The 49th Gate: The Portal - Book I/IV

A story that spans the length and breadth of time.

Time for a human to save God.

 449 years separate them. Intrinsically entwined. Both on a quest to save God:

2028: DI Angus Westmoor & his sergeant, Tyrone Speers, of Colsden CID must solve the murder of an eminent Cambridge professor in ancient civilisations or see an abrupt end to his career. The killer – not your ordinary run of the mill thug, but a professionally trained assassin.

Except, before DI Westmoor can get to grips with the case, a second case falls upon him – the mass slaughter of Colsdens’ finest teenagers; in a scout hut; apparently in the middle of conducting a Satanic ritual.

1579: 15yo Elias, the Scribe, an orphan, is thrown into a world of secret orders and clandestine societies vying for control - not of kingdoms, but of God himself. 

Lord Montague Ashcombe is cast down by the hand of God. The man who had saved Elias when he was orphaned at the age of six. The man who had mentored him, nurtured and cared for him over the last nine years was now dead and there was only one place Elias could turn for succour.

To the eerie grey priory in Stigolford, on the windswept Somerset coast, home of the Order of the Black Monks. For they had warned him of the impending catastrophe. Warned him, as Inquisitors to Queen Elizabeth, that Lord Ashcombe was meddling with powers he could not comprehend. 

Trigger warnings: Some mild profanity. Before becoming invested in this ongoing story, readers should be aware that later books contain scenes of a disturbing &/or graphic nature that some may find disturbing.