An evil, power-obsessed dictator has seized control of the United States and unleashed a covert worldwide rebellion through his own shadow organization, the High Command.

Phantom, an elite professional assassin with a dark and troubled past, is recruited into serving the cause.

As the world stands on the brink of open war, Phantom is pulled into missions that will test his physical and emotional limits and determine the fate of his very soul.

Phantom’s erotic and thrilling adventures are filled with passion, lust, love, betrayal, vengeance, redemption and hope.

Will the world survive?  Will he?

Phantom within the Dark Circle is the continuing story of an elite professional assassin, Phantom, as set forth in Tim Smock’s debut book, Phantom of the High Command.

Phantom, with his dark and troubled past, continues his service with the High Command, now under the direction of President Lance. For one brief moment in time, the world was in perfect, blissful synchronicity. It was the start of a greater, higher purpose for all humanity.

But, after a few years, the inevitable fighting between various religious, social, and ethnic groups festered and exploded into violence. As a result, the world again stands on the brink of open war, but Phantom has a more immediate problem. He has been betrayed in the worst possible way.

The Dark Circle, a secret society charged with mediation and enforcement of assassin rules and codes, has been infiltrated, resulting in unsanctioned murder. Phantom’s quest for answers will lead him deep into the Dark Circle and test his physical and emotional limits.

Read Phantom within the Dark Circle and follow Phantom’s erotic and thrilling adventures, which are filled with passion, lust, love, betrayal, vengeance, redemption, and hope.

The fate of the world is, once again, in his hands.