John Hawksworth lives in Liverpool with his wife and son. He worked in the pensions and life insurance business as a compliance officer for 20 years. He has climbed the three peaks, canoed down Ben Nevis and jumped out of three perfectly serviceable airplanes for reasons best known to himself. He is considering a new fitness regime, for which he has downloaded the ‘couch to 5K‘ app. Whether he will do anything further remains to be seen. He is a committed Christian and attends his local church as often as work and life allow.
George Ambrose, a middle-aged journalist with The London Times, a veteran of the last Judean uprising now back in London. Ambrose is a once famed and revered reporter on the way to becoming a hack, an also-ran. Suffering from the aftereffects of kidnapping, he is just going through the motions of a...
