Desmond G. Palmer is a London-based author of archaeological thrillers, espionage fiction, occult horror, and YA fantasy — though not always in that order. His Acquirers series follows archaeologist Natasha Travers and former SAS Captain Lucas Redmond across seven globe-trotting adventures. Hidden temples beneath Nineveh. Stolen artefacts. Ancient secrets that powerful people would rather stay buried. Fast-paced, history-fuelled, and built around a partnership that deepens across multiple books. His Ghost Operative series takes Lucas into darker territory. Paired with elite hacker Ellen Paige — twenty-two years old, self-made millionaire, the most dangerous person in most rooms she walks into — Lucas operates in the shadows between official sanction and personal conscience. Ghost Operative is espionage thriller at its most intimate. Two protagonists. A series-long secret. The kind of books that start at midnight and end at four in the morning. Before all of that came an occult horror novel and a YA fantasy trilogy — proof that his imagination has never been particularly well-behaved. The fantasy trilogy may yet return. His readers have been warned. Ghost Operative: Zero Hour is available to pre-order now. Ghost Hunt — the free novella that introduces Ellen as solo protagonist — is waiting for you below. Desmond holds a Film Studies degree, has strong opinions about action cinema, and writes the kind of fiction he always wanted to read. His mind is a labyrinth of wonders and surprises. Step inside. Wipe your feet on the way out — you never know what extraordinary ideas you might take with you. Trained in the shadows. Always personal.