Silver (An OgmiosTeam Adventure) - Hardcover

Steven Savile

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9781935142058: Silver (An OgmiosTeam Adventure)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1935142054 ISBN 13: 9781935142058

Publisher: Variance Pub Llc, 2010

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"There is a plague coming....For forty days and forty nights fear shall savage the streets. Those steeped in sin shall burn. The dying begins now"

With this chilling message a wave of terror unlike anything the world has ever seen sweeps the streets of Europe. Thirteen martyrs burn themselves alive in thirteen major cities simultaneously. And this is just the beginning.

A religious cult calling itself the Disciples of Judas has risen in the Middle East. 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, the only question is where will be the next to fall? London? Rome? Berlin?

In a race against time - believing the terrorists intend to assassinate the Pope - Sir Charles Wyndham's unique Special Ops team, codename Ogmios, track 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.

"The mix of history, suspense, and action in Silver perfect 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

"With Silver, Steven Savile delivers a barn storming tale of action, intrigue and suspense in a plot laced with ancient secrets and modern terror."
-- Matt Hilton, author of the the Joe Hunter thrillers.

"Silver is the best thing since Forsyth's Day of the Jackal."
-- Robert W. Walker, author of the RANSOM and INSTINCT series.

"Silver is a cracker of a thriller. Savile's in a league of his own"
-- Jeremy Duns, author of FREE AGENT and FREE COUNTRY.

"Reminiscent of James Rollins and David Morrell."
-- Joseph Nassise, international bestselling author of the TEMPLAR CHRONICLES.

"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

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From the Author:

SILVER is the first in an on-going series of adventures built around the Ogmios Team. Published in hardcover in the US, Spain, Poland, France, Turkey and Germany, it reached #2 on Amazon UK and was in the Top 30 Bestselling Ebooks of 2011 as selected by The Bookseller in the UK.

The series continues in Solomon's Seal, Crucible, WarGod, Lucifer's Machine, Shining Ones and Argo, published by Snowbooks.

From the Inside Flap:

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, 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. On the last day, they promise, faith will fall. Everything you believe in will be proved wrong. Everything you hold true will fail.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, a team of combat specialists tracks a labyrinthine course through truth, shades of truth and outright lies.Forty days and forty nights of fear. And today is day one.

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