For two thousand years the Triarii have protected us, influencing history from the crusades to the discovery of America. Descendent from the Roman Empire, they pervade every level of society, and are now in a race with our own government to retrieve an ancient artifact thought to have been lost forever.

Caught in the middle is archaeology professor James Acton, relentlessly hunted by the elite Delta Force, under orders to stop at nothing to possess what he has found, and the Triarii, equally determined to prevent the discovery from falling into the wrong hands.

With his students and friends dying around him, Acton flees to find the one person who might be able to help him, but little does he know he may actually be racing directly into the hands of an organization he knows nothing about...

The Protocol is a complete novel at 80,000 words or 310 trade paperback pages.

Other James Acton Thrillers Available:

Brass Monkey, Book #2
Broken Dove, Book #3

J. Robert Kennedy always had a strong interest in creative writing, however managing a successful business and having a family took priority to realizing that dream until recently. He returned to writing as a means of relaxation, and his first effort, a short story, was immediately accepted for publication. Several more professional writing credits followed, including the acceptance of his first novel, The Protocol, by the first publisher he sent it to. This was followed by the international bestseller, Depraved Difference, and Brass Monkey, a sequel to The Protocol.

Robert was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and grew up an Air Force brat, living in Halifax and Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Goose Bay, Labrador, Lahr and Baden, Germany, and finally Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He attended university in Waterloo and settled in Ottawa, Ontario. Robert has a wife and daughter, and is hard at work on his next novel.