The Project Series

Lost plans for a terrifying weapon designed by Nikola Tesla fall into the hands of a 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. Standing in their way is the Project, the secret hand of the US President. Nick Carter heads up the Project team. Selena Connor is his teammate and lover. Nick and Selena pursue the conspirators on a deadly mission that will test their relationship to the breaking point.

A fanatical terrorist has visions commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days... An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears... A truck carrying a terrible weapon leaves Sudan for the lawless mountains of Algeria and an unknown destination... The Project sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor to the burning wastelands of Western Africa, the back streets of San Diego and the bitter mountains of the Hindu Kush before a final confrontation that will decide the fate of Western civilization.

Murder. Secret organizations. Experimental technology. Horrific crimes... Detective Andrea Nox is investigating a bizarre and violent murder-suicide with far-reaching consequences, both for Beacon City and the people who run it. But all she has to show for her efforts so far are nonsensical clues and dead ends.  Then, there's another murder.  Journalist Robert Duncan is visiting home after a personal crisis when the unthinkable happens and he unearths long-kept secrets about his family and his place within it. Before long, he is going back over an old story that implicates powerful people in horrible crimes, drawing him deeper into a dangerous and widespread conspiracy he wishes he had no part in.  Frank Mortimer, disturbed son of a wealthy and influential family, has no interest in conspiracies. He only wants to take part in an experimental program that promises to make him 'better.' However, with the shadowy and powerful group known only as The Project pulling the strings behind the program, what he is getting better at could prove disastrous for everyone else, as a dangerous power is being unlocked inside him...  Their paths will converge in murder, intrigue and a clandestine experiment that threatens to change the world itself. Discover the secrets behind The Blue Ridge Project... Shortlisted for "Best Novel" in the Carousel Aware Prize for Independent Authors.

Three world experts on crop disease discover a secret from the time of Alexander the Great and are brutally murdered... A centuries old conspiracy plots to destroy much of the world's food supply as part of a plan for world domination... The PROJECT team must stop a traitor and prevent a world-wide disaster... The hunt for answers leads Nick Carter and Selena Connor to Greece, Bulgaria and the United States. In a series of life and death confrontations they encounter unlikely allies, an ancient legacy of bio-warfare and a cover up with ominous implications for freedom. James Campbell is a world expert in crop viruses. He discovers nine clay tablets from ancient Persia containing a clue to the location of a golden urn marked with the curse of a Greek goddess, part of treasure seized by Alexander the Great during the fall of Babylon. Then he's horribly murdered, along with two of his colleagues. Campbell has been working on a secret bio-warfare program for the Pentagon. The murders get the attention of Elizabeth Harker, Director of a covert intelligence unit called the Project. Nick Carter is Harker's team leader. He struggles with old injuries and PTSD from his years as a combat Marine. Nick is deeply conflicted about his lover and teammate, Selena Connor. Selena's been with the Project for less than a year. She's having a hard time dealing with the mayhem that goes with her job and her feelings about Nick. Nick and Selena follow a bloody trail through Greece, Bulgaria and America, uncovering a heartless plan to destroy half the world's food supply, part of a strategy by a centuries-old conspiracy to achieve world domination. It will kill millions if it succeeds and time's running out--it's set to happen soon. Harker is forced to make an unheard of alliance to try and stop the plot and avoid possible war with Russia. All the while, a high-placed traitor does his best to sabotage the Project at every turn. The surprise ending foreshadows the next book in the series. BLACK HARVEST is a contemporary international thriller of intrigue, patriotism, romance and treachery. 

The murder of a Paris bookseller who discovers a manuscript of lost prophecies by Nostradamus sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor of the Project on a hunt for the fabled Ark of the Covenant. The prophecies lead them to the Holy land and deep into the secrets of the Order of the Knights Templar. The Ark is part of a plan to trigger war in the Middle East. The men behind the plot have no problem killing anyone who gets in their way. Nick struggles with PTSD from his time in Afghanistan. He'll lose Selena if he doesn't find a way to handle it. But how can he find time to sort out his personal life when he's caught up in one of the most dangerous missions of his career?

Nick Carter and his lover Selena Connor work for the Project, a black ops counter terrorism unit reporting to the president. Ancient gold coins found in a terrorist stronghold in the Philippines set the Project team on a collision course with a ruthless terrorist who dreams of an Islamic state in India. Nick and Selena struggle with their doubts about one another as they find themselves standing in the way of nuclear war between China, Pakistan and India. Can they stop it in time? Success is far from certain.

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 and treachery. From the streets of Beirut to the barren south of Saudi Arabia and the wild canyons of Ethiopia, the Project team follows a strange trail of confusing clues in search of Solomon's bones and the sacred heritage of a nation.

A lethal plague is stolen from a secret biological warfare lab hidden in the mountains of North Korea. It's one hundred percent fatal and if it gets loose, millions will die. Nick Carter and Selena Connor of the Project are up against their old nemesis, a centuries old conspiracy called AEON. This time, Director Elizabeth Harker is determined to eliminate AEON once and for all. Along the way, dark secrets from Selena's past come to light. The Project team takes on another dangerous mission, with no guarantee any of them will survive. 

The Project is a Black Ops intelligence unit reporting only to the President of the United States. 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. With time running out, they must stop the conspirators before they destroy everything America stands for. At the same time team leader Nick Carter and his lover, Selena Connor, struggle to commit to each other in a covert world where love and compassion are in short supply and enemies lie in wait at every turn. 

A photograph forgotten for a hundred 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. As the trail to Atlantis emerges from the mists of the past, the team is stalked by agents of a man who will stop at nothing to gain another rung on the ladder of his ambition. Whoever succeeds will gain knowledge to benefit the world or destroy it. The stakes don't get any higher... Can the Project keep the secrets of Atlantis out of the wrong hands?

The brutal death of a Swedish spy sends Nick Carter, Selena Connor and the rest of the Project team to Stockholm, where they find themselves pitted against a terrorist network hidden among the refugees flooding into the country. The discovery of an artifact from the 4th Century plunges the team into a search for one of the most elusive relics of Christendom: the Holy Grail. An ancient prophecy fortells the End of Days if the Grail falls into the wrong hands. The Project team aren't the only ones searching. The muderous fanatics of ISIS are determined to find it for themselves. Nuclear Armageddon threatons America and finding the Grail is the only thing that can prevent disaster. Will the Project succeed before it's too late? You won't want to put this book down.

     A coup in the Kremlin brings hardliners to power, men determined to take back territories lost with the fall of the Soviet Union. Billions of euros pour into Moscow from an unknown source, fueling a secret military buildup.       Director Elizabeth Harker sends the Project team to the Balkans, where the Russian-backed president of Macedonia is suppressing a popular movement threatening to become a revolution. It looks like Moscow is meddling once again in Central Europe. But the reality is not what it appears to be.      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... ...

An ancient scroll written in code is discovered in a New York museum. Selena Connor is called in to translate the writing. She's a world-class linquist, a member of the secretive, covert operaions team know as the Project. The scroll reveals clues to the location of treasure collected by King Solomon to build and maintain the First Jewish Temple. Hidden somewhere in the desert lands of Israel is a vasy hoard of gold, the heritage of a nation. Director Harker of the Project sends the team out to see if they can discover where the treasure is hidden. Selena is determined to quit the dangers of the field, but this looks like a pleasant change from the usual mission. It's just a simple arceological expedition, after all. But nothing that involves the Project is ever simple. Betrayal, murder and vicious enemies stalk the expedition, as Selena and her teamamtes follow the clues revealed by the scroll. Meanwhile, back in New York where it all began, a sinisiter plan is unfolding. Will the Project team survive their enemies and find Solomon's Gold? Can they stop a plot to kill two of the world's most important leaders leaders and thousands of unsuspecting victims? The issue is in doubt...    

When an American missile submarine is sunk in the Sea of Japan, it's the opening move in a madman's devious 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 U.S. President calls in the Project, a deep black ops unit that goes places and does things others can't or won't do. They've had tough assignments before: but this time they're up against an unknown enemy, a man bent on vengeance against all of humanity. He won't rest until the world is turned into a radioactive hell… and when it comes to the Project, it's personal. Can the Project team find him before he unleashes nuclear Armageddon?

The president of the U.S. orders Director Elizabeth Harker of the Project to investigate the collision at sea of a U.S. 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. In the cold reaches of the far north, a hidden supercomputer with malicious artificial intelligence is being used by a secret organization to drive the world to war. Disruptive attacks across the world begin to create deep suspicions between China, Russia, and America. Preparations for war escalate. As the war drums begin to beat, the Project team discovers a digital trail that could lead to whoever is trying to touch off a nuclear confrontation. That makes the team a serious threat. They're getting too close to the truth, and the man behind the attacks decides to stop them. As the doomsday clock ticks toward zero, it's touch and go whether any of the team will get out alive, much less stop the certainty of nuclear war and mutual annihilation. Will they survive long enough to stop the missiles from flying?

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. If the Project team doesn't stop the plot in time, the world will pay the price.