Vapour Trail

Four years ago, Alex Kessler witnessed his wife Jade's murder in front of his very eyes. Her killer fled and was never found, and since that time the crime has remained unsolved; the horrific image of the killer's scarred face leering above Jade's body has been forever burned into Alex's mind, and the events of that fateful day have haunted him ever since. But, somehow, he has managed to hold it together.

Now a police officer himself, Alex chances upon a robbery in progress in a small store, which through his intervention quickly escalates into something more. The perpetrator flees, and Alex, bound by both his duty and the promise he made to Jade's memory long ago to bring to justice those who thought themselves to be above the law, pursues.

That's when Alex's life really begins to unravel; a strange, sudden, and inexplicable phenomenon turns the pursuit into a tense game of cat and mouse. Barely escaping with his life, Alex encounters Layla Forrest, who claims to be an agent of FATE, a secret government organisation.

And Layla needs his help. She tells him that he alone is in the unique position to aid FATE, and that failure to do so could have wide and far-reaching consequences…not just for Alex, but for all of mankind. For all of history.

In return, she makes Alex a promise, speaking the words that he never imagined he would hear again: that he can be reconciled with Jade.

From that moment Layla draws Alex into a race against time, leading to a series of incredible events that he never thought possible; to a war raging between secret organisations, of relentless pursuit by sinister forces, of grotesque hybrid creatures, and to a world of mystery and intrigue that he never knew existed and in which he plays an unwitting central role.

And which will eventually lead him to learn the truth about Jade's killer.