A missing manuscript. A rogue AI satellite.
A prophecy written in stars and blood.
When elite SAS operators Adam Hayes and Tony Shaw are deployed deep into the jungles of Belize, they uncover more than guerrilla warfare. Hidden in the ruins lies a coded warning tied to Cold War black sites, Vatican archives, and an off-grid intelligence system that’s suddenly gone dark. What starts as a covert military op becomes a global race to expose a secret order known only as The Horsemen—and stop a collapse centuries in the making.
As war crimes echo across time and celestial alignments resurface, the team must confront a buried past, encrypted truths, and a future engineered for extinction. At the centre is a lost manuscript—Visions of the Stars—a document encoded with astronomical cycles, ancient symbols, and weaponised prophecy.
They weren’t created. They were inherited.
And their plan has already begun.
Blending psychological suspense, military fiction, and historical conspiracy, Before The Shadows Rise is a high-stakes thriller with apocalyptic tension and real-world resonance. If you love secret societies, myth-infused missions, and thrillers that blur the line between history and prophecy, this book was written for you.
For fans of Dan Brown, Jack Carr, James Rollins, and high-concept military thrillers with a conspiracy edge.
From an SAS siege in 1980s London to a covert jungle operation in Belize, the war behind the headlines has always been real. When two elite operatives—Adam Hayes and Tony Shaw—uncover buried secrets linking MI6, Vatican archives, and global surveillance systems, they begin to see the pattern beneath collapse. Ancient prophecy. Modern warfare. A plan centuries in motion. In the shadows, the Horsemen
A murdered scientist. A global cover-up.
A countdown that’s already begun.
When brilliant researcher Dr. Nathaniel Voss uncovers a pattern of engineered disasters, he’s assassinated before he can expose the truth. But the encrypted file he leaves behind triggers a global hunt—drawing in shadow agencies, rogue operatives, and a secret order known only as The Horsemen.
They don’t just predict collapse.
They design it.
Now, ex-SAS operative Adam Hayes, disavowed CIA analyst Dave Ross, and a former academic must decode a centuries-old manuscript tied to ancient symbols, celestial alignments, and black ops warfare. From Vatican vaults to classified satellite networks, they unravel a chilling conspiracy—one engineered to end civilisation as we know it.
What they discover isn’t just prophecy.
It’s a plan for a global reset through controlled extinction.
The Horsemen’s Shadow is a high-octane conspiracy thriller blending military action, historical mystery, and apocalyptic geopolitics. Perfect for fans of Jack Carr, James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, and Dan Brown.
If the Four Horsemen are real…
Who stops the end when they’re the ones who started it?
From warzones to data vaults, the pattern was always there—hidden. Now, Adam Hayes, ex-SAS and haunted by a past he can’t outrun, is pulled back in as the world begins to fracture. In Washington, his wife Claire, a renowned scholar, uncovers the final key to a planetary cycle of collapse engineered by the Horsemen. As AI systems spiral out of control and secrets surface across Geneva, Brazil, and London, the truth becomes clear: this was never about power—it was about survival. Phase Zero has begun.
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