The Religion
By (Author) Tim Willocks
Vintage Publishing
Vintage
16th April 2013
11th April 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.92
Paperback
816
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 40mm
580g
Think Gladiator and Game of Thrones with a main character akin to 007 set against the backdrop of the greatest war known to man. This is a gripping action packed adventure. Our hero, Mattias Tannhauser is a real man- confident, tall, craggily good looking, morally upstanding and a lethal killing machine. 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
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 loveas master craftsman, [Willocks] tells his story with extraordinary pace * Literary Review *
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.