A Tom Wagner Prequel

The Stone of Destiny

A long-lost treasure leads to the dark history of Europe’s most powerful ruling dynasty.

A breathless hunt across Europe with a shocking conclusion: the thriller The Stone of Destiny plunges our hero into the dark history of the Habsburg Empire and leads him to a treasure lost for centuries.

A conspiracy with its roots in the final days of World War I and reaching into the present: fact merges with fiction – as always, with lots of action, surprising twists and a healthy dose of humor.

A Tom Wagner Adventure 1

The Sacred Weapon

Stolen relics. Devious plans. Questionable allegiances. Fear grips Europe.

Tom Wagner is bored with his job. His work with the elite antiterror unit Cobra consists mainly of pointless exercises and guarding politicians – until he suddenly spots his parents‘ killer in an airport and survives a brutal attack in the treasure chamber of Vienna’s imperial palace.

Suddenly, he and his ex-girlfriend, archaelogist Hellen de Mey, are caught up in a web of international intrigue. A shadowy criminal organization is stealing ancient Christian artifacts all over Europe, and soon Tom and Hellen are racing against time to save a sacred weapon from the hands of ruthless terrorists . . . and thwart a monstrous plot that could shake the world to its foundations.

A Tom Wagner Adventure 2

The Library of the Kings

Hidden wisdom. A relic of unbelievable power. A race against time.

Ancient legends, devilish plans, startling plot twists, breathtaking action and a dash of humor: “The Library of the Kings” is gripping entertainment – it’s like reading a Blockbuster.

When clues to the long-lost Library of Alexandria surface, ex-Cobra officer Tom Wagner and archaeologist Hellen de Mey aren’t the only ones on the hunt for its vanished secrets. A sinister power is plotting in the background, and nothing is as it seems. And the dark secret hidden in the Library threatens all of humanity.

A Tom Wagner Adventure 3

The Invisible City

A lost culture. A vicious trap. A mystical lair.

Tom Wagner, archaeologist Hellen de Mey and gentleman crook Francois Cloutard are about to embark on their first official assignment from Blue Shield – but when Tom receives an urgent call from the Vatican, things start to move quickly. With the help of the Russian Orthodox Patriarch, they discover clues to an age-old myth: the Russian Atlantis.
And a murderous race to find an ancient, long-lost relic leads them from Cuba to the Russian hinterlands.

  • What mystical treasure lies buried beneath Nizhny Novgorod?
  • Who laid the evil trap?
  • And what does it all have to do with Tom’s grandfather?

A Tom Wagner Adventure 4

The Golden Path

The greatest treasure of mankind. An worldwide conspiracy. A cruel revelation.

Now a special unit for Blue Shield, Tom and his team are on a search for the legendary El Dorado. But, as usual, things don’t go as planned. The team gets separated and is – literally – forced to fight a battle on multiple fronts: Hellen and Cloutard make discoveries that overturn the familiar story of El Dorado’s gold.

Meanwhile, the President of the United States has tasked Tom with keeping a dangerous substance out of the hands of terrorists. Slowly but surely, they realize that it’s all connected: behind their assignments is an international conspiracy of unimaginable magnitude. 

A Tom Wagner Adventure 5

The Chronicle of the Round Table

The first secret society in history. An artifact of untold power. A race that cannot be won.

Everything is happening at once: Tom Wagner is missing. François Cloutard is on a secret mission. Hellen de Mey’s long-lost father Edward has reappeared, and the Blue Shield team is about to encounter a fascinating lead: the legendary chronicles of the Round Table.

What secrets do King Arthur’s annals hold? Is the history of Avalon and Camelot about to be rewritten? Where is Tom Wagner, and who is pulling the strings in the background?

A Tom Wagner Adventure 6

The Chalice of Eternity

The greatest mystery in the world. False friends. All-powerful adversaries.

The Chronicle of the Round Table has been found and Tom Wagner, Hellen de Mey and François Cloutard face their greatest challenge yet: The search for the Holy Grail.

But their adventure does not lead them to the time of the Templars and the Crusades, but much further back into mankind’s history. And the hunt into the past is a journey of no return. From Egypt to Vienna, from Abu Dhabi to Valencia, from Monaco to Macao, the hunt is on for the greatest myth of mankind. And in the end, there’s a phenomenal surprise for everyone.

A Tom Wagner Adventure 7

The Sword of Revelation

A false lead. A bitter truth. This time, it’s all or nothing.

In the third part of the adventures revolving around the legendary King Arthur, Tom and his team face their most difficult challenge yet. Only now do they discover who their true adversary is.

Hellen’s mother is dying and only a miracle can save her…but for that, the team needs to locate mysterious and long-lost artifacts.

At the same time, their struggle with the terrorist organization Absolute Freedom reaches its climax: what is the group’s true, diabolical plan? Who is pulling the strings behind this worldwide conspiracy?

The Sword of Revelation completes the circle: all questions are answered, all the loose ends woven into a revelation for our heroes — and for all the fans of the Tom Wagner adventures!

A Tom Wagner Adventure 8

The Lost Treasure

A missing friend. A fanatical cult. A legendary treasure.

Tom and Hellen are enjoying their extended honeymoon and don’t really want to know about adventures anymore. But when they learn that their old friend and gentleman crook François Cloutard has disappeared in the Caribbean in search of a legendary pirate treasure, they have to act.

Head over heels, they find themselves in a conspiracy where there is more at stake than the famous X that marks the spot on the treasure map.

A Tom Wagner Adventure 9

The Medusa Secret

A cruel murder. A mythological monster. A terrible choice.

Conspiracy theories and fake news surrounding the strange Medusa cult plunge the world into chaos. At the same time, Eon van Rensburg, billionaire and contractor of Tom, Hellen and Cloutard is suspected of murder. His alleged victim was guarding an ancient secret about the power of Medusa’s serpent head.

From New Mexico to Prague, from Vienna to Corfu, from Paris to Sicily, our heroes have their hands full trying to unravel the mystery of Medusa and prove van Rensburg’s innocence.

What is true about the myth surrounding Medusa’s serpentine head and her deadly gaze?
What role do Perseus, Napoleon and Alexander the Great play?
What terrible decision must Hellen make in the end to avert disaster?

A Tom Wagner Adventure 10

The Gift of the Three Saints

A greedy entrepreneur. A strange mystery. A very special Christmas miracle.

Tom, Hellen and Cloutard are on their way to Italy to celebrate Christmas with Mother Superior Lucrezia and her three fellow sisters. But there is more behind the invitation. The greedy entrepreneur Vernon Bennett wants to raze the boarding school run by Sister Lucrezia to build a strange entertainment park. The sisters need help.

But then Tom, Hellen and Cloutard come across clues to the whereabouts of the three saints’ gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh during the strangest Christmas they have ever experienced. If the relics were to be exhibited in the old church of the boarding school, it could solve all their problems. But it’s not just Vernon Bennett who wants to prevent that.

The worldwide search for the gifts of the three saints means that Tom, Hellen and Cloutard experience Christmas and the turn of the year quite differently than they had planned.

about the authors

M.C. ROBERTS

… is the pen name of a successful entrepreneur and blogger. Adventure stories have always been his passion: after recording a number of superhero audiobooks on his father’s old tape recorder as a six-year-old, he postponed his dream of writing novels for almost 40 years, and worked as a marketing director, editor-in-chief, DJ, opera critic, communication coach, blogger, online marketer and author of trade books…but in the end, the call of adventure was too strong to ignore.

R.F. Maclay

… is the pen name of a graphic designer and advertising filmmaker. His international career began as an electrician’s apprentice, but he quickly realized that he was destined to work creatively. His family and friends were skeptical at first…but now, 20 years later, the passionate, self-taught graphic designer and filmmaker has delighted record labels, brand-name products and tech companies with his work, as well as making a name for himself as a commercial filmmaker and illustrator. He’s also a walking encyclopedia of film and television series.