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A Thorn for Miss R. - Boxed Set
Book I: The Night Watchman
Some nights never really end…
India, 1940s. A mortally wounded night watchman staggers into fourteen-year-old Neel’s secluded home one midsummer night. A gang of ruthless killers follows the watchman into the house. The ensuing night will become immortal for Neel, spawning unending horrors and incredible adventures throughout his life.
Russia, 1890s. A drunkard midwife inadvertently causes the deaths of a newborn girl’s parents. The guilt-wracked midwife comes looking for the infant, but the baby has disappeared from its departed mother’s side without a trace.
The imperiled boy and the vanished child are separated by half a century and thousands of miles, but their extraordinary lives and fates will converge in interstices of tragedy, betrayal, and indestructible love.
Sharply written, suspenseful, and peopled with vivid characters, The Night Watchman is the evocative first book of A Thorn for Miss R., a series of atmospheric thrillers sure to delight and amaze in equal measures.
Book II: The Tenacity of Darkness
The worst deceptions often hide behind the most angelic smiles…
Neel’s fondest dreams have come true. He has metamorphosed from a municipal night-watchman into a royal army’s chief. The once unglamorous and warmhearted caterpillar is a dazzling and selfish butterfly now.
He hurts Rachna in a thousand ways, particularly after seeing the haughty Princess Roop. The princess is impossibly beyond his reach, but Neel is so intoxicated with her he indulges in a dangerous deception to rocket himself to her stratospheric level.
Like history, horror also repeats itself. After a lull of fourteen years, a mysterious, ruthless killer comes after King Sanjay as soon as the responsibility to protect Sanjay falls on Neel’s shoulders.
Neel is both thrilled and relieved when the two of them leave for Toronto. But a distance of seven thousand miles is apparently insignificant for relentless pursuers… a young man looking for good times abroad is about to find himself thrown in the middle of a very real, very sinister nightmare.
Built with breathtaking prose and filled with hold-your-breath action, The Tenacity of Darkness also chronicles the life and times of the unforgettable Nadya and her quirky family.
Book III: The Goner
King Sanjay, who was last seen entering a bar’s restrooms in downtown Toronto, is untraceable. Surprisingly, his enemies do not have a hand in the king’s disappearance. It’s not that they had not tried to abduct him, but that he vanished into thin air just before they could grab him.
Neel, on whose watch the monarch went missing, is desolate. His search for the king would lead him to deep, lightless pits of new deceits, old betrayals, and, in time, an insidious deception living and growing inside his own heart.
Intriguing, thrilling, and pulsating with a fierce desire, The Goner also continues the tale of Runa – Nadya’s brave and beautiful daughter.
Some nights never really end…
India, 1940s. A mortally wounded night watchman staggers into fourteen-year-old Neel’s secluded home one midsummer night. A gang of ruthless killers follows the watchman into the house. The ensuing night will become immortal for Neel, spawning unending horrors and incredible adventures throughout his life.
Russia, 1890s. A drunkard midwife inadvertently causes the deaths of a newborn girl’s parents. The guilt-wracked midwife comes looking for the infant, but the baby has disappeared from its departed mother’s side without a trace.
The imperiled boy and the vanished child are separated by half a century and thousands of miles, but their extraordinary lives and fates will converge in interstices of tragedy, betrayal, and indestructible love.
Sharply written, suspenseful, and peopled with vivid characters, The Night Watchman is the evocative first book of A Thorn for Miss R., a series of atmospheric thrillers sure to delight and amaze in equal measures.
Book II: The Tenacity of Darkness
The worst deceptions often hide behind the most angelic smiles…
Neel’s fondest dreams have come true. He has metamorphosed from a municipal night-watchman into a royal army’s chief. The once unglamorous and warmhearted caterpillar is a dazzling and selfish butterfly now.
He hurts Rachna in a thousand ways, particularly after seeing the haughty Princess Roop. The princess is impossibly beyond his reach, but Neel is so intoxicated with her he indulges in a dangerous deception to rocket himself to her stratospheric level.
Like history, horror also repeats itself. After a lull of fourteen years, a mysterious, ruthless killer comes after King Sanjay as soon as the responsibility to protect Sanjay falls on Neel’s shoulders.
Neel is both thrilled and relieved when the two of them leave for Toronto. But a distance of seven thousand miles is apparently insignificant for relentless pursuers… a young man looking for good times abroad is about to find himself thrown in the middle of a very real, very sinister nightmare.
Built with breathtaking prose and filled with hold-your-breath action, The Tenacity of Darkness also chronicles the life and times of the unforgettable Nadya and her quirky family.
Book III: The Goner
King Sanjay, who was last seen entering a bar’s restrooms in downtown Toronto, is untraceable. Surprisingly, his enemies do not have a hand in the king’s disappearance. It’s not that they had not tried to abduct him, but that he vanished into thin air just before they could grab him.
Neel, on whose watch the monarch went missing, is desolate. His search for the king would lead him to deep, lightless pits of new deceits, old betrayals, and, in time, an insidious deception living and growing inside his own heart.
Intriguing, thrilling, and pulsating with a fierce desire, The Goner also continues the tale of Runa – Nadya’s brave and beautiful daughter.
585 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 3, 2022
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Sakiv Koch
10 books8 followersSakiv has lived in valleys, deserts and tropical islands at various times in his life. The peerless beauty of nature seeps into all the settings of his stories, just as the unspeakable cruelty and the fathomless kindness of humanity breathe life into his Dickensian characters.
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