To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my debut US hardback, I've convinced the publisher finally slash the price from 10 bucks down to 2.99 - even before the paperback's release in the summer. Silver's had some amazing reviews, been picked up by the guys behind Alien Ant Farm and other great bands for audio adaptation by cast from the WIRE and other tv shows...
So... what's it all about?
Sometimes the truth is anything but honest.
Sometimes the stories everyone knows by heart are lies.
Sometimes lies are all we have left.
Two thousand years ago, thirty silver Tyrian shekels were paid to secure the most infamous betrayal of all time. Melted down by the grandsons of Judas Iscariot, in the dark heart of the Sicarii fortress, Masada, the silver was re-forged as a dagger. When the Sicarii zealots committed mass suicide in AD73 the dagger of Iscariot and the truth of his sacrifice were lost. Until now.
A religious cult calling itself the Disciples of Judas has risen in the Middle East. Its influence is pernicious, its reach long. In thirteen cities across Europe thirteen people martyr themselves in the name of Judas, promising forty days and forty nights of terror. They twist the words of ancient prophecies to drive home the fear. Everything you believe in will be proved wrong. Everything you hold true will fail.
Day by day the West wakes to increasingly harrowing acts of terror. As fear cripples the capitals of Europe, who will be the next to fall? London? Rome? Berlin?
In a race against time - and prophecy - believing the terrorists intend to assassinate the Pope as part of their plan to bring down the Catholic Church, Sir Charles Wyndham's team of combat specialists, codename Ogmios, tracks a labyrinthine course through truth, shades of truth and outright lies that takes them from the backstreets of London to the shadow of Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin and all the way into the heart of the Holy See itself.
Forty days and forty nights of fear. And today is day one.
"The mix of history, suspense, and action in Silver is a perfect combination for those DaVinci Code fans looking for another electrifying read combining Biblical history with modern-day Armageddon."
-- Douglas Preston, NYT Bestselling author of IMPACT and BLASPHEMY
"Fascinating, gripping, horrific, tragic and compelling."
-- Steve Alten, NYT Bestselling author of MEG and THE SHELL GAME
"SILVER is a wild combination of Indiana Jones, The Da Vinci Code, and The Omen."
-- Kevin J Anderson, international bestselling author of THE SAGA OF SEVEN SUNS and co-author of PAUL OF DUNE
"Move over Dan Brown!"
-- Stel Pavlou, international bestselling author of DECIPHER and GENE
My favourite review however was one that described it as the best assassination novel since Day of the Jackal...
I'm not sure if the Amazon price drop has gone through yet, but it will soon here:
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-An-Ogmi...f=pd_rhf_p_t_1
or you can hit smashwords where it already has, here:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...F19399&h=f5617
This isn't an indie release, it's my mainstream publisher listening to cries for competitive pricing - I hope they reap the rewards.
Steve