Cambridge, 1991. A code-obsessed fresher breaks into a Ministry archive and trips a live wire: a Whitehall ledger where stories are engineered and bodies keep the accounts.
Simon Arkwright maps locks for fun. Julian Thorne maps people for power. When a file marked CLASSIFIED – EYES ONLY points to a “routine mishap” near Linton—and a white panel van idling in the fog—their curiosity becomes currency. Across libraries, safe houses and night trains, a pattern emerges: money as a command signal; truth as a weapon.
As the convoy moves across Europe, the choice is simple and impossible: leak the ledger and burn, or play along long enough to bring the machine into daylight.
Perfect for fans of Spy Books, Dan Brown & John Le Carre
For fans of intelligent espionage—slow-burn tension, moral stakes, and period-accurate tech. Dark-academia Cambridge meets le Carré-style intrigue in a thriller about who gets to write reality—and who disappears when they do.
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Early Amazon UK Reviews - September 2025
A global system engineered to collapse. Dan Brown meets James Rollins
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A book that sums up the present day—if we’re not careful!” – Amazon UK Reader
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “First book I’ve read from this author. Gripped me from the first chapter.” – Amazon UK Reader
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Cinematic, pulse-pounding, and chillingly plausible.” – John Davies, Dan Brown & John Le Carre Fan

Author of the Septem Cycle — where military realism meets ancient prophecy.
Joe Nathan Paul writes thrillers that blend real-world covert operations, ancient prophecy, and speculative conspiracy.
Fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Jack Carr devour his books for their cinematic pace and chilling plausibility.
When he’s not writing, Joe has spent years researching military history, covert intelligence, and symbolic conspiracies — all of which fuel the Septem Cycle.”
J.N. Paul - “Acclaimed UK Thriller Author – Research drawn from declassified files and real operations.”
A Vatican archive sealed for centuries. A manuscript that rewrites history. A covert network of operatives willing to kill to keep it hidden.
Welcome to The Septem Cycle—where Dan Brown–style secrets collide with James Rollins–level action, and modern intelligence warfare exposes the truth they never wanted you to find.
📖 Before the Shadows Rise thrusts you into SAS black-ops during the Belfast Troubles, secret arms routes across the Mediterranean, and a Vatican cover-up stretching back to the Crusades.
🔥 The Horsemen’s Shadow explodes the conspiracy onto a global scale—ancient codes, planetary alignments, and an apocalyptic design engineered by men who don’t just believe in prophecy… they plan to make it real.
✔ Uncompromising realism drawn from declassified files, defence white papers, and suppressed art history.
✔ Intelligent plotting that balances military authenticity with breakneck suspense.
✔ Characters you’ll never forget—operatives, hackers, historians, and soldiers caught between truth and annihilation.
Fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, Jack Carr, Robert Harris, and Gregg Hurwitz will find their next obsession here.
The Septem Cycle isn’t just entertainment—it’s chilling thriller fiction, all-too-plausible warning - Read the Horsemen's Shadow and Before the Shadows Rise from this talented Thriller Author
What if history’s biggest disasters were deliberate?
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“Joe Nathan Paul writes cerebral thrillers and spy books blending geopolitics, mythology, and shadow wars. His stories explore what lies beneath the surface of history—and the people willing to risk everything to expose it.” - An inspiring new thriller Author in the Genre. Similar to Dan Brown & John Le Carre with a little James Rollins thrown in for good measure.
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