Some of the most powerful people in the world want to kill Michael Nicholas, and only his brother Alex can save him. The problem is Alex is dead.

It's been almost a year since crime boss Alex Nicholas was killed on his home turf in Queens, and his straight-arrow brother Michael inherited the elder Nicholas's loan sharking and betting business. Unfortunately for Michael, he also inherited Alex's enemies?and there seem to be a lot of them.

As Michael learns to navigate a world he once shunned and feared, he's both helped and hindered by his friends, his wife Samantha, his bodyguard Sindy Steele, who's every bit as lethal as she is stunning, and his brother Alex, who may not be as dead as everyone thinks ...

It's time for Michael Nicholas to go from hunted to hunter.

E.J. Simon was born in New York City and grew up in Queens. His parents were both from Greece; his father became a successful furrier on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue in the 1950s when mink coats were fashionable.

His mother grew up in Durham, North Carolina and his annual travels back to visit his mother's family led to his love of the South.

After many years in corporate leadership positions, including CEO roles in two major companies, he followed his passion and began to write. His first novel, Death Never Sleeps, was a Kindle best-seller, which Kirkus called "A fine technological thriller that only gets better as it goes along."

Simon and his wife, Andrea, now live in Durham, North Carolina and are savoring southern living, the theatre, music, cooking, dining out and building their photography collection. He still is an avid New York Yankees fan but also now follows the Durham Bulls.

Some of the most powerful people in the world want to kill Michael Nicholas. Only his brother, Alex can save him - the problem is that Alex is dead. It's been almost a year since Alex Nicholas, a Queens based underworld Boss, was gunned down. After Alex's brutal murder, Michael inherited not only his brother's business - but his enemies. Michael is now a key player in a world he once feared. By day, he is the head of a Fortune 500 company by night, the CEO of Tartarus, one of the worlds largest illegal gambling operations. Before his death, Alex invested heavily in breakthrough artificial intelligence software so that he could live forever. It worked. In his virtual form, Alex can communicate with Michael and monitor information - and people - in ways the NSA would envy. It is Alex who discovers Michael's life is in danger. He detects plots that reach from the darkest corners of Queens, to the highest officials in the Vatican - and they all want Michael dead. Michael is now in a race to save his life, but he is never alone - Alex is there to help him navigate through this maze of life and death. Also protecting Michael from the forces closing in around him is Sindy Steele, a beautiful - and lethal bodyguard. How far is Michael willing to go to save his own life - and that of his family? Guided only by a familiar face on a computer screen, will the information Alex discovers allow Michael to go from being the hunted to the hunter?