The Dark Time

War veteran Peter Ash must infiltrate a doomsday cult in this crime thriller from award-winning author Nick Petrie.

When Peter Ash's friend June Cassidy asks him for a deeply personal favour, it leads him into the murderous depths of a sinister organisation.

A journalist - a close friend of June's - has been receiving serious death threats, threats which extend to her teenage daughter. Peter must leave Wisconsin for Washington, heading to Seattle to make sure both mother and daughter are safe.

When aspects of the threats, already credible, prove true, Peter must dig deep to discover the perpetrators. His search reveals a doomsday cult led by a shadowy figure with a death-wish to cause untold mayhem.

To save innocent people, Peter is willing to face the ultimate sacrifice. But will one man be enough to stop the carnage?

About the author

Nick Petrie received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington, won a Hopwood Award for short fiction, and his story 'At the Laundromat' won the 2006 Short Story Contest in the Seattle Review. His debut novel featuring ex-soldier Peter Ash, The Drifter, won numerous awards including the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel in 2017.

Product details

• Authors: Petrie Nick
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.03.2026
• EAN: 9781804541692
• ISBN: 978-1-80454-169-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; USA, Crime & mystery, Seattle, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, RELIGION / Cults, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Press & journalism, Psychological thriller, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, Washington State, Crime and mystery fiction, Publishing industry and journalism, Publishing industry & book trade, Christian and quasi-Christian cults and sects