James M. Corkill
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Bestselling and award-winning author James M. Corkill is a Veteran and retired Federal Firefighter from Washington State, USA. He was an electronic technician and studied mechanical engineering in his spare time before eventually becoming a firefighter for 32 years and retiring. He began writing in 1997, and was fortunate to meet the famous horror writer, Hugh B. Cave, who became his mentor. He now lives in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina.
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Dead Energy: The Alex Cave Series, Book 1
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Science Fiction, action adventure, literary fiction, climate fiction, echo thriller
Oil supplies begin to mysteriously vanish without a trace! When his wife was murdered during a mission, Alex Cave quit the CIA for a less stressful life as a geology instructor. At least, that was his plan. While on vacation sailing the waters of the Puget Sound, Alex sees a brilliant flash of light from an oil tanker and changes course to help. He discovers there was no explosion, no one on board, and the oil has mysteriously vanished without a trace. The bodies of the missing crew are found 100-miles away in the snow on Mount Baker, but there are no footprints leading in or out of the area. Alex’s only clue is a dollar-size crystal found in the hold of an empty oil tanker, which under a high-powered microscope, appears to be alive. The Reverend Menno Simons, an environmental fanatic, leads his followers on a crusade to rid the world of crude oil. Civilization descends into chaos when the lack of fuel keeps basic necessities from reaching the inner cities, pitting human against human in a desperate attempt to survive the madness spreading across the planet. In the United States, a crazy militia group surfaces, who at first offer military-type protection to those who come to their compound, and Harold Wooley, a sniveling coward with a domineering wife, thinks he can save his family from a world-gone-mad by joining the radical civilian army. But as the group undergoes a drastic change in command, things get out of control when their new leader kills without compunction, and Harold must dig deep inside his soul if he is to discover the courage to save his family from their living nightmare. How can Alex find a way to stop Menno and his followers before civilization reaches total collapse? Find out by grabbing your copy today! Sample Dead Energy
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Cold Energy: The Alex Cave Series, Book 2
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Science Fiction, action adventure, literary fiction, climate fiction, echo thriller
Another race of humans once lived here on earth, leaving behind powerful technology that could cause our extinction! Sudden freezing temperatures cause weather patterns to change for the worse and threaten a catastrophe that will affect the entire world. Geologist Alex Cave leads a small band of volunteers on the high-tech research vessel named the Mystic in a desperate attempt to remedy the situation before civilization faces ecological disaster, but members of the group have their own agenda, seeking wealth and fame through murder and seduction. Captain John Dieter’s greed blinds him to the suffering caused by the disastrous weather conditions, and he enlists the help of modern day pirates to capture the Mystic and take it to an unknown island in the Bering Sea, the supposed location of a vast horde of stolen treasure. Alex begins a desperate race to find the Mystic, the only ship capable of finding the powerful alien artifact causing the sudden freezing temperatures. If he fails, life as we know it will be gone forever. How can Alex stop the world from entering a new Ice age? Find out by grabbing your copy today! Sample Cold Energy
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Red Energy: The Alex Cave Series, Book 3
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Science Fiction, action adventure, literary fiction, climate fiction, echo thriller
Going back in time to change the future doesn’t work if you can’t remember what to do! Geologist Alex Cave discovers a piece of the alien technology on one of the Aleutian Islands, but before he can take it to a safe location, it is stolen and taken to COBRA, a private top-secret research facility south of Yellowstone National Park, but the scientists have no idea what they’re dealing with. When the experiment goes horribly wrong, Alex’s loved ones are put in harm’s way and he begins a desperate race to save them before the Super Volcano erupts. When his attempt fails, Alex is given a chance to go back in time to try to change the outcome, but there is a catch. He will not remember what he needs to do, and if he fails, every living thing on the planet will die. How can Alex find a way to save his family and civilization from extinction? Find out by grabbing your copy today! Sample Red Energy
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Gravity: The Alex Cave Series, Book 4
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Science Fiction, action adventure, literary fiction, climate fiction, echo thrillerAn artificial gravity device begins dragging the moon from orbit!
Geologist Alex Cave receives an urgent message about an unusual geologic event in Iceland, when giant globules of molten rock begin floating up out of an ancient glacier. Alex and his friend Okana descend deep into the lava tube of a dormant volcano and discover a million year old alien artifact of incredible power, but before he can take it to a safe location, it is stolen by Janice Sloan, a ruthless woman dealing in stolen advanced technology. When she turns it on, the device begins changing the orbit of the moon and dragging satellites from the sky, but it won’t shut down. Alex begins a desperate race to find the artifact while dealing with his live-in girlfriend, Fala, who thinks he’s just an adventure junkie, leaving her and her 10-year old daughter on the spur of the moment without any explanation or concern for her feelings. Because of the clandestine nature of the operation, it’s ripping his heart out that he can’t tell her he is on a top-secret mission to save the lives of everyone on the planet. Alex learns that even if he finds the artifact, he needs a key taken by Sloan to shut it down, but she is determined to acquire a vast sum of money for her efforts. She kidnaps Fala and her daughter as leverage to keep Alex from pursuing her, and will contact him in two weeks with instructions on where to transfer ten-million dollars into a numbered account in exchange for his family and the key. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, a massive emerald asteroid with a core of solid gold is on a collision course with Earth and will impact in six-days. In order to change its trajectory, he needs the artifact and the key, but he’s running out of time to find Sloan and his family. How can Alex find a way to save humanity from extinction? Find out by grabbing your copy today! Sample Gravity
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Pandora's Eyes: The Alex Cave Series, Book 5
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Science Fiction
The color of your eyes will determine if you live, or die! Geologist Alex Cave had discovered four alien artifacts that seemed designed to destroy all life on our planet. He thought they were locked up at a top-secret facility, away from unscrupulous industrialists and scientists, but two of the devices have gone missing, and one of them is in orbit over our planet. John Essex had good intentions when he modified one of the stolen artifacts to collect and recycle the orbiting space debris, but when he turns it on, the signal is detected from deep inside the Earth by a powerful artificial intelligence, who claims ownership of our world for its genetically superior race of humans, who have been in stasis for millions of years. The artificial intelligence wakes one of its beautiful women named Pandora and takes control of her mind and body, and demands that we voluntarily kill everyone on our planet with brown eyes or the A.I. will destroy our entire race to keep us from contaminating its people. When world representatives refuse her demands, Alex is unknowingly infected with an alien virus, which only kills people with brown eyes, and is rapidly spreading across the planet. Alex makes a desperate attempt to convince the beautiful Pandora to help save his race from annihilation, but she is still under the control of the artificial intelligence, and she won’t change her mind. How can Alex find a way out of this no-win situation? Find out by grabbing your copy today! Sample Pandora's Eyes
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DNA: The Alex Cave Series, Book 6
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Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
Your genes and social media postings will determine if you live or die! Ex-CIA operative and geophysicist Alex Cave meets an archaeologist named Mya Austin, who tells him about a recently discovered prophecy in an ancient cave drawing belonging to the Sioux Nation. The legend tells of two human visitors named Vesta and Paul who stepped out of a massive stone, which suddenly appeared above the cave. They left a man and a woman behind before stepping back into the stone and it vanished. Mya tells Alex the legend also predicts that the visitors will return in exactly twenty-five hundred years, but he doesn’t pay much attention until she informs him she has evidence the visitors will reappear sometime this year. Alex is intrigued, but declines Mya’s offer to visit the dig site because of a pressing family issue. A rift had formed between him and his nephew, and it was like a dagger through his heart. Geneticist Zane Simon’s amazing discovery will save the lives of a select number of humans here on earth, but there is no hope for the other seven billion. Alex and his family are among the lucky few, but he is torn between joining the chosen ones, or doing what he does best and try to avert an apocalyptic disaster. The odds of success are small and the choice almost too much to bear, yet there is no real alternative. What should he do? Find out by grabbing your copy today! Sample DNA
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Parallel
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Action, Adventure
Some experiments should not be attempted, in this science fiction mystery. Geophysicist Alex Cave discovers an ancient alien laboratory under the Northern Pacific Ocean and manages to get inside, but he’s tricked into entering one of the experiments and enters an alternate reality, where society never went through the dark ages and devoted their lives to knowledge and science. People live long and happy lives and it seems an ideal way of life, until he learns the secret of their longevity and wants no part of it. Things go from bad to worse when he discovers one part of this society is going to extremes to save the minds of the geniuses who make their lives worth living, whether they like it or not. To add to his desperation, this reality is like a magnet to his physiology, and is slowly draining his energy. He begins a desperate quest to get back to his reality, breaking hearts and making enemies of his friends in the process, but he has no choice. If he doesn’t get home, he’ll die. A fantastic ride, with thrilling scenarios, exhilarating situations, and nail-biting suspense by this bestselling and award winning author. Find out what happens by grabbing your copy now! Sample Parallel
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