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Knightfall
When former Vatican Knight Kimball Hayden seeks solitude in a remote South Dakota cabin, he stumbles upon a catastrophic threat that could ignite World War III.
Russian operatives have stolen nuclear launch codes from a secret Black Hills facility and are hiding in a neighboring cabin with a dark server capable of hijacking American satellites. As FBI Agent Shari Cohen races against time to locate the breach, and the President faces an impossible decision in the Oval Office, Kimball—haunted by his violent past and seeking redemption—finds himself between his peaceful retirement and the instincts that made him the Vatican’s deadliest operative.
With Moscow’s forty-eight-hour countdown ticking toward activation, the Vatican deploys Isaiah and his team of Knights to stop a nuclear crisis the U.S. government refuses to acknowledge. But they'll need Kimball Hayden—the one man who knows something is terribly wrong in those mountains, and the only one close enough to stop it.
Time is running out. The coordinates are ready. And Kimball Hayden must remain the broken man seeking peace, or become the weapon the world needs one last time.
From bestselling author Rick Jones, he brings another action-laden adventure of the Vatican Knights series.
The compelling characters that are the VATICAN KNIGHTS pulls the reader in and never lets go. Each of the action-thriller novels within the series will leave readers gripped by espionage, religious power, terrorism, and political warfare, and immerse them in the world the VATICAN KNIGHTS live and operate in. -- Ileen Maisel – Executive Producer - The Golden Compass, Dangerous Liaisons (winner of 3 Academy Awards), Onegin (nominated for BAFTA Award as best Producer), Romeo and Juliet. Development Executive – The Star Chamber.
Vatican Knights is an edge-of-your-seat adventure, an awesome tale filled with twists and turns you’ll never see coming, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Rick Jones is the future of thrillers -- Richard Doetsch - Bestselling author of The THIEVES OF FAITH and The 13th HOUR.
Russian operatives have stolen nuclear launch codes from a secret Black Hills facility and are hiding in a neighboring cabin with a dark server capable of hijacking American satellites. As FBI Agent Shari Cohen races against time to locate the breach, and the President faces an impossible decision in the Oval Office, Kimball—haunted by his violent past and seeking redemption—finds himself between his peaceful retirement and the instincts that made him the Vatican’s deadliest operative.
With Moscow’s forty-eight-hour countdown ticking toward activation, the Vatican deploys Isaiah and his team of Knights to stop a nuclear crisis the U.S. government refuses to acknowledge. But they'll need Kimball Hayden—the one man who knows something is terribly wrong in those mountains, and the only one close enough to stop it.
Time is running out. The coordinates are ready. And Kimball Hayden must remain the broken man seeking peace, or become the weapon the world needs one last time.
From bestselling author Rick Jones, he brings another action-laden adventure of the Vatican Knights series.
The compelling characters that are the VATICAN KNIGHTS pulls the reader in and never lets go. Each of the action-thriller novels within the series will leave readers gripped by espionage, religious power, terrorism, and political warfare, and immerse them in the world the VATICAN KNIGHTS live and operate in. -- Ileen Maisel – Executive Producer - The Golden Compass, Dangerous Liaisons (winner of 3 Academy Awards), Onegin (nominated for BAFTA Award as best Producer), Romeo and Juliet. Development Executive – The Star Chamber.
Vatican Knights is an edge-of-your-seat adventure, an awesome tale filled with twists and turns you’ll never see coming, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Rick Jones is the future of thrillers -- Richard Doetsch - Bestselling author of The THIEVES OF FAITH and The 13th HOUR.
365 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 22, 2025
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Rick Jones
94 books194 followersRick Jones was born and raised in the Boston area and moved to Las Vegas in the early eighties where he graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in English. Currently, he is employed with the state of Nevada in law enforcement, and enjoys traveling, especially to Rome and Vatican City where many of the settings for his novels take place.
Rick Jones is also an avid writer and the creator of the Vatican Knight series (VATICAN KNIGHTS, SHEPHERD ONE and The ISCARIOT AGENDA), and the psychological thriller, THE MAN WHO CAST TWO SHADOWS.
He lives in Las Vegas with his two mini schnauzers, Wrangler and Hobo.
Rick Jones is also an avid writer and the creator of the Vatican Knight series (VATICAN KNIGHTS, SHEPHERD ONE and The ISCARIOT AGENDA), and the psychological thriller, THE MAN WHO CAST TWO SHADOWS.
He lives in Las Vegas with his two mini schnauzers, Wrangler and Hobo.
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