Author:James Douglas
Jamie Saintclair embarks on another full-throttle historical adventure - an absolute page-turner! If you love Dan Brown, Chris Kuzneski and Scott Mariani - you will love this!
READERS ARE LOVING THE SAMURAI INHERITANCE!
"Loved this story. It went everywhere and then some. I was happily dragged along on the edge of my seat every step." - 5 STARS
"Extremely riveting!!!" - 5 STARS
"Another excellent page-turner from Mr Douglas." - 5 STARS
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UNDISTURBED AND FORGOTTEN FOR DECADES. NOW IT'S RESURRECTED AND THREATENS US ALL.
April 1943 - A Mitsubishi transport plane, carrying Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, plunges from the sky over the island of Bougainville. In a document case chained to his wrist is the greatest secret of the Second World War...
December 2011 - Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is offered a lucrative commission: he has been tasked to find the preserved head of a Solomon Island warrior, missing from a German museum since 1945?
The search takes Jamie from Berlin to Tokyo and with every turn the significance of the Bougainville skull becomes ever greater. Soon he realizes he's become involved in something much more important than finding a lost piece of history...
Have you read The Doomsday Testament, The Isis Covenant and The Excalibur Codex, the previous Jamie Saintclair adventures?
A quite exceptional novel . . . The world he creates has echoes of Kafka and Orwell . . . totally convincing. It draws you in like a trap.
—— C. J. SANSOM, author of Dissolution and Winter in MadridUnputdownable . . . chillingly portrayed . . . a highly sophisticated first novel.
—— CHARLES PALLISER, author of The QuincunxCompelling and eerily authentic . . . Read it and be grateful to be alive in our day and age.
—— ROBERT GODDARDA dark, original story wrapped in a wonderful gothic gloom . . . it's a tough act to pull off, but Andrew Hughes manages it with brio. I heard echoes of James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson.
—— ANDREW TAYLOR, author of The American Boy and The Scent of DeathReminiscent of John Banville's The Book of Evidence . . . a bracing, lurid tale that is as engrossing as it is chilling.
—— Declan Burke , IRISH INDEPENDENTA vivid piece of writing . . . brings to mind Andrew Miller’s Costa-winning novel, Pure.
—— IRISH TIMESExtraordinarily detailed world, impeccably researched . . . so superbly written that it soars as a masterly work of fiction . . . utterly compelling.
—— Dermot Bolger , IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAYAn intriguing debut (that) sets out Hughes as one to watch.
—— SUNDAY TIMES IRELANDA skilfully planned, elegantly written debut . . . a riveting read.
—— SUNDAY INDEPENDENTStupendous: a brilliant achievement for a first novel, completely compelling and with a perfectly damaged central character.
—— MANDA SCOTTTold in the voice of its oddly detached protagonist, this is a memorable novel - a chilling story of a man gradually losing all sense of what makes life worth living.
—— Sunday Times, Culture magazineThis dark gem... The knowledgable Andrew Hughes carefully recreates a truly grim time, seemingly stripped of morals, and one where a brutal end lurks on each street.
—— Sunday SportWith its polished prose, vivid period feel and debauched protagonist, this assured first novel will be relished by fans of literary crime and historical fiction alike.
—— Irish TimesThe story is not for the faint of heart, but for those who love being thrilled, gripped by an unputdownable book, and who loves reading about the dark side of life, then this is the book for them. This chilling novel is amazing and I loved every page. Simply fabulous.
—— Historical Novel ReviewAt once a close character study and a sweeping panorama of the era of 'dissectionists', who buy bodies for medical research and the 'resurectionists' who dig them up, this fascinating book is a stirring work of fiction and a perceptive chapter in Ireland's social history.
—— The New York Times Book Reviewghastly, riveting tale.
—— Entertainment WeeklyHighly unsettling
—— Daily TelegraphA tantalising mystery
—— Sunday TelegraphCaptures sinister atmosphere brilliantly
—— Spectator