Bøker av William Nikkel

"William Nikkel's CAVE DWELLER has everything I love: ripping adventure, buried mysteries, and intrigue that spans centuries. Written in a fantastic cinematic style, I read this book in one sitting. Great story, great adventure, great new writer!"-James Rollins, New York Times Bestselling Author December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor: Five Japanese two-man mini-subs speed toward the mouth of the harbor. Four mini-subs are sunk or captured. The fate of the fifth sub, I-16, is unknown. Late at night, nearly three quarters of a century later: Marine biologist Jack Ferrell sails into a mysterious fog off of Kauai's Na Pali coast. Dense fog banks don't form in Hawaii . . . or so he thought. They certainly don't glow in the dark. Concealed within the mist is the sloop Julie Ann floundering in a rogue remnant of drift net. A young woman's scream pierces the damp air, and he rushes to her rescue. The next morning, Jack dives to check the damage done to the reef by the net and discovers a sunken WWII Japanese mini-sub and the answer to a Pearl Harbor enigma: the fate of I-16. But in a depression in the coral, lies a greater mystery: a human skull the size of a grapefruit. Through a colleague, he learns the skull is from an extinct species of child-sized human being that lived 12,000 years ago on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. But this skull is no 12,000-year-old fossil. In search of answers, Jack, the woman from the Julie Ann, two close friends, and a select team of scientists plunge into a subterranean world deep within the rugged mountains of the mystical Na Pali coast. And what should have been a routine scientific excursion becomes a deadly encounter with the unknown and a race against time when the expedition battles the elements, personal fears, and even one of their own to unearth the key to the origin of the skull and the surprising truth behind one of Hawaii's famous legends: The Menehune.

Marine biologist Jack Ferrell is in Guyana, South America conducting research into an increase in shark attacks when he witnesses a man violently assault a beautiful woman. He rushes to her rescue and afterwards discovers the woman is a part of an international research team analyzing water samples at the request of the government. The only explanation for the woman's attempted murder is that the person behind the attack doesn't want the research team to expose the source of the deadly toxins killing the Mazaruni River. Jack is quick to discover the shark attacks and the water pollution are connected. And when his two close friends join him expecting a leisure holiday, the three of them are immediately drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game as they race against time to stop the man behind the poisonous tide. A pursuit that takes them deep into the Guyanese jungle where a modern-day gold rush is destroying the rainforest and men kill for the riches buried there.

Kealakekua Bay, the Big Island of Hawaii, February 1779 Enraged warriors attack. Ten minutes later, Captain Cook lay dead on the beach, his body hacked to pieces. His attempt to ransom King Kalaniopuu for the return of a boat stolen by the natives for its iron has cost the renowned explorer his life. One week later, Cook's remains are buried at sea. His spinal column, ribs, sword, and uniform were never recovered. South of Necker Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Present day A tiger shark attacks. Marine biologist Jack Ferrell plunges his dive knife into a coal-black eye. That afternoon, a floatplane lands next to the NOAA research vessel Albatross. Jack's friend Robert Foster has come at the desperate request of Jack's former girlfriend, Katie McIntyre. Her grandfather is dying, and it's imperative he talks to Jack. Katie's grandfather Charles tells Jack an incredible tale about Hawaiian antiquities-including the bones of King Kalaniopuu and the final remains of Captain Cook-stolen by a soldier during WW II and lost inside a lava tube on the island of Kahoolawe. A story Charles McIntyre dismissed until Coleman Treadway-a ruthless antiquities dealer claiming to be the soldier's grandson-showed up asking questions. Now Katie's grandfather wants Jack to find the relics and return them to the Hawaiian people before Treadway can get his hands on them. Jack's promise to fulfill the old man's dying request propels him, Katie, and Robert into a deadly race for the treasure, but it's no easy task. Not only is Treadway willing to kill to satisfy his insatiable greed, but Kahoolawe is a restricted island littered with unexploded ordnance and home to Jack's most dreaded foe of all, the legendary ghost marcher of the night.

Jack Ferrell clutches a cryptic e-mail his brother Deacon sent days earlier when he wrote of treasure hunting and buried gold. Now Deacon's missing. And the authorities won't get involved. For Jack, a single objective remains. Find his brother. Deacon's trail leads Jack to the Historical California gold-rush town of Angels Camp. There he talks to Al Brink, a local drunk Deacon mentioned in his notes. Al tells Jack a story he told Deacon-a wild-west tale about a stagecoach robbery committed on the road outside of town in 1862 in which the legendary bandit Joaquin Murrieta and his gang of killers made off with three hundred pounds of gold bars destined for the San Francisco mint. Gold that Murrieta allegedly hid in the nearby mountains during his getaway. An interesting wild-west yarn and one Jack would've believed if not for the historical fact Joaquin Murrieta was killed in 1853 by Captain Love of the California Rangers, his head placed in a jar of brandy and put on display in San Francisco. But Al swears history got it wrong-Murrieta was alive to commit the robbery in 1862, and that Deacon believed it as well. Find the gold, find Deacon. Jack sets out to retrace the fabled bandit's footsteps. Then he meets Theresa Montero, Murrieta's great, great, great granddaughter. The two of them join forces, and with the aid of valuable clues provided by Ms. Montero's family bible, they embark on a quest for the gold.For Jack, it's to find his brother. For Theresa, it's to set history straight.

In 1945, a B-17 bomber takes off from an airfield in the Philippines and disappears in a storm. The plane's cargo, a gift to General Douglas MacArthur from the newly appointed president of the Philippine Commonwealth. Nearly seventy-five years later, Jack Ferrell is sailing in the Kaiwi Channel between Molokai and Oahu when he rescues Allison Hunter who'd been pushed overboard by her husband and left to drown. He takes her ashore at the Ala Wai Boat Harbor in Waikiki, reluctant to get involved. She's not his problem to fix. Or is she? When his boat explodes under suspicious circumstances and she's killed, the situation turns personal.He sets out to settle the score. An act of vengeance that reunites him with the beguiling and mysterious Cherise Venetta. Through her, he learns the surprising truth behind her reason for being on Oahu. Including the possible location of a gold-plated Thompson sub-machine gun that disappeared on a flight to Pearl Harbor. The stakes have been raised. Working together, he and Cherise become embroiled in a plot to bring down a major drug trafficker. A deadly trail that re-enforces what he already knows. When he's on the edge, he's completely alive.

"Great story, great adventure, great new writer!"-James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of "Blood Line" The Discovery of WWII West Point Class Ring Leads to Sex, Murder and Revenge Jack Ferrell is engaged to a rich drop-dead gorgeous blonde Ellery Seaport and living rent-free in the guest cottage at her parent's house on Maui. Most men would consider him one of the luckiest guys alive. But is he? Free diving on a reef off the south coast of Maui, Jack spies something small and round-like a golden eye gleaming at him from the coral-and makes a grab for it. Back aboard his Zodiac, he discovers he's found a 1941 West Point class ring with the initials C. W. M. inscribed on inside of the band. While struggling with his failing relationship and his new job working for his fiancée's father, an unscrupulous developer, Jack sets out to find the soldier who lost the ring-a quest that leads him to Charles William McIntyre. But it's not until he gets a phone call from McIntyre's twenty-seven-year-old granddaughter Katie that he learns the ring's secret. "This proves my dad was telling the truth," she says. "He didn't kill my mother." The ring is evidence needed to support her father's alibi, and Jack's statement is crucial. To help secure her father's release from prison, he joins Katie in Henderson, Nevada where she lives. But it's not that easy. Someone is willing to kill to keep her father behind bars. As Jack and Katie race to stay a step ahead of the killer, they put their lives on the line to discover the identity of the man responsible for her mother's murder and the truth behind her death. "I must say that William Nikkel knows how to draw you into his story and hold you there..."-Gary Braver, bestselling author of "Tunnel Vision"

"The tension ratchets up degree by degree in this smart and cleverly told adventure. William Nikkel definitely knows how to kick butt and take names. He's a gifted storyteller."-Steve Berry, New York Times Bestselling Author Jack Ferrell never expected to hook a body. When he embarks on a mission to catch and tag a great white plaguing Hawaiian fisherman, he is put to the test, physically and emotionally, in his most challenging adventure yet as he plunges into the treacherous water off the coast of Lanai in an area known as Shipwreck Beach. A mission that reunites him with a former lover, Dana Mores. As they head toward disaster, an unfortunate turn of events leaves Jack and his friends marked for death with "Shipwreck" exploding into one of the most dangerous and suspenseful adventures of his career. One that marks a major turning point in his life and leaves him a different kind of man. " 'Shipwreck' is the perfect blend of mystery and adventure. An engaging, fast-paced thriller with a fascinating and fun hero."-Allison Brennan, New York Times Bestselling Author of "Poisonous"

Jack Ferrell is spending time at Lake Tahoe. All he wants is a break from Hawaii to put Dana Mores death behind him. But a twenty-dollar gold piece, thrust into his hand by a dying man draws him into the enigma surrounding the coin. But he's not prepared to stick around. Then his brother Deacon asks him to help a lady friend out of a jam. A brief interlude of indiscretion has left pretty, dark-haired, Melissa Martinelli the victim of blackmail. He's ready to turn the fake coin over to law enforcement, bring about a quick end to the blackmail scheme, and return to Hawaii when he discovers a clue leading to a century-and-a-half old cache of stolen gold. A trail that entangles him in a web of violence and death in the seedy world of coin fraud, blackmail, and lost treasure. Making him the target of a vengeance-driven man named Ryan Chambers who wants the gold, and Jack's head on a platter. But nobody wants that more than Chambers' nephew, Paul Davidson.