Conspiracy thrillers don’t come any bigger or much better than THE MAIN ELEMENT – from the writer of the bestselling thriller debut of 2011, SANCTUS: ‘Plenty of action, a lot of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The type of novel to devour in one seated’ Kate Mosse.

Hounded. Haunted. Hunted. She actually is the main person in the world. She actually is The Key.

In the ancient Turkish city of Ruin, American journalist Liv Adamsen is based on an isolation ward staring at walls as blank as her about The Key memory space.

She knows she entered the monumental Citadel at the heart of Ruin but can remember just darkness. Something unusual is stirring within her, whispering that she is ‘the essential’. But the key from what?

For the Ghost, a mercenary operating in the Syrian Desert, Liv could unlock one of mankind’s most potent secrets. For the brotherhood in the Citadel – today cursed by a terrible plague – her come back is the only way to make sure their survival. And for a robust faction in Rome, she threatens the future of the Catholic Church.

Hunted across continents and swept up in events that defy explanation, Liv turns to the just person she trusts – a charity worker named Gabriel Mann. Jointly their paths result in a shocking finding – one that will tear them aside and transformation the world permanently…