The Torchbearer ✓
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'"The one who bears the torch sees all and with knowledge, comes power."'
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Eccentric police officer, Lee Jackson lives an unassuming, yet fulfilling life with his girlfriend, Sabrina.
Until everything changes one winter morning.
Finding himself dragged ever deeper into a world of intrigue, before now, unknown to sleepy Northern England, Jackson must battle against an elusive and deadly assassin, his own demons and the mysterious Torchbearer Association.
Meanwhile, Priya 'The Dhan' Dhaneshwari is fighting a battle of her own and drifts ever closer to desperation as she tries to hold together the very fabric of her own creation.
What will the light reveal?
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