{"title":"Series: The Seeker","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-bear-pit-by-sg-maclean-9781787473614","title":"The Bear Pit","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Could challenge CJ Sansom for dominion' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon, 1656:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Bear Pit\u003c\/i\u003e follows Captain Seeker who is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin preparing to strike at the heart of Oliver Cromwell's Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Commonwealth is balanced on a knife edge. Royalists and disillusioned former Parliamentarians have united against Oliver Cromwell, now a king in all but name. Three conspirators, representing these factions, plan to assassinate the Lord Protector, paving the way back to the throne for Charles Stuart once and for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaptain Damian Seeker, meanwhile, is preoccupied by the horrifying discovery in an illegal gambling den of the body of a man ravaged by what is unmistakably a bear. However, the bears used for baiting were all shot when the sport was banned by Cromwell. So where did this fearsome creature come from, and why would someone use it for murder?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith Royalist-turned-Commonwealth-spy Thomas Faithly tracking the bear, Seeker investigates its victim. The trail leads from Kent's coffee house on Cornhill, to a German clockmaker in Clerkenwell, to the stews of Southwark, and to the desolate Lambeth Marshes, where no one should venture at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the two threads of the investigation begin to join, Seeker realises just what—and who—he is up against. The Royalists in exile have sent to London their finest mind and greatest fighter, a man who will stop at nothing to ensure the Restoration. Has Seeker finally met his match?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072689750252,"sku":"9781787473614","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11265183482824.jpg?v=1765126127"},{"product_id":"the-seeker-by-sg-maclean-9781782068433","title":"The Seeker","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1654. Oliver Cromwell is at the height of his power and has declared himself Lord Protector. Yet he has many enemies, at home and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon is a complex web of spies and merchants, priests and soldiers, exiles and assassins. One of the web's most fearsome spiders is Damian Seeker, agent of the Lord Protector. No one knows where Seeker comes from, who his family is, or even his real name. All that is known of him for certain is that he is utterly loyal to Cromwell, and that nothing can be long hidden from him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the city, coffee houses are springing up, fashionable places where men may meet to plot and gossip. Suddenly they are ringing with news of a murder. John Winter, hero of Cromwell's all-powerful army, is dead, and the lawyer, Elias Ellingworth, is found standing over the bleeding body, clutching a knife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet despite the damning evidence, Seeker is not convinced of Ellingworth's guilt. He will stop at nothing to bring the killer to justice: and Seeker knows better than any man where to search.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seeker\u003c\/i\u003e by S.G. MacLean is a gripping tale set in an intricate world of intrigue and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072820396268,"sku":"9781782068433","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13384953482822.jpg?v=1765132079"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/series-the-seeker.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}