Dark Steps
1 primary work • 2 total works
Book 2
‘The truth will set you free.’
…Or will it destroy us?
In an age of 24-hour news, non-stop social media, competing forces and conspiracy theories, what happens when a Truth is revealed that could change humanity?
Raphael Ward, a renegade member of the Mystiko Kataskopos, the Roman Catholic Church’s secret sect of elite spies and killers, finds himself suddenly tasked with being the Protector of the most holy – and secret – object in Christendom.
The Mary Shroud
With senior members of the MK charged with assassinating him and other enemies gathering, Raphael is forced to decide how best to keep the Shroud safe. Should it remain a closely guarded secret, as it has been for over 2000 years? Or should he do what no one else has ever done – and reveal its existence to the world?
No matter what decision he makes, Raphael Ward, the Protector, cannot afford to fail.
…Or will it destroy us?
In an age of 24-hour news, non-stop social media, competing forces and conspiracy theories, what happens when a Truth is revealed that could change humanity?
Raphael Ward, a renegade member of the Mystiko Kataskopos, the Roman Catholic Church’s secret sect of elite spies and killers, finds himself suddenly tasked with being the Protector of the most holy – and secret – object in Christendom.
The Mary Shroud
With senior members of the MK charged with assassinating him and other enemies gathering, Raphael is forced to decide how best to keep the Shroud safe. Should it remain a closely guarded secret, as it has been for over 2000 years? Or should he do what no one else has ever done – and reveal its existence to the world?
No matter what decision he makes, Raphael Ward, the Protector, cannot afford to fail.
Early in its history, the Roman Catholic Church established a secret sect of elite spies and killers tasked with protecting the Church, its secrets and its treasures - the Mystiko Kataskopos, shortened to the MK. Members of the MK are, to this day, contemplative monks highly trained in both mystical practises and spying and assassination. They do whatever the Church demands.
One such mystical assassin is Raphael Ward and he is secretly charged with tracing the 'real' version of the legendary Turin Shroud, unbeknownst to the world to have been stolen by the Nazis in WWII. As Raphael pursues new leads and deciphers the code that will lead to the Shroud, his mission forces him to engage with the world's darkest, most violent underbelly. As he faces threats to his life - and threatens those of others - he begins to question the very faith that has sustained and driven him for so long.
Monk is a compelling, clever and page turning thriller in the best traditions of Dan Brown and Michael Byrnes.
One such mystical assassin is Raphael Ward and he is secretly charged with tracing the 'real' version of the legendary Turin Shroud, unbeknownst to the world to have been stolen by the Nazis in WWII. As Raphael pursues new leads and deciphers the code that will lead to the Shroud, his mission forces him to engage with the world's darkest, most violent underbelly. As he faces threats to his life - and threatens those of others - he begins to question the very faith that has sustained and driven him for so long.
Monk is a compelling, clever and page turning thriller in the best traditions of Dan Brown and Michael Byrnes.