K. R. Eckert

150 years ago, in the unreconstructed south, a group of powerful families form an organization for the protection of the old plantation way of life. In a climactic moment of terror, they murder a man who shouldn't exist, a man whose very life could change history. Then the group vanishes into time. 150 years later, young idealist Will Benning discovers his own family's involvement with this group. Horrified, Benning flees his Southern home and heads for a friend in Boston. Hounded and desperate, he sells a box of odd and seemingly unrelated possessions, including two valuable Jefferson Bibles and a glass bottle filled with a strange dirt-like substance to rare book dealer, and ex-con, Quincy Adams Caine. That night, Benning is murdered, and Caine's shop is burglarized. The bottle vanishes. Left with an odd series of clues, Caine finds that the only way to avoid becoming the prime suspect is to solve the crimes himself. Working parallel to Boston Police Captain Jason Morgan, Caine travels to Georgia, but he's not alone. A shady private detective, Benning's own family, and history itself stand between Caine and the mysteries of Jefferson's Ashes.

London 1666: A mysterious man, claiming to be a descendent of a Templar Knight, arrives at Temple Church with a segment of the True Cross. A day later, much of the old city burns in the famed Great Fire. The Cross disappears without a trace.Present Day: In the wilds of Syria, an expedition discovers the Cross. It is returned to London and placed in a Museum built specifically to house it. Days before it's set to open, the Museum is robbed. A guard is murdered, the Cross goes missing. Fanatical billionaire Edward Drake, owner of the museum, throws all his resources into finding the Cross, and exacting retribution upon those responsible. His chief suspect is Alan Kramer, son of a long forgotten Templar Historian. Kramer declares publicly his belief that Drake's Cross is a fake. He says he knows where the True Cross really is. With the memory of an ancient manuscript as his only clue, Kramer races to find the real Cross. But he's an old and dying man, no longer up to adventure. In his place he sends two men: a Spanish investigator with deeply divided loyalties, and his oldest friend, famed adventurer Paul Davenport. From an obscure curio shop in Philadelphia, to a crumbling German castle and from an ancient London Graveyard to a Templar Chapel on the Scottish coastline Davenport and his mysterious partner follow a trail, almost a thousand years in the making. But they are never alone in their search. Edward Drake and his unlimited resources are never far behind. And someone else with deadly motives is lurking just ahead, always ready to lash out ruthlessly from the shadows. Paul Davenport will soon discover that sometimes, the best of friends make the post powerful enemies.

The Freemasons are in trouble. And once more, Sara Walsh, hero of The Templar Succession, is on the case. Pennsylvania: A powerful Mason is murdered. And a statue of Benjamin Franklin containg a dark secret is destroyed. Calgary: At the foot of the Canadian Rockies, lies The Compound, an exclusive Masonic Resort. There, buried under a mountain is the Masonic Museum, home to the Lodge's best kept secrets. From the Museum an old Manuscript which could destroy the Lodge goes Missing. With nowhere else to turn, Sara Walsh, the world's foremost Masonic historian is asked to connect these events and find the Manuscript. Chasing a trail of symbols from museums and libraries to a cemetery and the depths of the Susquehanna River, Walsh finds herself questioning everything she'd ever believed about the Lodge. And she finds herself faced with a vengeful enemy, more dangerous than anyone she's ever encountered before.

Paul Davenport, hero of The Templar Succession and The Gettysburg Cypher finds himself once again embroiled in a historical mystery, this time involving lost railways, Confederate Gold and those most immortal words of Abraham Lincoln.When a mysterious man hires Davenport to attend an auction and purchase a lost copy of the Gettysburg Address, he jumps at the chance to escape his dull routine as a teacher. The job seems simple and straightforward. But he's not the only one bidding for the Address. When two of his rival bidders chase him along the California coastline, he realizes that not all is as it seems. The chase becomes a race, from California to the bayous of Louisiana, where Davenport discovers that his purchase contains not only the words of Abraham Lincoln, but a treasure map. Somewhere, under the waters of the Mississippi River Delta, lies a golden secret. And someone thinks it's worth killing for.

1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: As battle rages, a Rebel spy stumbles into the Union camp, only to be killed by his own army's guns. As he lies dying he hands a coded message to an unwitting accomplice. Washington DC: A Dark figure stalks Abraham Lincoln, while an imprisoned spy plots escape and assassination. Present Day, Washington DC: An old journal is discovered in the basement of the Supreme Court. What it contains could change history. Boston, Massachusetts: Relatives of a powerful Vatican priest are kidnapped for a strange ransom, a Bible lost for 150 years.Ashville, North Carolina: A long dormant group, more evil than the Klan, come alive to plot a new reign of terror. Gettysburg: During the yearly reenactments, historians Paul Davenport and Sara Walsh arrive on a hunt for history. But someone else is hunting them.