And he fell to his knees, thanking the crystal gods.
THE END
Acknowledgements
The Triarii is where I got my start. The Protocol was the first novel I ever wrote, it based upon a conversation my late friend Paul Conway and I had, where he told me about the crystal skulls he had seen on a documentary. “When you decide to write a novel, you should write about that!”
I did. Good advice from an old friend. It was accepted, a contract was signed, and now, fourteen books later in this series, and eight more in spin-offs, I think it is safe to say it was a good thing my friend had been flipping through the channels that night.
The Triarii also featured very prominently seven books later in The Venice Code, Book #8, and now seven books later in this book, Book #15, and everything, I think, is all wrapped up.
Or is it?
Who knows? This time there are no major loose ends left dangling, but there seems to be a pattern there, so maybe Book #22 will have them returning. I literally shrug as I type this. Who knows? They’re still out there, and maybe someday I’ll want to revisit them and see what new nightmares they can put Jim and Laura through.
Fun fact: In the original novel, The Protocol, there is the escape tunnel used by Laura to lead them to safety. Pulling up Google Maps while working on this novel, I looked at Fleet Street and found, exactly where I needed it, the Bride Lane described in this book. Then using Google Street View, I saw there was a garage door exactly where I needed it, and lo and behold, there was a camera under a balcony. The fun part? I had written the scene, not knowing this lane existed, let alone that it had the garage door I needed or the camera placed exactly as I had described.
And for my next trick…
As usual, there are people to thank. My dad for all the research, Brent Richards for some weapons and tactics info, Ian Kennedy for some military terminology help, Greg “Chief” Michael for some navy info (and yes, there’s no navy reference in this because of the info!), Richard Jenner for some Britishisms, and Kenny Johnson for some wrasslin’ info. And of course, my wife, daughter, parents, friends, and my loyal readers who are the reason I’m able to do this for a living.
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USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy has been ranked by Amazon as the #1 Bestselling Action Adventure novelist based upon combined sales. He is the author of over twenty-five international bestsellers including the smash hit James Acton Thrillers series of which the first installment, The Protocol, has been on the bestseller list in the US and UK since its release, including occupying the number one spot for three months. He lives with his wife and daughter and writes full-time.
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Books by J. Robert Kennedy
The James Acton Thrillers
The Protocol
Brass Monkey
Broken Dove
The Templar's Relic
Flags of Sin
The Arab Fall
The Circle of Eight
The Venice Code
Pompeii's Ghosts
Amazon Burning
The Riddle
Blood Relics
Sins of the Titanic
Saint Peter's Soldiers
The Thirteenth Legion
The Delta Force Unleashed Thrillers
Payback
Infidels
The Lazarus Moment
The Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers
Rogue Operator
Containment Failure
Cold Warriors
Death to America
Black Widow
The Detective Shakespeare Mysteries
Depraved Difference
Tick Tock
The Redeemer
Zander Varga, Vampire Detective Series
The Turned
The Protocol
A James Acton Thriller - Book #1
For two thousand years the Triarii have protected us, influencing history from the crusades to the discovery of America. Descendent from the Roman Empire, they pervade every level of society, and are now in a race with our own government to retrieve an ancient artifact thought to have been lost forever.
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Brass Monkey
A James Acton Thriller - Book #2
A nuclear missile, lost during the Cold War, is now in play--the most public spy swap in history, with a gorgeous agent the center of international attention, triggers the end-game of a corrupt Soviet Colonel's twenty-five year plan. Pursued across the globe by the Russian authorities, including a brutal Spetsnaz unit, those involved will stop at nothing to deliver their weapon, and ensure their pay day, regardless of the terrifying consequences.
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Broken Dove
A James Acton Thriller - Book #3
With the Triarii in control of the Roman Catholic Church, an organization founded by Saint Peter himself takes action, murdering one of the new Pope's operatives. Detective Chaney, called in by the Pope to investigate, disappears, and, to the horror of the Papal staff sent to inform His Holiness, they find him missing too, the only clue a secret chest, presented to each new pope on the eve of their election, since the beginning of the Church.
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The Templar's Relic
A James Acton Thriller - Book #4
The Vault must be sealed, but a construction accident leads to a miraculous discovery--an ancient tomb containing four Templar Knights, long forgotten, on the grounds of the Vatican. Not knowing who they can trust, the Vatican requests Professors James Acton and Laura Palmer examine the find, but what they discover, a precious Islamic relic, lost during the Crusades, triggers a set of events tha
t shake the entire world, pitting the two greatest religions against each other. At risk is nothing less than the Vatican itself, and the rock upon which it was built.
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Flags of Sin
A James Acton Thriller - Book #5
Archaeology Professor James Acton simply wants to get away from everything, and relax. A trip to China seems just the answer, and he and his fiancée, Professor Laura Palmer, are soon on a flight to Beijing. But while boarding, they bump into an old friend, Delta Force Command Sergeant Major Burt Dawson, who surreptitiously delivers a message that they must meet the next day, for Dawson knows something they don’t. China is about to erupt into chaos.
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The Arab Fall
A James Acton Thriller - Book #6
An accidental find by a friend of Professor James Acton may lead to the greatest archaeological discovery since the tomb of King Tutankhamen, perhaps even greater. And when news of it spreads, it reaches the ears of a group hell-bent on the destruction of all idols and icons, their mere existence considered blasphemous to Islam.
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The Circle of Eight
A James Acton Thriller - Book #7
The Bravo Team is targeted by a madman after one of their own intervenes in a rape. Little do they know this internationally well-respected banker is also a senior member of an organization long thought extinct, whose stated goals for a reshaped world are not only terrifying, but with today's globalization, totally achievable.
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The Venice Code
A James Acton Thriller - Book #8
A former President's son is kidnapped in a brazen attack on the streets of Potomac by the very ancient organization that murdered his father, convinced he knows the location of an item stolen from them by the late president. A close friend awakes from a coma with a message for archeology Professor James Acton from the same organization, sending him along with his fiancée Professor Laura Palmer on a quest to find an object only rumored to exist, while trying desperately to keep one step ahead of a foe hell-bent on possessing it.
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Pompeii's Ghosts
A James Acton Thriller - Book #9
Two thousand years ago Roman Emperor Vespasian tries to preserve an empire by hiding a massive treasure in the quiet town of Pompeii should someone challenge his throne. Unbeknownst to him nature is about to unleash its wrath upon the Empire during which the best and worst of Rome’s citizens will be revealed during a time when duty and honor were more than words, they were ideals worth dying for.
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Amazon Burning
A James Acton Thriller - Book #10
Days from any form of modern civilization, archeology Professor James Acton awakes to gunshots. Finding his wife missing, taken by a member of one of the uncontacted tribes, he and his friend INTERPOL Special Agent Hugh Reading try desperately to find her in the dark of the jungle, but quickly realize there is no hope without help. And with help three days away, he knows the longer they wait, the farther away she’ll be.
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The Riddle
A James Acton Thriller - Book #11
Russia accuses the United States of assassinating their Prime Minister in Hanoi, naming Delta Force member Sergeant Carl “Niner” Sung as the assassin. Professors James Acton and Laura Palmer, witnesses to the murder, know the truth, and as the Russians and Vietnamese attempt to use the situation to their advantage on the international stage, the husband and wife duo attempt to find proof that their friend is innocent.
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Blood Relics
A James Acton Thriller - Book #12
A DYING MAN. A DESPERATE SON.
ONLY A MIRACLE CAN SAVE THEM BOTH.
Professor Laura Palmer is shot and kidnapped in front of her husband, archeology Professor James Acton, as they try to prevent the theft of the world’s Blood Relics, ancient artifacts thought to contain the blood of Christ, a madman determined to possess them all at any cost.
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Sins of the Titanic
A James Acton Thriller - Book #13
THE ASSEMBLY IS ETERNAL.
AND THEY’LL STOP AT NOTHING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
INCLUDING KILLING MEDDLING ARCHEOLOGY PROFESSORS.
When Professor James Acton is contacted about a painting thought to have been lost with the sinking of the Titanic, he is inadvertently drawn into a century old conspiracy an ancient organization known as The Assembly will stop at nothing to keep secret.
Hearts will be broken, the innocent will die, but the truth will finally be revealed of what happened the night Titanic sank.
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Saint Peter's Soldiers
A James Acton Thriller - Book #14
A MISSING DA VINCI.
A TERRIFYING GENETIC BREAKTHROUGH.
A PAST AND FUTURE ABOUT TO COLLIDE!
USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy delivers another torn from the headlines thriller in Saint Peter’s Soldiers.
In World War Two a fabled da Vinci drawing is hidden from the Nazis, those involved fearing Hitler may attempt to steal it for its purported magical powers.
It isn’t returned for over fifty years.
This is fact.
And today, archeology Professor James Acton and his wife are about to be dragged into the terrible truth of what happened so many years ago, for the truth is never what it seems, and the history we thought was fact, is all lies.
Spanning seven decades, J. Robert Kennedy’s Saint Peter’s Soldiers is an action-packed adventure taking readers on an adrenaline-fueled thrill-ride across Italy and her troubled history. Deftly crafted in true Kennedy style, this fast-paced stunner is jam-packed with action, intrigue and laughter, as only he can deliver.
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The Thirteenth Legion
A James Acton Thriller - Book #15
A TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD DESTINY IS ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED!
USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy delivers another action-packed thriller in The Thirteenth Legion. After Interpol Agent Hugh Reading spots his missing partner in Berlin, it sets off a chain of events that could lead to the death of his best friends, and if the legends are true, the entire planet.
A civil war has split the Triarii, a two-thousand-year-old organization descendant from the Roman Empire’s fabled Thirteenth Legion, a desperate battle underway to control the crystal skulls they have sworn to protect, one side relentless in their mission to unite the skulls to reveal their power,
the other equally determined to protect mankind from the potential consequences.
In true Kennedy style, this globe-spanning thriller provides all the action, humor, romance and heartbreak only he can deliver. Loyalties will be tested, blood will be shed, and friends will die, as archeology professors James Acton and Laura Palmer are once again pulled into the troubled history of a cult they had hoped had forgotten them, with only their wits and friends to rely upon.
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Payback
A Delta Force Unleashed Thriller - Book #1
Doctor Sarah Henderson, daughter of the Vice President, is kidnapped from an Ebola clinic, triggering an all-out effort to retrieve her by America’s elite Delta Force just hours after a senior government official from Sierra Leone is assassinated in a horrific terrorist attack while visiting the United States. Sarah battles impossible odds to survive her captors and one of the most vicious diseases known to mankind. As she struggles to prove her worth to her captors who have promised she will die, she’s forced to make unthinkable decisions to not only try to save her own life, but those dying of an indiscriminate disease, all in the hopes an unleashed Delta Force can save her before her captors enact their horrific plan on an unsuspecting United States.
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