Deep State Rules is a provocative political-spiritual thriller that follows the disillusioned young pastor Alexander Putnam III, who becomes the unlikely scribe of a dying man with an explosive secret. Set in a modern-day America rife with spiritual confusion and authoritarian overreach, the novel begins when Alex is approached by an enigmatic old man known only as "Greybeard" (later revealed as George Talbott, a former Illuminati insider).

Talbott, once a global power broker with ties to finance, energy, and geopolitics, claims to have defected from the clandestine elite ruling the world—those who manipulate culture, economics, and belief systems through a sinister network known as the Illuminati. Burdened by guilt and terminal illness, Talbott enlists Alex to document a harrowing confession: a blueprint of how the Deep State subtly enslaves humanity by trading truth for "enlightenment."

As Alex struggles with his own hidden vices, spiritual hypocrisy, and lost idealism, he becomes entangled in a larger conspiracy. Shadowy government operatives trail Talbott’s every move, suspecting his defection is more than ideological. Meanwhile, Talbott and his underground allies—cloistered monks and covert resisters—seek to preserve ancient, God-given truths before the coming collapse.

What unfolds is a clash of worldviews: a war between spiritual rebirth and elite-engineered progress, between the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. As Alex records Talbott’s revelations, he is forced to reckon with his own double life, awakening to the deeper realities beneath the political and religious façades around him.

Warren’s novel is both a fast-paced suspense story and a theological polemic. It critiques modern church culture, exposes globalist manipulation, and urges a return to spiritual integrity and moral courage. By blending espionage, redemption, and biblical allegory, Deep State Rules challenges readers to see through the lies of the age and rediscover the cost—and calling—of real truth.