Novels by R.J. Archer

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As Tractrix opens, aerospace engineer and recent widower Frank Morton is collecting an $86 million lottery jackpot. Coincidently, an old Viet Nam buddy shows up with a mysterious black sphere inscribed with what appear to be Maya hieroglyphics. Intrigued, Frank convinces his buddy and two other friends, an anthropologist and a newspaper researcher, to help him investigate the origin and purpose of the sphere. The search leads Frank and friends on a journey from Seattle to the secret military installations of Nevada and on to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Along the way, they attract the unwanted attention of government agents, Mexican Federales and an ancient Maya priest. They also stumble across a three thousand year old secret that suggests a possible link between the shamans of Mesoamerica and a race of alien explorers.

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In the SciFi adventure series dubbed "Seeds Of Civilization," a Seattle aerospace engineer and his team investigate several of archeology's real unsolved mysteries and get closer to the truth-one that is truly "out of this world!" In this sequel to Tractrix, author R.J. Archer delves into the secrets of the Yonaguni Monument off southern Japan.

Tsubute: In the maiden voyage of the team's newly acquired Learjet, the NWIDI adventurers travel to southern Japan to investigate an underwater pyramid off the coast of Yonaguni. After a dramatic landing in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and a run-in with Department of Justice agents in Tokyo, they finally reach Yonaguni and soon find themselves involved in a case of murder and international kidnapping. In an effort to solve the murder and clear their own names, they uncover a dark secret hidden on the tiny island for more than 10,000 years.

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As a result of their incredible — but unintentional — discoveries in Mexico and Japan, the NWIDI team has become an unofficial resource for certain government agencies. A call from "the highest levels" sends them back to Mexico to investigate the nature and origin of sunken megalithic structures discovered just off the western tip of Cuba. More than 2,100 feet below the surface, the site gives up secrets from the ancient past as well as the days of the Cold War but the team's exploration is cut short by a Cuban gunboat.

Following a mysterious underwater anomaly, the team soon finds itself in the Bahamas, well inside the boundaries of the infamous Bermuda Triangle and surrounded by a growing body of evidence which suggests that an alien interference with Earth's civilizations might not be limited to the past. In this startling conclusion to the Seeds of Civilization series, one of the NWIDI team members embarks on a quest for the truth that could affect the future of all mankind.

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From their secret laboratory, scientists work to protect alien artifacts from powerful international terrorists.From the author of the Seeds Of Civilization series-comes THE SCIENTISTS-first in a four-book series called Parallel Ops...featuring Jim Barnes, one of your favorite characters from the previous series.

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Immediately after their marriage in May of 2002, Linda (McBride) Reyes and Javier Reyes learn that their lives are being threatened by an unidentified group. They flee to Mexico's southern Baja Peninsula where they start a new life with assumed names. As we join them in La Paz five years later, they are about to make an accidental discovery that will change their lives forever.

Linda, Javier and friend Carlos search by land, sea and air for the source of coded messages that are so shocking they must be shared with the world. Meanwhile, far away in the Bahamas, newspaper reporter Alan Larsen uncovers more mysteries than he bargained for when he searches Andros Island for clues about the disappearance of Linda's former boss, Frank Morton.

About the series:

The Informants is part of a four-book set. The first three each follow a different character through the same exact period of time. Although they are set in remotely distant geographic locations, each of the three story lines intersects with the others, creating a unique reading experience. Read them one at a time, in the normal fashion, or read them in parallel-chapter 1 of each book, then chapter 2 of each book, and so forth.

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From their floating base in the Caribbean, a multi-national team seeks to protect a secret hidden deep beneath the sea.
Third in a four-book series called Parallel Ops, The Guardians features Tony Nicoletti, a favorite from the previous series, Seeds Of Civilization.

After flying to Cancun to attend the wedding of his friends, Linda and Javier, Tony vanished for more than five years but now he's back and he's fighting mad! Yes, the free-wheeling, act-first and think-later Tony Nicoletti that you came to love in the Seeds of Civilization series is back and he's on a mission. For more than five years, Tony Nicoletti was held captive in a secret underground complex. Now he's free and on a quest to protect a mysterious underwater secret while at the same time seeking to destroy those who imprisoned him. After escaping captivity in Cancun, Tony Nicoletti finds himself on the doorstep of a bar along the Belize City waterfront. Befriended by a barmaid and a retired American, his journey takes him across the Caribbean and into the deepest danger of all.

Synopsis
The Teachers is the fourth and final novel in the Parallel Ops series. Sequestered in an underground bunker for their own protection, the NWIDI team's four amateur investigators — joined by a husband-and-wife flight crew, a four-year-old child and a dog-are tasked by the President to serve as the first U.S. emissaries to make contact with an alien intelligence. Meanwhile, an international super-cartel known only as the Six is dedicated to furthering their own interests by preventing any alien alliance. The leader of the Six is also obsessed with eliminating the entire NWIDI team at any cost. Making contact with the Teachers is the last hope to save humanity from self-destruction. Will mankind learn before time runs out...again?