Book 1 - Ile Vermillion
A Finlay Knox Spy Thriller
Release Date - 25th January 2026
Dr. Finlay Knox, senior lecturer at Dunleigh University and retained by MI6 as an operative in a part-time capacity, thought his days in the field were over. Haunted by a botched mission in Beijing, he is reluctant to return, but a supposedly low-risk surveillance job in Southeast Asia draws him back in under academic cover.
Ile Vermillion, a luxury island owned by a powerful Chinese tycoon, appears to be paradise. But beneath its gleaming surface lies a web of covert operations, shadowy alliances, and high-stakes deception.
When Knox discovers that one of his own students has been spying on him, the mission fractures into something deeply personal. Loyalties blur. The island turns hostile. And as the past closes in, Knox must navigate a deadly game where trust is a weapon and survival is anything but guaranteed..
Agent Knox is active. Operation Ile Vermillion is in motion. This file is just the beginning. Watch the briefing, then access the chapter.
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Book 2 - The Intelligence Fellow
A Finlay Knox Spy Thriller
Release Date - 5th May 2026
Dr. Finlay Knox is a respected university lecturer. He is also one of MI6’s most valuable assets, slipping away on research leave to do the kind of work that never appears in academic journals.
When a Chinese academic defects in London and insists on speaking only to Knox, his two lives collide with deadly urgency. At the same time, a student disappears. MI6 brands her a threat. Knox is not convinced.
What begins as whispers of stolen research escalates into global chaos: a professor executed mid-speech, encrypted warnings that no one can crack, and identities crumbling under pressure.
From the quiet quads of Dunleigh to the marble halls of Hanoi and the back alleys of Hong Kong, Knox must draw on every skill as both scholar and spy to uncover a truth his own government is desperate to bury.
The deeper Knox digs, the deadlier the secret becomes.
Book 3 - Operation Red Directive
A Finlay Knox Spy Thriller
Release Date - 20th September 2026
When knowledge becomes a weapon, survival means rewriting the rules.
The truth did not free Knox. It shattered everything. Now the shadow war between MI6 and the MSS explodes into a battle for control of the world’s universities, research labs, and the minds of students.
At the centre lies Operation Red Directive, a program built to erase assets and weaponise academia. Knox discovers how his own research was twisted into AI surveillance tools that turned education into predictive control.
As institutions crumble, MI6 gives Knox a final choice: expose everything and watch his world collapse, or join them and rule what remains.
In this final chapter, Finlay Knox must decide whether to bury the truth or wield it.
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