Stephanie Beroe returns in Class 7 Book II of the Stephanie Beroe Chronicles, an eat the rich, fast paced eco-thriller.Battling the dark side of the one percent . . . Stephanie Beroe remains unflappable. Surviving an incident last year with her husband Remy, against the ultra-rich, they've relocated to a quiet town outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico with the hope of a simple life. But burgeoning anger consumes her husband, as he becomes obsessed by the billionaires that literally got away with murder last year. His preoccupation grows as the same privileged men continue to profit from their greed in an off-kilter world. "Never plan a murder out loud," he states while plying Stephanie with endless safety gadgets; tokens of his mania, and comparing ridiculous regulations for legal cannabis to nuclear energy. When bodies start turning up, he's questioned by the police, then nuclear transport trucks start blowing up, dismantling cities and killing thousands of people. Stephanie contemplates whether this is masked hysteria, a terrorist act or simply her man gone over the edge. While empowering a unique group of friends, she must overcome a nuclear explosion, sterilization, and more as she constructs the ultimate Dantean retribution for the men who have driven her husband mad, while attempting to save Remy from himself. Fool Me Once female grit meets Ocean's Thirteen flare and ingenuity speckled with Amelia Peabody, and Agatha Christie back bone.The Beroe's are a unique example of the working class, entrepreneurs in a highly regulated business, they are sensitive creatives struggling to fit in and come to terms with the world's lost relationship between ethics and economics. Stephanie's almost radical idealism can only be counter balanced by her husband's innate sense of cynicism, and their pioneering spirit sets them apart from other young companies in their industry- like a target. The unexpected challenges they face set against a burgeoning industry, in Sacramento, Phoenix, and New York, expose the darkest elements of human nature. All of this woven around a nuanced, sexy, front-seat perspective to one of the world's greatest love affairs, is full of hairpins and plot twists. As usual, Stephanie surrounds herself with a unique friend group that includes a college bestie also from New Jersey, a media mogul, a billionaire's discarded son, an Egyptian Empire's, discarded lesbian daughter, an industry scion, and several survivors from the previous year's incident who all have reasons to be angry. Hiding in Egypt, they all have reasons to seek revenge- but retribution, as Stephanie realizes is a double-edged sword as she weighs out everything, they stand to lose by delivering it. Eat the rich, female strength - persistence, environmental awareness, LGBTQ
