Divergence: Book One of Project Shambhala

By Martin Dench

"Everything I had believed in was a lie. And now it was my destiny to preside over the genocide of four billion human beings."

"You really don't understand, do you? Every government in the Diaspora is part of this conspiracy. There is no-one who'll even listen to you. There's nowhere you can hide, nowhere to run to. If you go back, you're signing your own death warrants."

A day that initially seemed to offer great hope ended up as the start of a slow but inexorable descent into hell. For Senior Academician Aleksander Mikhailovich Zinoviev, the arrogant expectation of both promotion and long overdue recognition turned into a desperate nightmare of epic proportions as he found himself exiled to the distant and dismal Project Shambhala.

But is all as it seems? As the human Diaspora continues to monitor the grim reality of Divergence, why are there so many awkward questions that don't seem to have answers?

Alex keeps trying to remind himself that he doesn't care, but the questions keep coming. Unlike the answers. Distraction comes in the very sensual and arousing form of his Project Manager, Dr Khaliyah El-Nasri, but even her attentions can't keep him from being sucked into the greatest conspiracy in human history.

And, just when it seems that things can't really get any worse, they do, and an even bigger conspiracy begins to reveal itself.

"'What's that?' I demanded, pointing at the objects floating on the edge of the atmosphere, high above our heads.
'It's nothing, sir, ' he insisted, his formerly amiable voice now cold. 'There's nothing there.'"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917972164
• ISBN13: 9781917972161
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: House of the Tiger
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"