Paul Decker Assignments

The briefcase, AKA the football, containing the go codes for the U.S. nuclear arsenal is carried by military aides who always accompany the President and Vice-President. In a strike on Washington, a terrorist group known as "Black Bear" gets away with the prize, killing many secret service agents and almost killing Captain Paul Decker: the officer charged with protecting the football. Black Bear breaks the encryption code, and opens a "trap door" into the nation's ICBM network... and is auctioning off targeted missile strikes. Many countries, both friend and foe, along with a dozen terrorist organizations, want what Black Bear has. And it's all for sale! Paul Decker assembles his own team to go after the perpetrators. But he finds that everyone, including his hand-chosen people, has their own agenda.

The U.S. is being subjected to a cyber attack. The country's infrastructure is crumbling. Air, rail, gas and electric services have ground to a halt. With banks unable to operate, ATMs out of money and store shelves bare of food, people are starting to loot and commit even more serious crimes. The U.S. is just days away from anarchy. A wealthy industrialist in China, Lee Han, has turned on hidden "logic bombs", which have broken all internet connections between and among the public and private sectors in the U.S. Han is planning to draw the Chinese Government into war by sinking his own fleet of fishing ships within the territorial waters of South Korea, Taiwan, and The Philippines. Han's next step is to cut off the U.S. military internet, halting any U.S. response. China needs only a narrow window of opportunity to secure their gains. At stake are billions of dollars in oil and gas hidden under the disputed islands. With the help of an imprisoned computer hacker, a rogue CIA agent, and Lee Han's mistress, Paul Decker slices a path through Han's organization. But can he get to the saboteur in time to stop the invasion?

A new American President has been, elected on a wave of fear: fear of war with an emerging China and re-emerging Russia, and the old wars on terror and drugs. But, the government's greatest concern is not al Qaeda, ISIS, Iran, China or Russia; rather, it is deemed to be American citizens who might rise up and attempt to overthrow an increasingly totalitarian government. There are those who know the wars are, trumped up and an excuse for spying on U.S. citizens who are trying to expose the extent of the program. But, whistleblowers and witnesses are being killed faster than they can be brought in to challenge the legality of the Patriot Act and the extent of NSA spying. All that stands in the way of the president's plan to further consolidate his position, and reward the bankers and corporations who funded his campaigns, are a few dedicated souls willing to put their lives on the line. The president is being kick-backed millions of dollars by the private prison system to pass legislation against any individual or group fomenting unrest, thereby keeping the prisons full. The definition of what constitutes a legal citizen is narrowing greatly. Paul Decker must break the former U.S. President out of prison with the help of a beautiful whistleblower now on the run, a CIA agent on medical leave, the leader of a motorcycle gang, and his ever-present East European hacker, then defeat the antagonists in the only way possible, with the rule of law.

The CERN* Laboratory, near Geneva, runs the Large Hadron Collider**: the greatest scientific instrument ever built by man. There are many questions and concerns as to what will be discovered. And now inexplicable things are occurring at CERN. Three researchers are missing: disappeared without a trace. Men of sound mind have seen apparitions. The Collider has brought forth an entity from another dimension that offers answers to the great remaining scientific questions…in exchange for a soul. Word has spread that something diabolical has invaded CERN, which coincides with cataclysmic events taking place in the world. Paul Decker teams up with Natasha - a particle physicist, a la Lizbeth Salander*** - to fight the legions of darkness. This may be the ultimate battle of Good vs. Evil, Science vs. God. My story combines physics, the Papacy, the Book of Revelation, espionage and computers in a way not seen before.

A few days before 9/11, a number of unidentified people invested heavily in the stocks of American and United Airlines and Transamerica Insurance. They bought "put options" in the belief that the stocks would drop in price. After the attack, those men made 22.7 million dollars. Fast forward to the present... A brilliant economist has been, fired and disgraced by the EU. He is planning his revenge. He will buy, "put options" on the Euro in anticipation of a fall in the currency, which he will guarantee by killing the three individuals most responsible for holding the EU together. The second half of the book is a pursuit through Europe of this madman by my protagonist, Paul Decker, and his counterpart, the beautiful Mossad agent, Alex Stern...a chase more intense than that of, the Jackal stalking Charles De Gaulle.

America has been placed on "trial" by the "Friends of the Planet": a powerful, but secret organization, and found guilty of waste and degradation of the planet's resources. They will use their orbiting satellites to send down a deadly EM frequency, which will go through the Wi-Fi towers, killing the consumers residing in "wired cities", leaving the farmers and ranchers to feed the rest of the planet. The Antagonist is a diabolical, brilliant Bavarian Prince for whom death of his enemies is not nearly enough. But is it all madness when the elimination of three hundred million people might save seven billion. The plot is as much a war of words and wit as a battle of weapons. It is a race against time, as Paul Decker - along with is ex-wife, an east European hacker and Chechen fighters – chase Prince Hansel through Europe but remain one step behind to the very end.

There are currently two hundred thousand North Korean citizens held in prison camps, where they are beaten, starved and executed, while the government squanders the nation's resources on weapons and luxuries for the ruling elite. Paul Decker, along with Chechen Borya Timoshenko - and eleven young men and women who escaped from the camps - go into North Korea Code 6: without the backing of the US, or any other government. Their plan, to free as many prisoners as possible, requires precision timing. With all eyes on the border, Paul and his team slip into the country and liberate the first camp. From there, they must count on both the guards and prisoners at the other camps joining them in the fight; something that is far from certain. Buoyed by success, they risk all by going on to Pyongyang and attempt to kidnap the glorious leader himself: Kim Jung-un. But many on Paul's team are blinded by revenge and things begin to go very wrong. Code 6 is a story of despair, hope and sacrifice.

It has been six years since the constitution was suspended. People are required to have chips implanted in their arms in order to make any legal purchases. Cameras and listening devices are hard, wired into homes and apartments. The jails, run by private contractors, are in every major city. Always full, new facilities continually under construction. All copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights have been, burned, deleted, or shredded. It is illegal to possess or speak the words of those documents. Any person or persons found to be in violation of this order are deemed to be, subversives, who may be shot on sight. A small group of partisans led by Paul Decker, and dependent upon the skills of a young boy, is all that stands in the way of a totalitarian government fulfilling the Nazi promise of the thousand-year reign. The time for rhetoric is long past. Armed revolution is at hand.

The newest scientific field of study is synthetic biology: the implanting of the DNA of one organism into another life form. Already this has led to miraculous cures. However, there is a dark side as well. A brilliant geneticist, Jonah Devlin, CEO of Evolution Industries has infused Neanderthal DNA into the Marburg virus. And, using his desalinated water and lab-grown meat as a conduit for the virus, he will infect the entire population. People will devolve to a previous state of nature, and that is Neanderthal. Kelly West, a beautiful woman scientist who works at Evolution Industries brings the plot to Paul Decker's attention. Paul must not only keep this woman alive to find a cure, but stop a man protected by a President who is dependent on the campaign contributions and social and environmental successes of Evolution Industries. But, who is the evil...modern man, who usurps the world's resources and pollutes the planet, or Dr. Devlin, who will populate the Earth with a species that lived in harmony with nature?

The drug wars have left 160,000 dead in the past six years. But the war is no closer to an end. . Each time the Mexican police make some headway, the cartels gain more sophisticated arms and tactics. While the federales vastly outnumber them, the cartels seem to anticipate their every move. Into that maelstrom walks Paul Decker and his new family. Paul has retired from the CIA and desires no more than to raise his family, regain his peace of mind, and fulfill the promises he has made to Lydia and the children…promises he failed to complete with his first family. But all that comes to a violent end on the streets of Ciudad Juarez. Paul goes after the killers, however, what he learns makes his revenge seem small and personal in perspective. The Cartels are being armed and provided intelligence by the ATF and DEA who desire to foment violence in order to build their organizations and become indispensable. The U.S. Administration is seeking to use the violence as an excuse to pass gun legislation in the U.S. and will go even further – declaring Mexico a failed state and take over the country. Even with all his training, Paul is no match for the cartels. And so he teams up with Gabriella - a brave female Mexican Federale – and an elite team of Spetnaz troops from Russia. Together, they are intent on taking down the cartels, restoring the rule of law to Mexico and bringing peace to the country. The war on drugs is really a war to maintain the drug trade…even if the cost is another one hundred thousand lives. As Paul and his team close in on the rogue forces in the U.S. government and the cartels, the forces aligned against them grow stronger and more determined.

When the Arab Spring revolutions began in Tunisia and Egypt in January of 2011, the Western media sang the praises of the coming of democracy, pluralism, and capitalism. They, and the American government, ignored the clear signs that the winners in the overthrow of monarchies and dictatorships would be pro-sharia, Islamists, radical Jihadists. Less than three years later, the Middle East and Africa was in flames. Every change has brought bloody violence, ethnic cleansing, and the utter destruction of the infrastructure of the major cites as factions separated by military régimes were, taken down. In America, a new president was, elected who promised to run an inclusive government. The people ignored his Muslim name and assumed by inclusive he meant the poor, disposed, and marginalized. However, U.S. President Sami Khory meant the integration of sharia law in America and an opening of the borders to his brethren who had been, suppressed for centuries. Now, the two greatest threats to peace and health are Ebola and IS: the Islamic State. The great countries of the world have joined forces in the war on IS, victory is seen as only a matter of time. But, the world has, at every turn, underestimated IS. Their leadership consists of battle-hardened officers, trained by the U.S. and now equipped with the latest armaments. Their fold includes scientists, doctors, and researchers from a dozen different countries: men renowned for their acumen. And while, the world sits poised to hear word of the victories against IS and word of their final demise, IS has made plans for the final demise of the West. Jihadists from those self-same countries, willing to die in the cause, are now being sent to Africa, not to help in the fight against the spread of Ebola, but to allow themselves to be infected with the virus. Then, before their symptoms become apparent, they will return to their home countries and spread the contagion to as many people as possible before they themselves die. All that stands between ultimate victory and the Islamisizing of the West is Paul Decker and his small team of dedicated fighters and scientists.

A series of suspicious suicides draws Paul Decker and Washington Star reporter, Rebecca Novak together to investigate. What starts out as a local issue morphs into a conspiracy of such magnitude as to pit them against a group that wants nothing more than to establish a new world order: one government, one military, one currency, one education system. The group, known as "The Order", is headed by a man said to be 115 years old and involved in every war, assassination and coup d'état since 1914. As much as logic tells Paul and Rebecca that the facts they have gathered, and conclusions drawn, are sending them down a worm hole, the forces aligned against them grow as the two get closer to the core of the group. It is only with the combined effort of Paul's East European hacker, a few brave members of the Washington, DC police department, one brave U.S. Senator and some concerned citizens willing to risk their lives that enables the law to triumph.

The remnants of ISIS have been planning a series of great strikes against the infidels. Working with limited resources, men and money, they are devising multiple operations that, if successful, may kill millions, possibly hundreds of millions of people guilty of nothing more that worshiping a different god. President James P. Hardessy enlists the help of protagonist Paul Decker to track down the Marburg virus that has been transported to Kathmandu, Nepal. The president has teamed Paul up with a biologist who knows how to handle the Marburg and is also an experienced climb. But unknown to Paul and the president, she is, in fact, a member of the extreme Jihadist group, The Army of Justice. An international expedition is set to climb Mt. Everest. Ambassadors from six nations are using the expedition to develop a working relationship between countries that had been adversaries and who will, after the camaraderie and success they have on the mountain, take home that confidence and mutual respect to hammer out a nuclear disarmament agreement. The terrorists will attack the infidels on four fronts at once: the releasing of small pox in America, Marburg in the Sahel, a suicide bomber in Algiers, an attack on opening night at the World Soccer Cup by a car loaded with explosives and the Everest expedition in Nepal. The terrorists plan is both intricate and subtle. And Paul must not only climb with the ambassadors to ensure their safety, but learn of the method by which the terrorists intend to disperse the Marburg before they get a chance to complete their plan. The American government is stretched thin attempting to find and circumvent the plots, all while a clock is ticking down to zero.