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.
Lost Legion TOP
(92,000 words/Published 2011)
#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.
Silent Killer TOP
(61,000 words/Published 2011)
#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.
Stalker TOP
(Published May 2012)
#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.
Coming from Whiskey Creek Press
Alaskan Dutchman TOP
(Coming September 2012)
#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 a table in pools of blood. While investigating the crime scene, he finds hidden under the base of the prospector’s fireplace several hundred thousand dollars in gold nuggets the killers missed. Rumors fly that the prospector had found the Dutchman, a mine of myth, legend and a curse. Over the last hundred years, men have died trying to find the mine. If they found it, the curse would kill them and the mine would be lost again. Bennett’s killers are closing on the mine’s location and as Sable follows the clues, they lead him closer to the killers and mortal danger.
Deadly Rites TOP
(Coming November 2012)
#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. Sable must sort out the suspects and clues to find the killer.
Current Novels Unpublished
Frozen Treasure TOP
(Coming Spring 2013)
#10. When Montezuma saw the Spanish coming, he sent an army of warriors with most of his treasure north to the home of their ancestors (Alaska). An archeology professor, Edward Stone, and a friend stumble onto Aztec tablets that have the potential to lead to vast treasure. They pay for it with their lives. Sable and his team are assigned the case, which becomes dangerous immediately. Sable finds corrupt elements of the Mexican government who will use any method to get to the gold first, killing anyone in their path. Sable and his team must bend the law by using extraordinary measures to stop the killers.
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.
Current Projects
Iditarod Killer TOP
(outline)
A multi-millionaire has upped the winner’s prize for this year’s race to $5 million. Last years champion is the first to die along with all his dogs.
Innocent TOP
(outline)
An innocent man has been released from prison. He was cleared by DNA evidence and Sable was the trooper who investigated the case. One by one the original suspects in the case are being murdered. Is the innocent man now killing the suspects? Will he come after Sable to exact revenge?
Rampage TOP
(outline)
An eco-terrorist is killing trappers and furriers throughout Alaska.
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.
AVAILABLE in Anchorage, Alaska at
Cook Inlet Books,
C&M Books, and
MetroCenter Books.
C&M Books, and
MetroCenter Books.
They also can be ordered through any online bookseller:
Buy Books on the Web
(www.BuyBooksontheWeb.com)
(toll free) 1-877-buy-book
Barnes and Noble
(www.BarnesAndNoble.com)
Amazon books
(www.Amazon.com)
The Cook Inlet Book Company
(www.CookInlet.com)
415 W. 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK
Whiskey Creek Press
(www.WhiskeyCreekPress.com)
PO Box 51052, Casper, WY 82605-1052
FictionWise
(www.FictionWise.com)
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b125919/?si=0
Recent Anchorage Daily News reviews:
Dark Project - Oct 20, 2002
Press Releases:
| The Author: A longtime Alaska resident with a Native American-Finnish heritage, Sean E. Thomas graduated in 1970 from Alaska Methodist 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, working with missiles and laser weapon systems. He later went into federal service, working in different endeavors, and retired in 2006. He published four novels between 2002 and 2003. After recovering from congestive heart failure, he started writing again. His three newest novels are being published fall 2011 through spring 2012. An avid boater, he has been a Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteer for more than 35 years, teaching boating safety and supporting search and rescue programs. Member: Sisters in Crime (SinC), Pacific Northwest Writers Assoc, Alaska Professional Communicators, National Federation of Presswomen (NFPW), Alaska 49 Writers, Association of Alaskan Writers and Alaska Writers Guild. |
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