Newton's Fire

A breathtaking thriller which weaves history and religion with action, adventure and apocalypse Luke Hayward is adrift. Blacklisted out of academia, he is in no position to refuse when a client asks for his expert help in recovering some lost Isaac Newton papers. But a chance discovery in a dusty attic plunges Luke into a race to uncover the truth behind some seemingly random scribblings - a race which pits Luke against a fundamentalist madman with dangerously powerful friends. Luke discovers connections between Oxford, London and the Old City of Jerusalem in a breathless chase to uncover a secret hidden in the eccentric ramblings of a mathematical genius; a secret that, in the wrong hands, could be used to spark the holy war to end all holy wars A breathtaking story which weaves history and politics with action, adventure and apocalypse! Luke Hayward, disgraced Newton scholar, makes a discovery in an attic: lost Newton papers, a ciphered clue left three centuries ago by a genius who believed he was one of God's chosen prophets. But Luke isn't the only one to have cracked the code. Avram Kohen is a fundamentalist priest, on a mission to re-draw the map of the religous world in the blood of his enemies. Both Luke and Avram discover something buried beneath London something that could be used to spark a fire that will burn the world ... June 2016. Another scorching summer sparks wildfires worldwide. Droughts and famine leave millions homeless. Wars in the Middle East, terrorism at home, and a devastating earthquake that rips Jerusalem in two. The world trembles upon the brink of war. Luke Keating, a young Isaac Newton scholar, finds a trove of long-lost Newton papers.