Alex Lukeman

No longer under the protection of the president, the Project has gone private as an exclusive consulting service available to select clients. A powerful Japanese industrialist hires Elizabeth Harker and the Project team to find a famous sword lost in the aftermath of WWII. It looks like a straightforward assignment. Then people start dying, and Harker's team is pulled into a web of murder and deception that began centuries before in feudal Japan. Why is the sword important enough to kill for? What secret does it hold? Forced to defend themselves against a fanatical enemy, Nick and Selena follow a trail of blood to Japan. There they find themselves in a mythic confrontation that can only end in one way - death. The Sword will keep you reading into the night.

The Project is in transition, their future in doubt. Selena Connor is no longer part of the active field unit, and she misses the action and excitement. When she's approached to translate a thirteenth century Templar document written in code, she jumps at the chance. The document reveals a clue to the location of the legendary Templar treasure, lost for seven hundred years.Nick and Selena follow the clue to Portugal, thinking they'll get a little vacation time while they search for something to tell them what happened to the treasure. But the vacation turns into a nightmare and launches the Project team on another deadly race against time. There's something hidden with the gold, and if the Project can't prevent it from falling into the hands of the Black Templars, a terrible darkness will descend upon the world.Can they succeed against the odds?

A cabal of ruthless men set in motion a plot to ignite nuclear war, certain they will survive the resulting holocaust and rule what is left after the missiles stop flying.Director Elizabeth Harker's aging Project team is called into action once again, but the odds are stacked high against them. A hostile president means to shut them down. Someone keeps trying to kill them. Nick and Selena's unborn children are in the line of fire. Even Selena's Russian half-sister is caught up in the deadly game, with consequences she'd never expected. The doomsday clock is ticking. If the Project team doesn't stop the plot in time, the world will pay the price.

The president of the U.S. orders Director Elizabeth Harker of the Project to investigate the collision at sea of a U.S. Navy missile destroyer with a Chinese freighter. It may have been sabotage, and the president wants her to get to the bottom of it. But the assignment is not what it seems. Harker has an enemy in the White House who wants her to fail. The Project's continued existence is on the line.In the cold reaches of the far north, a hidden supercomputer with malicious artificial intelligence is being used by a secret organization to drive the world to war. Disruptive attacks across the world begin to create deep suspicions between China, Russia, and America. Preparations for war escalate. As the war drums begin to beat, the Project team discovers a digital trail that could lead to whoever is trying to touch off a nuclear confrontation. That makes the team a serious threat. They're getting too close to the truth, and the man behind the attacks decides to stop them. As the doomsday clock ticks toward zero, it's touch and go whether any of the team will get out alive, much less stop the certainty of nuclear war and mutual annihilation.Will they survive long enough to stop the missiles from flying?

An ancient scroll written in code is discovered in a New York museum. Selena Connor is called in to break the code and translate the writing. She's a world-class linguist, a member of the secretive, covert operations team known as the Project. The scroll reveals clues to a treasure collected by King Solomon to build and maintain the First Jewish Temple. Hidden somewhere in the desert lands of Israel is a vast hoard of gold, the heritage of a nation. Director Harker of the Project sends the team out to discover where the treasure is hidden. Selena is determined to quit the dangers of the field, but this looks like a pleasant change from the usual mission. It's just a simple archaeological expedition, after all. But nothing that involves the Project is ever simple.Betrayal, murder, and vicious enemies stalk the expedition, as Selena and her teammates follow the clues revealed by the scroll. Meanwhile, back in New York where it all began, a sinister plan is unfolding.Will the Project survive their enemies and find Solomon's gold? Can they stop a plot to kill two of the world's most important leaders and thousands of unsuspecting victims?The issue is in doubt...

When an American missile submarine is sunk in the Sea of Japan, it's the opening move in a madman's plan to plunge the world into war. A day later the Chinese ambassador to Washington is assassinated. Meanwhile, the unstable leader of North Korea prepares to attack America with a terrible weapon. The U.S. President calls in the Project, a deep black ops unit that goes places and does things others can't or won't do. They've had tough assignments before: but this time they're up against an unknown enemy, a man bent on vengeance against all of humanity. He won't rest until the world is turned into a radioactive hell... and when it comes to the Project, it's personal.Can the Project team find him before he unleashes nuclear Armageddon?

The brutal death of a Swedish spy sends Nick Carter, Selena Connor and the rest of the Project team to Stockholm, where they find themselves pitted against a terrorist network hiding among the refugees flooding into the country. The discovery of an artifact from the fourth century plunges the team into a search for one of the most elusive relics of Christendom: the Holy Grail. An ancient prophecy foretells the End of Days if the Grail falls into the wrong hands. The Project team aren't the only ones searching. The murderous fanatics of ISIS are determined to find it for themselves.Nuclear Armageddon threatens America and finding the Grail is the only thing that can prevent disaster. Will the Project succeed before it's too late? You won't want to put this book down.

A photograph forgotten for a hundred years holds the key to finding the legendary lost civilization of Atlantis and an ancient artifact of mysterious power. When a letter with the photograph and a faded map of Egypt shows up in the mail, the Project is launched into a search that takes them from the depths of the Atlantic to the sands of Egypt and places unseen for thousands of years. Elizabeth Harker's Project team is caught up in a power struggle between two of Russia's vast intelligence services. As the trail to Atlantis emerges from the mists of the past, the team is stalked by agents of a man who will stop at nothing to gain another rung on the ladder of his ambition.Whoever succeeds will gain knowledge to benefit the world or destroy it. The stakes don't get any higher...Can the Project keep the secrets of Atlantis out of the wrong hands?

Book Seven: The Ajax ProtocolThe Project is a Black Ops intelligence unit reporting only to the President of the United States. When an assassination attempt takes the President out of commission, the Project is caught up in a conspiracy that threatens to spark a world war and runs a lot deeper than just trying to kill the leader of the free world. Led by Director Elizabeth Harker, the Project team discovers a cold-hearted plot to turn America into a totalitarian police state. Betrayed by powerful enemies at home and forced to rely on doubtful allies abroad, Harker and her team are driven underground. With time running out, they must stop the conspirators before they destroy everything America stands for. At the same time team leader Nick Carter and his lover, Selena Connor, struggle to commit to each other in a covert world where love and compassion are in short supply and enemies lie in wait at every turn.The Ajax Protocol could be taken from tomorrow's headlines. It will disturb you and keep you turning pages to the end.

What are nightmares? Are they simply the result of meaningless and random neural firings of an overactive brain? Or are they a window into our most deeply submerged hopes and fears? If you are one of the ten to fifteen million adults in the U.S. who have at least one terrifying or disturbing dream a month, you'll want to read this book. Dr. Alex Lukeman is a master in the field of terrifying and difficult dreams and has more than twenty years of experience treating patients. He believes that nightmares can be an important resource for self-discovery and self-knowledge-when properly examined, nightmares can often lead to the solution of troubling problems-problems you may not even consciously know you have. This book is a practical guide for dealing with our most haunting dreams. The techniques and suggestions suggested herein will provide you with results and relief from nightmares, while offering advice on how to learn from the harrowing images and emotions they produce.

Anyone who has felt the grief of a loved one's passing knows that it takes considerable time for healing. When the beloved returns in a dream, it has a profound effect on our emotional well being. We wake knowing the person we love is still present, still available to us. Alex Lukeman, Ph.D. has had "true dreams of return," in which spiritual beings have visited him, bringing messages of comfort and wisdom. The stories in this book are all true; they are the contributions of hundreds of dreamers. Many are dreams of loved ones who returned to the dreamer days, months, or even years after death. In these, a sense of completion and deep connection is always present.

Book Five in the PROJECT thriller series. Lost plans for a terrifying weapon designed by Nikola Tesla fall into the hands of a centuries old conspiracy bent on world domination. Powerful men will stop at nothing to use the weapon to achieve their goal, even at the risk of nuclear war. Director Elizabeth Harker runs the Project, the secret hand of the US President. Nick Carter heads up the Project team in the field. Selena Connor is his teammate and lover. Together they pursue a twisted trail of clues that tests their relationship to the breaking point.From the cobbled streets of Prague to the jungles of Mexico, from the ancient countryside of Tuscany to the barren plains of Central Russia, the story moves with relentless pace toward a final, explosive confrontation that will determine the future of humanity.

Book Four in the PROJECT thriller series. Three world experts on crop disease discover a secret from the time of Alexander the Great and are brutally murdered...A centuries-old conspiracy plots to destroy much of the world's food supply as part of a plan for world domination...The PROJECT team must stop a traitor and prevent a world-wide disaster...The hunt for answers leads Nick Carter and Selena Connor to Greece, Bulgaria and the United States. In a series of life and death confrontations they encounter unlikely allies, an ancient legacy of bio-warfare and a cover up with ominous implications for freedom.James Campbell is a world expert in crop viruses. He discovers nine clay tablets from ancient Persia containing a clue to the location of a golden urn marked with the curse of a Greek goddess, part of treasure seized by Alexander the Great during the fall of Babylon. Then he's horribly murdered, along with two of his colleagues. Campbell has been working on a secret bio-warfare program for the Pentagon. The murders get the attention of Elizabeth Harker, Director of a covert intelligence unit called the Project. Nick Carter is The Project team leader. He struggles with old injuries and PTSD from his years as a combat Marine. Nick is deeply conflicted about his lover and teammate, Selena Connor. Selena's been with the Project for less than a year. She's having a hard time dealing with the mayhem that goes with her job and her feelings about Nick.Nick and Selena follow a bloody trail through Greece, Bulgaria and America, uncovering a heartless plan to destroy half the world's food supply, part of a strategy by a centuries-old conspiracy to achieve world domination. It will kill millions if it succeeds and time's running out--it's set to happen soon.Harker is forced to make an unheard of alliance to try and stop the plot and avoid possible war with Russia. All the while, a high-placed traitor does his best to sabotage the Project at every turn. The surprise ending foreshadows the next book in the series.BLACK HARVEST is a contemporary international thriller of intrigue, patriotism, romance and treachery.The PROJECT Series: WHITE JADE, THE LANCE, THE SEVENTH PILLAR, BLACK HARVEST. Book Five in the series will be available late in 2012.

Book Three in the PROJECT thriller series. A fanatical terrorist has visions of the Islamic Mahdi commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days...An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears to murder and ignite the fires of war... A truck carrying a terrible weapon leaves Sudan for the lawless mountains of Algeria and an unknown destination...The PROJECT sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor to the burning wastelands of Western Africa and the bitter mountains of the Hindu Kush, before a final confrontation that will decide the future of Western civilization.