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THE GOLDEN ELLIPSEBook One in The Powers That Be TrilogyIn a domed granite chamber deep beneath the Giza Plateau, a proto-pyramidical beacon pulses a warning into the cosmos for millennia while dark spectral forces conspire to terminate the signal by removing its infinite power, the golden ellipse.* * *In 1944, a German spy unwittingly looted the golden ellipse, but in the fog of world war, it ended up in the hands of a brash American fighter pilot who buried the prized contraband in the desert before his paranormal demise on a daring air raid in the south of France.* * *In 2044, a young couple fresh off a space tourism touchdown in Toulouse is hijacked from their honeymoon onto a heart-pounding odyssey to locate the legendary gold relic and restart the beacon's signal before time runs out. It's just the fate of the world. No pressure.Book One in THE POWERS THAT BE trilogy, THE GOLDEN ELLIPSE, is an epic sci-fi action adventure introducing Rachel and Owen Haig-intrepid newlyweds in a tech-driven near-future world of 2044 replete with AI and humanoid replicants. Their perilous quest culminates in a harrowing pitch-black descent beneath the Giza Plateau, where fates collide as alien invaders tear open Earth's skies.Drawing parallels between the Great Pyramid's mysterious origin and Fermi's paradox, The Golden Ellipse is an epoch-spanning story rich in history and paranormal intrigue with an eclectic cast of three-dimensional characters, gritty dialogue, dark humor, and a clandestine organization known simply as The Powers That Be, chartered to foster humankind's destiny in a crowded universe.***Includes an excerpt from THE LOST SHIPBook Two in The Powers That Be Trilogy

Book Two in The Powers That Be trilogy, THE LOST SHIP immerses readers in the day-after chaos, carnage, and confusion following THE GOLDEN ELLIPSE, twisting and turning from cloak-and-dagger intrigue to the heart of the Amazon, where a supernatural revelation illuminates humankind's transformative destiny in a cerulean glow.* * *Vengeful Gray aliens abandon a humiliating Cretaceous-era colonization failure and time travel to present-day Earth, seeking a doomsday weapon left behind on a shipwreck lost in what is now the Amazon. Lurking in high Earth orbit, the predatory race hijacks a lunar-bound medevac, imprisoning The Powers That Be (PTB) crew in a mind-bending, torturous nightmare.Rachel and Owen Haig convalesce in a decimated Cairo hospital, contending with unwanted notoriety following their heroic exploits and an offer from the PTB.Griffin Pike, a megalomaniacal tech mogul, projects international rage onto the PTB with his ancestor's antique journal containing cryptic clues to a lost ship as his failsafe option.Artemus Pennywell, the ageless PTB CEO, parries post-invasion gut punches, overseeing relief efforts alongside his quintessential replicant valet and fixer, Andrew. With cutthroat mercenaries and the ruthless Grays searching for the lost ship, he dispatches eccentric scientist Richard King and new PTB agents Rachel and Owen to the Amazon in a race to secure the prehistoric alien payload. Fates collide, trekking a dense jungle teeming with incredible dangers to a primeval rift guarded for centuries by a ghostly cannibal tribe.The perilous race to find a doomsday device is on. And the clock is ticking.* * *Includes an excerpt from THE BLUE SPARKThe Powers That Be | Book Three