A 400 year old box, the sinking of an ocean liner, murder, a DPRK master plan...and one man to connect the dots.
The biggest thing on Jacob's mind was how he failed his Jesuit assignment when he stole the object he was asked to 'acquire' for the church. Little did he know that what he had done would initiate events leading not only to several beheadings, murders and the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, but to a conflict that would bring together the world's superpowers in a final showdown. With North Korea stirring the pot, could a single SIS agent from Britain prevent the disaster?Meanwhile, RCMP Detective Antonin Aumont has a mystery on his hands. The murder and torture of an old man and the assassination of their only suspect was odd in itself, but he’d seen stranger things. It was the note – the old, cryptic Latin poem that had him wondering. Who wrote it, what did it mean and why would two people be dead because of it? Before the day was done, a true Pandora’s box would be opened...
Follow the trail of SIS agent Coleman, Detective Antonin and Professor Sanchez as they piece together the puzzle while running a race against time and enemies. Their goal? The Box and its incredible contents.
The Story Behind This Book
I was researching info for a short story. It was based on a gruesome event in Quebec when the nation was still young. As I researched, I kept on coming across unbelievable true events. I was so entertained that I kept telling my wife the true stories I'd read, and barely got any writing done on the short I kept wanting to start. Eventually the gears started spinning, and I came up with a plan to connect a series of true stories into one big adventure / crime / treasure hunt. Because so much of the unbelievable details are true, I'm hoping the reader will quickly immerse himself into a story unlike any other.
