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William Maltese's Flicker number one Book of Answers chronicles the rise of one all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful teenage Grand Master Magician, and the battles fought by old and young, by magic (black and white), by demons, beasts, and humans.

American pop singer Jamul does more than energize his millions of adoring fans; secretly, he dreams of overseeing a grand show of Islamic Jihad power by using a biological weapon to eradicate the world's religious leaders at an Easter service at the Hollywood Bowl. To stop this next brutal terrorist attack on American soil, secret agents Susan Koski and Joe Falk seek help from an unlikely group of scientists, gang members, and the public to bring Jamul and his militant followers to justice. But how do you stop an adored superstar who has influence over half of the US population?

Between the end of World War II and the winter of 1975, a 700-year-old prayer book, a key, and a faded blueprint came to light in Vienna, and thus began a 25-year search for Nazi Hermann Goering's treasure. In modern-day Vienna, American agents Koski and Falk must go undercover to locate the treasure and the Judas List - a compendium of individuals and organizations who had financed World War II, and in its aftermath, now intended to manipulate world finances to bring about the Fourth Reich.

Romance and adventure collide in Australia's exotic outback as a deadly storm and a deadly killer wreak havoc on the occupants of of an isolated toxicology lab cut off from immediate respite or rescue.

Taking off where William Maltese’s Flicker - #1 Book of Answers ends, #2 Book of Ascendancy continues the saga of a group of magically infused teenagers, locked into a central Washington state location, forgotten by the outside world, as they battle each other for all magic and the title of Grand Master Magician.

A continually bullied runt of a youngster, Chas Larkin discovers his chutzpah and decides to take on the London gangs. In the sleazy and violent East End, he is unwittingly assisted by Scotland Yard and MI5, who use the boy to delay an IRA campaign in the city. Together with the mysterious DCI Casey, an enigma amongst the bomb-damaged slums, they stir the pot of fermenting disquiet.

Taking up where Total Meltdown (Borgo/Wildside 2009) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese left off, NewAmerica, a shadow of its former United States of America, provides a challenging and dangerous future place for three young firebrands to live.

Half a century ago, a stolen chemical weapon was hidden aboard the retired Queen Mary, permanently moored in Long Beach, California. Even now, the weapon remains onboard, hidden and undisturbed. American agents Susan Koski and Joe Falk are called in to quietly disarm the weapon when the Queen Mary is threatened by a modern-day terrorist.

The FBI believes that someone is training a Native American militia to take over the economic system in the US. Joe Falk and Susan Koski are assigned to find the hired killer and The Fox, the real force behind the killings.

DR. STEVEN ANDREWS is an assistant professor of paleontology at Montana State University when he is recruited for a top-secret National Security Agency job—a mission so secret that not even the President of the United States is aware of it.