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A Sam Rourke Thriller
The Sam Rourke Thrillers Begin Here.
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Harbinger:The Prophet’s Game
Three victims. Three methods. One black feather.
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Harbinger: Reckoning
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Pre-order eBook on Amazon UK eBook pre-order. Print edition details to follow.01 / Reader response
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Early reader feedback for Harbinger: The Prophet's Game.
“If you want like a book that keeps you wanting to read, with twists & turns along the way...then this is your kind of book.”
“What a fantastic book. It gripped me from the first chapter. Great storyline, and characters leave you wanting more..... thoroughly enjoyed. Looking forward to this being a series.”
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02 / The series
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Sam
Rourke
A former soldier who trusts evidence more than certainty.
Rourke carries the weight of an old war, a fading faith, and a father disappearing into dementia. Patient, controlled, and resistant to mythology, he must decide where justice ends and vengeance begins.
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03 / Forthcoming
Planned for April 2027
Harbinger:Reckoning
Following on from Harbinger : The Prophets Game, Sam Rourke must use all his skills, and his resources, to bring down the consortium. Can he find the source, and stop the rot?
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Steven
Harrison
Steven Harrison writes dark, cinematic crime fiction about damaged institutions, morally complicated people, and the price of pursuing truths built to stay buried.
His visual style builds scenes through light, sound, weather, and spatial detail, while keeping character and moral consequence at the centre of the investigation.
Harbinger: The Prophet’s Game is his debut novel and the opening book in the Sam Rourke Thrillers.
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