"The danger rests in the quiet ones who go unnoticed and wait patiently in the dark for your return. They are beyond confession and absolution. Their business is endings. I am one of those and I am here to make you the same. " Thanatos Boyd. Opening lecture to recruits of Special Operations Executive (SOE). 1940

On September 21, 1948, a body is found near Borough Market. There are no signs of foul play. During the autopsy, the coroner finds a note in the deceased's coat pocket.

My Dear Sir Thanatos, Shall we play? Yours, Makris

Sir Thanatos Boyd, cruelly named after the Greek god of death by his grieving father after the death of his wife, is considered the country's greatest detective and England's most dangerous man. Sir Thanatos, a tall, brooding person with a dark history going back to the first world war, begins to be taunted by a killer whose victims appear to have died from natural causes. So begins a deadly cat and mouse game that takes Thanatos back to the memories of his own dark past. Makris is determined to show the world that the brilliant Thanatos Boyd is no match for himself and in so doing never considers that his protagonist could be a far more brutal killer than himself.

Michael Katakis has authored a number of books including A Thousand Shards of Glass: There is Another America, Traveller: Observations from an American in Exile, and Dangerous Men . His work has been translated into multiple languages and his writing and photography have been collected by a wide range of institutions including, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Library in London and Stanford University's Special Collections Department. In 1999, Michael was elected 'Fellow' of the Royal Geographical Society and in 2001 his, and Dr. Kris Hardin's exhibition, A Time and Place Before War, opened at the Geographical Society in London. The British Library acquired Michael's photographic work for their collection in 2008. The Library is now the repository for his entire work. He lives in France and England with his wife, Melissa Sullivan.

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