Stories by @bloodshot05

Blindsighted

A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear. Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation, a trail that grows increasingly macabre when another woman is found crucified a few days later. But he's got more than a serial killer on his hands, for the county's sole female detective, Lena Adams, the first victim's sister, wants to serve her own justice. But it is Sara who holds the key to finding the killer.

Origin

Robert Langdon, Harvard symbologist, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. The evening’s host is Edmond Kirsch, a 40-year-old billionaire & futurist. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon’s 1st students at Harvard, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough, one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, & Kirsch’s precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate the password that will unlock Kirsch’s secret.

Inferno

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented, with no recollection of the past 36 hours. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he & his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for Dante Alighieri's The Inferno.

The Lost Symbol

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver a lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, the night takes a bizarre turn. When Langdon's beloved mentor, Peter Solomon is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this invitation & follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is brought into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations, all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.

The Da Vinci Code

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives a phone call. The curator of the Louvre has been murdered. As Langdon & French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they discover clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion a secret society & he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon & Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.

Angels & Demons

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by the Illuminati. In a desperate race to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt for the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.

Deception Point

When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate & lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot.

Digital Fortress

When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage, not by guns or bombs, but by a code so ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence.

Final Option

When the CIA realizes the identities of 3 American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo & the crew of the Oregon to rescue the agents. What seems a routine operation turns out to be a trap designed by a man driven by hate to seek the ultimate revenge. At the heart of the plot is a state-of-the-art ship that is identical to the Oregon: same weaponry, same technology, same ability to evade capture. The only thing it doesn’t have is Cabrillo & his talented crew. But will they be enough to go up against the one ship that rivals their own?

Journey of the Pharaohs

The NUMA squad join the agents of the British MI5 to take on a wide-reaching international conspiracy. Their common enemy is the Bloodstone Group, a conglomerate of arms dealers and thieves attempting to steal ancient relics on both sides of the Atlantic. Kurt and his team soon find themselves wrapped up in a treacherous treasure hunt as they race to find lost Egyptian riches before they fall into the wrong hands.

The Titanic Secret

In 1911 Colorado, Isaac Bell is asked to look into an unexplained tragedy at Little Angel Mine, a disaster in which nine people died. His dangerous quest to answer that riddle leads to a larger one centered on a rare element with extraordinary powers and of virtually incalculable value. As he discovers that there are people who will do anything to control the substance, Isaac Bell will find out how far he'll go to stop them.

The Current

When two young women leave their college campus in the dead of winter for a 700-mile drive north to Minnesota, they suddenly find themselves fighting for their lives in the icy waters of the Black Root River, just miles from home. One girl’s survival, and the other’s death—murder, actually—stun the citizens of a small Minnesota town, thawing memories of another young woman who lost her life in the same river ten years earlier, and whose killer may yet live among them.

Dark Highway

LA-based artist Laurie Simmonds disappeared two months ago, her camper abandoned on the isolated Twentynine Palms Highway. With the police investigation stalled, her parents hire private investigator Jessica Shaw to find out the truth of what happened. Jessica & her partner Matt Connor discover that two other women are missing, their disappearances connected to the same highway. When a link emerges between these women Jessica feels certain they're closing in on their target. But the more she pulls at the threads of the truth, the closer she comes to danger. Can she find out who's behind these crimes before they come for her?

Backlash

A hostile group kidnaps Scot Harvavth, & now he must go on the to survive long enough to take his revenge.

Shadow Tyrants

Cabrillo & crew must divide & conquer as they fight dual threats, which include a supercomputer at sea & satellites that can wipe out technology across the globe, including the high-tech weapons on board the Oregon.

Typhoon Fury

Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Cabrillo & crew soon find themselves in deep waters. The vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is not only using them to finance his attacks, he has stumbled upon one of the most lethal secrets of World War II.

The Emperor's Revenge

Cabrillo & crew face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation's accounts. To get the money back, Juan must track down a rogue hacker & a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer.

Piranha

During a covert operation, Cabrillo & crew fake the sinking of the Oregon, but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning & attempts to assassinate them, Cabrillo & his team struggle to fight back against an enemy who seems to be able to anticipate their every move.

Mirage

There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, & rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies?

The Jungle

A devastating new weapon unleashed in 13th-century China. A daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. A woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand & Myanmar. For Cabrillo & his crew, all of these events will lead to the greatest threat against U.S. security that the world has ever known.