Maxie's Demon

Maxie’s in trouble! Again. Only this time it’s serious. Driving a stolen Ferrari off a motorway flyover at something approaching Mach 1, with the police in hot pursuit, is no way to make old bones.

But it’s child’s play to what follows.

For Maxie, small-time thief and general low-life, has crashed into the Spiral, a strange whirlpool of time and space where the shadows of past and present merge and mingle, and the only thing to expect is the unexpected.

The two Elizabethan alchemists, for instance, who are convinced that Maxie is essential to their magickal endeavours – and their mixed-up marriages. A furious crime boss with a frazzled ear, and the smooth but threatening tycoon Stephen Fisher. And the swashbuckling, sexy but distinctly spectral band of freebooters who promise Maxie power and riches beyond his dreams – if only he’ll join them.

From unwilling dope deals on deserted marshes to the magical ghettos of medieval Prague, from an Emperor’s palace to a Nazi assassination, Maxie is hunted and haunted on a wild ride through the sewers of history – literally. But in the end, to survive he must call upon his own highly individual skills, and at last confront his personal, exclusive demon...