A New Mystery Novel, Demiurge, by Northern Ireland's Michael Hagan

DROMORE, U.K. - June 5, 2015 - PRLog -- Bookkus Publishing is excited to announce the publishing of Demiurge by Northern Ireland's Michael Hagan. Michael's novel received 4.5 stars prior to publishing and is currently averaging 3.9 stars on Amazon and 4.3 stars on Goodreads from over 50 reviews.

This is Bookkus Publishing's second novel and first in the mystery genre. The book was selected among hundreds of submissions on the site with a 4.5 star rating from over 15 users. The novel is often compared to Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, while moving beyond the basic mystery and taking steps into a murder mystery with sinister intentions laced into it.

"Publishing our first mystery novel is always exciting.  We are happy to have, Michael Hagan, from the United Kingdom joining our portfolio of novels. His mystery treads new ground and we are happy to give him the chance to get his book into the hands of as many readers as we can," says Willliam the marketing manager for Bookkus Publishing.

Demiurge: Blood of the Innocent
By Michael Hagan
Softcover | 5.5 x 8.5 in | 353 pages | ISBN 978-0-9917094-3-4
E-Book | 353 pages | 978-0-9917094-5-8

Synopsis: The renowned archaeologist, James McKenzie, has uncovered many prophecies, each with a mysterious symbol accompanying their inscription. Now, edifices of this symbol are reappearing, not engraved in aged rock, but painted in blood above the victims of a serial killer, and the fanatical cult he serves. Detective Hassom is charged with the task of making sense of this slaughter and capturing the perpetrators.

Corruption, collusion and the discovery that Lucas, a strangely gifted eight year old orphan, is the primary target of the murderous cult force Detective Hassom and  Professor McKenzie to work together to solve the murders. In their efforts to protect Lucas and reveal the ultimate goal of the cult leader and how this relates to the final, revelatory prophecy discovered in Iran, they unearth a truth, more terrible than anything they could have feared.

Michael Hagan: Having lived in Temecula, CA, and Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he was born in 1970, Michael R. Hagan now resides with his family of four in the idyllic town of Dromore, Co. Down, a short distance from its impressive Norman Mound...a shorter distance from the home of the town’s famed home-made ice-cream.

Possessing a long-suppressed passion for literature and fascination with history; after a career in high value sales and property development, he now reflects on how more beautifully romantic than the life of a hungry business person, is the concept of a starving artist.

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