Readers discovered Stéphane Marchand in 2020 with “Face Mort,” featuring his charismatic heroine Maxime Barelli. This summer, the author returns with a gripping prequel where French intelligence is at the heart of the action.
Before Face Mort, Maxime Barelli was already operating in the discreet field of French intelligence and top-secret special missions. She was confronted in Syria with a new powerful drug capable of inducing fits of rage. At the same time, Yann Braque, a police lieutenant at the Paris Judicial Police, is investigating the death of a young woman during an online and virtual reality sexual game.
While Maxime conducts her investigation and gathers information to protect the country, Lieutenant Braque focuses on Vivalia, a French tech giant headquartered in the middle of the Écrins National Park, whose CEO, Nolan Menkaschian, seems to be hiding something. The paths of Maxime Barelli and Lieutenant Yann Braque will meet and collide head-on.
Until Hell is an action-packed thriller where science adds a touch of realism and suspense. Brain manipulation and cognitive enhancement are used by Stéphane Marchand in this thriller as strong plot devices, prompting questions about the future, our ultra-connected world, data protection, the safeguarding of new technologies from hackers, and even transhumanism.
Stéphane Marchand delivers a thrilling action and anxiety-inducing anticipation thriller, with no downtime, taking the reader to all corners of the world in the company of Captain Barelli and her special forces team.
