Lucifer's Pocket

It's New Years Eve in Times Square when Alex Marshall suddenly finds himself alone. He's the only one of millions gathered there who is moving; the rest of whom are all in some kind of trance. Shortly he is found by the Underground Society who removes him from New York and takes him to their base in North Carolina. In the next couple of hours he discovers that the world he thought he was living in is a deception. Who really is controlling the world?

Alex, a history professor, discovers that another world war is soon approaching. Working with his friends; Steve Jenson, a former Navy Seal; Neil Murray, a computer hacker and Melissa Kimble, an electronics engineer, he fights against time to discover the true nature of the LORDs who rule the world and prevent the deaths of another billion people--including themselves.

"They're the true embodiment of evil itself--as vicious and obvious as hydras if they have a knife in your back, as desperate and pathetically cowardly when they're cornered, and as friendly as anybody you would ever meet face to face, when they think you have power over them. Many of them are very intelligent and exceedingly clever and cunning in their own fashion. They're masterful liars, totally without peer or conscience. They're completely ruthless when it comes to executing their designs, as well as incredibly patient and intelligent in waiting for and recognizing the right time to make their strike."

Based on the biblical story about The Tower of Babel this is a George Orwell style high tech science fiction/technothriller about dystopian mind control.