THE SWORD OF MOLOCH, the first in the Ian Caine novel series, is an 80,000-word spy thriller. The recipe for this book is one-third the rogue professionalism of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels, one-third the high-stakes intelligence conspiracy of John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and one-third the deadly precision of Killing Eve's Villanelle.

Ian Caine is a Welsh, former MI6 operative, now a contract mercenary. A deadly spy and assassin whose only rule is lethal precision with absolute justification. When his handler, Colonel Garfield Jaffe of the CIA, tasks him with eliminating a female operative and retrieving a crucial briefcase, Caine carries out the hit flawlessly in a New York parking garage.

But when he discovers a hidden USB drive labeled "The Sword of Moloch" inside the case, Caine is blindsided by the truth: the woman was an innocent civilian—a junior law partner—and Jaffe deliberately used him to commit the senseless murder of a "mule" to cover a trail.

Step into a world that few will ever experience, yet one that happens around us every day.

Centered in the sleepy little sea island community of Beaufort, SC. This town is steeped in history and culture. But this story is packed with fast-paced global ramifications and excursions into mayhem and madness. Violence and diplomacy, hatred, revenge, a torrid love affair, and a sadness that are all part of the vocation and life of Ian Caine