Relics

When a Catholic Priest hangs himself from the rafters of St Peters Basilica during the inauguration of the first English pope in over a millennia, his friend and ex-priest Alex Harker is dragged into a secret war that has has been playing out on the fringes of society since the birth of Christ. The suicide sets into motion a planned timetable of terrifying events that will irrevocably change the world as we know it – The countdown has begun - With the clock ticking and pursued by a murderous assassin, backed by a brutal organization hell bent on concealing the truth at any cost, Harker must track down and decipher the pieces of the puzzle laid down for him by his dead friend to reveal a truth - so shocking, so startling - that it could enslave the minds of every human being on the planet and literally transform the destiny of mankind itself.

R. D. Shah spent his formative years in the north-west of England before attending Rugby School in Warwickshire. At seventeen, he attained his private pilot's licence in Florida and, shortly after, attended the University of Miami where he studied motion picture and psychology before returning to the UK to work in television and leisure. He has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Russia, and the Americas. R. D. holds a scuba diving licence which he gained along the shores of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. All this experience has prepared him for a career in writing. He lives in Wiltshire with his girlfriend and is currently working on his second book.