Alaskan Mysteries
by
Sean E. Thomas
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Published Novels
Dark Project TOP BUY
(63,000 words/published 2002)
#1. As Alaska State Trooper Robert Sable investigates the strange disappearance of six scientists from Fort Greely, he discovers a secret Army project. Scientists have gathered under the leadership of a ruthless general, Charles Dean, to create the ultimate soldier. During a catastrophe, an experimental virus escapes from the project. Thinking the virus is deadly, Dean tracks a scientist exposed to the virus to a local Tlingit village. To contain the virus and protect his secrets, Dean decides to destroy the village and all its inhabitants. Sable must find a way to save the Indians and bring the general to justice.
Dark Soul TOP BUY
(69,000 words/published 2002)
#2. Alaska State Trooper Robert Sable, a man with a troubled past, watched his wife and son die at the hands of his enemies. He has one mission in life, and that is to even the score. When his investigation gets him into trouble with the troopers, his chief assigns him to a Fish and Game stakeout in the Alaskan wilderness. Intent on stopping the mob boss responsible for the hit on his family, Sable invites his enemy for a final confrontation. When the meeting goes wrong, Sable must run for his life with the mob close behind.
Dark Shaman TOP BUY
(68,000 words/published 2003)
#3. Most Alaskans have heard rumors of powerful ancient shamans. Dark Shaman turns that legend into a fast-paced murder mystery in which Tlingit Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Robert Sable, along with help from the FBI, investigates the ritualistic deaths of school children. Rumors hint to an absurd idea that the children were slaughtered by Auktelchnik, a powerful evil shaman who has been somehow resurrected. As more bodies turn up, Sable and his partners try to find the connections between the victims and their killer by interrogating local rapists, pedophiles and sexual deviants. Now someone is killing off the suspects one by one. Is this a new killer, an irate parent or someone else? Along the way, Sable encounters a bevy of nasty characters who could only be found in Alaska.
Dark Gold TOP BUY
(71,200 words/mystery/published 2002)
#4. Two bodies are found in Prince William Sound -- a frozen one wearing a WWII pilot’s uniform, another killed within the last few days. The plane carried a shipment of gold lost during the war. Tlingit Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Robert Sable follows the clues as the body count rises, and he finds death awaits anyone with knowledge of the shipment. One by one, the clues lead Sable closer to the killer and the gold.
Coming Soon
Lost Legion TOP
(92,000 words/330 manuscript pages/complete)
#5. Pulled from his honeymoon, Tlingit Alaska State Trooper Robert Sable investigates the murders of the governor’s brother and the brother’s friends. Clutched in the dead men’s hands are gold coins imprinted with the likeness of Augustus Caesar. As Sable follows the clues, he realizes a myth Roman soldiers settled in Alaska more than 2,000 years ago may be true. Closing in, he comes face to face with the architect of the murders, a village chieftain who is a descendent of the Romans. The descendents have set into motion a plot to take over the halls of power in Washington, D.C. Even the current Alaskan governor unknowingly is being used as a pawn to achieve this aim. It is up to Sable to foil the plot and put the chief and his fellow conspirators behind bars.
Stalker TOP
(64,800 words/294 manuscript pages/complete)
#6. More dangerous than Theodore Bundy and Robert Hansen combined, a serial killer calling himself Anubis stalks the cities and highways of Alaska. This killer leaves no fingerprints, fibers or DNA. He hides behind numerous stolen identities. Now, the stalker has murdered a Seattle police detective. Alaska State Trooper Robert Sable and his team must find the killer before he strikes again.
Silent Killer TOP
(61,000 words/Complete/Out to Agents)
#7. Bodies are piling up for the class of 2000 and their families. So far all deaths have been ruled accidental. But someone is exacting revenge for bullying and verbal abuse. The killer leaves minimal evidence only a smiley face with the number 2000. Sable only discovers the trend by accident. Since Sable’s wife is a 2000 graduate, she may be next on the killer’s list. Sable must catch the killer before he strikes again.
Alaskan Dutchman TOP
(30,000 words/139 manuscript pages/in progress)
#8. A prospector’s body is found near the railroad tracks south of Fairbanks. At the miner’s cabin, Tlingit Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Robert Sable finds two bodies slumped over pools of blood. While investigating the deaths, he finds hidden under the base of the prospector’s fireplace several hundred thousand dollars in gold nuggets the killers missed. The rumors say the prospector had found the Dutchman, a mine of myth and legend. Over the last hundred years, men have search and died trying to find it with little success. If they found, it the curse would kill them and the mine would be lost again. Now it seems the killers are closing on the mine’s location. As Sable follows the clues, they lead him closer to the killers and mortal danger.
Upcoming Novels
Last Rites TOP
(in progress)
#9. Priests are being crucified on inverted crosses in Alaskan churches. On the surface, it appears priests are killing priests. As Sergeant Robert Sable starts his investigation, he finds a similar trend across the lower 48 states heading straight for Alaska. It seems that Alaska now has another serial killer. In his path of destruction, a number of priests, blamed for the crime at their church are on death row or in prison in other states. Sable must sort out the clues and find the killer before he strikes again.
Aztec Gold TOP
(project outline)
#10. Over the centuries, Spanish explorers secretly searched for Montezuma’s treasure even bringing them to the shores of Alaska. When Montezuma saw the Spanish coming, he sent an army of warriors with his gold north to the home of their ancestors. One unlucky prospector stumbled on the treasure and has paid for it with his life. Stuffed in the man’s pockets are Aztec coins and around his neck is a necklace of solid gold, encrusted with emeralds and rubies—a necklace prized by Montezuma himself. Sable must unravel the clues to find the killer before more die.
Conspiracy TOP
(12,000 words/in progress)
#11. A retired Army colonel and disgruntled gubernatorial candidate rounds up men from his old Nike Hercules unit, plans to seize control of Alaska and secede from the United States. Alaska State Trooper Robert Sable and his team investigate several bodies on a cargo ship, apparently killed by Sarin gas. On the ship, Sable discovers a hatch from a Nike Hercules missile. As Sable uncovers the plot, he and his team must capture the perpetrators and seize the missiles before the plan is set into action.
Movie Projects
Tlingit Gold TOP
(movie script completed/17,000 words/123 pages)
This script is based on the novel Dark Gold. It is currently under review by a creative writing professor.
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Recent Anchorage Daily News reviews:
Dark Project - Oct 20 2002
Press Releases:
| The Author: A longtime Alaska resident with a Native American heritage, Sean E. Thomas (S E. Thomas) graduated in 1970 from Alaska Methodist University (now Alaska Pacific University) with a bachelor of arts in chemistry. He attended graduate school at the University of Idaho for two years studying organic chemistry, then served eight years as an Army officer. He later went into federal service working in many different endeavors and retired 2006. He published four novels between 2002 and 2003. An avid boater, he has been a Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteer for more than 33 years teaching boating safety and supporting search and rescue programs. |
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