The Sum

Book Five – Part Five of The Trusted Thriller Series

Mess with the universal laws at your peril.

The world is in harmony, and humanity’s light shines bright. But is there more at play than what can be seen. And what will be the Protector's role now that Earth has shown it has no use for the age-old superbeing.

The sadistic global terrorist collective, Al Nadir is gone. World leaders have joined together in Freedom Earth. Religious heads have put aside their differences. The Balance is in equilibrium. Cheap energy is available for everyone.

This should be a time of peace. But The Protector isn’t so sure.

There is a feeling of something dangerous bubbling beneath the smooth surface. Struggling to shake those instincts, The Protector remains suspicious of British Prime Minister Ashton. His sly smirk and wandering eyes undermine his perfect, family-man façade. But how can The Protector denounce the most popular man in the world?

After all the moments of sheer terror and wonder, the endgame is finally in sight, but this is a series that won’t slip quietly into the night. Be prepared for a finale to blow you away. A masterpiece of emotions to wring you out completely and keep you tense until the very last page. The Sum is what its title says it is. The sum of everything. As the pressures grow and lies build, one thing is for certain, when, in the end, the truth is revealed, it's going to be cataclysmic!

What the readers say:

“No white-knuckle ride will thrill you more! A great adventure of political ambition that takes the individual megalomaniac to new levels of world power and domination. Medhat takes control of every aspect of the story from relationships, action and power dynamics ‘shimmering’ between the alien dimension and earth. Mixing scheming, betrayal, and passion where you always question motives and actions of the varied cast of characters. Without doubt, here is a wonderful writer with plenty to say. She writes with passion, in crisp chapters. She relates an original story with many common themes and clever twists. You can never relax and when she flips her characters as in this latest book she attenuates human character by switching good into pure evil as powerfully as letting Mr Hyde grace her page. It is something of a masterpiece, Frankenstein’s monster perhaps, or a beautiful new plant variety to wow the Chelsea Flower Show.”

“The end of an incredible ride. There’s incredible action, some real emotion wringing takes place as loyalties and motives are questioned and alliances rise and fall. The alien presence that made this such a refreshing change from all the formulaic novels that abound has a huge part to play in the final reckoning.

The thing is, it all hangs together, the writing throughout the series has been crisp and on point. If it wasn’t, I don’t think I would have stuck around. The balance between what is and what could be is perfect, the line where the truth ends and the incredible imagination of the author begins is impossible to find. There’s enough science to show that they know their stuff and it extrapolates with impeccable logic. Nothing jars, everything works together, an incredible feat for such a genre-hopping story.”

“Completely mind-blowing finale. I love this series more than any other I've read in years. Where do I start to describe the magic that Michelle Medhat channels through her writing?

Imagine a world class spy novel, filled with high technology, quantum physics and upper level government spooks. Then, add in a huge helping of metaphysics, spiritual philosophies and a cast of wildly good and evil players.

The Sum, the final installment of The Trusted series, pulls all of these elements together and crashes at light speed, flinging you from one Universe to the next, until your heart is in your mouth.”