hive-mind"" technology of Genesis is used for malevolent ends and find his beloved wife before the Guru does