Jerry Ahern

The history of the world has been changed by evil more often than by good. Evil does not always come straight at you; evil is a coward that insinuates itself around the truth, around courage and even around reality. That is why we call it evil. John Thomas Rourke and his family and friends have dealt with evil before. But this time, it is strangely different. Not long ago, Atlantis and UFOs and Aliens were legends. Now the legends are not only real but interlinked; inexorably and forever tied to each other. A history we never knew is now a reality we will never forget. One tinged by evil. This time courage alone nor hot lead alone nor cold steel alone can fix the problem. All of the threads of the recent past have now been pulled together, but to what end? Once again, the world is about to change and nothing can stop it. The question now is, can John Thomas Rourke guide his family toward their own survival and into yet another new world?

"There are real demons and real monsters in the world. Human demons and monsters far worse than anything your imagination can create... When evil walks the earth, no one is safe. I stood with John Thomas Rourke when the end of our world... all we knew... the end of all of our dreams came. "I was 'Everyman', nothing special. These are the stories, the tests; tests to find out what kind of man would I become? What would you have done? Would you have survived?" - Paul Rubenstein

1462 A. D., Transylvania: Cursed by Vlad the Impaler to survive unspeakable agony until death overcomes him, he is doomed to awaken to suffer again and again. Madness will do nothing to ease his torment. Only one thing can quench his thirst... Today, America: Madmen control the White House, appointed for life. Sharia Law is becoming the law of the land. Vampires are forced to "come out" after centuries of secrecy, betrayed by one of their own. The military is stretched beyond its limits fighting unwinnable battles on foreign soil, slowly replaced by blood sucking soldiers here at home. Dissent in America is not tolerated; those who speak out are punished or eliminated. A war rages between two factions of vampires. One side wants peace. The other side wants nothing less than complete domination of the United States. The government, all the way to the Oval Office, consists of highly placed undead politicians. Their followers, living and undead, continue to grow in number. They cannot be stopped. A vampire shouldering the heavy burden of protecting "The Cousinry" and a beautiful Thompson-toting gun runner for the Resistance join to expose the lies and treachery of the government of the undead. Forced to run for their lives, their first task is to find the world's oldest living vampire - the creator of them all.

A fire ball destroyed St. Louis, a plane crashed and an odyssey began-almost 670 years ago. Now unholy alliances are set to reshape the world to their view of evil perfection. Corrupt politicians, Neo-Nazis, Aliens, the returned Atlanteans or those thought to be dead for centuries; who is about to finally bring down the human race? Michael thought he could bring about a better future when he became the President of the United States. So far his job has brought the Rourkes nothing but grief. Paul steps into the role of protector for his loved ones but wonders if he's doing enough. Is he doing what his mentor, John Thomas Rourke, would do? Is this quest, one that could mean life if he succeeds or death for his family if he doesn't, he be the last? Has John Thomas Rourke finally been located? If so, can he be rescued in time? A new team, a posse, is formed, known to only a select few. Their goal is simple-SAVE MANKIND

THE ROURKE FAMILY. Were they larger than life survivors from another place in history with superior intellect and skills? Or just normal people who were determined to survive, who were led into the future by John Thomas Rourke, who always believed in planning ahead? Their story has been told before but never by one who fought beside them and dove into the future alongside them. Here is the story of JOHN THOMAS ROURKE. THE SURVIVALIST. THE MAN, told by Paul Rubenstein, a bespectacled, untrained nerd who partnered up with a seasoned professional who had prophesied the end of the world. Together they witnessed the ultimate death and destruction following the Night of the War. Together they helped build a new beginning, a new world, albeit a new world fraught with the same old problems. Paul Rubenstein was the common man: the Everyman. Common man to uncommon hero, this is his story of growth, friendship, valor and courage.

The Rourke saga continues now with Michael Rourke striving to lead America back from the precipice of a liberal agenda toward the formation of a responsible government, accountable to the people. However, he has been painted as a psychological maniac killer and his wife, Natalia, is viewed as an unsuitable First Lady because of her past as a KGB operative. An alien force, The Coalition, is trying to destroy the planet and yet still another alien group is staged, waiting for their chance to take control of Earth's human population. Traitors within the human race have aligned with both sides, and the Rourke family is once again thrust "into the breach." It seems that no matter how far into the future you travel, some things never change, there are just new faces being worn by evil. John Thomas Rourke knows, "It always pays to plan ahead." If he fails, Earth's population has only two futures-extinction or slavery. Which will it be?

World War III left America a toxic wasteland, its proud civilization buried in the poison ruins of nuclear attack. Its spirit all but destroyed, the small tribes of desperate nomads crushed by Soviet conquerors and their troops had little hope for freedom. Until one man dared to challenge the terrible Russian war machine: John Thomas Rourke, ex-CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons expert and warrior, the ultimate Survivalist. Brothers of the Gun After his brilliant attack on the combined forces of the Soviet and Fascist armies outside of Eden, Rourke and the rebels retreated to relative safety in the lush Rift Valley. Or so they thought. Ruthless mercenaries known as Land Pirates attacked them deploying their huge mobile arsenals of mega-particle beam anti-personnel weapons in a bloody surprise raid. Forced to run, Rourke and his troops were surrounded on all sides by hostile armies. The cause of America's freedom seemed doomed forever. But out of the flames of bitter defeat, democracy's greatest warrior rallied to snatch his most decisive victory

IIn the assault on the forces of darkness, can one man survive? The commando raids would be launched simultaneously. Already inside the Soviet Underwater Complex, the US Marines were surfacing, stripping off their environment suits, PV-26 shark guns and 2418 A2 pistols with their thirty-round magazines at the ready. Their commander looked at the dual analog/digital display on his Steinmetz. Under two minutes to go. In the ATV, John Rourke, CIA-trained weapons and survival expert, tensed as they approached the Underground City's outer gate. Beside him was the energy weapon. Up front, driving, Paul closed his fist over the Smith & Wesson Model 681 Magnum. As the guards approached he fired... The final fight was beginning.

The wise-cracking, one-eyed merc captain was just planning a little vacation with his lady, Bess, while she worked up a story on devil cultists and mutilation murders. Then he runs into the enigmatic assassin who iced his old C. O. back in 'Nam, and finds a tie-in between the disappearances of top-ranking U. S. scientists and a hellfire-and-brimstone TV evangelist. It was supposed to be a simple vacation, but before it is over, the merc is fighting for his life and country as a bizarre Soviet plot explodes in the middle of Georgia. A vacation... but Hank Frost should have known better... THEY CALL ME THE MERCENARY.

When the earth's atmosphere explodes into a blazing wave of global fire, few could hope to escape with their lives. But John Thomas Rourke-ex CIA Covert Operations Officer, weapons specialist and survival expert-would not be denied another chance at life to thwart the communist takeover of the devastated planet... A secret weapon, buried before the fiery apocalypse of world War III, is unearthed from the sands beneath the shadow of the Great Pyramid-a weapon that Hero Marshall Vladmir Karamatsov will use to establish himself ruler of the new earth. And as John Rourke searches the icy wastelands of the Ural Mountains for the secret entrance to the Soviet underground City, he is inexorably drawn into Karamatsov's plan for world conquest. Because Rourke, now more than ever, must kill Karamatsov to avenge the murder of one of Rourke's own-even if it means spearheading a commando raid into the midst of a bloody battle of Russian against Russian. John Rourke has no choice but to fight on-he is... THE SURVIVALIST. IF CIVILIZATION WERE DESTROYED TODAY-WOULD JOHN THOMAS ROURKE BE ABLE TO SURVIVE...?

Compelling action in the spirit of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARKThe Pressure Builds... Josh Culhane, two-fisted adventurer who'll go anywhere, do anything, teams up with the sexy scholar Mary Mulrooney in a breathtaking pursuit of the satanic Steiglitz and his slinky, psychotic daughter. The boldhearted couple races to grab a power so great that world leaders would risk death to get it. Culhane and Mulrooney battle halfway across the globe, through all the labyrinths of human history and myth, to a last stand beneath the Antarctic ice cap, where they find an ancient starbase whose builders had never gotten home

Hank Frost, the one-eyed mercenary captain hires out to the CIA to shepherd one of the world's most hunted female terrorists. She's sought by law enforcement agencies in all the countries of Europe, and stalked by the terrorist organization she's double-crossed in exchange for asylum. But the fast-shooting soldier of fortune has different plans for the girl. He aims to use her to backtrack into the global terror network to find the people who planted the bomb that killed his number one lady, Bess. From Rome to Istanbul, Frost follows a bloody trail of killings, kneecappings and kidnapping. Only once is his vengeance side-tracked: when he meets the beautiful brunette who says she's a traveling student-with the face of an angel and the hands of an assassin

THE EVIL GENIUSA student of the occult. Hitler knew that a properly trained werewolf would be the ultimate warrior. With their shredding fangs, gutting claws and uncanny regenerative powers, they are the ideal killing machines. Through a miracle of genetic engineering, the sadistic madman created the SS unit that would win the war. If they could be controlled. THE IMMORTAL BEASTSIt was a special homecoming for Dannie and her father; they were both Highcliffe alumn and they hadn't seen each other for too long. The festivities were marred by reports of savage assaults by a wild beast loose in the city. Then there were more attacks; this time people died, their corpses never fully recovered. Huge, bear-like animals lurched along the streets, feeding on human limbs, smashing windows and dragging out mutilated bodies. Then, Dannie's father saw a face he last saw in Nazi Germany forty years ago. A face that hadn't aged a day. A face that seemed to command respect from the ghoulish beasts feeding on the town. Suddenly, it started to make horrific sense: his darkest fear had become a reality...