Stories by @bloodshot05

Plague Ship

Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate & as perilous as any he has ever known, & pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race.

Skeleton Coast

In this action thriller, Cabrillo ends up on the trail of a deranged militant & his followers who plan to unleash the devastating power of nature itself against all who oppose them.

Dark Watch

Normally, attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships & yachts, easy targets on the open ocean. Now, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy.

Sacred Stone

Caught between 2 militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Cabrillo & his ship of high-tech mercenaris known as the Corporation must fight to prevent the outbreak of World War III.

Golden Buddha

Cabrillo & his crew of expert intelligence men must put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians & Chinese. His gambling chip is a Golden Buddha containing records of vast oil reserves in the disputed land.

The Cutthroat

Hired to find a young woman named Anna Pape who ran away from home to become an actress, Bell gets a shock when her murdered body turns up instead. Vowing to bring the killer to justice, he discovers petite young blond women like Anna are being murdered in cities across America.

The Gangster

1906, New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special "Black Hand Squad," but the gangsters appear to be everywhere.

The Assassin

As Van Dorn private detective Isaac Bell strives to land a government contract to investigate John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil monopoly, the case takes a deadly turn.

The Bootlegger

1920, both Prohibition & bootlegging are in full swing. When Isaac Bell's boss & friend Joseph Van Dorn is shot leading the high-speed chase of a rum-running vessel, Bell swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers.

The Striker

It's 1902, & a bright, inexperienced young man named Isaac Bell, quickly finds himself pitted against 2 of the most ruthless opponents he has ever known, men of staggering ambition & cold-bloodedness.

The Thief

War clouds are looming, & a ruthless espionage agent has spotted a priceless opportunity to give the Germans an edge. It's up to Isaac Bell to figure out who he is, what he is up to, & stop him.

The Race

It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than fifty days.

The Spy

Intrigue deepens, when Bell finds himself pitted against German, Japanese, & British spies, in a mission that encompasses dreadnought battleships, Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, Chinatown, Hell's Kitchen, & the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The Wrecker

It's 1907, a year of financial panic & labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, & explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express line &, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency.

The Chase

Fed up by the depredations of the "Butcher Bandit," the U.S. government brings in the best man they can find, a no-nonsense detective named Isaac Bell, who has caught thieves and killers coast to coast.

Sea of Greed

The NUMA crew discovers that oil fields are infected with bacteria that are consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth. With hired killers on their trail, can they locate a submarine that's remained hidden for more than 50 years? And even if they can, can the biological terror that's been unleashed be stopped?

The Rising Sea

An alarming rise in the world's sea levels, larger than could be accounted for by glacier melt, sends the NUMA scientific team rocketing around the globe in search of answers. What they find at the bottom of the East China Sea, is even worse than they imagined. A diabolical plan to upset the Pacific balance of power.

Nighthawk

When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are asked to locate the fallen machine. Russia & China covet the radical technology, but the United States worries about a darker problem.

The Pharaoh's Secret

Kurt & Joe tangle with a ruthless enemy, a power broker bent on building a new Egyptian empire as glorious as those of the pharaohs.

Ghost Ship

When Kurt Austin is injured attempting to rescue the passengers from a sinking yacht, he wakes with conflicting memories. Did he see an old friend & her children drown, or was the yacht abandoned when he came aboard? Determined to know the truth, he begins to search for answers.