In this prequel to THE 51ST STATE and GOLD POWER, we meet Creed Emerson, a recent law school graduate. Creed is miserable after three months on the job as an associate at a large L.A. law firm. However, Creed's life changes dramatically when he recognizes and stops a robbery in progress at his favorite coffee house. A week later Creed is recruited by the APA, a secret new intelligence agency reporting directly to the President. Along with ex-detective, John Sampson, and twenty-three other recruits, Creed starts a rigorous training program hoping to become a covert operative. Four months later, Creed and John are officially hired as operatives and sent on their first mission together.

Former covert operative, Creed Emerson is back in this sequel to The 51st State. Beautiful professor Taya Gold shows up in Creed's office desperate for help. She's invented a revolutionary power device that will change the world. Creed finds that he is all that stands between Taya and government agents from China and the U.S. that are threatening her life. But they're not the only ones after Taya. With billions to be made, other threats emerge and Creed must deal with them all. The action is nonstop, taking the characters across the globe.

In this sequel to THE GOBLET, Roger Gieselle, a renowned Egyptologist, hires professional thief, Ray Harvath to steal a priceless four thousand year old goblet, reputed to have mystical powers. Ten years earlier, Gieselle had authenticated the goblet for the Foster family. Gieselle's plans are complicated when Harvath decides to sell the goblet to the highest bidder, Russian mob boss, Anton Krutov, who has evil plans of his own for the goblet. The night of the burglary, eighteen year old Tim Foster wakes up to the sound of someone in his house. He discovers an exotic woman named Leila holding the goblet. She convinces him they need to flee just before Harvath breaks in. For Tim and Leila, the danger and adventures have just begun, as they are pursued by those who want the powers of the relic they possess.

When two friends are kidnapped by the Cuban government, Creed Emerson, a former U.S. government operative turned law professor, attempts to rescue them. What follows is a tale of adventure and intrigue, after Creed unearths a plot going to the highest levels of U.S. government. Creed must not only penetrate the security of the Cuban president, but he must ensure the survival of his own country. Along the way, he renews a relationship with an old friend, while finding romance in an unexpected place.

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On an uninhabited island in the Florida Keys, Bruce and Erin Foster find an ancient golden goblet with mystical properties. The next day Bruce disappears and a young boy shows up in his place. Erin must find her husband, solve the mystery of the boy, and evade those who seek to take the goblet from her. As Erin learns more about the goblet, she finds that it may be both the source of her problems and the solution.