Trouble in Paradise — Jason Walker

Trevor Dickson has secured a job helping to obtain evidence from a hard-to-reach archaeological site in the Grand Canyon. Now all he needs is to assemble his team. While he gathers most of the members with relative ease, the one man he desperately needs is also proving to be the most elusive: Darren Mathews, Trevor's friend from the S.A.S. and former security contractor for a shadow company called The Orange Corporation. When he tracks down the one man who would know where Darren has disappeared to, Trevor realizes that his search for his friend -- and carrying out his sure-fire gig -- will be a lot more complicated than he had initially calculated.Meanwhile, within Hollow Earth, Darren, Mich, and the rest of the refugees are settling into their new lives among the Lemurians. Hidden away from the shadow government and its mercenaries, they feel free to immerse themselves in all that their new home has to offer. With midterm elections coming up, they seem to have arrived not a moment too soon. While chaos erupts above them, the Lemurians show them technology, knowledge, and spiritual bliss beyond their wildest dreams. Yet with great knowledge comes great danger. If they are to survive their explorations, they must proceed with cautious guidance or run the risk of curiosity truly killing the cat.Will Trevor be able to fulfill his job without his most important team member? What will Darren and his friends discover as the Lemurians bring them closer to the ultimate truth? And with midterm elections just around the corner, what will become of the United States above them?