Genre: Thriller Mystery
Author: Avanti Centrae Series: Books 1, 2, 3 + 4th in the works Bestseller Status: Instant B&N bestseller. With a recent sale, it hit #62 in the entire Kindle Store, #1 in the Nook Indie Store and #6 overall in the Nook Store, plus #1 in numerous categories on both platforms, including Kindle Canada. Log-line:
DA VINCI CODE meets TOMB RAIDER in this international bestselling and multi-award-winning series. #1 NYT bestselling author James Rollins called the first installment, "A book that defines 'page-turner.'" VanOps: The Lost Power has sold approximately 15,000 copies to date. Overall, the three books in the VanOps series have sold almost 23K copies, and continue to sell well. |
Fans of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, Steve Berry, and James Rollins will devour the pages of this instant #1 Barnes and Noble best seller.
THE LOST POWER is the first book in the fast-paced, multi-award-winning VanOps thriller series. If you enjoy smart edge-of-your-seat suspense, you'll stay up late turning the pages of Avanti Centrae's high-stakes novel.
THE LOST POWER is the first book in the fast-paced, multi-award-winning VanOps thriller series. If you enjoy smart edge-of-your-seat suspense, you'll stay up late turning the pages of Avanti Centrae's high-stakes novel.
Description:
Spain 1057: During a thunderous battle, the first King of Aragon wrestles Alexander the Great's priceless Egyptian weapon from the Moors, but finds it holds a terrifying and mysterious power.
Nearly a thousand years later, on a fog-shrouded Napa Valley morning, gunshots and the clatter of breaking glass rip through the silence. Maddy Marshall, an app designer with special martial-arts abilities, and her twin brother, Will Argones, quickly run toward the sound. Horrified, they discover a sniper has cut down two members of their family.
Before the pool of blood on the living room floor is dry, their father sends the twins on a dangerous quest to recover Alexander's ancient weapon. Joined by a broad-shouldered friend who harbors a secret alliance with VanOps, an ultra-black covert agency, they soon discover the lethal sniper is from Russia.
They follow time-worn clues from a medieval Spanish castle to a lost warren under the streets of Jerusalem, racing to unlock the secrets that will lead them to an arcane power--before a hostile state seizes the power and cripples the United States.
To survive, they must go undercover and off-grid. No place is safe, a wrong move means death, and even a simple phone call is off limits. Because now, the sniper has his sights set on them.
Spain 1057: During a thunderous battle, the first King of Aragon wrestles Alexander the Great's priceless Egyptian weapon from the Moors, but finds it holds a terrifying and mysterious power.
Nearly a thousand years later, on a fog-shrouded Napa Valley morning, gunshots and the clatter of breaking glass rip through the silence. Maddy Marshall, an app designer with special martial-arts abilities, and her twin brother, Will Argones, quickly run toward the sound. Horrified, they discover a sniper has cut down two members of their family.
Before the pool of blood on the living room floor is dry, their father sends the twins on a dangerous quest to recover Alexander's ancient weapon. Joined by a broad-shouldered friend who harbors a secret alliance with VanOps, an ultra-black covert agency, they soon discover the lethal sniper is from Russia.
They follow time-worn clues from a medieval Spanish castle to a lost warren under the streets of Jerusalem, racing to unlock the secrets that will lead them to an arcane power--before a hostile state seizes the power and cripples the United States.
To survive, they must go undercover and off-grid. No place is safe, a wrong move means death, and even a simple phone call is off limits. Because now, the sniper has his sights set on them.
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Avanti Centrae, nine-time award-winning author of the international bestselling VanOps thriller series
#1 Barnes & Noble Bestseller - Espionage/Intrigue, Suspense, Action Thrillers, Action & Adventure
#1 Amazon Canada Bestseller – Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue, Spy Thrillers, Technothrillers
#1 Amazon US Bestseller – Ancient Historical Fiction, Espionage Thrillers, Occult Suspense, Women’s Adventure Fiction, Technothrillers
Intrigue. History. Science. Mystery.
Review:
"Avanti Centrae's VanOps: The Lost Power opens a tantalizing new series that combines historical mystery and cutting-edge science into a masterwork of international intrigue--with the promise of more to follow. Written with a dynamic, cinematic style and full of action and suspense, here's a book that defines page-turner. Don't miss this riveting debut!" ~ James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author
#1 Barnes & Noble Bestseller - Espionage/Intrigue, Suspense, Action Thrillers, Action & Adventure
#1 Amazon Canada Bestseller – Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue, Spy Thrillers, Technothrillers
#1 Amazon US Bestseller – Ancient Historical Fiction, Espionage Thrillers, Occult Suspense, Women’s Adventure Fiction, Technothrillers
Intrigue. History. Science. Mystery.
Review:
"Avanti Centrae's VanOps: The Lost Power opens a tantalizing new series that combines historical mystery and cutting-edge science into a masterwork of international intrigue--with the promise of more to follow. Written with a dynamic, cinematic style and full of action and suspense, here's a book that defines page-turner. Don't miss this riveting debut!" ~ James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author
Awards:
- The Lost Power (VanOps #1):
- Genre Grand Prize blue ribbon winner, Chanticleer International Book Awards
- Honorable Mention winner, Hollywood Book Festival
- Bronze Medal winner at the Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Solstice Shadows (VanOps #2) won:
- Genre Grand Prize Winner - Global Thriller Awards, Chanticleer International Book Awards
- Bronze Medal Winner in Adventure, Readers' Favorite Awards
The Doomsday Medallion (VanOps #3) won:
- Honorable Mention, Southern California Book Awards
- Thriller Finalist, Book Excellence Awards
- Global Thriller Finalist, upcoming Chanticleer International Book Awards
A forthcoming standalone, Cleopatra's Vendetta won:
- Global Thriller First Place Winner, Chanticleer International Book Awards
- Runner Up, Paris Book Festival
Film/TV Rights Available
- Contact: Jane Ubell-Meyer