Preston W. Child Books in Order

Journalist Sam Cleave accepts an assignment to report on FireStorm's exclusive spiritual retreats for the wealthy. Reunited with explorer Jefferson Daniels, he discovers a corporation whose ambitions for personal information threaten privacy and force his friends into a fight for freedom.

Seeking protection from an organization opposing the Black Sun, Sam and Nina must find its missing leader before three friends are executed. Their search becomes more complicated when the Black Sun suspects Dave Purdue is sheltering the woman they need.

Nina Gould, Sam Cleave, and Dave Purdue become fugitives drawn into a dangerous hunt for valuable old paintings. Pursuing a treasure trail through Belgium, they must determine whom to trust while the Order of the Black Sun closes in.

Nina hopes an old house in her Scottish hometown will offer a fresh start, but its history connects her to renewed danger. Sam and Purdue’s separate investigations converge on a hidden library containing knowledge that could enable a devastating weapon.

A string of thefts involving Viking artifacts draws historian Nina Gould and journalist Sam Cleave into a secret struggle over Valhalla. A relic offering visions of its location places them between ancient guardians and enemies seeking a weapon of domination.

Fleeing a militia captain after witnessing an execution, journalist Sam Cleave joins Nina Gould in searching for stolen tarot cards. Their Romanian expedition leads into a haunted forest, where the cards’ rumored power could alter history.

A hidden treasure inside an antique cross sends Dave Purdue and Sam Cleave searching for answers linked to Odin. Nina’s harrowing Himalayan expedition brings a mysterious device into their possession, connecting their investigation to wartime secrets and dangerous legends.

FBI agent Andrea Jensen travels to Louisiana to investigate a man’s murder and stays with his widow at a decaying plantation. Her host offers useful clues, but concealed motives and the dangerous bayou community threaten Andrea’s investigation and safety.

Fragments of the lost Amber Room draw Dave Purdue and his friends toward a Nazi legacy hidden near Chernobyl. A kidnapping and an ultimatum turn the search into a race against an adversary seeking control through a dangerous relic.

Sent back to Louisiana despite hoping to rebuild her life in Phoenix, agent Andrea Jensen investigates a woman’s death linked to a drug epidemic. Challenging the powerful trafficking ring puts both her own life and those she loves at risk.

The Artemis team races across the United States, Europe, and South America to stop an international conspiracy. Their enemies plan to frame the American president for genocide and environmental crimes, making the search for the truth a race against time.

A rogue German officer plans to sabotage a peace treaty using an ancient mask that can change his identity. Nina, Sam, and Purdue uncover the plot and race to prevent an attack that could plunge nations into war.

While coping with a serious illness, Nina takes a teaching post at an English academy with a legendary fountain. Learning of her condition, Purdue seeks a cure, but her disappearance forces him and Sam into a desperate search.

A secret organization plans to control global communications from a complex beneath an Irish mountain. The Artemis team relies on a defecting agent to stop it, but pursuit by ruthless killers and doubts about her loyalty threaten the mission.

A shattered sculpture at the British Museum reveals the remains of a man seemingly turned to stone. Purdue and Nina investigate an ancient substance pursued by the Nazis, while a traitor within their expedition helps a rival faction.

A lecturer’s shipwreck discovery brings Sam, Nina, and Purdue into a salvage expedition off South Africa. Hidden motives among the crew and a dangerous secret aboard the wreck transform a documentary project into a struggle to survive at sea.

At CERN, Dave Purdue joins a former colleague’s clandestine experiment inspired by Nikola Tesla’s work. He arrives to discover that the terminally ill scientist wants to use him as a test subject, turning scientific curiosity into personal danger.

A relic stolen by Purdue links a Greek legend to the disappearance of seven girls across Europe. With Sam pursuing a personal rescue mission and Nina joining an uneasy expedition, competing agendas threaten their search for the Vault of Hercules.

An ancient coin found beside human remains in Newfoundland leads Nina and Sam toward a possible treasure of Alexander the Great. Meanwhile, a kidnapping plot targets Nina as leverage against Purdue, drawing the group into wartime secrets and danger.

A father and son disappear near an abandoned New Zealand gold mine while livestock die from inexplicable snakebites. Purdue, Sam, and Nina join an investigation that connects the farm’s dark reputation to a lost city and lethal wartime secrets.

Forced to return a stolen relic to Ethiopia, Purdue encounters astronomers who believe a magician’s diamond collecting threatens global catastrophe. With Sam and Nina, he follows an occult star map in a race to prevent further destruction.

Andrea’s planned move to Louisiana turns frightening when two women close to her become gravely ill, speaking of ghosts and past wrongs. As relationships at the Beaumont estate unravel, she hunts a mysterious killer moving through the swamp.

A secret organization installs its chosen candidate as American president and directs operations from beneath Seville’s Alcázar. Artemis agent Rita must penetrate and destroy its hidden headquarters before a tightening international conspiracy becomes impossible to stop.

Purdue unknowingly helps the Black Sun solve a dangerous version of Einstein’s equation. A physicist’s attempt to expose the plan leaves his girlfriend captive aboard a train, forcing Sam and Nina into a rescue before the experiment becomes deadly.

Desperate to pay for his wife’s care, mechanic Court Callany joins a burglary and tries to sell stolen artifacts. The failed crime pulls him into international relic hunting, where a legendary prize attracts dangerous people with competing agendas.

Purdue’s discovery beneath Spanish waters sets an Inca prophecy in motion while a kidnapping investigation exposes an occult plot. Nina, Sam, and a police captain follow the abductors toward Peru, hoping to save a child before a solar eclipse.

Nina’s examination of mysterious bodies leads to her kidnapping just as Purdue begins searching for an ancient crown. Sam connects the two cases, drawing their friends into a Templar mystery with Nina’s life dependent on recovering the relic.

Threats against Nina’s stepbrother force her to trace the Holy Grail through a secretive wartime military unit. Sam’s investigation of child murders intersects with her search, while Purdue suffers a mysterious wound that makes the legendary relic urgently important.

An old scroll sends Nina searching for Julius Caesar’s lost sword, but masked thieves targeting Roman museums turn their attention toward her expedition. From Alexandria to the Colosseum, she and her allies face a dangerous contest for the weapon.

Stripped of his fortune and presumed dead, Dave Purdue joins modern pirates to recover a buried hoard and rebuild his life. Distrust, possible mutiny, and the consequences of his defeat make the search more dangerous than his former expeditions.

A call from an old friend draws Dave Purdue into a worldwide search for the Spear of Destiny. Working alongside colleagues and enemies, he discovers that a familiar adversary has become a threat he may no longer be able to stop.

Having recovered part of his stolen fortune, Purdue risks his renewed security on a powerful sunken treasure. Meanwhile, Nina’s imprisonment by the Black Sun exposes closely guarded secrets, giving both a dangerous chance to reclaim control of their lives.

Occult specialist Jean-Luc Gerard joins Dave Purdue to find the scattered pages of a legendary witch’s book. Their search through cursed places promises hidden knowledge, but enemies waiting in the darkness intend to end Purdue’s adventures permanently.

A Mayan temple appearing in impossible locations draws Purdue into an investigation as his conflict with the Black Sun intensifies. The mysterious structure becomes a potential battleground, placing both ancient relics and future lives at risk.

Purdue’s enemies discover he survived and renew their pursuit just as he begins rebuilding his life. Hunted by assassins and threatened by an ancient curse, he struggles to protect himself while the Black Sun tightens its hold on his friends.

Now leading a reformed Order of the Black Sun, Purdue organizes an expedition after evidence emerges of Genghis Khan’s lost tomb. New recruits and experienced companions join the search, testing his hope of turning the organization’s resources toward good.

Doc Holiday and his team pursue a ruthless group staging murders as suicides. Their investigation stretches from Georgia to the Bering Strait, following killers who gather trophies for a secret library and its sinister master.

An explosion at an Antarctic laboratory leaves Olivia Newton caught in a hunt for the missing Holy Grail. When Peter is kidnapped, she faces a dangerous bargain involving the relic, the Templars and an assassin.

Olivia Newton pursues another ancient treasure as assassins, secret orders and rival interests complicate the search. With alliances proving unreliable, she must navigate a dangerous world in which the pursuit of gold can cost lives.

A threat from the sea demands the return of an artifact in Purdue’s collection, sending Sam on a hazardous voyage with an unfamiliar partner. Meanwhile, Purdue and Nina investigate a new enemy whose identity and motives remain hidden.

Asked to help rescue a relative, Purdue infiltrates a criminal organization hunting the Seven Cities of Gold. He and his colleagues adopt false identities, knowing that a single mistake could expose them to a dangerous leader fascinated by poisons.

An offer from Egypt sends Nina and Purdue searching for Cleopatra’s tomb, where Mark Antony is believed to rest beside her. A rival organization’s interest turns their expedition into a dangerous race through monuments, desert storms, and ancient political enmities.

When a new Black Sun recruit steals artifacts from its vault, Purdue pursues the thief with Nina and curator Elijah Dane. Their chase leads from the Louvre toward a long-hidden secret connected to Leonardo da Vinci.

Doc Holiday’s team warns the president that a dangerous enemy has returned, only to discover his secret book is missing. Already entangled in the threat, the expanded group must recover it while confronting enemies whose plans are still unfolding.

A University of Florida professor disappears after discovering a buried temple in Peru. Asked to help by his colleagues, Olivia Newton becomes involved in an investigation that turns deadly when assassins begin targeting the team.

Three deaths in England, Morocco and Florida appear unrelated until Olivia Newton becomes involved. When her brother Andrew Gilmore is kidnapped, she must investigate the connections between a murdered curator, a priest and an artist.

Two monks vanish from a Moldovan monastery in 1953, leaving an unsettling mystery behind them. Years later, four boys disappear as well, with accounts of glowing green eyes providing a disturbing link between the incidents.

A bullet ends Doc Holiday’s career as a Navy SEAL, but retirement does not quiet his determination. Searching for the Knights Templar’s lost treasure draws him into fresh danger and a mystery he refuses to abandon.

Purdue, Sam, and Nina reunite against a new enemy but may need help from an old adversary. Lost prophecies of Nostradamus draw them from South American jungles to Parisian catacombs as unresolved grudges threaten their efforts to avert disaster.

Doc Holiday and the President’s Dozen hunt a mysterious Keeper and a man claiming to be Nostradamus. Ancient scrolls promise a world-changing secret that defies modern science, forcing the team to separate an extraordinary claim from a deadly deception.

The theft of relics associated with Blackbeard sends Purdue and curator Elijah Dane onto a dangerous maritime hunt. Pursuing the pirate’s severed head as a key to their goal, they face rival enemies, boat chases, and cannon fire.

Flying thieves resembling pterodactyls steal a newly discovered fossil during a gala attended by David Purdue and curator Elijah Dane. Purdue promises to recover it, turning a celebration into a pursuit involving dangerous aerial encounters and difficult revelations.

The Dark Legion abducts a Chinese super-soldier from American witness protection, sending Doc Holiday’s team after an elusive enemy. Their mission also intersects with a fifteen-year-old family mystery, making the pursuit personal for one of their own.

A British princess boards China’s extraordinary high-speed train, unaware that terrorists and a massive bomb are aboard. Doc Holiday and his allies must locate the threat and defeat a new extremist group before the journey ends in catastrophe.

An interview with a militant leader ends in assassination, leaving Olivia Newton a wanted target. Asked to help trace bombs stolen from the Pentagon, she reunites with allies while evidence points toward a familiar enemy.

An FBI plea bargain draws Olivia Newton into international espionage after a letter suggests that the mysterious Chameleon survived. Investigating claims tied to Hitler and a wider conspiracy, she faces a threat reaching beyond her immediate case.

Targeted by an unidentified bomber, David Purdue joins Nina Gould and Sam Cleave on an expedition involving a long-lost weapon of mass destruction. Hidden wartime connections and uncertain loyalties complicate their effort to survive the mission.

Archaeologist Emma Costello’s fascination with El Dorado becomes an obsession. Accepting an enticing offer, she leads an unconventional team into a dangerous search, where proving the legendary city exists requires confronting obstacles that threaten the entire expedition.

New Orleans occult bookseller Jean-Luc Gerard accepts a chance to explore the Winchester Mystery House. A newly inducted Templar knight is drawn there too, bringing their paths together inside a haunted building filled with unseen dangers.

Exiled from the Black Sun, Purdue accepts a chance to fulfill an ancient promise and sails in search of Thor’s lost treasure. Storms, unsettling visions, and supposedly mythical beings challenge him without the support of his usual companions.

A rescue mission takes David Purdue and Nina Gould through London after an artifact hunt turns violent. A knife linked to Jack the Ripper becomes the focus, drawing them into danger from a modern killer and former allies.

Olivia Newton follows Mossad leads across Israel while trying to recover bombs stolen from the Pentagon. Corruption compromises the search at every turn, allowing the elusive Chameleon to stay ahead as time to stop the threat runs short.

David Purdue and his colleagues seek a fresh start by searching New York for stolen riches linked to Al Capone. The apparently straightforward expedition brings hostile factions, dangerous bargains, and an old enemy determined to settle their conflict.

Purdue recruits a young fighter to enter an underground martial arts tournament whose prize is an ancient mystical sword. Forced to rely on someone else’s strength, he navigates returning enemies, attempted thefts, and conflicts extending beyond the arena.

Captured by the Knights Templar, Jean-Luc Gerard is forced to join their campaign against witchcraft. His survival depends on investigating cursed objects associated with Houdini, while Thaddeus searches for a way to find his missing mentor.

Discoveries of gold beneath shallow sand draw young treasure seekers to the Great Pyramid at Giza after dark. Their excitement turns to fear when ghostly entities threaten the visitors, transforming the apparent windfall into an unsettling mystery.

A man claiming to be centuries old asks Jean-Luc Gerard to investigate the Bermuda Triangle. Accompanied by Thaddeus, he undertakes a voyage involving witchcraft and lost secrets, while Cedric and Katherine encounter an unexpected enemy.

A Paris gathering of historians becomes a new investigation when a museum burns and Napoleon’s casket disappears. Purdue and Nina assemble a team to recover the remains, confronting an emerging enemy whose ambitions threaten more than historical treasures.

Investigating a murder involving a drained body and an unfamiliar symbol, Cedric McKellan seeks help from Jean-Luc Gerard and Thaddeus. Their inquiry brings them into conflict with the Templars, a secretive cult and disturbing vampire legends.

An opportunity to locate the Trojan Horse draws Purdue and former colleagues into a new expedition. As they search for a lost city and confront Greek legends, a coalition of enemies waits for the right moment to strike.

After Jean-Luc and Thaddeus escape danger, the Knights Templar arrive in New Orleans intent on eradicating witchcraft. Local practitioners must unite against the threat, with a spell linked to Marie Laveau offering a possible defense.

During a visit to a New York museum, Olivia Newton encounters a murdered man who entrusts her with a mysterious box. His dying request draws Olivia and her friends into a dangerous effort to keep it safe.

Sam reluctantly joins a search into an old extraterrestrial mystery and encounters witnesses, shadowy government organizations, and deadly opposition. Elsewhere, Purdue and Nina pursue the Visionaries, a new enemy whose intentions complicate the investigators’ separate missions.

A mysterious tome draws occult scholars Jean-Luc Gerard and Thaddeus Rose into dangers connected to Lovecraft’s writings. Meanwhile, a new Templar recruit questions her partner’s behavior as hidden rituals and competing magical plans threaten to unfold.

Doc Holiday and the President’s Dozen join a mysterious ally and a woman with an unusual watch to search for the people lost aboard Flight MH370. Their rescue mission encounters unexpected dangers as they pursue a disappearance that defies easy explanation.

After the Black Sun’s devastating defeat, Purdue, Nina, and Sam consider a recruit’s proposal to find Richard the Lionheart’s legendary golden cross. The expedition offers a possible new purpose, while old enemies consolidate their power and another threat emerges.

KGB operative Arkady infiltrates America while Doc Holiday’s elite team investigates a presidential assassination. As hidden identities and divided loyalties complicate their missions, both trails lead toward the Iron Vault and secrets rooted in the Cold War.

Thaddeus Rose’s occult studies are interrupted when an exorcist arrives at the bookshop seeking Jean-Luc and carrying a dangerous package. With demonic forces involved, former Templar Katherine Piers becomes part of an increasingly perilous mystery.

Seeking answers about the Iron Vault, Doc Holiday reluctantly works with an assassin who nearly killed people he loves. A clue leads his distrustful team to Las Vegas, where mobsters, dangerous games, and uncertain alliances put his gamble to the test.

An assassination attempt leaves the president fighting for his life and sends Doc Holiday’s team after the shooter. Joined by former assassin Zane, they investigate the attack while an ally’s determination to avoid retirement creates further dangers.

Doc Holiday’s search for the Iron Vault’s secrets reveals a powerful machine created by Edison and Tesla. With a changed team at his side, he races old enemies to prevent the century-old weapon from shutting down the world’s lights.

The search for Alexander the Great’s breastplate is disrupted by masked figures destroying ancient artifacts. Purdue must determine whether trusted ally Callie has returned to crime, while the Visionaries continue working toward a future the Black Sun hopes to prevent.

Former Navy SEAL Doc Holiday leads a covert team on another mission for the American president. Hostage crises, pursuit, and competing intelligence operations push events beyond their control as the Presidential Dozen searches for truths concealed within the Iron Vault.

After inheriting an occult bookshop, former street magician Thaddeus Rose joins renegade Templar Katherine Piers in a search involving Merlin. Their journey tests unfamiliar magic against ancient cults while both struggle to move beyond their mentors’ legacies.

Nina Gould organizes an expedition to find Attila the Hun’s lost tomb, bringing together allies with conflicting personalities and hidden motives. While the team pursues the burial site, old enemies pursue agendas that could reshape their ongoing struggle.

An attack at Thaddeus Rose’s occult bookshop sends him searching for answers with Katherine Piers and a witch connected to New Orleans. Their investigation follows tarot and voodoo clues into a conspiracy reaching deep into the Louisiana bayou.

Warned that the Visionaries may be targeting Japan’s sacred relics, Sam Cleave leads a Black Sun team to Tokyo. Assassins, internal disagreements, and their enemy’s unexpectedly extensive influence challenge the group’s ability to protect the treasures.

A crisis at a major nuclear power plant pits Doc Holiday’s new team against corruption in the White House. An enemy nursing grievances since 1945 and a rival Presidential Dozen complicate their attempt to prevent a national catastrophe.

Pursued by ruthless enemies, Doc Holiday struggles to protect civilians caught in a conflict beyond their control. Creatures produced by disturbing scientific experiments challenge his survival skills, while shifting loyalties leave him uncertain whom he can trust.

A forbidden ritual threatens to open an ancient gate to Hell beneath New Orleans. Thaddeus Rose and former Templar Katherine Piers search for relics that could seal it, while secrets and the Templar leadership complicate their alliance.

A deadly virus threatens a global catastrophe as Doc Holiday and the President’s Dozen confront a covert biological conspiracy. Under a new administration, fractures within the team undermine their response, forcing them to rebuild trust while the outbreak spreads.

An ancient grimoire reveals the final key to Hell’s gate as magic begins to fade in New Orleans. An occult bookseller and a former Templar knight confront dangerous rituals and shifting alliances to prevent a demonic catastrophe.

David Purdue and the Order of the Black Sun pursue ancient keys rumored to open the Egyptian underworld and restore lost allies. A masked cult and rival siblings guard the secret amid supernatural puzzles and deadly traps.

Journalist Sam Cleave awakens on the morning of his own murder, carrying memories of his death. As he tries to change the outcome, Nina Gould investigates research that may explain the ancient powers controlling his second chance.

David Purdue and the Order of the Black Sun investigate a mystery linked to the Franklin expedition. Their search for an ancient crystal takes them into Arctic waters, where rival interests and shifting loyalties threaten the expedition.

Hunted by a corrupt American administration, Doc Holiday receives a coded message offering evidence against the president. Following its promise leads his team into London’s shadows, where assassins and hidden betrayals threaten to turn their investigation into a trap.

An expedition beneath the Temple Mount leads Dr. Laura Stevens to a Templar document connected with the Holy Grail. As powerful institutions pursue the discovery, she follows a trail across continents to uncover its guardians and secrets.

Working with Vatican treasure hunters, Laura Stevens and Sir Lancelot search for a lost Viking hoard. Their investigation takes them from Iceland to European cathedrals, where concealed motives turn the quest into a dangerous contest.

A collector claiming to possess Achilles’ divine armor draws David Purdue and Nina Gould into a new hunt. Pursuing a thief across the Mediterranean, they confront competing claims to a legendary relic and opponents determined to control it.