The Tagus Deception

THE TAGUS DECEPTION — A Shadow War Begins.

Lisbon, 1809. A dead courier washes ashore on the Tagus River, carrying fragments of a device no ordinary messenger should possess.

Captain George Scovell, a brilliant engineer with a mind for patterns, is drawn into a hidden conflict—one fought in the shadows between river mills, secret depots, and coded diagrams.

As French intelligence circles the city and a ruthless spymaster tightens his grip upriver, Scovell uncovers the first whispers of a mechanical machine capable of predicting military outcomes. A device that could change the course of the war.

To stop it, he must follow a dangerous trail through Lisbon’s alleys, across mill roads, and deep into the contested countryside—where a river gate ambush gives him his first victory, and the discovery of a second crate reveals the scale of the French plot.

With Wellington demanding answers and the French closing in, Scovell has only one choice:

go upriver… and enter the Shadow War.

Perfect for readers of Bernard Cornwell, Robert Harris, and le Carré, The Tagus Deception delivers espionage, historical intrigue, and slow-burn tension in a gripping episodic format.

The war behind the war has just begun.