Joshua Winning est un auteur et journaliste de cinéma dont l'œuvre plonge au cœur de la narration de genre avec une voix distinctive. S'inspirant d'une enfance bercée par les univers de Whedon, Cameron et Lucas, ainsi que par des héros littéraires tels que Stephen King et Daphne du Maurier, son écriture explore la dark fantasy et les récits captivants. Winning mêle magistralement le suspense à des éléments spéculatifs, créant ainsi des expériences immersives pour les lecteurs. Sa prose se caractérise par une compréhension aiguë des conventions du genre et un talent pour créer des histoires mémorables et percutantes.
Scraping by working for a dingy London detective agency, Rumer Cross lives in the shadow of her mother, a violent criminal dubbed the `Witch Assassin' whose bloodthirsty rampage terrorised London for over a decade. But when she's targeted by a vicious mobster, she's drawn into the very world she's been fighting to avoid.
Nicholas Hallow, now fifteen, delves deeper into the mysteries of the Sentinels, an ancient society linked to his parents. His quest leads him into a dark world filled with terrifying monsters and malevolent humans. As he faces the challenge of becoming a Sentinel, he must locate a mysterious girl, aided by a grumpy cat. Amidst his journey, an uprising of evil looms, threatening to obliterate the Sentinels and plunge the world into chaos.
Sentinels are the world's best-kept secret, but that secret's about to come out. A dark fantasy set in Cambridge, Sentinel is the first book in the thrilling Sentinel Trilogy, a world of unconventional heroes, monsters, murder and magic.