Morning of Despair, Book Two of The Towers Series was published in 2017. Morning of Despair is a fast-paced thriller. Origins was a very developmental book, written with fictitious characters set in historical events. In Book Two, The Khan continues to move behind the scenes as North Korea and Iran develop their nuclear weapons. Much like a puppet master, his insidious techniques bring the two rogue nations to a startling moment putting the world in danger of a nuclear holocaust. Alive with military events, and the work of American Intelligence Agencies, Morning of Despair paints a fictional story of nation rising against nation with the ensuing retaliation. On this particular morning, Michael Benson faces two deeply discouraging events, his professional loss and a potential nuclear attack on the United States. Unlike Origins, which is laced with developmental detail, Morning of Despair is a quick read with an ending that will take you by surprise.