Holy crap. Not exactly an elegant expression of surprise/relief/excitement, but it pretty well summarizes how I feel as 2011 comes to a close. I wrote four novels (SECONDWORLD, THE SENTINEL, THE LAST HUNTER – PURSUIT and THE LAST HUNTER – ASCENT) which is about three more books than the average author. But I also co-authored and released SEVEN novellas collectively known as the Chesspocalypse. Each book focuses on a single member of Chess Team, a black ops team that deals with terrorists, madmen and monsters—sometimes all three at once. In November, the last three books of the Chesspocalypse arrived and brought the madness to a close. Before you ask, I’m currently planning just one Chesspocalypse book for 2012; CALLSIGN: KING – Book 3 – BLACKOUT, co-authored once again by Sean Ellis. That said, I’m also planning on releasing the fourth full length Chess Team novel, RAGNAROK in late summer, 2012. So, let’s get to the books!
CALLSIGN: BISHOP 
An Iranian terrorist cell has gotten their hands on weaponized Ergot-B—a compound that causes violent hysteria, madness and death within 24 hours—and plan to unleash the weapon on major cities around the world. Successful deployment would begin a bloodbath as those exposed would kill everyone they encountered before succumbing to the compound’s lethal effects.
Erik Somers—Callsign: Bishop, is called in to investigate, but his first discovery shocks him to the core. Dawoud Abbasi, the terrorist leader planning to unleash Ergot-B, is his biological father.
Bishop, along with an undercover Delta operator known as Callsign: Joker, race across the unforgiving Iranian desert in search of the Ergot-B. Seeking answers, both professional and personal, Bishop must fight against a private army, Iranian Special Forces and men driven mad by Ergot-B. With the life of his biological mother in the balance, and countless more people in cities around the world, Bishop must call on all his strength to not only survive, but also stop the man revealed as his father—even if he has to kill him.
CALLSIGN: KNIGHT 
When a team of Delta operators goes missing in Shenhuang, one of China’s newly constructed ghost cities, Shin Dae-jung—Callsign: Knight is called in to assist. But the Osprey transporting him to the scene falls prey to an EMP attack and is forced to crash land atop a parking garage. With a wounded pilot in tow, Knight explores the empty city for signs of life and finds two terrified children who warn him that something monstrous is stalking the city. When the pilot disappears, leaving a pool of blood and spent bullet casings behind, Knight doesn’t doubt their story.
As bullets fly and bodies drop, Knight must protect the children, uncover the fate of the missing Delta team and defend against an unstoppable killer whose ability to regenerate and whose horrible appearance reminds him of something he’s faced before—the mythological Hydra. But he’s not alone in the surreal abandoned city. A team of SAS soldiers, along with Anna Beck, a former member of Manifold Genetics’ private security force, join the fray. Together, they fight against a nightmare that follows its objective to the end: kill them all.
CALLSIGN: DEEP BLUE 
Tom Duncan-Callsign: Deep Blue, former Army ranger, former president of the United States and handler of the black ops force known as Chess Team, is visiting the team’s new secret headquarters. The underground facility, known as Alpha, once belonged to Manifold Genetics, a corrupt corporation shut down by Chess Team. But despite being abandoned for years, Alpha still hides secrets.
Security doors slam shut and lock, sealing Duncan and his assistants inside. As Matt Carrack, the leader of Duncan’s security team, attempts to gain access, Duncan discovers they are not alone inside the abandoned facility. High tech intruders have infiltrated the base, their goal unknown. But a far greater threat rises from the subterranean depths beneath Alpha-failed regenerative experiments from the days of Manifold, and they’re fast, hostile and hungry.
While the security team are beset by ingenious death traps, determined mercenaries and vicious creatures that defy their imaginations, Duncan and his personal bodyguard must battle the growing tide of creatures, stave off the incursion of enemy forces and prevent the violent intruders from releasing the horror currently contained inside Alpha, to an unsuspecting outside world. And as the battle rages, a bomb quietly counts down in the shadows.
Enjoy all your Chess Team books.Just got Callsign: Bishop and Knight. Just finished Coup D’Etat by Ben Coes. Started reading Shockwave by John Sandford.Then will read Bishop and Knight.
Comment by Paul Scott — December 15, 2011 @ 5:42 pm
Awesome. Hope you enjoy both books! They’re probably the most different out of all the Chesspocalypse books.
– Jeremy
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — December 15, 2011 @ 11:47 pm
I just finished DEEP BLUE. Kane did a bang-up job. Very exciting. You picked some great co-authors and I hope we’ll get to read further solo adventures in the future at some point (beyond KING 3).
Thanks again!
Comment by Shannon — December 16, 2011 @ 6:39 pm
I haven’t decided about future solo books. They won’t happen (if they do) until after the next full length novel (aside from King 3). Probably depends on how well they do throughout the year, and how well the next novel does. I suspect there will be more, though.
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — December 16, 2011 @ 11:12 pm
Great books…Just wanted to wish you Happy Holidays
Comment by Paul Scott — December 17, 2011 @ 8:50 pm
Thanks. Right back at you!
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — December 18, 2011 @ 12:10 am
Just love your Chess team books.
Comment by Dawn Flowers — December 18, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Thanks, Dawn!
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — December 20, 2011 @ 12:03 am
First of all, happy holidays tomyou and your family. I want to thank you for making a year riddled with health issues more bearable. The Chess Team novellas and full length stories were a much needed distraction and such a great escape for me. I love the characters, the stories and all of it. I look forward to more great stories next year. Thanks again, and please keep em’ coming.
Comment by Greg Jeffrey — December 20, 2011 @ 12:55 pm
You’re very welcome and I’m thrilled you enjoyed the books. There will be a bunch more out in 2012, starting in the spring! Merry Christmas.
– Jeremy
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — December 20, 2011 @ 1:49 pm
Im a 75+ widow who only recently discovered your books..I absolutely love them! I’m busy ‘trekking’ through the Call Sign ones at the rate of one a day, having finished all the others. Can’t wait for the 2012 Call Sign one and the 4th Chess Team one in summer 2012 . Only hope I’m still around – at over 75, you tend to take each day with gratitude. if you could hurry a bit, that would be great. And thanks for the great ride!
Comment by Jane darnstaedt — December 21, 2011 @ 7:28 pm
Thanks so much, Jane! I’ll do my best to get them out fast. Callsign King – Book 3 should be out in the Spring along with my new hardcover novel, SecondWorld. So just a few more months for those! Glad you discovered me and decided to post a note. Appreciate it.
– Jeremy
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — December 22, 2011 @ 10:29 am
Just bought all you novellas @ smashwords. Can’t wait to read them over the holidays!!
Comment by Jenny — December 23, 2011 @ 3:34 pm
So that was you! They send an e-mail to me with every purchase and when that one came through I was pretty impressed! Thanks for buying them all and I hope you enjoy each and every one.
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — December 26, 2011 @ 11:22 am
Jenny,
Hope you enjoy them like the rest of us! My favorites were King 2, Bishop, Deep Blue. All were cool in there own way but these 3 really stood out for me!
Jeremy,
I got a signed Copy of Pulse for christmas and I was wondering how to go about getting Instinct and Threshold signed to match the series(I have these in hardcopy).. if you could email me chuckautrey@bellsouth.net it would be great.
Thanks again for the GREAT 2011 books and Cannot wait till the first book of 2012 SecondWorld!!
Chuck
Comment by Chuck Autrey — December 27, 2011 @ 2:30 pm
Just finished all the books, I just want more, so addictive. 2011, read all your books looking forward to 2012!!’
Comment by Jan Hotchkin — January 5, 2012 @ 10:03 pm
Six more on the way in 2012! Thanks for reading.
Comment by Jeremy Robinson — January 6, 2012 @ 11:17 am