Omega is the second book in the Col Sec series and holds a special place in my heart.

I’d finished Ronin which was going to be a stand alone book and was thinking about my next book. What should I write, could I even write another book? At the time Casino Royale had been released with Danial Craig taking over the role of James Bond. Bond has always been a favourite of mine ever since I saw my first Bond film, Goldfinger when it was first released in 1964 so when I saw the reboot of the franchise with Casino Royale I had an idea of writing a spy thriller. I already had a Universe I was familiar with in the Col Sec Universe from Ronin my earlier book so I thought of using that again. I had a problem with the main character though. My hero from Ronin, Kurt Stryder was not a normal human at the end of the book. He had undergone a change so radical that it limited his participation in this next book and I chose to keep him out of the action altogether. Instead I chose Matt Hawk who played an important role in Ronin but would take centre stage for Omega.

Matt Hawk is a normal human, well almost, if you take into consideration that he grew up on a world with a slightly heavier gravity than that of Earth’s and therefore was stronger than a normal human, had a stronger skeletal structure and increased stamina too. A Recon Delta Marine seconded to Intelligence Division he is tasked to investigate a sighting of a possible terrorist on a distant planet. He is aided by a team of Recon Delta Marines led by Colonel De Boer. They encounter resistance but Matt overcomes the terrorist and takes him back to HQ in New York. What happens then starts a series of events that see Col Sec pitted against an enemy who is determined to destroy not only Col Sec but General Sinclair personally.

Omega is a terrorist organisation that has its fangs deep into business and government alike. Using an army of clones bred for battle they set about to destroy Col Sec.

Maxwell Eisenhower is the CEO and owner of MaxCorp a megacorp that had been supplying both Col Sec and Omega with weapons and tech stolen from its main rival RandCorp. Eisenhower also runs Omega as a cartel running missions behind the scenes. The recent event at Col Sec HQ was not sanctioned by him.

Jonas Wilde, Eisenhower’s right hand man was the one who sanctioned the event at Col Sec. He was ex-Recon Delta but was kicked out for failing his psyche eval. He blames Col Sec and Sinclair personally for being kicked out of a career he loved. He has plans to wrest the reins of Omega from Eisenhower which he does and goes on the warpath against his enemy.

Tanya Wilde, Jonas’s daughter who at first has no idea of her fathers dealings and turns against him turning to Matt Hawk for protection.

All four of them are pitched into the mix as Matt tries to protect the innocent Tanya whom he grows increasingly close to. The action moves to Earth from distant planets as Matt and Tanya run for their lives as Jonas throws the might of Omega against them. On Earth a huge starship Omega has control of attacks Col Sec HQ destroying it. In desperation Matt takes the fight to them.

At the end of things when everything seems to have worked out one final twist throws them back into the thick of it once more.

Who will survive this contest of wills, Col Sec or Omega?

Like I said earlier this is one of my favourite books out of the entire series, it has a plot that spans across the galaxy with a huge finale on Earth but that’s not the end of the book. Things seem to calm down but kick right back into high gear once more, and then when you think that’s got to be it there’s more. As I finished the book an idea hit me how to continue what I now considered to be a series and seeing as how I was missing writing about Kurt Stryder I decided what the next book would be about. I even threw in a little cameo right at the end which leads nicely into the start of book three, Discovery.

More of that next time.