Final Warning: A Thriller

by Joseph Max Lewis, Virtual Voice (Narrator)

MURDER DURING A DRUG DEAL After stealing and then pawning The Diaries of Pontius Pilate, Jamall Harris and his two friends are set up to take the blame for the murder of two Police Detectives. The three men shoot their way out of the set-up, but now they’re wanted not only by the Police as cop killers, but also by the Crips street gang, who believe Jamall double-crossed them. Desperate, the men steal the scrolls back from the pawn shop they sold them to, kidnap a Professor of Latin and take over a University Lab with carbon dating equipment. Their demand? Gubernatorial and Presidential pardons in exchange for the original scrolls, translation of the etchings in English, the carbon dating results and their hostages. The Society for Human Enlightenment sends men disguised as an FBI swat unit to breech the lab, kill the witnesses and destroy the scrolls before their content can be made public. Since the Fellowship is in disarray, Jamall and his friends are on their own. Or are they?

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Published April 6, 2025

About the author

Joseph Max Lewis served as a member of an Operational Detachment in the U.S. Army's Seventh Special Forces Group, the storied Green Berets. During his service Lewis received antiterrorist training and his detachment was tasked to "Special Projects." Afterward, he served as an instructor at the Special Forces Qualification Course. Lewis attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the University of Tel Aviv in Israel, and the University of Pittsburgh, receiving degrees in International Politics and Law while being certified in Middle East Studies.

After living and studying abroad, first in the Middle East and then Southeast Asia, Lewis returned home to practice law. He’s a columnist in the New Bethlehem Leader-Vindicator and currently lives, writes, and practices law in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.