Michael Jecks

London in May, 1556. Hal Westmecott reckons Jack Blackjack owes him a favour, and orders Jack to track down his long-lost son - and although it seems an impossible task, Jack's in no position to refuse. But as his search progresses, Jack comes to realize he is an unwitting pawn in a mesh of schemes dreamed up by the most powerful people in England.

June, 1554. Former cutpurse and now professional assassin Jack Blackjack has deep misgivings about his latest assignment. He has been despatched to the Palace of Woodstock, where Queen Mary's half-sister Princess Elizabeth is being kept under close guard. Jack's employer has reason to believe that a spy has been installed within the princess's household and Jack has been ordered to kill her. Jack has no choice but to agree. But he arrives at Woodstock...

The first instalment of a thrilling new crusader series in the style of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. In 1096, a strange arrival causes a stir in the small town of Sens - a hermit and his followers have come to spread the word of God's Holy War. Brothers Fulk and Odo find themselves joining a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to rid the Holy Land of heathens, but will they survive the treacherous journey?

April, 1555. A priest has been stabbed to death in the village of St Botolph, to the east of the City of London, his body left to rot by the roadside - and Jack Blackjack stands accused of his murder. As well as clearing his name, Jack has his own reasons for wanting to find out who really killed the priest - but this is an investigation where nothing is as it seems. Was it a random attack by a desperate outlaw, or do the answers lie in the murdered...

Keeper of the King's Peace Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock had been tasked with guarding Edward II, but they failed in their task and now ride to Exeter to inform the sheriff of the old king's escape. But in Exeter, the sheriff has problems of his own, and the duo are tasking with finding the killer of a young maid.

Cut adrift by British Intelligence at the end of the Cold War, Jack Case is called back into service following 9/11. In a quiet Alaskan backwater, a man named Danny Lewin has committed suicide. But this was no ordinary suicide. This was an agent who held secrets. A man haunted by his past interrogating prisoners in Iraq. And British Intelligence fear that he put his secrets down on paper. Before long Case is drawn into a manhunt that drags him into...

July, 1556. En route to France and escape from Queen Mary's men, Jack Blackjack spends the night at a Devon tavern, agrees to a game of dice - and ends up accused of murder. Alone and friendless in a lawless land of cut-throats, outlaws and thieves, Jack knows that the only way to clear his name - and save his skin - is to unmask the real killer.