Comes the Awakening: 1 (Kents/Lander Series) - Softcover

Kent finds an ancient coin—connected to the Knights Templar? . . . He discovers a dead body—connected to a mysterious statue? . . . And . . . someone evil is trespassing on Oak Island!Retired educator and now novelist, Phil Kent's working vacation is shattered, when, on his daily run on the beach, he discovers the dead body. Is it an accidental drowning or is there a more sinister reason for it being there? Unable to resist his investigative instincts, he finds connections—between the victim, the Knights Templar, a unique statue, and a Native American tribe—and discovers a terrorist group who will stop at nothing to retrieve the long-sought treasure on Oak Island.Together with his savvy wife, Cyndi, and his best friend Bill Lander—a retired SEAL—he's in a race against time to find the buried treasure on Oak Island before the terrorists unleash something horrific on the world.Can they uncover the secrets of Oak Island and avert a major attack in the process? Get COMES THE AWAKENING now to find out.

C. K. Phillips is a (mostly) retired educator who is an avid reader. COMES THE AWAKENING was his first novel. Although he implies no comparison to them, he points to Cussler, Baldacci, Brown, and Grisham as some who have inspired him to write. He lives with his wife in Southeast Tennessee. Phillips has now released the next two novels in the Kents/Lander series: ECHOES OF SKELETONS PAST and THE SURVIVAL INITIATIVE. He welcomes your comments at authorckphillips@charter.net