Bøker av Malcom Massey

Storm clouds gather as 2012 dawns across the mysterious land of the Maya. Beneath the ruins of Chichen-Itza lie unrevealed Mayan artifacts that promise profit and power to those bold enough to acquire them. Ominous events in the skies threaten Martin Culver's team of archaeologists and astronomers, as ancient enemies square off against each other on the ground. Old friendships and new alliances strain under the pressures of an unprecedented peril that even Earth's foremost astronomical experts have been unable to resolve. Will the secrets of a key Mayan Prophecy be revealed before time runs out? The answer, known only to one living person, lies hidden with The Lost Calendar of the Maya.

When Martin Culver's past comes back to haunt him, all plans to reunite his family go on indefinite hold. After battling black market artifact smugglers, human traffickers and shadowy enemies for weeks, Culver is shattered to find his beloved Sandra barely clinging to life, hidden deep in the Florida Keys. Martin and Sandra become victims of a well-orchestrated campaign of revenge and retribution. their lives and their safe haven threatened by unknown intruders. While Martin prepares to defend their island sanctuary, he discovers dark archaeological secrets about Calusa Key's pirate past that will test every ethical premise he holds about ancient artifacts, exposing him to greater risks than he has ever known. Will Martin and Sandra succeed in taking on the broken world of tomorrow, or will the phantoms of yesterday overwhelm their instinct to survive? In this mother of all plot twists, played out on Florida's sunny shores, the winner is anyone's bet.

Searching for his father in Costa Rica, Martin Culver finds evidence of a major smuggling operation. The roots of this organization run deeper than any Culver has encountered, spanning hundreds of years. When the clues lead to Panama, Culver travels there with the CIA to confront questions to which there are no easy answers. What is the ominous secret of the Golden Treasure of Panama? What secrets does the treasure conceal? Will the legacy of the infamous pirate Morgan threaten the world more than 300 years after his death? Once the secret of the Golden Treasure of Panama is revealed, the resulting rampage threatens to bring annihilation to millions. Through it all, Culver discovers that to survive, he must fight becoming the very evil that he has sworn to defeat.

When three American fishermen disappear along the North Carolina coast, their sportfishing yacht is found blown to pieces. While family and friends try to determine what happened, the CIA keeps the details a secret, yet they intensely search for answers themselves. Why are Russian and Cuban military officials meeting near Bermuda? How does Chechnya's fight for independence threaten the security of the United States? And what does an intense treasure hunt for Spanish gold in Cuban waters have to do with a clandestine operation to rescue American citizens? The resulting crisis carries the potential for world-wide destruction that even the CIA's finest agents may be too late to defuse.

Nothing that has ever happened - no adventure, no danger, no villain - has prepared Martin Culver for what he will encounter on Blue Scorpion Key, where nothing is what it seems. Flying over coastal Cuba one moment, the next finds our heroes on the ground fighting for their lives. From mad scientists who are A.I. level intelligent, to research scientists who become their own evil experiments, to descendants of pirates with a clear disdain for gold, the unimaginable world found on Blue Scorpion Key evokes Carroll's chaotic Wonderland at best, and at worst, the darkest side of Neverland, swapping alligators for armies of weaponized arachnids. Even the ruthless pirate Captain Jose Gaspar would shudder to know what his hide-a-way has become. On the verge of their greatest treasure and artifact recovery ever, Martin and Sandra face an onslaught of ghostly ship passages, wandering treasure galleons, uncounted gold by the ton, bus-sized insectoids and nuclear-powered dead zones that bring them to the very edge of their sanity. Only then do Martin and Sandra encounter "The Secret." Once that happens, even the Code of the Pyrate Brethren held in their very hands cannot protect them. Together they must draw on their deepest reserves and their highest skills to defeat the rising tide of fear that threatens their world and everything they have fought so hard to maintain. The Ninth Novel in The Martin Culver Series.

All paths lead to London following reports that an ancient sword of mysterious origin has been discovered near Stonehenge. As legends come to life, the International Antiquities Foundation goes into action, uncovering an artifact smuggling network spanning continents and centuries.Danger mounts when the IAF team and the CIA find that the smugglers are led by notorious government agents posing a looting threat to archaeological treasures world-wide. Will the revelation of this conspiracy mean the end of this secret smuggling network, or will it mean the end of those who fight to stop them?

Martin Culver and his team become the last line of defense in a world reeling from near-total destruction. A power-hungry madman forces the globe to kneel under his unprecedented domination, while the CIA, without a Director, is powerless to assist. Landing in Malta during the mysterious Venus Festival, Culver witnesses a descent into unholy anarchy when the age-old celebration kindles conflicting loyalties. Black market auctions mask appalling secrets, threatening ancient objects of classical beauty. From Malta's idyllic beaches to its underground temples, there is no safe quarter to be found. Pursued by Interpol, Culver must confront an elite conspiracy to survive, forced to choose between priceless artifacts and innocent lives. Will the sands of time run out before the reigning architect of evil can be brought under control? Find out with "The Mystery of the Maltese Venus." The 7th Novel in The Martin Culver Series.

When the trail of clues summons the IAF to the Middle East, Martin Culver faces his most crucial challenge: To stand down as his colleagues are picked off one by one, or to fan the flames of world tensions.While the secrets of the Library of Alexandria threaten to revive Ancient Babylon, a vengeful tyrant has built a sinister army, seeking retribution on all who oppose him. Will the evil conjured by the wisdom of the remote past bring about a hellish vision for the future? Or will Culver rally the remnants of his team to end this nightmare before it's too late?

The most valuable and sacred gold object in Peru's history - the Lost Ark of the Incas - has been missing for 500 years. Fresh clues to its location have surfaced from surprising corners of the globe, but can the information be trusted? Will the Ark finally be found, and will the Ark's legendary power be explained? Or will the Lost Ark fall victim to relic thieves on the international black market? Follow Martin Culver, writer-turned-adventurer, and his team of archaeologists, researchers and plane pilots as they race through the cities and jungles of the Peruvian Amazon, avoiding armed kidnappers, dangerous creatures and raging rivers to find the Lost Ark of the Incas, and prevent it from being lost forever.