Ragnarok (Chess Team #4)

Ragnarok by Jeremy Robinson is the fourth book in his Chess Team series about a an elite black ops team that is tasked with any extraordinary threats.

After losing his whole team Rook decided to take some time to himself to process. He ended up in Norway in a town where suddenly all of the people are acting strangely. In the mean time, the Chess Team is looking for him because there are strange phenomenon occurring around the world.

Globes of light have been appearing in various cities around the world. When they disappear again all that was inside goes with them - buildings, people, cars, everything. The Chess Team must figure out how to find one before it leaves so they can try to find out what they are, what is causing them, and how to stop them.

Robinson, writing this time with Kane Gilmour, has created a series that will appeal to fans of military fiction, science fiction, and more. The Chess Team is an unstoppable force.

Robinson, Jeremy. (2012). Ragnarok. St. Augustine, FL: Seven Realms Publishing.

Threshold (Chess Team #3)

Threshold is the third Chess Team novel by Jeremy Robinson. The Chess Team is a Delta team used for military actions related to strange science and historical phenomenon. Members' code names are after chess pieces.

A year after a terrorist attack on a Native American reservation that left only one survivor, the Chess Team is studying for upcoming assignments. The lone survivor of the attack, twelve year-old Fiona, is in the care of team leader King.

While King is away from Fort Bragg where they are stationed, the base is attacked - apparently by the same group that attacked the reservation. Fiona is kidnapped.

Now the team must find Fiona and deal with a supernatural terrorist attack on American soil.

What follows is a fast-paced thrill ride that will keep readers up all night finishing the book. Robinson's series includes history and science with some crazy creatures and a team of five elite warriors who are charged with keeping the planet on track and safe for human life.

Robinson, Jeremy. (2011). Threshold. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Instinct (Chess Team #2)

Instinct is the second book in the Chess Team series by Jeremy Robinson - featuring an elite Delta team that uses chess pieces for call signs.

Someone has weaponized a strain of the Brugada syndrome - usually a genetic disease - that can kill without warning by stopping the heart. When the President of the US is struck by the disease - and brought back to life by the secret service men who were with him at the time - research begins to see how he was infected.

Now the Chess team is off to the Annamite Mountains in Vietnam. There mission is to guard Dr. Sara Fogg, a CDC disease detective, so that she can find antibodies in some local survivor and a vaccine can be created. In order to keep the team alive - or rather to bring them back if they die - each member is fitted with a cardiac defibrillator implant.

When they get to the jungle it is not so easy to find the village and collect blood samples. The Vietnamese Death Volunteers, land mines from the Vietnam-US war, and an ancient evil will prevent them from succeeding on their mission.

Robinson's Chess Team books are so fast-paced and attention-grabbing that readers may which to consume a huge meal before beginning one of his books - as they will not want to stop reading until the last page is finished. Fans of authors James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, Jeff Long, and Linclon Child will love this book.

Robinson, Jeremy. (2010). Instinct. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Pulse (Chess Team #1)

Pulse is the first book in the Chess Team series by Jeremy Robinson.

The Chess Team is a special forces team with the call signs of chess pieces. They are sent all over the world when stealth and force are needed.

King's friend, archaeologist Dr. George Pierce, calls and asks for King's help and King uses his vacation time to fly to Peru and lend a hand. But he arrives at the dig just in time to see the ancient artifact before a highly armed team comes in and steals it - trapping King inside of a cave in the process.

Soon the whole chess team is on the hunt of a rogue genetics company that has plans to extract DNA from the artifact to create immortality.

Fans of James Rollins and Lincoln Child will love this series. Robinson combines Greek mythology, science, military, and action to thrill readers.

Robinson, Jeremy. (2009). Pulse. New York: St. Martin's Press.