It was the moment of disaster, when silence gives the boundary between peace and violence.

The first four books of the Charlemagne Files Collection examine a history of atrocity, revenge, and heroism during the earliest years of the original team as they hone their skills and harden their ruthlessness to become Charlemagne, the premier freelance specialist team used by Western governments for black operations conducted without fingerprints. The books included in this volume are Trinity Icon (#1) Cetus Wedge (#2), Brevet Wedge (#3), and A Lighter Shade of Night (#4). The three novels and collection of short stories cover the activities of the team from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s.

I give you twelve hours life expectancy.

The Charlemagne Files Collection, Volume 2, introduces new members of the team during a time of change in the Cold War. The three books contained in this volume, Lion Tamer (#5), State of Nature (#6), and Vory (#7), span the years between the early 1980s and the early aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet empire. For Charlemagne, the premier freelance specialist team used by Western governments for black operations conducted without fingerprints, it is a turbulent period of adjustment to a new era in which women become operational as both allies and adversaries.

Perhaps you harbor the illusion that you are safe with us?

In this, the third volume of the Charlemagne Files Collection, the Cold War resumes in three novels spanning the 1990s: Swallow (#8), Quiet Move (#9), and Goat Rope (#10). Old enemies re-enter the game with evil intent, vintage deception schemes, and modern weapons that challenge the tradecraft and fighting skills of Charlemagne, the premier freelance specialist team used by Western governments for black operations conducted without fingerprints.