The effects of acts of terror are many and varied. This is the story about how the untimely death of a 17 year olds parents affect his life and, when the police are ineffective, lead him to seek out the perpetrators of the act on his own. His journey through the bureaucracy trying to find information about the group who claimed responsibility for the act places him in contact with a CIA operative who gives some clandestine help. Much to the surprise of the CIA benefactor, Merlin succeeds in doing what the Paris police were not able to do. Not only does he find the group but manages to take...

Gordon and Robbie Tillman are with their folks at their vacation home on Lake Naciemento when they have an encounter that neither of them can at first believe. They are fishing from their dock when they notice a scene below the surface of the lake which appears to be a massacre of a large Indian tribe. A Shaman appears in the scene and beckons them to join him. They stare at the scene in awe until suddenly they find themselves a part of the scene. They can only communicate in sign language but get the message that he wants them to help get rid of the creatures who were responsible for the...

Ian McGruder is a ghost who lived in the early 19th century. As the son of immigrant parents, he was training to go into the financial business when he learned of a plot by wealthy plantation and big business owners to control the pace and timing of new patents that affected industrial development of the newly formed American republic. When he somehow appears to three young men in the Deep South in the 1970's as a ghost he is as surprised as the young men. He tells them what he learned before his death and convinces them that the same unscrupulous group is still operational almost 200 years...

The time is 1960 and the Presidential election is coming up. David, Daniel and Paul, who have worked directly for President Eisenhower for the previous three years have to decide whether to steal away quietly after the elections or retain their government positions as Secret Service agents. The jobs are a cover for what they really do, which is the things that others can't. Each of the three has a special ability bestowed upon them by God and they have had an agreement with Eisenhower that they would only perform tasks that were approved by God. How could they know if the missions were...

The protagonist is a somewhat nerdy young man whose life is not very satisfying until he discovers in school that he has a paranormal ability. He is able to communicate mentally with anyone of his choosing. His search for some way to explain his new found ability results in a friendship with an old Navajo Indian who also has the ability. Accidental encounters he has with unusual situations eventually lead him to an association with the CIA just prior to the start of the first war with Iraq over their invasion of Kuwait in 1991. His immersion into the shadowy intelligence world puts his...

The President of the United States was assassinated two years previously and the Vice President had filled the vacuum. Investigations by several government agencies pointed to Chinese involvement, though no hard evidence exists. When news of the findings are leaked the American public is about evenly divided between those who want to return the favor and those who want to nuke the Chinese Capital. The new President has very few options. He has to take some action in retaliation but he does not want to risk a nuclear exchange with the Chinese. His solution is to place trade sanctions on...