The Project Series

A fast-paced thriller that spins a web of deceit and murder across the globe, featuring characters caught up in a deadly international power game. International intrigue, terrorist acts, romance, patriotism, and the threat of nuclear war form the core of the book, the first volume in a series featuring Nick, Selena, the Project and the ongoing, complex relationship between the main protagonists.

In the frozen wastes of Antarctica the Lance, an ancient weapon of unthinkable power - once lost and legendary - has been recovered. In the terrorized streets of Jerusalem, devastation is unleashed upon the eve of international peace. In the halls of power of Washington, D.C. a desperate plot set in motion during the final days of World War II has begun to unfold. Now Nick Carter and his team of deep black operatives from the PROJECT must race against time to stop events that will lead to the next World War.

A fanatical terrorist has visions of the Islamic Mahdi commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days. An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears to murder and ignite the fires of war. A truck carrying a terrible weapon leaves Sudan for the lawless mountains of Algeria and an unknown destination.

A world expert on crop viruses is brutally murdered, along with two of his colleagues. The murders get the attention thedirector of the Project. The leader Nick Carter suffers with PTSD. He struggles with conflicting thoughts about his lover and teammate, Selena Connor. She's having a hard time dealing with her feelings for Nick and the mayhem that goes with her job. They follow a bloody trail through Greece, Bulgaria and America as they uncover a deadly plan that will kill millions if it succeeds.

Plans for a devastating weapon invented by Nikola Tesla fall into the hands of a centuries-old conspiracy bent on world domination. Powerful men will stop at nothing to use the weapon to achieve their goal, even at the risk of nuclear war. Nick Carter works for the Project, the shadow hand of the US President. Selena Connor is his teammate and lover. Their relationship is tested to the breaking point as they are forced to question their commitment to other and to the violent life they have chosen.

A Paris dealer in rare books discovers a lost manuscript of prophecies by Nostradamus and is murdered. The murder sends Nick Carter, Selena Connor and the Project team on a global hunt for the fabled Ark of the Covenant. The prophecies lead them to the Holy Land and deep into the secrets of the ancient Order of the Knights Templar. The Ark is part of a plan to trigger war and a new Crusade in the Middle East. The men behind the plot will kill anyone who gets in the way, and Nick and Selena are in their crosshairs.

When an assassination attempt takes the president out of commission, the Project is caught up in a conspiracy that threatens to spark a world war and runs a lot deeper than just trying to kill the leader of the free world. Led by Director Elizabeth Harker, the Project team discovers a cold-hearted plot to turn America into a totalitarian police state. Betrayed by powerful enemies at home and forced to rely on doubtful allies abroad, Harker and her team are driven underground.

On a mission to the Philippines Nick Carter of the Project finds ancient gold coins in a terrorist stronghold. The terrorists have been using the gold to buy weapons. Where did the coins come from? The discovery sets the Project team on a collision course with a ruthless terrorist who dreams of an Islamic Caliphate in India and a dying spy from India's CIA seeking revenge for the murder of his wife and son. All the while, a secret global conspiracy is manipulating events from behind the scenes.

A lethal plague resurrected from the bones of the dead is stolen from a secret biological warfare lab hidden in the mountains of North Korea. There's no cure, and it's 100 percent fatal. If it gets loose, millions will die. The men who have it want to reduce the world's population and bring down the global economy as part of a plan to establish world dominance.

The contents of an ancient scroll set in motion a deadly quest for the tomb of Solomon and the long-lost treasure of the Second Jewish Temple. The Project team is up against a madman who believes he is the last high priest of an ancient and cruel god. He seeks the Seal of Solomon and the mystical powers he's sure it will bring him. He'll stop at nothing to get what he wants, including murder and treachery.

Nick, Selena, and the team are caught up in a devious plot that takes the world to the brink of nuclear war. Who is funding Moscow's militaristic adventures and why? Can the team find a way to stop a confrontation between Russia and the United States before it starts? The stakes for Nick, Selena, Elizabeth Harker, and the world have never been higher. If they fail, civilization will be destroyed. Failure is not an option....

A photograph forgotten for 100 years holds the key to finding the legendary lost civilization of Atlantis and an ancient artifact of mysterious power. When a letter with the photograph and a faded map of Egypt shows up in the mail, the Project is launched into a search that takes them from the depths of the Atlantic to the sands of Egypt and places unseen for thousands of years. Elizabeth Harker's Project team is caught up in a power struggle between two of Russia's vast intelligence services.

The brutal death of a Swedish spy sends Nick Carter, Selena Connor and the project team to Stockholm, where they find themselves pitted against a terrorist network hiding among the refugees flooding into the country. A fourth century artifact looted from the Middle East plunges the team into a search for the most elusive relic of Christendom: the Holy Grail. A prophecy warns that if the Grail falls into the wrong hands, it will bring about the End of Days.

When an American missile submarine is sunk in the Sea of Japan, it's the opening move in a madman's plan to plunge the world into war. A day later, the Chinese ambassador to Washington is assassinated. Meanwhile, the unstable leader of North Korea prepares to attack America with a terrible weapon. The US President calls in the Project, a deep black ops unit that goes places and does things others can't or won't do.

An ancient scroll written in code is discovered in a New York museum. Selena Connor is called in to break the code and translate the writing. She's a world-class linguist, a member of the secretive, covert operations team known as the Project. The scroll reveals clues to a treasure collected by King Solomon to build and maintain the First Jewish Temple. Hidden somewhere in the desert lands of Israel is a vast hoard of gold, the heritage of a nation.

The president of the US orders Director Elizabeth Harker of the Project to investigate the collision at sea of a US Navy missile destroyer with a Chinese freighter. It may have been sabotage, and the president wants her to get to the bottom of it. But the assignment is not what it seems. Harker has an enemy in the White House who wants her to fail. The Project's continued existence is on the line.

A cabal of ruthless men set in motion a plot to ignite nuclear war, certain they will survive the resulting holocaust and rule what is left after the missiles stop flying. Director Elizabeth Harker's aging Project team is called into action once again, but the odds are stacked high against them. A hostile president means to shut them down. Someone keeps trying to kill them. Nick and Selena's unborn children are in the line of fire. Even Selena's Russian half-sister is caught up in the deadly game, with consequences she'd never expected. The doomsday clock is ticking.

The Project is in transition, their future in doubt. Selena Connor is no longer part of the active field unit, and she misses the action and excitement. When she's approached to translate a 13th-century Templar document written in code, she jumps at the chance. The document reveals a clue to the location of the legendary Templar treasure, lost for 700 years.

No longer under the protection of the president, the Project has gone private as an exclusive consulting service available to select clients. A powerful Japanese industrialist hires Elizabeth Harker and the Project team to find a famous sword lost in the aftermath of WWII...Forced to defend themselves against a fanatical enemy, Nick and Selena follow a trail of blood to Japan. There they find themselves in a mythic confrontation that can only end in one way - death.