The primal battle between Good and Evil plays out in a new arena. With nods back to Stephen King's The Stand, Defender is the first in a four part series where your inner voice might kill you.

The girl has no one to defend her now . . . 'Thrilling . . . Todd skilfully captures hope and humanity in the lives of characters whom the reader comes to care about: Hunted, like Defender, is an impressive achievement' Guardian The hunt for the girl, Lacey, is on. One man is tormented by an inner voice that isn't his. It eats away at his sanity and, with cruel precision, orders the lawless to follow him. Their mission is to find the girl, steal what she knows ... and kill. In an Inn by the sea, Albus gathers a family of warriors and waits to be called upon. He doesn't know yet...

'Of a piece with Stephen King's The Stand' INDEPENDENT 'Lee Child channelling Stephen King - but the vision is unique' DAILY MAIL 'Sharp... and gripping, and we can't wait to explore this harsh world further' SCIFINOW 'Compelling, suspenseful and altogether extraordinary' LEE CHILD There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who hear voices, and those who want to silence them. Pilgrim is a man with a past he can't remember. When he wakes alone in a shallow grave, there is a voice in his head that doesn't belong to him. It explains who he is and what he's done. It tells him he...