The Fire

Twenty years ago Katherine Nevilles groundbreaking thriller THE EIGHT was a global bestseller - a thriller in the style of THE DA VINCI CODE way before Dan Brown ever got there ...

Alexandra Solarin. a chess-wizard and the only daughter of Cat Velis, the heroine of THE EIGHT, arrives at her mothers Colorado lodge. only to discover that her mother has disappeared.

Finding string of clues, Alexandra is soon joined by a group of people called there by her mother, including her aunt Lily, who explains the truth of Cats past.

In 1822, as the fortress of Sultan Ali Pasha falls to the Turks, the Sultans daughter Haidee attempts a desperate journey taking her through Albania, Morocco and Rome, while carrying an invaluable object and seeking the one man who can help her...