The Religion
Published on 11. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
816 pages
978-0-09-958129-1 (ISBN)
Description
Their god is War. And every god needs his Devil. THE RELIGION
Malta, 1565. The greatest war the world has ever seen is unleashed on the doomed island as the Turks do battle with the Knights. The Knights call themselves The Religion. The Turks call them the Hounds of Hell.
Back in Sicily, the beautiful, rich Carla pines for her bastard son, lost in the bloody inferno across the water.
Enter Mattias Tannhauser - warrior, hero and double agent. Under Carla's command, he embarks on a death-defying mission to save her son. But can he evade the Inquisition and escape to run the Turkish blockade to victory in time?
Malta, 1565. The greatest war the world has ever seen is unleashed on the doomed island as the Turks do battle with the Knights. The Knights call themselves The Religion. The Turks call them the Hounds of Hell.
Back in Sicily, the beautiful, rich Carla pines for her bastard son, lost in the bloody inferno across the water.
Enter Mattias Tannhauser - warrior, hero and double agent. Under Carla's command, he embarks on a death-defying mission to save her son. But can he evade the Inquisition and escape to run the Turkish blockade to victory in time?
Reviews / Votes
Macho, sexy, profoundly bloody and a wonderful adventure story * Sunday Telegraph * Surround-sound entertainment * New York Times * A classic * Mail on Sunday * With a slow-burning pace and a knack for a cliffhanger, Willocks builds the tension terrifically amid graphic slaughter and velvet-gloved treachery * Time Out * A novel of high adventure, blood, guts and romantic love...as master craftsman, [Willocks] tells his story with extraordinary pace * Literary Review * Stone walls crumble, war machines rumble, bodies fill the ditches, and once in a while there's some terrific sex. A long, bloody, vastly entertaining story * Kirkus Reviews * Starred Review. Willocks strikes gold with this epic account ... In Tannhauser, Willocks has created a dazzling hero whose debut will leave readers eager for the next installment * Publishers Weekly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-958129-1 (9780099581291)
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Tim Willocks is a novelist, screenwriter and producer. Translated into twenty languages, his novels include The Religion, Bad City Blues, Green River Rising and Twelve Children of Paris. He has worked with major Hollywood directors, dined at the White House and holds a black belt in Shotokan karate.