Book 1

Minos Rising

by John Lonsdale

Published 12 February 2021

For four years she has been trapped within Barry’s web of deceit. Once an aspiring career woman, Rachel was manipulated into an abusive relationship and isolated from friends and family. Now she languishes as a virtual prisoner in their dismal north Camden apartment. On a damp winter’s night Rachel finally acknowledges the true desperation of her situation. As she contemplates ending her life, to escape the deteriorating cycle of abuse, Rachel is presented with the opportunity to escape her confinement and seizes upon it. She could never suspect the reality of the journey she was embarking upon.

Tumbling into a London she has been segregated from, Rachel finds herself inexplicably hunted by factions whose agendas she can only guess at, encountering characters who inhabit the capital’s shadows, before stumbling into an unexpected place of sanctuary. Here, the illusion of her humdrum childhood is shattered as she is forced to embrace the daunting gifts her parents have bequeathed to her. Suffering the emotional fallout of her relationship with Barry, she struggles to differentiate between friends and foes, as she uncovers the truth of why she has become the hunted.

So begins the story ‘Minos Rising’, the first story in the ‘Rachel Minos Saga’.


Book 2

Minos Lineage

by John Lonsdale

Published 26 July 2021