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Nearly 65 million years ago an asteroid collided with the Yucatan Peninsula in the fifth and final extinction event that nearly destroyed all life on Earth. But when a recent earthquake exposes something unusual 2,000 feet beneath the Yucatan Peninsula, cryptanalysts Alyssa Moore and John Savage are called in to investigate this peculiar structure that bears uncanny resemblances to writings discovered in Eden.

While on a visit to the United States, Pope Pius XIII is kidnapped by a terrorist cell calling itself the Soldiers of Islam. If the United States and its allies do not meet their demands, they will execute the pope. FBI Specialist Shari Cohen is called to duty to track down the terrorist cell responsible, and she soon learns that she is not alone.

Deep behind the Vatican walls, a secret order dispatches a clandestine group of elite commandos known as the Vatican Knights. Their mission: bring the pope back alive.

More than a year ago, John Savage and Alyssa Moore nearly lost their lives after discovering the Temple of Eden. Now, two more temples have been discovered: The Temple of God, which holds the answers to mankind's inevitable fate, and a third temple that houses Earth's future once mankind has been eliminated.

While traveling across the United States during the Papal Symposium, the papal plane, Shepherd One, is commandeered by a terrorist cell calling itself the Muslim Revolutionary Front. On board: a nuclear payload with half the yield that destroyed Hiroshima. Their demand to the US government: assassinate the five leading principals of Mossad.

Kimball Hayden is the commander of an elite commando group known as the Vatican Knights, a black-op force that works for the Church to protect its sovereignty, its interests, and the welfare of its citizenry. But Kimball is being stalked by someone from the past, a soldier who is stronger, faster, and far more brutal - an assassin so deadly not even the Vatican Knights can stop him.

Thirty years ago, the world was in the exploratory stages of creating a technology capable of artificial intelligence. Thirty years later, that technology has been perfected. In a lab somewhere in a remote mountain region in Iran, nanoparticles, or micro-bots, have been created to be self-sustaining and self-reproducing, each day evolving and learning from experience. They have been programmed to be the ultimate predator, devouring everything in their path and leaving nothing behind.

While on a mission in Jarablus, Syria, Jon Jericho, codename the Hunter, is severely wounded, ending his career as a Special Field Operative for Delta Force. When he returns stateside to begin life anew, he quickly finds himself caught up in a scandal involving the appropriation of documents for an undetectable state-of-the-art ICBM by the Islamic State. But what if Jon Jericho discovers something different?

In an exclusive restaurant in Budapest, Kimball Hayden confronts his protégé, The Black Monk, for the final time. Two weeks later, in a Texas town, Kimball finds himself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy after the shocking and violent murder of a news reporter in an adjacent room. When the body is discovered, it becomes the catalyst for an explosive cover-up involving high-end corruption linked to a local mining company.

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN Lange bevor Kimball Hayden zu einem Ritter des Vatikan wurde, arbeitete er als Elite-Auftragskiller für die amerikanische Regierung. Die hielt ihn für tot – bis er eines Tages im Fernsehen als Leibwache des amtierenden Papstes zu sehen ist. Sofort entsendet ein US-Senator ein Mordkommando der CIA nach Malta, wo sich Kimball befindet, um diesen auszuschalten. Kimballs treue Gefährten, die Vatikanritter, eilen ihm daraufhin zu Hilfe.

Months after their narrow escape from Eden, archeologists and symbologists John Savage and Alyssa Moore are called upon to examine archaic texts inside the presumed city of Atlantis. The writings are similar to those discovered in Eden, the symbols a roadmap to mankind's destruction by the year 2026. Along with a commando unit, John and Alyssa quickly discover the pitfalls that were created to keep a fabled relic safe.

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN. Nach ihrem Anschlag auf den Vatikan weitet die Terror-Miliz ihre Anschläge in Europa und Amerika immer weiter aus. Als das Heilige Kreuz – die Überreste jenes Kreuzes, an dem Jesus einst starb – aus der Grabeskirche gestohlen wird, ist klar, dass die Terroristen beabsichtigen, es gegen noch verheerendere Waffen für ihren Kreuzzug einzutauschen.

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN. In einer verlassenen Kirche tief in der syrischen Wüste wartet Pater Jenkins zusammen mit einer Gruppe Kriegswaisen verzweifelt darauf, von den Vatikanrittern evakuiert zu werden. Doch ein Trupp skrupelloser ISIS-Terroristen macht sämtliche Hoffnungen auf eine sichere Rettung zunichte. Als letzter Ausweg bleibt ihnen nur eines: Die gefährliche Flucht durch die Wüste, verfolgt von den Soldaten des ISIS, die es auf eine ganz besondere Fracht in ihrer Mitte abgesehen haben.

In the third installment of the Genteel Man series, the Sons of Perdition find themselves up against a formidable foe. Still, they must also encounter and contain an indescribable power that can destroy planets. Will the Sons of Perdition succeed? Or will they fail like previous special forces units who believed they could control the artifact?

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN. Vor drei Jahren stürzte das Flugzeug des Papstes über dem brasilianischen Dschungel ab. Das Wrack und seine Insassen galten als verschollen – bis ein Anschlag auf den amtierenden Papst verübt wird. Von einem ehemaligen Vatikanritter, der sich an Bord der abgestürzten Maschine befand.

As the Vatican mourns the loss of Kimball Hayden, Isaiah, branded as the new Master Commander, is tasked with confronting the Black Monk, who has utilized AI technology to spread disinformation across Europe, but with an even greater focus on the Vatican to undermine the pope’s authority. When Europe begins to erupt into chaos and violent protests, the pontiff has also been targeted by this campaign with lies and mistruths, with public opinion turning against him.

Fearless or feral? Liberating or life-threatening? The wild side of life takes many forms. It seeps through the cracks of our world in the form of stray cats, tenacious weeds, oppressive relationships, and haunting memories. These 14 stories by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers explore the wildness that lives inside all of us—and what happens when we let it out.

When the Vatican Knights are called upon to seek the Holy Grail of the dark messiahs that is the tome of the Baal Manifesto, Kimball Hayden and his team must go against their most lethal enemy that surrounds himself with tier-one mercenaries. With the manifesto having been mythicized as being created by the master of the Unholy Trinity, the Vatican Knights soon find themselves in a battle against a man who might have the power of Satan behind him.

In the Apuseni mountain range in Romania, it’s said that a fabled Keep made from the bones of Vlad the Impaler’s victims stands high enough to touch the sky. At night, things run through the forest claiming those who get too close to the truth. Some people call them demons and trolls known as the Vladorians; others say they don’t exist at all but are the creations of imagination. So, when Kimball Hayden and his team of Vatican Knights are called to investigate, they discover a horror that’s far greater than folklore.

In a hidden chamber beneath an estate in Zurich, a tomblike vault is discovered containing the Unholy Trinity: Satan, the Antichrist and the False Prophet. In Paris, an elite assassin resurfaces with the intent to raze three major cities through acts of terrorism. In Rome, an old and deadly faction rises once again to remove Kimball Hayden permanently from the ranks of the Vatican Knights.

In a dystopian future, a self-contained valley in Argentina serves as the "far arena" for those convicted of a crime. Inside the Valley: carnivorous dinosaurs generated from preserved DNA. The goal: cross the Valley to get to the Gates of Freedom. The chance of survival: no one has ever completed the journey. Convicted of crimes with little or no merit, Ben Peyton and others must battle their way across fields filled with the world’s deadliest apex predators in order to reach salvation.