The Matrix

· Hachette UK
4.8
4 reviews
Ebook
272
Pages

About this ebook

Seek and you shall find...

After the death of his beloved wife, Andrew Macleod finds solace in his research in Edinburgh.His interest in the ancient practices of magic is purely academic until the soothingly hypnotic rituals and mysterious ceremonies begin to lure him into a consuming quest for knowledge.When his passion escalates into an obsession for power and mastery, Andrew unwittingly becomes the apprentice of Duncan MyIne, who has a strange hold over him.

Though Andrew fears MyIne's menacing tutelage, he allows himself to be drawn deeper into an inner circle of evil.When he finally discovers the demented motivation behind MyIne's interest in him, it is too late for redemption, poised as he is on the edge of the horrific abyss between life and death...

Ratings and reviews

4.8
4 reviews
Martyn Pope
February 9, 2024
In one word 'Brilliant'. Reminds one of M.R.James, but drawn out & with a good deal of personal wit & perception.
Rupesh Kumar
September 9, 2016
This one is one the best reads I ever had. It will send down chills to the spine!

About the author

Jonathan Aycliffe was born in Belfast in 1949. He studied English, Persian, Arabic and Islamic at the universities of Dublin, Edinburgh and Cambridge, and lectured at the universities of Fez in Morocco and Newcastle upon Tyne. The author of several ghost stories, he lives in the north of England with his wife. He also writes as Daniel Easterman, under which name he has penned several bestselling thrillers.

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