Franz String never believed in God and destiny – until the nightmares became a realisation.

In 2000, a young Royal Marine finds his life irrevocably altered when he discovers he is possessed by the spirit of Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of St John, who defended Malta against the vast might of the Ottoman Empire in 1565. Haunted by violent visions and memories that do not belong to him, Franz is drawn inexorably to Malta, compelled to unravel the tangled threads of a family curse rooted deep in the island’s blood-soaked past.

Struggling to navigate these haunting revelations, Franz’s Maltese family finds itself at odds with dark forces within the Catholic Church. The papal authorities fear the exposure of their false doctrine and the prophecy of the Second Coming. The Pope’s secret security is determined to silence the unpalatable truths Franz is destined to reveal, which might give rise to a revitalising, embryonic faith. Religions are challenged, blood is shed, and Franz is cast into a battle that spans four centuries, where the boundaries between good and evil are blurred beyond recognition.

Can Franz exorcise himself from a past that haunts his family – or will the spirit within consume everything he holds dear?