7th Son: Book Two - Deceit
Two days ago, seven human clones — John, Michael, Father Thomas, Dr. Mike, Jonathan, Jack and Kilroy2.0 — were torn away from their “normal” lives to stop a ruthless plot created by their progenitor, a man code-named John Alpha. Their quest was a descent into conspiracy, violence and death.
The clones were successful in their mission, but victory was not without its price.
As 7th Son: Book Two - Deceit begins, the Beta clones are demoralized, reeling from their loss … and about to learn that John Alpha’s plans are far from over.
To prevent the next phase of Alpha’s plan, John, Kilroy2.0, and the others must unearth more dark secrets about the government project from which they were spawned. They will experience the horrors of betrayal, and race cross-country to track John Alpha.
And they will finally realize the scope of Alpha’s wrath — the bloodshed the clones have witnessed is merely a prelude to the world-rending destruction to come. Unless they can stop it first.
Deceit is the second novel in J.C. Hutchins’ 7th Son thriller trilogy.
September 27th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Sweet…I’ve been wondering when the next book would come out : ) I can’t wait to start listening!
October 5th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
What a great start to Book 2, J.C. For those of you that have not listened to Book 1, do yourself a big favor and do so. This is top notch content and J.C. looks to be on top of his game already in Book 2.
October 8th, 2006 at 7:16 am
I was able to finish book 1 in only a few days thanks to my current transit schedule, and what a great “read” it was. I think I’ll let you do a few more episodes before I start listening to book 2, I don’t think I’d be able to bear waiting between episodes. Great job on writing a compelling story J.C.
How many books are there in the 7th Son story arc? I can picture it ending after a third book (maybe called “Destruction” or “Doomsday”?), but of course I’d prefer a whole string of them. Maybe I’m being overly optimistic and the story ends after book 2, but I sure as hell hope not.
November 23rd, 2006 at 10:13 am
listened to the all episodes of both books on a drive from Michigan to Kansas. Great tale. Looking forward to upcoming chapters. Aside from the hilariously funny “dark shadows/barnabas collins” music you use between moments in the story I truly enjoyed it. I personally would prefer all the promos and talking to be at the end of the chapter, but hey…this is nitpicky stuff. It’s a great story….I’d buy a hardcopy version. Keep writing!
November 30th, 2006 at 2:06 am
Nice. I like an author who isn’t afraid to ‘whack’ major characters. Great story nicely told !
But getting these once a week is killing me with suspense though.
December 14th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
this trilogy rates up there with Star Wars! I seldom get this involved in a book or movie but I’ve caught myself quoting characters from the book at work where they just look at me but who cares!! “No one likes a smart ass” “but everyone wishes they could be one” Classic! Keep it coming JC and can’t wait to get it in hardcopy.
December 18th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Seventh Son mercilessly hooks you from the first listen, and before you know it you are hanging out for every episode. JC and the clones should be ashamed of addicting so many people. Except Kilroy of course!
December 28th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
Nice job so far. I can’t wait for the episode of 2007 to be published. I also like the short 2 second pauses before the exit music. it always leaves me saying or leterly screeming the word “no!” and I have to wait for the next chapter.
January 7th, 2007 at 11:04 am
More, more, more! I love the book(s)! I have trouble with all the gore, but because of the story line I am hooked, hooked, hooked anyway. Apparently lots of other people like the blood & violence (hence the wild success of your books and Scott Sigler’s) so I’ll flow with the majority.
I tell my friends about what’s happening in the story so they’ll get addicted as well. Thanks for all your hard work, J.C.
January 24th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
J.C. - I was sorry when you changed the music until I heard what you found. Your first choice was very very good, but the second really is perfect. And I know you laugh every time the music starts at the end of the episode because I jump out of my skin. **
February 7th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
MAN!!! This book is the BOMB! I love it! I have been recommending it to everyone. I wasn’t too keen on this whole audiobook thing until I took a job where my commute was ridiculous and JC, I have to tell you, you’ve made the trip feel like nothing! My only complaint is how long I have to wait until you put up the next episodes! YOU ARE THE SHIT!!! Keep on writing!
February 24th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Love the story, but hate Thomas’ new voice! That “I have a cold and a lisp at the same time” voice really bothers me.
I understand the need to seperate the voices for distinction (ever listen to Earthcore?), though. 
Keep up the good work.
March 4th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Damn you J.C.!!! I have actually found myself longing for the next episode and shaking with anticipation like a strung-out junkie when a new comes in. This is the most addicting work of fiction (it is fiction, right) that I have read or heard. The episodes could be longer and more frequent but all the same this series is stunning in scope.
March 14th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I must say, Book Two was much, much better than Book one, maybe because the action seemed more polish and a whole lot more things happened in this one. Book one was a nice set up with some action, but Book two took off and just kept going. Nice job, I hope Book three brings a kick ass ending to the series.
March 15th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Book II was better than Book I mainly because it was the second act, book I dealt with the set-up of the world, characters, back story and such. Book II has a tonne of action and kicks major butt. Can’t wait until book III drops J.C.!
March 15th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Great job, J.C. I’ve been out of town for several days and I had a chance to finish all but the last chapter, which I just downloaded. I can’t wait to find out what is going to happen next. Keep up the good work!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 6:37 am
I’ve listened to the final chapter and have one question…what’s next? Is there going to be a Q and A session to round out the story or what? I would love to know!!!
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Is chapter 29 the last chapter of book 2?
May 10th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I am so confused… If chapter 29 was the final chapter of book 2, then why doesn’t PodioBooks know that? Someone needs to switch the feed from “In Progress” to “Complete” It wasn’t until I started seeing all that 7-7-07 stuff for book three that I realized that Book 2 was done. Before that I figured that the release dates for new chapters were being missed because of the server troubles. So then, I wasn’t sure if JC just stopped, or the book was finished.
May 14th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
I can’t wait for book 3 myself. Great job!
May 21st, 2007 at 6:04 am
“7th Son” listeners, Book Two is now officially complete. While the story concluded with Chapter 29, fourteen special bonus episodes were recently added to this Podiobooks.com feed. These episodes originally aired at my website, but I wanted to share them with you. I hope you enjoy them.
Be sure to check the Book Two chapter page for shownotes, and original debut dates for these special episodes.
Thank you for your patience, and for listening to Book Two!
–J.C. Hutchins
May 28th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Great story, loved book one, book two was amazing and can’t wait for book three now.
June 20th, 2007 at 8:11 am
Loved Book 1 with no exceptions.
But Book 2 has issues. The story is great, the suspense even better, and finally the plot twists are excellent.
My only problem is that the characters (and I mean all of them) have become dumber than a box of rocks. I can almost excuse the clons but really it did take them long enough to figure out they were pawns. As for Hill as dumb as this character is turning out to be there is no way he would have made it to be in the position that he was.
I hope this trend of stupidity does not continue into Book 3 or it will make Book 3 impossible to read.
July 13th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Unfortunately this is a classic example of a person who wrote a book and then decided to turn it into a trilogy–the author felt no responsibility to make the second book stand alone. The first book was great, but this was a letdown–and the attempt at a cliffhanger ending didn’t motivate me to subscribe to book 3. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. You fooled me with book 2, but I learned my lesson.
July 18th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
In responds to some reader’s blogs: going into book one, the audience knows this was a trilogy so cliffhangers were expected.
Cons: There were some uncharacteristic parts where the protagonists were slow to catch on or act.
Pros: Fast paced story with many twists left the reader constantly eager for the next chapter.
Book Three is certain to be as exciting (but hopefully no suspenseful cliffhanger)!
Analysis: Outstanding!
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:28 am
Its the best #1 iloved it thanks j.c for this great book icant wait for the next
one and thank you podiobooks. j.c.hutchins is #1
March 30th, 2008 at 8:04 am
This is Premier league quality entertainment…. Seriously good stuff.
At the start of the book (and following on from book 1) there were a few “Yes but that doesn’t make sense because of….” questions running through my head. But by the end of the book I realised that J.C, Alpha and the clones had thought them through, they weren’t loose ends at all, they were thought through plot points and strengthened the story.
Book 1 was great… book 2 was awesome… guess which final part of a trilogy I’ve just subscribed to
June 27th, 2008 at 5:00 am
I enjoyed book 1 reasonably well, but by book 2 the uneven science started to bother me enough to stop listening halfway through book 2.
The action in the series is nice, but scientists might be bothered by the inconsistencies.
For example: In book one it is mentioned that the memory storage units that hold the stored personality can never have their power interrupted, but also mention that the data is totally static. If the data has really been reduced to digital form, there is no reason they couldn’t replace that room full of “q-crays” with a few modern hard drives.
I don’t want to seem like I didn’t like the book at all, I did, I just prefer science fiction that has more cleanly defined departures from our current world.