Publisher's Synopsis
Steven Savile's first instalment of The Ogmios Directive, volume one is a compilation of the novellas Crucible and Solomon's Seal.
Crucible
1996, London. The Troubles are in full flow. A young Irish officer, Ronan Frost, is deep undercover inside an IRA cell in London. Something big is happening. Something devastating. Something that will shake the foundations of Anglo-Irish relations and make sure the peace process stalls. The Ogmios Team doesn't exist. Sir Charles is not confined to a wheelchair.
This is where it all begins. With a betrayal.
Solomon's Seal
With the discovery of the long lost Seal of Solomon Konstantin Khavin and Orla Nyrén find themselves in Jerusalem and Palestine fighting for their lives with enemies on all sides. They don't know who they can trust. They don't know which way to turn next. All they know is they have to find the Seal while diverting the detonation of a dirty bomb at one of Jerusalem's most holy sites. Which would be fine, but Orla's been here before, during the worst days of her life when she was a prisoner in Jenin, a refugee camp on the border. She was brutally abused by a sadist she remembers only as The Beast - a man she thought she'd killed during her escape.
He isn't dead. He's the man who has the Seal. And Orla is going to have to face The Beast alone.
