Rick Jones

In 1307, as the flames of King Philip IV’s purge consume the Knights Templar, a lone knight flees with a secret that could upend Christendom—a set of scrolls said to bear the words of the Apostles themselves, guided by Mary Magdalene after the death of Jesus.

In Paris, a delegate from Hezbollah’s March 8 Alliance is gunned down as he arrives at a summit to broker peace, with all blame placed on Israel.

Thirty years ago, the world was in the exploratory stages of creating a technology capable of artificial intelligence....

While on a visit to the United States, Pope Pius XIII is kidnapped by a terrorist cell calling itself the Soldiers of Islam....

In Virginia, a Blacksite facility is assaulted with military sophistication to free a homegrown terrorist who once attempted to assassinate FBI Specialist Shari Cohen. Within days, two of America’s most iconic symbols of freedom are razed....

After the march on the Vatican by the Islamic State, the radical group begins its push deeper into the European and American Fronts....

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....

In a Washington, D.C. suburb, a family is executed by a government assassin. While flying at an altitude of 10,000 feet, an editor of a newspaper is murdered....

In an abandoned church deep inside the Syrian Desert, Father Jenkins watches over a group of children who'd been orphaned by war and unrest....

In Los Angeles, the niece of an esteemed cardinal of the Vatican is abducted by the Albanian mob. Kimball Hayden, a man without a country or the support of the church, soon finds himself in the crosshairs of an indigenous black-op unit that is trying to terminate him....

When the Spear of Destiny is stolen by members of the Islamic State with its leader believing that the possessor of the Holy Lance has the ability to command powerful legions, they quickly find themselves in a position of "no escape" inside a towering skyscraper....

In central Syria, villages are razed as young men are conscripted to join the ISIS faction. In a Doctors Without Borders camp which is overrun by members of the Islamic State, people are abducted along with a priest Father Savino....

Beneath the city of Venice lies a mysterious warren filled with dark secrets. When Vatican Intelligence discovers that a sacred artifact is about to be claimed by a treasure hunter, the Vatican Knights are sent on a mission to stop the thievery of the church’s most cherished article....

In Washington, D.C., three priests have been murdered and mutilated with their corpses hanging upside-down in mock crucifixion. The only indicator as to the culprit is a 500-year-old order known as the Nocturnal Saints....

When a vicious syndicate of murderers and extortionists begin to run the streets, Kimball soon becomes the focal point of their attention....

In Geneva, a highly valued product with the power to cause major destruction is stolen from the CERN....

John and Alyssa discover the remains of what is believed to be the cataclysmic bolide of 65 million years ago is actually a broken-off section of an intergalactic ark....

More than a year ago, John Savage and Alyssa Moore nearly lost their lives after discovering the Temple of Eden....

Long before Kimball Hayden became a Vatican Knight, he once served as an elite assassin for the US government....

In Southeast Turkey, where the heads of the four main rivers once met, a magnificent temple created 14,000 years ago is discovered beneath the desert floor....