A strategy consultant desperate to save her family risks her prized career and pristine reputation to investigate the dark truth behind society’s sharp increase in extremism.

Conflict avoidance works well for Viv Harker. Her hobby podcast increases its reach every month, her close personal relationships sustain her, and she’s a star at the world’s most renowned consulting firm.

Dodging friction is no longer an option, though, when Viv’s eco-warrior best friend begins spouting arguments against climate change and Viv’s estranged brother, an eerie glow in his eyes, talks government overflow while stocking militia gear in their parents’ garage.

As her dad becomes entranced by her brother’s rhetoric and her best friend turns increasingly combative, Viv digs into extremism research on her podcast despite a warning from a formerly esteemed academic to drop her investigation.

Viv navigates threats from spoofed e-mail messages to death threats while her family and best friend pull ever further away and her safety, security, and treasured career are thrown into the balance.

Can Viv save the people she loves—or even herself?

ZEALOTS AND TYRANTS (80,000 words) is a speculative noir novel in final revision. For more information, contact me.