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ENIGMA Directive
Series · 4 books · 2010-2012

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Freakshow

2012

NOTE: This is an ENIGMA Directive short story originally appearing in THE GAME anthology from Seven Realms Publishing. It is a SHORT story, not a full length novel. Three years before the events of Primal Thirst, wisecracking cryptozoologist Dr. Obadiah "Jack" Jackson awakens in the middle of an abandoned carnival on a desert island, completely unaware of how he arrived there. As he begins to investigate his strange surroundings, he is contacted by a man calling himself Freakshow, who explains that Jack must survive the night in the jungle where a pack of vicious cryptids lurk. To add to the ordeal, Freakshow has abducted an innocent mother of three and has hidden her somewhere on island. With only a handful of tools at his disposal, Jack must locate the kidnapped woman and find a way for both of them to survive being hunted through the night. FREAKSHOW is a short story introducing the sensational new villain of the upcoming ENIGMA Directive novel DEVIL'S CHILD (coming this Fall from Seven Realms Publishing).
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Primal Thirst

2010

If you think monsters are scary, you don't know Jack! Wisecracking cryptozoologist Dr. Obadiah "Jack" Jackson has hunted plenty of dangerous creatures over the years. But he finds a lot more than he bargained for when he travels to Malaysia to save a beautiful missionary and her village from being ravaged by ghoulish, blood-feeding monsters straight from local legend...creatures known as the jenglot...creatures that are very dangerous, elusive, and intelligent. But that's the least of Jack's troubles. It seems that the blood-crazed cryptids aren't the only ones bent on using Jack as their favorite chew toy. Other denizens of the Malaysian jungles have their sights set on him as well including a local witchdoctor threatened by the missionary's message of hope and a mysterious guerrilla leader who appears to have a dark and secret agenda. Jack and his team must keep their wits about them to escape the jenglot and discover the answers to the deep mysteries surrounding their existence.
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Sirens' Song

2010

IF YOU THINK MONSTERS ARE SCARY...YOU DON'T KNOW JACK! The Tritons are surfacing...Dr. Obadiah "Jack" Jackson, the smart-mouth cryptozoologist with a penchant for trouble is back. Now the Field Operations Director for ENIGMA (ENtity Identification and Global Management Agency), he and his team find themselves in way over their heads when they travel to the Greek islands to investigate the sudden appearance of strange aquatic creatures the locals are calling mermaids.Hounded by a cult that worships the animals, hunted by hit-men intent on putting an end to his investigation and his life, and keeping the water-bound creatures from having him and his team for lunch, Jack races to unravel the mystery of the Tritons.
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Devil's Child

2012

IF YOU THINK MONSTERS ARE SCARY...YOU DON'T KNOW JACK! For more than three hundred years, a creature called the Jersey Devil has haunted the Pine Barrens of the Garden State. Once believed to be the offspring of their infernal namesake, the nine-foot tall gargoyle-like creatures are, in reality, a type of cryptid-mysterious animals whose existence has not yet been scientifically proven. Now, someone has kidnapped a Devil cub, and unless the infant cryptid is reunited with its own kind, the Jersey Devils are going to take a great big bite out of the Big Apple. Finding cryptids is Dr. Obadiah "Jack" Jackson's business, so when the Jersey Devils start rampaging in Central Park, Jack is on the job. But what starts out as an ordinary monster hunt-ordinary for Jack at least-soon turns into a nightmare of political intrigue and violence. Hounded by local law enforcement, stalked by cult of crazed Devil worshippers, and terrorized by the increasingly desperate cryptids, Jack must unravel the mystery and find the Devil cub before all Hell breaks loose!

Author

Kent Holloway
Kent Holloway
Author · 14 books

International bestselling author Kent Holloway lives on death. Literally. With more than twenty-two years’ experience in forensic death investigations, he’s seen it all. Experienced the worst that life has to give and never let it dim his sense of wonder or humor. Now, he brings all this experience, along with a zeal for uncovering the folklore and superstitions of death, to the written page as author of mysteries, forensic crime fiction, and paranormal thrillers! He is the author of six paranormal thrillers, including his highly acclaimed Ezekiel Crane series, as well as his forensic thriller, CLEAN EXIT. He’s also written his first installment of the Baron Tombstone adventures—a series that steps directly into the world of the dead—in the shared pirate world series, Tattered Sails. Death investigations isn’t his only foray into the darker side of life. He's also an adjunct professor of criminal justice at St. Johns River State College in Florida. He’s worked as a private investigator and a newspaper reporter covering the crime beat in Florida. When he’s not writing, designing book covers, or investigating deaths, he spends much of his spare time researching folklore, as well as investigating ghosts and cryptids throughout northeast Florida. Find Kent at his website: www.kenthollowayonline.com.

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