Fast-moving international suspense thrillers spanning almost six hundred years, the Dust of Centuries interweaves self-preservation with murder, medieval superstition with modern technology and art history with forensic science.

Born in Renaissance Italy, brilliant artist John Andrews is seemingly immortal, his genetic code rendering him immune to ageing and disease. But such rare traits come at a price: John is an outsider, an enigma who is forced to reinvent himself frequently in order to survive.
Over the centuries, several of John's offspring inherit his traits, and all develop their own survival methods, some more ruthless than others.

Dust of Centuries I: quincentenarian tells John's story from his birth in 1427, and how in the 21C tenacious forensic biochemist Claudia Reid unravels his genetic code, while unwittingly placing his life at risk.
Dust of Centuries II: the delusion gambit is the tale of John's daughter, Paola, lost to him centuries ago, who through adversity becomes a character very different from her father. It also introduces Marcus Dayton, a man even older than John whose ambition to perpetuate his kind threatens to destroy them all.
Dust of Centuries III: fatal consequences sees John join forces with Jacques Bognard, his seafaring friend from 17C Marseille, and with Claudia Reid in a desperate search for Paola, who has vanished into Marcus Dayton's remote Tuscan hideaway.

This box set was previously published as The Rare Traits Trilogy Box Set.