Maelstrom Within

The Metis Files: Book 4

The Deepest Wounds Are Self-Inflicted.

Stuck in a downward spiral of self-pity and guilt over the tragic aftermath of battling a fallen angel, Diomedes cannot bring himself to face the world, let alone the woman he failed to protect. Hiding from everyone, including his benefactor Athena and his responsibilities at the Métis Foundation, he finds solace in someone unexpected.

But avoidance and distractions are not enough. The one thing he cannot escape is trouble. Despite Diomedes’s efforts to fall off the grid and forget, a familiar but treacherous figure tracks him down to offer a dangerous solution to correct the misfortune… in exchange for a favor. The steep price includes striking a bargain with an arcane, vengeful being.

Diomedes turns his back on everything he stands for, even at the cost of his closest friends and allies, to pursue a foe who knows he is coming. And the solution may not even work. How far will Diomedes go to assuage a guilty conscience?

Description

ISBN-13: 978-1-958231-79-1

Publication Date: July 28, 2025

About the Author

Brian S. Leon is truly a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none. He began writing in order to do something with all the useless degrees, knowledge, and skills–most of which have no practical application in civilized society–he accumulated over the years. His varied interests include, most notably, mythology of all kinds and fishing, and he has spent time in jungles and museums all over the world, studying and oceans and seas across the globe chasing fish, sometimes even catching them. He has also spent time in various locations around the world doing other things that may or may not have ever happened. Inspired by stories of classical masters like Homer and Jules Verne, as well as modern writers like J.R.R. Tolkien, David Morrell, and Jim Butcher, combined with an inordinate amount of free time, Mr. Leon finally decided to come up with tales of his own.