The Mark Jamison Adventures

Promising and undeniably engrossing novels… Mann knows how to deliver an espionage story. —Kirkus Review

Like the best of Le Carré with a pinch of Follett, but with a much greater understanding of the real world than either of ‘em! Complex and nuanced. —Chris Garcia, Hugo award-winning editor, author, critic, and curator of Forever Saroyan, LLC

Many enjoyable intrigues in this series are factually based, offering insights into a world of deception and buried truths. What lies at the center of so many lies and so much conflict in today’s world? After investigations around the world over many years, Jamison may have uncovered the key. “If you look deeply enough behind it all, you will find the hand of British Petroleum.” But see for yourself, take the magical journey, travel the world, and climb down into the basement where pieces of the truth may be uncovered, buried under the debris of lies.

Uncle Yeghia’s Basement

Charlie Epson pulls his oars against the tides every morning in a silent contest with his past. He is among a very special cohort monitored within the Angel Landing Yacht Club; those whose career misadventures in public service exposed them to matters never to be shared. Yes, this group needs to drink a lot, but like their glasses filled to the brim, they are permitted good conversation without spilling. When an old colleague winds up in the bay with a broken neck and former Soviet assassins arrive looking for laundered Ukrainian funds to help their war effort, Bjorn Ingman and Mark Jamison are once again called into action in this thrilling new mystery, the third volume following on Angel Landing and Persona Non Grata: End of the Great Game by the same renowned author.

Angel Landing

Former government agent and think-tank director Mark Jamison needs a quiet coastal refuge for his breathing problems, and maybe some space to sort out his life and what remains of his marriage. What he finds in the mysterious little village of Angel Landing quickly escalates into a series of adventures to save the planet, or at least its male inhabitants, and soon forces him to confront his past and the assumptions that brought him here.

The composite Marin community of Angel Landing is brimming with secrets that an aging investigator can’t ignore, especially when the old house he rents puts him smack in the middle of Wiccans chasing the secret of human reproduction without the untidiness of needing men in the effort. The intrigue compounds when the government enlists his help to locate nuclear devices which have entered the Golden Gate, but vanished without a trace. Through a bizarre series of twists, all connect up and relate back through the fog of Angel Landing and his own past.

In Angel Landing, witches and Wiccans are not confined to fairy tales, and parthenogenesis and nuclear threats are not pipe dreams.

Angel Landing is intended as the first of a series of adventures of Mark Jamison, based on the author’s own breadth of experiences around the world.

Persona Non Grata: End of the Great Game

A gripping spy memoir that unravels a world of power, corruption, and high-stakes diplomacy.

Set against the backdrop of the Vatican, the Kremlin, and a master chess player with a hidden agenda, this riveting narrative explores the intersection of centuries-old conflicts and modern-day geopolitics. As the story weaves through diplomatic maneuvers and oil pipeline rivalries—from Africa and the Middle East to Xinjiang, China—it exposes the dark underbelly of international lobbying in Washington and London.

At the heart of this saga is a retired ambassador, who is now working for one of the world’s most powerful law firms and refuses to pull any punches. His ruthless pursuit of oil extraction and engineering deals threatens regional stability, pitting him against a retired pope and a mysterious chess master who seeks to prevent global chaos.

As the ambassador’s dangerous game unfolds, the consequences ripple through world politics, leaving readers questioning the balance of power—and the hope for peace.

Based on real-world events, the author—who proudly wears the title of persona non grata in one of the world’s most corrupt oil nations—draws on firsthand experiences to deliver a story that is as eye-opening as it is thrilling.

Mr. Gobscheit

A Reluctant Hero. A High-Stakes Mission. The Fate of Global Alliances Hangs in the Balance.

Mark Jamison, once a master negotiator persuading nations to join NATO, is called back to action by naval intelligence for a mission like no other. Tasked with protecting the vital undersea communication cables off Ireland, Jamison faces a race against time as Russian forces threaten to sever America’s lifeline to Europe.

Undercover in the Irish defense ministry, Jamison must navigate a minefield of political intrigue, ruthless oligarchs, and a boss entangled with Russian spies. But as he fights to pull Ireland into NATO, he discovers a shadowy figure with ambitions to dominate communication beneath the seas—and beyond the stars.

With alliances on the brink and enemies at every turn, Jamison must risk everything to preserve global security.

Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy and political thrillers with real-world stakes, this gripping tale will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Nationalists

Anyone interested in Irish history will enjoy The Nationalists, a story with a backdrop of the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.

The story opens with Tony McAnthony meeting Angela O’Sullivan in the GPO during the Rising. Imprisoned after the Rising, Tony must fight for the woman he loves. He is forced to make hard, life-changing choices when Lucy, Angela’s best friend, is raped by the Black and Tans, the hated British auxiliary forces. Tony must now choose between the pen and the gun. Angela is taken aback by what he decides, and as a headstrong Kerry woman she goes her own way. Their paths will collide again later.

Father John Troy also has difficult choices to make. His decision to render aid to rebels lands him in prison and on a collision course with Rome, the Irish hierarchy and fellow priests. The Rising, of course, was more than a military thing. A cultural revolution took place in tandem. The Nationalists explores this aspect as well including the Abbey Theatre. The story interweaves factual and fictional characters – men like Eamon de Valera and Michael Collins.

The story isn’t completely set in Dublin but moves to Kerry, Wales and London and moves on from the Rising to the elections of 1918, the Black and Tan War and the Irish Civil War.

Everyone is affected. Nobody escapes unscathed.

The Scribe

Exile

Exile continues the story of The Nationalists as Tony McAnthony, the journalist, settles into his new life in America and the timeline advances through the roaring twenties, the thirties, the war years, and the Kennedy years in the sixties and seventies.

Many of the characters that appeared in The Nationalists will also play a role in this new work, in particular, that of Pairic O’Toole who left soldiering behind to become a Franciscan and who finds himself incarcerated in Auschwitz during the war years.

New characters are also introduced like Big Emily, a teacher in the US with a new vision for education but who finds herself thwarted by the effects of the Depression.

Exile is a story about the Irish people, but not exclusively so, and paves the way for the third book in this trilogy: The Irish Diaspora.

Orphans

A descendant of the fabled Children of Lir, twelve-year-old Larry Lir has a curse hanging over him from that period of Irish history. The secret of how to dispense with the curse is lost because Lir is an orphan, and only his father could have told him how to lift the ancient curse that hangs over male heirs.

Some claim that Lir is older than his years, and others whisper that he has dark, black magical powers. Whatever the truth of that, he continues to work in the PI Agency that his parents bequeathed to him.

When three Cuban orphans appeal to Lir for help, he finds things in common with them, and he takes their case pro bono.

In doing so, he has set himself up for a battle of wills against Da Silva and his gang of foreign agents, a battle that will bring about the ultimate betrayal, and it will transpire that the ruthless Da Silva is also an orphan.

Set for the most part in Ireland can Lir’s ingenuity can win the day in a story that carries important messages about basic press freedoms and human rights.

The book shows the independent spirit that dwells within children and the battle of triumph over evil.

Vigilis

Ten years after the crucifixion of Jesus, Rome awakens to the threat of Christianity and appoints Marc Procus, a renowned Vigilis, to investigate the new movement and to quiz anyone remotely connected to it, including Pontius Pilate.

Hauled from examining the cold case of Julius Caesar, Marc Procus has been summoned and tasked with tracking down all leading elements of the new Christianity movement, which has been spreading its tentacles all over the known world.

Procus embarks on a series of perilous sea journeys throughout the Mediterranean – an area known to the Romans as Mare Nostrum. Our sea.

On the Greek island of Crete, he encounters his first Christian family and is humbled by their simple way of life. His next port of call brings him into conflict with Pontius Pilate, the stubborn ex-governor of Judea responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.

His travels then take him to Jerusalem, where once again he finds himself humbled by the new religion. As the story develops, Procus finds himself on the verge of betraying Rome.

Meanwhile, in Rome, plots are afoot to depose the emperor and establish a new rule. Alerted by the betrayal of Procus, the life of his wife and children becomes precarious, and suddenly they are in danger.

Can Procus get back to Italy in time to save his family?