#1 – The Seeker
London, 1654. Damian Seeker is the most feared agent in Oliver Cromwell’s security apparatus, moving through a city crowded with soldiers, exiles, merchants and informers. When army hero John Winter is murdered and republican critic Elias Ellingworth is discovered beside the body holding a knife, the…
#2 – The Black Friar
London, 1655. Workmen at the ruined Blackfriars monastery uncover the preserved body of a Dominican friar sealed inside a wall. Damian Seeker recognises the dead man, and the discovery becomes more urgent when children begin disappearing from the streets around the city. Seeker follows the connection…
#3 – Destroying Angel
Yorkshire, 1655. Damian Seeker is sent north to help impose the rule of the major-generals and is placed under Colonel Robert Lilburne at York. A visit to the village of Faithly turns into a murder inquiry when a young woman is poisoned during a dinner attended…
#4 – The Bear Pit
London, 1656. Royalists and disillusioned Parliamentarians are preparing an attempt on Oliver Cromwell’s life when Damian Seeker is called to a body apparently mauled by a bear. Bear-baiting has been outlawed and the animals supposedly destroyed, making the manner of death as troubling as the identity…
#5 – The House of Lamentations
Bruges, 1658. Damian Seeker has allowed England to believe him dead and is living under cover as a carpenter while watching the Royalist court in exile. Four men are preparing to carry a fortune to Charles Stuart, but one has secretly agreed to betray the others…
#6 – The Winter List
England, 1660. Charles II has been restored and the new government is identifying the men responsible for the execution of Charles I. Damian Seeker is not one of the regicides, but his service to the Protectorate has placed him on a secret list of republicans marked…