What is it when you're trying to stay alive long enough to figure out WHY you are alive?It's THE MATTER OF LIFE . Matt Lacker, CIA Director, resigns amid controversy and writes a novel taking place in an ugly American future. It exposes corruption and an evil agenda at the highest levels, while seeking an allegorical redemption for his own life. That novel is within "No One Knows" (Matt Lacker #1). In "The Matter of Life" (Matt Lacker #2) it's the present; He faces the fallout from his explosive novel, now a movie. While he evades the attacks of those trying to destroy him, he struggles to follow the mysterious "ladder" to wisdom and peace left to him by a dead man in Azerbaijan. The two opposing sides of his life become inextricably entwined and reach a conclusion both unexpected and deeply rewarding. Lacker faces the evil of his old life with the fearless bravado of someone no longer concerned with death.Matt Lacker #3 -- The Third Intention --coming soon!