Dr. Steve Morvan, a brilliant but secretive scientist, vanishes from his lab after a violent unexplainable event that leaves the facility in ruins. Lef behind are shattered clues; a mangled vault, cryptic notes and a sinister metallic presence that defies all logic, When his prote'ge', Alex Carter, stumbles upon the scene, he becomes the prime suspect in Dr. Steve's disappearice. Meanwhile Lara Morvan, Dr. Steve's determined niece, refuses to believe Alex is guilty. Armed with fragments of her uncle's warnings and driven by a stronger than fear, Lara begins to uncover the dangerous secrets of his research. A story of family, betrayal and the boundaries of human invention . "The echo of steel" is a pulse-pounding journey into the unknown, where the cost of discovery could mean the end of everything.