Fiction
Monk
by Chris Parker
Description
Dan Brown meets Andy McNab in Chris Parker's gripping new thriller series.
Early in its history, the Roman Catholic Church established a secret sect of elite spies and killers tasked with protecting the Church, its secrets and its treasures - the Mystiko Kataskopos, shortened to the MK.
Members of the MK are, to this day, contemplative monks highly trained in both mystical practises and spying and assassination. They do whatever the Church demands.
One such mystical assassin is Raphael Ward and he is secretly charged with tracing the 'real' version of the legendary Turin Shroud, unbeknownst to the world to have been stolen by the Nazis in WWII.
As Raphael pursues new leads and deciphers the code that will lead to the Shroud, his mission forces him to engage with the world's darkest, most violent underbelly. As he faces threats to his life - and threatens those of others - he begins to question the very faith that has sustained and driven him for so long.
Monk is a compelling, clever and page turning thriller in the best traditions of Dan Brown and Michael Byrnes.
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Endorsements
'I began reading Chris Parker twenty years ago. He was amazing then. He is amazing now.'
Geoff Thompson. BAFTA Award Winner.
Reviews
This book gripped me so much that I read it in a single sitting. The story was great: scratching away at the secrets of the Catholic Church establishment; a clandestine sect; a cabal of shady businessmen; a hero of a dog that would best Lassie; and a brilliant twist at the end. And the writing style made it easy to imagine it as a film, quick-paced and moving from scene-to-scene. I was only left wondering who would be cast to play Raphael Ward in the film…Alan Barnard
Author Biography
Chris Parker is a specialist in Communication and Influence. His fascination with the power of words and how they can be used to create intrapersonal and interpersonal change began in 1976. It became a lifelong study that has underpinned almost four decades of work in a variety of professional roles and contexts. Chris is the author of the Marcus Kline thriller trilogy, as well as thebestselling The Brain Always Wins and two volumes of poetry.
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Copyright Urbane Publications and Chris Parker, 2019
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- Publisher/Imprint Urbane Publications / Urbane Fiction
- Publication Date October 2019
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781912666560 / 1912666561
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 8.99 GBP
- Pages360
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Copyright Year2019
- Page size198x129 (198x129) mm
- SeriesDark Steps
- Series Part1
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