Phoenix Project

by Robert Blanchard

Overview

When Lt. Commander Max DuMonde, a US Navy test pilot recovering from injuries on a hospital ship, receives a strange parcel addressed to him from Paris, he doesn't know what to think. Inside are an unmarked set of keys, a photo album, and strangest of all, news that his father -- previously thought KIA in in Vietnam -- has just died.

With the package in hand, and a lifetime's worth of questions in need of answering, Max travels to Europe. As Max gets closer to unraveling the mystery of his family history, he becomes entangled in the end game of an international plot known simply as PHOENIX PROJECT, a secret World War II experiment designed to bring back the purest evil known to man... The Third Reich.

Reminiscent of the novels of Matthew Reilly, THE PHOENIX PROJECT is a high-octane action adventure/sci-fi story that will keep the bodies piling, the pages turning and your blood pumping.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045555746
Publisher:	Robert Blanchard
Publication date:	12/22/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	926 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

I was born January 26th 1969, Geneva Switzerland. I always say my parents hit the perfect trifecta. I am an Aquarian, born not only in the year and age of Aquarius, but in the country that stands for peace! This mix in turn created my wonderful and adventurous life.
My father is American as American can get, minus the French last name. He was born In D.C. Joined the Army after high school and eventually entered the Special Forces. where he did two tours in Vietnam. His father (unfortunately we never met) was Colonel in the Marines. Graduated Annapolis, 1923, Navy cross recipient and fought in both the European and Pacific theaters during WWII. My beautiful mother was born in Venezuela and went to high school in New Jersey where they met and eventually got married and had my much taller brother and I.
After a small stint in Florence Italy then Puerto Rico, I ended up in Caracas, Venezuela. I studied at the British School until 5th grade, then was sent to San Antonio military academy in Texas. After three years, I did one year at the Oxford academy in Oxford Connecticut and finished high school in North Miami, Florida. I ended up at Regis College (now University) in Denver Colorado and did my Masters in Architecture at C.U. (University of Colorado).
So how did I get into writing. Well, it is in my blood! My mother was a closet writer and my brother started off with poetry until publishing his self help book 'You Have Chosen To Remember'. So naturally, brothers being brothers, I had to one up him and publish my own book...
I always have people ask me how I came to write this novel. And to tell the truth I have been writing it all my life.
I was always somewhere else in my mind. In my kindergarden report card it stated that I am a day dreamer and I needed to focus. Who knew I was slowly building the foundation that eventually led here!
The turning point for me was one summer as I took a creative writing class in the university, the assignment was to use sexual metaphor in a story, I wrote about my first time flying. That Friday as we all left the class room, the teacher (she was only a few years older) held me back and praised my short story, then asked me out on a date.
Writing is a powerful tool!

Phoenix project came from countless short story ideas. I have always been a big fan of the movies. Raiders Of The Lost Ark is my all time favorite movie. Along with Star Wars (episodes 4, and 5) Diehard, opened my eyes ...