There’s a big turn in Creative Destruction, where Loren struggles with a depressive episode by virtue of having a hand in killing someone just like him while the victim was laid up in a hospital. Add to that the fact that Loren’s CIA field agent girlfriend isn’t around, and Creative Destruction ends on the note of Loren attempting suicide, which is rough. Killing people is a few people’s ideas of a good time, even at the palatial remove that Dr. Loren is situated in.