Joshua Winning je autorem a filmovým novinářem, který se proslavil svým pronikavým pohledem na žánrovou literaturu a film. Jeho díla, často inspirovaná dětstvím formovaným díly Whedona, Camerona a Lucase a literárními hrdiny jako Stephen King a Daphne du Maurier, se ponořují do temných a fantasy světů. Winning mistrně kombinuje napětí s prvky temné fantasy a YA thrillerů, čímž čtenářům přináší poutavé příběhy. Jeho psaní vyniká schopností zachytit podstatu napínavých žánrů a zanechat trvalý dojem.
Scraping by working for a dingy London detective agency, Rumer Cross lives in the shadow of her mother, a violent criminal dubbed the `Witch Assassin' whose bloodthirsty rampage terrorised London for over a decade. But when she's targeted by a vicious mobster, she's drawn into the very world she's been fighting to avoid.
Nicholas Hallow, now fifteen, delves deeper into the mysteries of the Sentinels, an ancient society linked to his parents. His quest leads him into a dark world filled with terrifying monsters and malevolent humans. As he faces the challenge of becoming a Sentinel, he must locate a mysterious girl, aided by a grumpy cat. Amidst his journey, an uprising of evil looms, threatening to obliterate the Sentinels and plunge the world into chaos.
Sentinels are the world's best-kept secret, but that secret's about to come out. A dark fantasy set in Cambridge, Sentinel is the first book in the thrilling Sentinel Trilogy, a world of unconventional heroes, monsters, murder and magic.