ECHOES THROUGH THE SPIRAL: The Truth Behind Before the Shadows Rise
A Companion to the Thriller Series ‘The Septem Cycle’ - Featuring Before The Shadows Rise & The Horseman's Shadow.
For fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and espionage thrillers based on real-world secrets.
‘Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.''' — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What if the world of your favourite thriller wasn’t just made up?
From the covert corridors of MI6 and the CIA to black-market arms deals in Malta, Vatican coverups, Cold War stay-behind armies, and real astronomical secrets hidden in medieval art—Echoes Through the Spiral pulls back the veil on the true events and secret operations that inspired the hit geopolitical thriller Before the Shadows Rise.
Explore real-world operations and suppressed history that shaped the fiction:
A Companion to the Thriller Series ‘The Septem Cycle’ - Featuring Before The Shadows Rise & The Horseman's Shadow.
For fans of Dan Brown, James Rollins, and espionage thrillers based on real-world secrets.
‘Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.''' — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What if the world of your favourite thriller wasn’t just made up?
From the covert corridors of MI6 and the CIA to black-market arms deals in Malta, Vatican coverups, Cold War stay-behind armies, and real astronomical secrets hidden in medieval art—Echoes Through the Spiral pulls back the veil on the true events and secret operations that inspired the hit geopolitical thriller Before the Shadows Rise.
Explore real-world operations and suppressed history that shaped the fiction:
- SAS missions in Belfast, Libya, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone
The Vatican Archives and the hidden manuscript Visiones Stellarum
CIA surveillance programs like PRISM and predictive AI like Palantir
Gaddafi’s weapons pipeline to the IRA and South African arms smuggling
Operation Gladio, the Great Reset, and echoes of Phase Zero collapse
Includes chapter-by-chapter breakdowns linking each part of the novel to real intelligence programs, conspiracies, historical coverups, and esoteric codes—from planetary spirals to the Fleur-de-lis.
This is more than a companion guide. It’s a revealing look into the architecture of control, collapse, and symbol that underpin our modern world, told through the lens of thriller fiction.
Perfect for readers who love:- Conspiracy thrillers based on true events
Thriller books like Dan Brown meets James Rollins
Military and espionage fiction with real-world depth
Secret Vatican history, planetary alignments, and suppressed truths
Books that blur the line between reality and fiction
Whether you’re a fan of hidden histories, dark intelligence, or epic thrillers with brains, this is the truth behind the story.
Genre: Thriller
- Conspiracy thrillers based on true events
Used availability for Joe Nathan Paul's Echoes Through the Spiral