The
Sigil is that rare gem where you recognize the genesis of a new
talent in the field -- Andrew
Burt
Earth, 2005: Jack Corstorphine,
a young archeologist with an intuitive grasp pf landscape,
encounters Jadis Markham, a student
with a frightening ability to solve problems.
Together they unearth secrets beneath
the fields and hills of France...
secrets of a civilization much older
than anyone had realized.
Meanwhile, and more than fifty million
years earlier, Admiral Ruxhana Fengen Kraa
of the 17th Rigel Fleet has lost
a bloody battle in far space
and is about be stripped of his
commission. His next task will be far more interesting.
And dangerous.
Earth, 2034: as the world slides
into the War of the Last Days,
a plague of unknown origin sweeps
humanity. Domingo travels the world looking for clues -
as to the plague's origin,
the mysteries surrounding Tom, Jack and Jadis' adopted son:
and the strange illness that appears
to be slowly killing his girlfriend Shoshana.
Meanwhile, Jack and Jadis have unearthed
an artefact, almost as old as time - The Sigil.
125,000 years ago and half a world
away, trader Mr Haradzzjin Khorare
is compelled to go on a business
trip with apocalyptic and bloody consequences ...
and three million years further
in the past, the monks at a remote
desert monastery are about to receive
an unwelcome visit from space.
Earth, 2056: a generation has grown
up for whom the Plague is only a memory.
Jadis and Jack, retired in their
farmhouse haven, watch as Domingo and Tom
discover a new alien menace that
promises to consume the Sun.
Is the long-forgotten Sigil the
key?
Meanwhile, 125,000 years ago, Mr
Khorare leaves his long service at the
court of the unspeakably savage
Neanderthal Kingdom Under The Mountain...
and, 80,000 years later, the young
human refugee Dogfinger prepares to do battle
with the Kingdom's last remnants
and assume his birthright.
