Questo acclamato autore, premiato per ben due volte con il British Fantasy Award, crea romanzi epici e fantasiosi che risuonano con lettori in tutto il mondo. Le sue opere, profondamente radicate nel folklore e nella mitologia britannica, trascendono i confini di genere, sebbene sia particolarmente rinomato per i suoi contributi nel campo fantasy. Attingendo a un background eterogeneo nel giornalismo e nella sceneggiatura per la televisione britannica, infonde nella sua prosa una profondità e un'autenticità uniche. Le sue narrazioni esplorano il soprannaturale e la condizione umana, spesso ambientate in scenari avvincenti e suggestivi.
Po letech utrpení pod nadvládou Hyksósů se na egyptský trůn konečně vrací právoplatný faraon. Jeho moc je ovšem křehká a někteří využívají nastalého zmatku ve svůj prospěch. Velký mág Taita se ze všech sil snaží sjednotit rozdělená království a posílá svého chráněnce, aby našel odpověď na tisíce let starou hádanku, jež má moc zvrátit rány osudu, které se na Egypt řítí.
Již dlouhá léta nezná Egypt nic jiného než válku a zkázu z rukou Hyksósů, krvežíznivých barbarů, kteří ničí vše, co jim stojí v cestě. Do čela odporu se postaví neohrožený otrok Taita a vyšle svého nejlepšího špeha do Mykén hledat spojence. Ten však musí projít územím ovládaným obávanými Hyksósy.
1593: The dreaded alchemist, black magician and spy Dr John Dee is missing...Fear sweeps through the court of Queen Elizabeth, for in Dee's possession is an obsidian mirror, an object of great power which legend says could set the world afire.
But in going in search of Kit's killer, he discovers that there are those in positions of power and influence who are not what they seem... With these devils at his back, the country's greatest spy may find that even his vaunted skills are no match for the supernatural powers arrayed against him.
1588: The London of Elizabeth I is rocked by news of a daring raid on the Tower. The truth is known only to a select few: that, for twenty years, a legendary doomsday device, its power fabled for millennia, has been kept secret and, until now, safe in the Tower. But it has been stolen and Walsingham's spies believe it has been taken by the enemy.
