About Directive Press

James Linton is a writer and creator of espionage fiction—stories where trust is lethal, secrets are currency, and no one is ever what they seem.

Directive Press is where those stories live.

Linton’s upcoming trilogy, The Knox Files, follows a covert operative navigating betrayal, coverups, and missions that never officially happened.

The first instalment, Ile Vermillion, launches January 25, 2026. The rest of the series unravels across global backdrops and personal consequences.

Linton started writing to tell the kind of spy stories that people wanted to read—tightly wound, character-driven, and full of moments that make you doubt everything.

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