From the underground shadows of Germany's Sparrenburg Castle near the city of Bielefeld, a young woman narrowly escaped a terrifying assault. Her forehead is the canvas for a grotesque symbol; her words are a chilling whisper of coming horrors. The bizarre case falls to the sharp, pragmatic Detective Sonja Weber. She finds an unlikely ally in William Blake, a retired British military officer with a background in physics. They soon realize this was no random act of violence. The hunt is on for a cold, calculating perpetrator, driven by an obsession with a dark ritual, one they are desperate to complete. (50,000 words, 5 Illustrations).
A gripping fusion of crime and mystery, where survival hinges on unravelling secrets buried in both mind and history.
A retired military officer and a relentless detective join forces in a race against time, where every clue leads deeper into a web of psychological manipulation and occult fantasies.