THE PROTOCOL

(JAMES ACTON #1)

THE FINAL SKULL HAS BEEN FOUND
NOW ALL HELL’S BREAKING LOOSE

For two thousand years, the Triarii have protected us, influencing history from the Crusades to the discovery of America. Descending from the Roman Empire, they pervade every level of society, and are now in a race with our own government to retrieve an ancient artifact thought to have been lost forever.

Caught in the middle is Archaeology Professor James Acton, relentlessly hunted by the elite Delta Force, under orders to stop at nothing to possess what he has found, and the Triarii, equally determined to prevent the discovery from falling into the wrong hands.

With his students and friends dying around him, Acton flees to find the one person who might be able to help him, but little does he know he may actually be racing directly into the hands of an organization he knows nothing about.

From award-winning USA TODAY and multi-million copy bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy, comes The Protocol, the first entry in an action-packed globe-spanning series of thrillers certain to leave you breathless. If you enjoy fast-paced adventures in the style of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, and James Rollins, then you’ll love this taut tale of archaeological suspense.

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  • #1The Protocol
    #1
    The Protocol
    THE FINAL SKULL HAS BEEN FOUND
    NOW ALL HELL’S BREAKING LOOSE
  • #2Brass Monkey
    #2
    Brass Monkey
    WILL A FORGOTTEN WEAPON AND AN UNCONTROLLABLE HATE UNLEASH THE ULTIMATE WAR?
  • #3Broken Dove
    #3
    Broken Dove
    WILL A SECRET DESPERATELY HIDDEN FOR OVER ONE THOUSAND YEARS BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FINALLY BE REVEALED?
  • #4The Templar's Relic
    #4
    The Templar's Relic
    THE CHURCH HELPED DESTROY THE TEMPLARS.
    WILL THEY GET THEIR REVENGE 700 YEARS LATER?
  • #5Flags of Sin
    #5
    Flags of Sin
    CHINA IS ABOUT TO ERUPT IN CHAOS!
  • #6The Arab Fall
    #6
    The Arab Fall
    THE GREATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY SINCE KING TUT’S TOMB IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED!
  • #7The Circle of Eight
    #7
    The Circle of Eight
    ABANDONED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT, THE DELTA FORCE'S BRAVO TEAM FIGHTS TO NOT ONLY SAVE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, BUT HUMANITY AS WELL.
  • #8The Venice Code
    #8
    The Venice Code
    A 700-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY IS ABOUT TO BE SOLVED.
    BUT HOW MANY MUST DIE FIRST?
  • #9Pompeii's Ghosts
    #9
    Pompeii's Ghosts
    POMPEII IS ABOUT TO CLAIM ITS FINAL VICTIMS—TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER!
  • #10Amazon Burning
    #10
    Amazon Burning
    IN THE DEPTHS OF THE AMAZON, ONE OF THEIR OWN HAS BEEN TAKEN!
  • #11The Riddle
    #11
    The Riddle
    THE RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED.
    THE WORLD STANDS ON THE BRINK OF WAR.
  • #12Blood Relics
    #12
    Blood Relics
    A DYING MAN.
    A DESPERATE SON.
    ONLY A MIRACLE CAN SAVE THEM BOTH.
  • #13Sins of the Titanic
    #13
    Sins of the Titanic
    TITANIC'S FINAL VICTIMS HAVE YET TO DIE!
  • #14Saint Peter's Soldiers
    #14
    Saint Peter's Soldiers
    A MISSING DA VINCI.
    A TERRIFYING GENETIC BREAKTHROUGH.
    A PAST AND FUTURE ABOUT TO COLLIDE!
  • #15The Thirteenth Legion
    #15
    The Thirteenth Legion
    A TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD DESTINY IS ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED!
  • #16Raging Sun
    #16
    Raging Sun
    WILL A SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD MATTER OF HONOR TRIGGER THE NEXT GREAT WAR?
  • #17Wages of Sin
    #17
    Wages of Sin
    WHEN IS THE PRICE TO PROTECT A NATION'S LEGACY TOO HIGH?
  • #18Wrath of the Gods
    #18
    Wrath of the Gods
    A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY ARE ABOUT TO BE REWRITTEN!
  • #19The Templar's Revenge
    #19
    The Templar's Revenge
    ARE EIGHT CENTURIES OF DUTY AND HONOR ABOUT TO COME TO AN END?
  • #20The Nazi's Engineer
    #20
    The Nazi's Engineer
    ONE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR'S MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES IS ABOUT TO BE SOLVED. BUT AT WHAT COST?
  • #21Atlantis Lost
    #21
    Atlantis Lost
    WILL THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN HISTORY BE LOST ONCE AGAIN?
  • #22The Cylon Curse
    #22
    The Cylon Curse
    IN 632 BC, ONE MAN ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY.
    AND TODAY, THE INNOCENT WILL PAY ONCE AGAIN FOR HIS ACTIONS.
  • #23The Viking Deception
    #23
    The Viking Deception
    CENTURIES AGO, THE VIKINGS AND THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE NEARLY WENT TO WAR.
    AND TODAY, MORE INNOCENT BLOOD WILL SPILL.
  • #24Keepers of the Lost Ark
    #24
    Keepers of the Lost Ark
    THE ARK OF THE COVENANT HAS BEEN FOUND.
    AND NOW IT MUST BE DESTROYED.
  • #25The Tomb of Genghis Khan
    #25
    The Tomb of Genghis Khan
    GENGHIS KHAN ORDERED HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE BE KNOWN TO NO ONE.
    HIS FINAL ORDER WAS OBEYED, ITS LOCATION REMAINING A SECRET.
    UNTIL TODAY.
  • #26The Manila Deception
    #26
    The Manila Deception
    AN ENTIRE VILLAGE WAS MASSACRED TO KEEP THEIR SECRET.
    AND THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
  • #27The Fourth Bible
    #27
    The Fourth Bible
    A VIOLENT REACTION TO A PRICELESS DISCOVERY KILLS SCORES.
    AND THE WORLD BLAMES A FAMOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL COUPLE.
  • #28Embassy of the Empire
    #28
    Embassy of the Empire
    AN INCIDENT ON THE HIGH SEAS RISKS WAR BETWEEN THE USA AND CHINA.
    AND AN INNOCENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM IS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
  • #29Armageddon
    #29
    Armageddon
    IN 1883, A MASSIVE ERUPTION CONVINCES SOME IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD.
    AND TODAY, ANOTHER LEADS TO A DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO SAVE AN ISOLATED CIVILIZATION.
  • #30No Good Deed
    #30
    No Good Deed
    NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
  • #31The Last Soviet
    #31
    The Last Soviet
    TO REWRITE THE PAST IS TO CONDEMN THE FUTURE
  • #32Lake of Bones
    #32
    Lake of Bones
    WOULD YOU SACRIFICE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN TO LIVE IN PEACE?
  • #33Fatal Reunion
    #33
    Fatal Reunion
    THE MASK HAS FINALLY BEEN FOUND.
    AND THEY’LL KILL ANYONE TO HAVE IT.
  • #34The Resurrection Tablet
    #34
    The Resurrection Tablet
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    OR WAS HE?
  • #35The Antarctica Incident
    #35
    The Antarctica Incident
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    ESPECIALLY WHEN BETRAYED BY HER FAMILY.
  • #36The Ghosts of Paris
    #36
    The Ghosts of Paris
    SOMETIMES GHOSTS ARE WORTH DYING FOR.
  • #37No More Secrets
    #37
    No More Secrets
    IN A WORLD OF SECRETS
    SOME ARE MORE PAINFUL THAN OTHERS.
  • #38The Curse of Imhotep
    #38
    The Curse of Imhotep
    ALL WHO DISTURB THE TOMB OF IMHOTEP ARE DOOMED TO DIE.
    AND PROFESSOR JAMES ACTON HAS JUST DISCOVERED ITS LOCATION.
  • #39The Sword of Doom
    #39
    The Sword of Doom
    POSSESSING THE SWORD OF DOOM HAS MEANT DEATH THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
    AND TODAY, JAMES ACTON STANDS ACCUSED OF STEALING IT.
  • #40The Heretics Bible
    #40
    The Heretics Bible
    AN ANCIENT TEXT, THOUGHT NOT TO EXIST, HAS BEEN FOUND.
    AND THE FIGHT TO DESTROY IT HAS JUST BEGUN.
  • #41The Hunt for the Holy Grail
    #41
    The Hunt for the Holy Grail
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    AND THERE’S NOTHING HOLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
  • #42Crypt of the Gladiator
    #42
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    A LONG-LOST TREASURE.
    A RUTHLESS ENEMY.
    A DEADLY RACE AGAINST TIME.
  • #1The Protocol
    #1
    The Protocol
    THE FINAL SKULL HAS BEEN FOUND
    NOW ALL HELL’S BREAKING LOOSE
  • #2Brass Monkey
    #2
    Brass Monkey
    WILL A FORGOTTEN WEAPON AND AN UNCONTROLLABLE HATE UNLEASH THE ULTIMATE WAR?
  • #3Broken Dove
    #3
    Broken Dove
    WILL A SECRET DESPERATELY HIDDEN FOR OVER ONE THOUSAND YEARS BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FINALLY BE REVEALED?
  • #4The Templar's Relic
    #4
    The Templar's Relic
    THE CHURCH HELPED DESTROY THE TEMPLARS.
    WILL THEY GET THEIR REVENGE 700 YEARS LATER?
  • #5Flags of Sin
    #5
    Flags of Sin
    CHINA IS ABOUT TO ERUPT IN CHAOS!
  • #6The Arab Fall
    #6
    The Arab Fall
    THE GREATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY SINCE KING TUT’S TOMB IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED!
  • #7The Circle of Eight
    #7
    The Circle of Eight
    ABANDONED BY THEIR GOVERNMENT, THE DELTA FORCE'S BRAVO TEAM FIGHTS TO NOT ONLY SAVE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, BUT HUMANITY AS WELL.
  • #8The Venice Code
    #8
    The Venice Code
    A 700-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY IS ABOUT TO BE SOLVED.
    BUT HOW MANY MUST DIE FIRST?
  • #9Pompeii's Ghosts
    #9
    Pompeii's Ghosts
    POMPEII IS ABOUT TO CLAIM ITS FINAL VICTIMS—TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER!
  • #10Amazon Burning
    #10
    Amazon Burning
    IN THE DEPTHS OF THE AMAZON, ONE OF THEIR OWN HAS BEEN TAKEN!
  • #11The Riddle
    #11
    The Riddle
    THE RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED.
    THE WORLD STANDS ON THE BRINK OF WAR.
  • #12Blood Relics
    #12
    Blood Relics
    A DYING MAN.
    A DESPERATE SON.
    ONLY A MIRACLE CAN SAVE THEM BOTH.
  • #13Sins of the Titanic
    #13
    Sins of the Titanic
    TITANIC'S FINAL VICTIMS HAVE YET TO DIE!
  • #14Saint Peter's Soldiers
    #14
    Saint Peter's Soldiers
    A MISSING DA VINCI.
    A TERRIFYING GENETIC BREAKTHROUGH.
    A PAST AND FUTURE ABOUT TO COLLIDE!
  • #15The Thirteenth Legion
    #15
    The Thirteenth Legion
    A TWO-THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD DESTINY IS ABOUT TO BE FULFILLED!
  • #16Raging Sun
    #16
    Raging Sun
    WILL A SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD MATTER OF HONOR TRIGGER THE NEXT GREAT WAR?
  • #17Wages of Sin
    #17
    Wages of Sin
    WHEN IS THE PRICE TO PROTECT A NATION'S LEGACY TOO HIGH?
  • #18Wrath of the Gods
    #18
    Wrath of the Gods
    A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY ARE ABOUT TO BE REWRITTEN!
  • #19The Templar's Revenge
    #19
    The Templar's Revenge
    ARE EIGHT CENTURIES OF DUTY AND HONOR ABOUT TO COME TO AN END?
  • #20The Nazi's Engineer
    #20
    The Nazi's Engineer
    ONE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR'S MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES IS ABOUT TO BE SOLVED. BUT AT WHAT COST?
  • #21Atlantis Lost
    #21
    Atlantis Lost
    WILL THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN HISTORY BE LOST ONCE AGAIN?
  • #22The Cylon Curse
    #22
    The Cylon Curse
    IN 632 BC, ONE MAN ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY.
    AND TODAY, THE INNOCENT WILL PAY ONCE AGAIN FOR HIS ACTIONS.
  • #23The Viking Deception
    #23
    The Viking Deception
    CENTURIES AGO, THE VIKINGS AND THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE NEARLY WENT TO WAR.
    AND TODAY, MORE INNOCENT BLOOD WILL SPILL.
  • #24Keepers of the Lost Ark
    #24
    Keepers of the Lost Ark
    THE ARK OF THE COVENANT HAS BEEN FOUND.
    AND NOW IT MUST BE DESTROYED.
  • #25The Tomb of Genghis Khan
    #25
    The Tomb of Genghis Khan
    GENGHIS KHAN ORDERED HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE BE KNOWN TO NO ONE.
    HIS FINAL ORDER WAS OBEYED, ITS LOCATION REMAINING A SECRET.
    UNTIL TODAY.
  • #26The Manila Deception
    #26
    The Manila Deception
    AN ENTIRE VILLAGE WAS MASSACRED TO KEEP THEIR SECRET.
    AND THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.
  • #27The Fourth Bible
    #27
    The Fourth Bible
    A VIOLENT REACTION TO A PRICELESS DISCOVERY KILLS SCORES.
    AND THE WORLD BLAMES A FAMOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL COUPLE.
  • #28Embassy of the Empire
    #28
    Embassy of the Empire
    AN INCIDENT ON THE HIGH SEAS RISKS WAR BETWEEN THE USA AND CHINA.
    AND AN INNOCENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM IS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
  • #29Armageddon
    #29
    Armageddon
    IN 1883, A MASSIVE ERUPTION CONVINCES SOME IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD.
    AND TODAY, ANOTHER LEADS TO A DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO SAVE AN ISOLATED CIVILIZATION.
  • #30No Good Deed
    #30
    No Good Deed
    NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
  • #31The Last Soviet
    #31
    The Last Soviet
    TO REWRITE THE PAST IS TO CONDEMN THE FUTURE
  • #32Lake of Bones
    #32
    Lake of Bones
    WOULD YOU SACRIFICE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN TO LIVE IN PEACE?
  • #33Fatal Reunion
    #33
    Fatal Reunion
    THE MASK HAS FINALLY BEEN FOUND.
    AND THEY’LL KILL ANYONE TO HAVE IT.
  • #34The Resurrection Tablet
    #34
    The Resurrection Tablet
    CHRIST WAS RESURRECTED AFTER DYING FOR OUR SINS.
    OR WAS HE?
  • #35The Antarctica Incident
    #35
    The Antarctica Incident
    THE WORLD’S GREATEST PIRATE WAS ALSO ITS MOST BRUTAL.
    ESPECIALLY WHEN BETRAYED BY HER FAMILY.
  • #36The Ghosts of Paris
    #36
    The Ghosts of Paris
    SOMETIMES GHOSTS ARE WORTH DYING FOR.
  • #37No More Secrets
    #37
    No More Secrets
    IN A WORLD OF SECRETS
    SOME ARE MORE PAINFUL THAN OTHERS.
  • #38The Curse of Imhotep
    #38
    The Curse of Imhotep
    ALL WHO DISTURB THE TOMB OF IMHOTEP ARE DOOMED TO DIE.
    AND PROFESSOR JAMES ACTON HAS JUST DISCOVERED ITS LOCATION.
  • #39The Sword of Doom
    #39
    The Sword of Doom
    POSSESSING THE SWORD OF DOOM HAS MEANT DEATH THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
    AND TODAY, JAMES ACTON STANDS ACCUSED OF STEALING IT.
  • #40The Heretics Bible
    #40
    The Heretics Bible
    AN ANCIENT TEXT, THOUGHT NOT TO EXIST, HAS BEEN FOUND.
    AND THE FIGHT TO DESTROY IT HAS JUST BEGUN.
  • #41The Hunt for the Holy Grail
    #41
    The Hunt for the Holy Grail
    THE GRAIL HAS BEEN FOUND.
    AND THERE’S NOTHING HOLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
  • #42Crypt of the Gladiator
    #42
    Crypt of the Gladiator
    A LONG-LOST TREASURE.
    A RUTHLESS ENEMY.
    A DEADLY RACE AGAINST TIME.
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