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Damian Seeker 2
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Jonathan Keeble
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S. G. MacLean
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Rebellion in the city and a Royalist spy in his own ranks - Damian Seeker, Captain of Oliver Cromwell's guard, must eradicate both in this action-packed historical thriller for fans of CJ Sansom, Rory Clements and The Three Musketeers.
London, 1655, and Cromwell's regime is under threat from all sides. Damian Seeker, Captain of Cromwell's Guard, is all too aware of the danger facing Cromwell. Parliament resents his control of the army while the army resents his absolute power. In the East End of London, a group of religious fanatics plots rebellion. In the midst of all this, a stonemason uncovers a perfectly preserved body dressed in the robes of a Dominican friar, bricked up in a wall in the crumbling Black Friars.
Ill-informed rumours and speculation abound, but Seeker instantly recognises the dead man. What he must discover is why he met such a hideous end and what his connection was to the children who have started to disappear from around the city. Unravelling these mysteries is challenging enough and made still harder by the activities of dissenters at home, Royalist plotters abroad and individuals who are not what they seem....
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- Linda L.
- 03-24-24
Thoroughly likable, this Seeker!
Can’t wait for the next book. The remaining books already purchased and waiting for me.
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- TINA R
- 09-19-24
Good story
At first I wasn’t sure about the new narrator as the other had such a distinctive voice, but this was good. He was great with the different accent of England. Good story with a twist at the end.
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