Thirty years ago the world was in the exploratory stages of creating a technology capable of artificial intelligence. Thirty years later that technology has been perfected. In a lab somewhere in a remote mountain region in Iran, nanoparticles, or micro-bots, have been created to be self-sustaining and self-reproducing, each day evolving and learning from experience. They have been programmed to be the ultimate predator, devouring everything in their path and leaving nothing behind. Now in the hands of a terrorist group, the Vatican has come within the crosshairs. Using the Ark of the Covenant as a Trojan Horse, Kimball Hayden and his team of Vatican Knights must stop the promise of complete destruction of Rome by combating something unseen, and something that can kill within seconds.
"From cage-fighting in Las Vegas to papal intrigue in Vatican City, to deadly nanotech research in the mountains of Iran, Rick Jones pulls the strands of global conspiracy into a tightening web and a clock-ticking finish that snares the reader and doesn't let go. Get up to speed with the Vatican Knights series now, so you can be the one to tell your friends how good these books are, rather than having to hear it from them." --K.W. Jeter, author of the Kim Oh Thrillers
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Seeking translation from English into German. The first three books in the series have been bestsellers, all reaching #1 in the categories of Political Thriller and Military Thriller. As of this writing Die Ritter Des Vatikan (by Luzifer-Verlag) continues to be ranked #1 in Military Thriller 16 months after publication. The series has been slated to be a television series with Ileen Maisel (Dangerous Liaisons, The Golden Compass) ating as the producer. I will be acting as co-producer on the project. Series has sold over 300,000 ebooks worldwide (English)
Jerusalem, 956 B.C.
At the precise moment of dawn when Jerusalem became capped with a blood-red sky, the old priest stood along the edge of the parapet that surrounded the city and measured the vast numbers of Shishak’s army that stretched endlessly across the desert landscape.
Days earlier, runners had brought forth news that Shishak’s ranks had taken the city of Judah in the north, and planned to march on Jerusalem for treasures of gold and coin to proffer to their false gods.
To the Hebrews he was known as Shishak. To the Egyptians he was Sheshong I, the warrior king who knew no boundaries when it came to war. With a league of 1200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen made up of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites packed closely together, not a single foot of land could be seen between them.
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Portuguese
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Already translated.
Translated by Giovani Fatobeni
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Spanish
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Stanlyn Guaita Vallenilla
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