However, Ramzi is never fully able to put away seeing his family butchered, and is eventually driven to abandon his gains and punish those responsible. He finds himself associating with disreputable characters, abusing his company's wealth in a vendetta and even engaging in extramarital affairs. In the process, as he struggles with faith and a sense of justice, a revelation occurs that could destroy all he has worked for.

"Voice of Conscience" gets off to a strong start, particularly with the descriptions of Turkish village culture. Flashbacks provide a picture of Ramzi Sr.'s background, and the wedding of Ramzi's sister shows the familial traditions of the area. The book also hits good emotional territory when the scars of Ramzi's past push him to irrational action, such as being wracked with bloody dreams or fleeing Istanbul because of an imagined conspiracy.

Ground is quickly lost once Ramzi leaves Turkey however, chiefly due to Kaya's writing style. Granted, "Voice of Conscience" is his first novel, but it still reads like he is providing a list rather than telling the story. There's little room for readers to infer anything, as Kaya simply says what happens and skims over scenes that are begging for more detail. The book is also riddled with typographical errors - "lose" and "loose" are interchanged more than once and one character is told to "go a head."

The biggest offender in the book is the dialogue, which is about as lifeless as the machines which Ramzi makes his fortune on. Each character speaks as though they are picking their words carefully, a dialogue style that works for characters struggling with English but sounds wooden from American businessmen and British nobles. This gets particularly painful during Ramzi's courtship of his wife and discussions on religion, very sensitive topics which are devoid of necessary emotion.