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1993: Student Lachlan Kite is sent to post-Soviet Russia in the guise of a language teacher. In reality, he is there as a spy. Top secret intelligence agency BOX 88 has ordered Kite to extract a chemical weapons scientist before his groundbreaking research falls into the wrong hands. But Kite’s mission soon goes wrong and he is left stranded in a hostile city with a former KGB officer on his trail.

Something is amiss on the open waters of the Indian Ocean. When a group of adventurers investigates a luminescent pool of water, they come in contact with a deadly organism risen from the depths. To combat this threat, Sigma Force races across the globe searching for a cure that may be hidden within humanity’s genetic code. But elements of an ancient conspiracy want the plague to spread, and they have a mole entrenched within Sigma Force.

A dead politician and a long list of suspects makes for an extremely difficult case for Detective Inspector Claire Redding on her return to work after a long period of recovery but, as usual, this tough little detective is determined to find the killer and won’t stop until she does. However, things are not going well at home and even Claire needs the help of a friend to dampen her inner turmoil but will she heed the advice offered or will Claire go with her instincts, for better or for worse?

When a South Korean defector takes the reins of North Korea, the world teeters on the edge of a nuclear abyss. The only man all parties will agree to lead the negotiations is the man who doesn't want the job-former American diplomat Richard Matthews. And someone at the table wants the negotiations to fail. Can Richard unmask the Judas in time? In this sequel to More Than a Point of Honor, Richard Matthews faces new opponents-and some familiar ones.

Between the end of World War II and the winter of 1975, a 700-year-old prayer book, a key, and a faded blueprint came to light in Vienna, and thus began a 25-year search for Nazi Hermann Goering's treasure. In modern-day Vienna, American agents Koski and Falk must go undercover to locate the treasure and the Judas List - a compendium of individuals and organizations who had financed World War II, and in its aftermath, now intended to manipulate world finances to bring about the Fourth Reich.

Around the world, someone is stealing the cursed Judas Coins, the same 30 coins paid to betray Christ. Disturbed by these events, the Vatican hires our hero, antiquities thief, Trey Jordan. Trey's mission is simple: find the coins first. And to combat the dark power contained within the cursed coins, Trey will be entrusted with a powerful weapon of his own, a weapon hidden deep within the Vatican's secret vaults.