J. F Penn

An ancient prophecy. An occult secret. The power to raise the dead. When a long-hidden tomb and a body covered in Voodoo symbols are found in New Orleans, ARKANE agent Jake Timber discovers a mystery that stretches back to the Spanish Empire and the bloody dungeons of the Inquisition. But he is not the only one who seeks the Hand of Ezekiel. A shadowy billionaire, backed by those who seek immortality at any price, will stop at nothing to find the...

An ancient staff of power that can summon Ragnarok, the Viking apocalypse. When Neo-Viking terrorists invade the British Museum in London to reclaim the staff of Skara Brae, ARKANE agent Morgan Sierra is trapped in the building along with hostages under mortal threat. As the slaughter begins, Morgan helps museum researcher and reluctant psychic, Blake Daniel, to discern the past of the staff through the mists of time to the Viking invasion generations...

New York City is built upon a dark secret. When a woman is crucified on a burning cross in downtown Manhattan, it marks the beginning of a dangerous crusade. The Confessors seek the powerful relic of a dark angel and they will stop at nothing to get it. ARKANE agent Jake Timber is in New York to investigate the eleventh century Cloisters Cross alongside Naomi Locasto, a linguist, when they become entangled in the mystery. Can Jake and Naomi solve...

A quarter of the world must die. A victim of Jerusalem Syndrome jumps to his death from the top of the Western Wall, his body smashed on the ancient stones of Jerusalem. Another disembowels himself under the scrawled figure of the Pale Horse of the Apocalypse with the chilling words, 'God told me to do it.' Morgan Sierra travels to Israel to investigate the deaths and becomes embroiled in an international conspiracy to release an ancient curse. As...

An ancient manuscript that leads to the Gates of Hell. When the last of the Remnant is murdered at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, ARKANE agent Morgan Sierra is drawn into the hunt for a supernatural Key linked to the murder of her father. She's joined by agent Jake Timber, who must face his own fears as they decipher clues left behind by Kabbalist scholars. From ancient sites in Spain to Israel and the Czech Republic, Morgan and Jake must follow...

Pilgrimage attracts the seekers. Those with a question to answer, a problem to solve, a sin to atone for, an illness to be cured, a prayer to be answered. Pilgrims walk with a desire to make a change, to mark a boundary from one life to another, to heal, to escape. I needed all of these, and more. Perhaps you do, too. In mid-October 2020, I walked the Pilgrims' Way from Southwark Cathedral in London to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England. The...

Is victory worth blood, sweat, and flame? Cass blows glass for a living - but when she's not cranking out tourist pieces to pay the bills, she creates unique glass art with the dream of winning a prestigious award that might just change her life. But Cass has a problem. The heat and intensity of the glassblowing hot shop have damaged her eyesight - and time is running out. She only has one chance left to win and a rival artisan stands in her way,...

When ARKANE Archivist Martin Klein joins the Vatican digital archiving project, he finds an ancient letter mistakenly scanned along with the medieval papal decree Militia Dei, Soldiers of God.It points to a dark secret the Knights Templar once tried to erase from existence, hidden in a medieval fortress under the heart of Paris for almost a thousand years.As Martin follows the trail to the hidden Templar crypt, aided by biblical scholar Camara Mbaye,...

How far would you go to see again? Conflict photographer, Sara Miles, loves being embedded with the military out in the desert. Her pictures pay tribute to those who fight, suffer, and die for freedom and the images she captures can turn public perception in the never-ending war.Her photography matters. But when Sara is caught in an explosion out on patrol, her eyes are damaged by a face full of shrapnel. She may never be able to see through a lens...

A cursed bloodline. An ancient weapon. The fate of the world hangs in the balance. When a mysterious relic is stolen from a museum in Vienna, ARKANE agents Morgan Sierra and Jake Timber embark on a deadly race against time to recover the legendary Spear of Destiny-the holy lance that pierced the side of Christ. As they follow clues through Nazi ruins, Tibetan temples, and Washington D.C.'s greatest monuments, they uncover a sinister plot that threatens...