A distant shocking message. A devastating legacy. Fields of Orion (I) is the explosive debut science-fiction thriller by Andy Oppenheimer, set in the near-future world of terrorism, espionage and alien contact. Charismatic bomb-disposal operator Major Adam Armstrong develops telekinetic powers while on service in Iraq. He is reluctantly recruited into a futuristic military project to create supersoldiers, headed up by the ice-cold Sheena, a spurned lover hell-bent on revenge. After maverick counter-terror expert Dan Boland foresees the fourth London attack in July 2005, he is recruited by MI5 to sabotage a group of highly-placed scientists planning acts of cataclysmic terrorism. Why does Dan see Armstrong's horrific flashbacks of desert battle carnage? Why is he drawn to the furious waves of energy above a north London park? Where will a vibrant geneticist's shocking discovery about Armstrong propel the most covert government programme in history? And can Armstrong shoulder the world's biggest secret as he takes the longest walk into unprecedented danger? A dizzying cocktail of James Bond, X-Files, David Bowie and Greek myth, Fields of Orion I) : An Odyssey will take you on a journey of breath-taking mystery, crackling dialogue and heart-pounding action that hurtles headlong towards its Earth-shattering climax.
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