The Lost Power
Spain 1057: During a thunderous battle, the first King of Aragon wrestles Alexander the Great's priceless Egyptian weapon from the Moors, but finds it holds a terrifying and mysterious power.
Nearly a thousand years later, on a fog-shrouded Napa Valley morning, gunshots and the sound of breaking glass rip through the silence. Maddy Marshall, an app designer with special martial-arts abilities, and her twin brother, Will Argones, quickly run toward the sound. Horrified, they discover a sniper has cut down two members of their family.
Before the pool of blood on the living room floor is dry, their father sends the twins on a dangerous quest to recover Alexander's ancient weapon. Joined by a broad-shouldered friend who harbors a secret alliance with VanOps, an ultra-black covert agency, they soon discover the lethal sniper is from Russia.
They follow time-worn clues from a medieval Spanish castle to a lost warren under the streets of Jerusalem, racing to unlock the secrets that will lead them to an arcane power—before a hostile state seizes the power and cripples the United States.
To survive, they must go undercover and off-grid. No place is safe, a wrong move means death, and even a simple phone call is off limits. Because now, the sniper has his sights set on them.
Avanti Centrae
Avanti Centrae is an adrenaline junkie who drives too fast and loves to tell stories that make readers' hearts pound faster.
She's honored to have won sixteen literary awards, including a Chanticleer Genre grand prize for both THE LOST POWER and SOLSTICE SHADOWS. CLEOPATRA'S VENDETTA took home a gold medal at the Readers’ Favorite Awards ceremony. Her latest work, THE PICASSO JOB, was named “Book of the Year” in the BestThrillers(dot)com contest and won best thriller at the Chanticleer International Book Awards.
VanOps
VanOps consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

