Warren Ellis
Strange Killings: The Body Orchard

Before his disgrace and removal to solo deniable duties, combat magician Sergeant Major William Gravel was part of SAS team Alpha One Four. He hasn't seen his team-mates since his fall. He knows only that they're still in the job, doing the things he used to do. This doesn't remotely explain why, while he's moonlighting in New York, the Alpha One Four team should be seen blowing away a newly elected mayor - a military man himself - and then vanish into thin air. This series digs deep into William Gravel's magic past and begs an answer to one of the greatest combat magician secrets, what is the Body Orchard?