Eterna and Omega (The Eterna Files, 2) - Tapa dura

In New York City, fearing the dangers of the Eterna Compound - supposedly the key to immortality - Clara Templeton buries information vital to its creation. The ghost of her clandestine lover is desperate to tell her she is wrong, but though she is a clairvoyant, she cannot hear him. In London, Harold Spire plans to send his team of assassins, magicians, mediums, and other rogue talents to New York City, in an attempt to obtain Eterna for Her Royal Majesty, Queen Victoria. He stays behind to help Scotland Yard track down a network of body snatchers and occultists, but he'll miss his second in command, Rose Everhart, whose gentle exterior masks a steel spine. Rose's skepticism about the supernatural has been shattered since she joined Spire's Omega Branch. Meeting Clara is like looking into a strange mirror: both women are orphans, each is concealing a paranormal ability, and each has a powerful and attractive guardian who has secrets of his own. The hidden occult power that menaces both England and America continues to grow. Far from being dangerous, Eterna may hold the key to humanity's salvation.

Rod Cooke pursued a career in banking that encompassed setting up his bank's business advisory service, business relationship management and Area Directorships in both corporate and retail banking. He retired as Head of Credit Risk for that bank for London and the South of England. Subsequently he acted as non- executive director of a major supplier to UK supermarkets and as Chairman of a Belgian chocolate manufacturer. In the last few years he has run his own business consultancy and worked to offer business mentoring and advice to small businesses in Dorset. His book considers the best leadership techniques he has witnessed and extrapolates how they need to be reworked to cope with the challenges of the digital revolution now upon us.