Dennis Bowen

At stake is nothing less than global peace. President Kimbel Stones must transition super operative Magus Crayle from the field to a desk job at Langley. The top desk job. Downside? The end of the invaluable, off the books team led by Crayle. Stones also needs his CIA Director nominee approved by the U.S. Senate confirmation committee ... without providing valid biographical data or a name. A seriously tough row to hoe. Crayle's intel team members are already moving on. Alona is back to her defense attorney role in Southern California's Big Bear Valley. Former SEAL Micmac is off on a new gadget development project for the CIA's Science and Technology Directorate. His wife, Phoebe, is due to return to her previous FBI agent position. Lenny is considering a jumpstart of his late father's P.I. firm to assist attorney wife Alona. And Crayle's exotic and talented spouse, Hekka, is about to undertake a quest to discover the South Asian source of her indigenous ancestors' migrations. Not so fast Secret society Illumin , conducting its own quest to replace ineffective and corrupt governments with enlightened authoritarian leaders, produced a new French monarchy, a return to czarist rule in Russia, and a new Chinese empire. A beginning. A proof of concept, if you will. The Crayle-decimated society retains a spark of life. The Illumin will fight back. Then, we have leaders of the three One-God religions. Crayle got things started at the A Summit, which took place on the east Atlantic, Portuguese island of Madeira. The recent B Summit in Casablanca successfully enlisted both Crayle and Stones to the task. The two Americans would need to see that through, as well. A great deal to consume.And the clock is ticking

It would seem that a spy's work is never done. At least, that has been the reality for the CIA's off-the-books team. The remaining four of the original six are led by Magus Crayle, whose once destroyed memories have been serially restored from ultra-secret archives by the Agency's Swiss-born psycho-researcher, Doctor Pirmin Rorschach. The team is in hiatus as Crayle morphs into the role of Director of Central Intelligence.But some stress-abated personal time is in order. Peaceful time for Crayle and his beautiful, wife, Hekka, to get away and plot their course for a peaceful future with him at his Langley, Virginia seventh floor office job. She could raise their baby daughter, Kianna, while completing her research linking Western Hemisphere indigenous peoples with those of South Asia.But, just as the world keeps on turning, the few Illumin secret society megalomaniacs who remain are not about to surrender. The team destroyed the Chinese nuclear bomb factory, but previously purchased devices exist. Eager to be deployed.New DCI Crayle is not able to predict the new locales in his near-term future, nor the world changing gravity of what will transpire. He can only hope to move adversarial forces beyond their natural, political narcissism. To end the strategic nuclear violence, so embedded in the recent years. To once and for all live long enough to achieve the ever elusive endgame of a precious and permanent peace.It would seem that a spy's work is never done. At least, that has been the reality for the CIA's off-the-books team. The remaining four of the original six are led by Magus Crayle, whose once destroyed memories have been serially restored from ultra-secret archives by the Agency's Swiss-born psycho-researcher, Doctor Pirmin Rorschach. The team is in hiatus as Crayle morphs into the role of Director of Central Intelligence.But some stress-abated personal time is in order. Peaceful time for Crayle and his beautiful, wife, Hekka, to get away and plot their course for a peaceful future with him at his Langley, Virginia seventh floor office job. She could raise their baby daughter, Kianna, while completing her research linking Western Hemisphere indigenous peoples with those of South Asia.But, just as the world keeps on turning, the few Illumin secret society megalomaniacs who remain are not about to surrender. The team destroyed the Chinese nuclear bomb factory, but previously purchased devices exist. Eager to be deployed.New DCI Crayle is not able to predict the new locales in his near-term future, nor the world changing gravity of what will transpire. He can only hope to move adversarial forces beyond their natural, political narcissism. To end the strategic nuclear violence, so embedded in the recent years. To once and for all live long enough to achieve the ever elusive endgame of a precious and permanent peace.

What could a covert operation on a blizzard-blown tiny island in the North Pacific, a world-class intelligence agency near Washington D.C., and the deadly political antics in a Southern California coastal tourist town possibly have in common? Who is the focal point? Who is this unlikely man? Who is this behind-the-desk analytical type, who's become intolerable to a number of lethal characters, ranging from a small-town politician, an American president, and a sociopathic world leader? Extortion, revenge, power, and mayhem, along with their motivating forces, drive protagonists and antagonists alike. Why? STONES answers the questions above in a fast paced, roller-coaster read to be enjoyed by fans of thrills and intrigues, from first page to last.

Former CIA operative Magus Crayle must defeat the deployment of nuclear weapons to prevent the overthrow of several governments via his masterful Blackstone Strategy. The ultra-secret Illumin society employed Crayle's strategy to transform China into an empire headed by Hong Kong finance mogul Chin Yao-wu. In return, Chin supplied the Illumin 's Elder with miniaturized nuclear devices. In pursuit of his own global conquest, the Elder orchestrates the actions of his most successful mole, Pope Innocent, along with his very own rogue CIA daughter, Pattie Norbrunn. Despite the support of the American president, Crayle and his eclectic team are stretched to the limit as they deal with catastrophic events in Hong Kong, China, Europe, and the USA. To stop the madness, Crayle must destroy the Illumin 's Elder, Pope Innocent, Pattie Norbrunn, and the elusive Mitim, who masquerades as a modern version of The Man In The Iron Mask. In Book 5 of his Thriller Series, author Dennis Bowen accelerates the pace to blunt the reordering of the global political landscape. For pretenders, this is the final pretense. For actors on the world stage, the final act. And for those who practice deceit, The Final Masquerade.

The Illumin 's leader continues his quest to reorder the world's political landscape in THE REDROCK QUARANTINE, the 4th book in Dennis Bowen's International Thriller Series. Former CIA operative Magus Crayle's masterful strategy to utilize tactical nuclear weapons to overthrow governments across the globe remains in play. One major government down, several more to go. But all is not so simple when fighting the good fight. Crayle's team members are conflicted. Should they continue to risk their lives to stop the global plot, or should they simply walk away? Greater good battles personal good. In THE REDROCK QUARANTINE, author Dennis Bowen propels forward the surviving heroes, adds new villains, and resumes the lethal intrigues that made The Water Diamonds, The Blackstone Perfection, and The Crystal Seduction what one reader described as "Thrillers with a killer twist "

Deceit Power Death Passion The world's leaders trade entitlements for votes. National currencies have become worthless. People across the globe revolt. The strategy created by Magus Crayle remains in play. It relies upon failed governments, and they topple like dominoes. Innocents fall victim to several nuclear devices, the ascendency of Chin Yao-wu in China the fruit of that death and destruction. Sylvain Lalumi re-masquerading as the Man in the Iron Mask-is back in the game, his target the homeland of his aristocratic French ancestors. Hunting him is Magus Crayle. At risk: tens of thousands of innocent people. Crayle and his team must overcome Lalumi re's CIA support and unmask the Illumin leader known only as the Elder. Along the way, recovering amnesiac Crayle discovers new facts about himself. In The Crystal Seduction, Dennis Bowen carries forward the heroes, the villains, and the lethal intrigues that made The Water Diamonds and The Blackstone Perfection what readers describe as "... thrillers with a killer twist "

A violent car crash on California's PCH. A plot to achieve world domination. A nuclear arms-seeking Iran. At the heart of this conspiracy is amnesiac Magus Crayle. Crayle becomes the subject in a classified memory-recovery project managed by an off-the-books government agent. Assigned to protect Crayle and stimulate his memory are an FBI agent with baggage and a P.I. with an agenda. Attempts on Crayle's life begin. The threat escalates. Nothing is what it seems. Assassins chase Crayle and the P.I. from their mountain sanctuary. Crayle is shocked by his ability to employ car racing and martial arts skills. The ante has been raised - more people will die. Crayle confronts his government handler. A call to Langley, Virginia provides direction. A jet is made available. Crayle and the P.I. depart for the Far East. His first target: Hong Kong stock mogul Chin Yao-wu, a charismatic, sexually deviant megalomaniac who reveals under duress details of their shared past. Another assassination attempt occurs, aligning Crayle with the most seductive of Chin's lethal "daughters". Chin's intel leads Crayle to Strasbourg, France, a second conspirator, Sylvain Lalumiere, and his small army. The Frenchman views Crayle as a threat - to his plans of conquest and to his life. Few truths emerge. Answers beget questions. Crayle remains confused by his dominant placement in foreign crosshairs. Magus Crayle must reclaim his life, his memories, and his identity even as he struggles to survive.