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The Fourth Level – Book 9 – Firestorm

Diana Cambridge and Tristan Merrick are set to meet with Charlemagne de la Cabernet after not seeing him for two months since their adventure in France, and of all the locations in the world that they could meet, Charlemagne has decided to have their rendezvous at Northumbria-Berwick National Park on the British Isles. Incidentally, less than a day into their camping vacation, the family are forced to evict the forest due to the sudden rise of a deadly wildfire that has begun to spread from the north of the forest on the English-Scottish border.

Between the insidious destructive power of the forest fire and the likewise destructive power of the mainstream media and their lackies that blame Cabernet Industries for the fire, Charlemagne attempts to set a good public image by volunteering to help defeat the flames with his private security detail. However, in the process, Tristan becomes separated from the group and instead meets up with a mysterious boy who Tristan remains with as they have an affinity to each other, especially as Tristan suspects there to be more to this boy than he lets on.

Who is this boy? Is Cabernet Industries responsible for the fire? Is anyone responsible for the fire, or was this blaze simply the result of the path of nature…?

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The Fourth Level – Book 8 – Bon Vacances

Bon Vacances

In recognition for the tremendous humanitarian servitude of the Cabernet family, notably Derby Martel de la Cabernet, the French government has awarded Charlemagne de la Cabernet, and by extension, the Cabernet family with France’s highest merit. Not soon after finding himself in the limelight of the press, the mainstream media turn on Charlemagne as he wanders into a Gilets Jaune protest in Paris, making populist remarks and showing his support for the protests against the French government, which the media come to interpret as ‘racist’ and claim that the Cabernet family is not even French at all in an attempt to delegitimize the family and their honor.

Furious, Charlemagne, his girlfriend, and the children set off on a road trip across all of that composes the French realm, meeting with locals and seeing the beautiful countryside and many cities of France as he attempts to prove the media wrong. However, this good family vacation quickly turns deadly as ‘accidents’ begin to occur that are too coincidental to even be determined to be accidental, but appear to be the work of an assassin.

Is it all a coincidence? Is there an assassin? Is the Cabernet family even French? Why would someone want to assassinate Charlemagne? Is it political or more…?

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The Fourth Level – Book 7 – Deep Freeze

In the aftermath of the last adventure, Charlemagne hides from the watchful eyes of the government as he travels to the North Pole in search of another meteorite with extraterrestrial qualities. However, as he searches for this meteorite, he instead unearths more than he could imagine in the ancient, cold ice of the arctic.

Meanwhile, Diana and Tristan, pressed on myths and reality as well as taken aback by Charlemagne’s cutting them out of yet another adventure, stowaway on the Research Vessel Ingstad unbeknownst to Charlemagne so that they can come and see the wonder of the arctic for themselves.

What awaits the three, hidden and forgotten within the ice of this uninhabitable frozen land? Are some things better kept under the ice? Will Diana and Tristan see what they expect to see, or could this just be their most dangerous adventure yet…?

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The Fourth Level – Book 6 – Fallen Angel

When a meteorite crashes behind Charlemagne de la Cabernet’s home, Charlemagne quickly collects it and begins to analyze the foreign material for its extraterrestrial qualities. Astounded by the material, others seek it from him – those that seek to recollect what was of the meteorite, and those that seek to collect what is of the meteorite. In addition, the children become involved in the conflict as Tristan is abducted and Diana assists Charlemagne in negotiating Tristan’s return.

However, an apocalyptic threat emerges out of the conflict between these three interest groups, and in an attempt to prevent an all-out war, Charlemagne, with the help of the children, work with the rebels of the two other groups to form a special task force to maintain the peace.

Will peace be maintained or is war inevitable? What is the greater interest of the meteorite and where did it come from? What lies in the skies above…?

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The Fourth Level – Book 5 – Son of Ra

After accepting an offer from Audric Zimmerman to participate in an underground race, Charlemagne takes the kids and his intern from Oxford University, Johnathan Southern, to the land of the Pharaohs in search of the Amulet of Ra, an ancient and mythical artefact that once belonged the kings of this realm. Charlemagne, having once sought the artefact on his own years ago, is pressured to return to the quest as others amass and seek to collect the fifty million dollars being offered by the unknown host of the underground race.

However, Charlemagne runs into friends and foes, and in his haste to recover the amulet, becomes reckless. The children assist Charlemagne to the best of their abilities, but great dangers lie in the desert, especially in the form of a terrible enemy – Islamic terrorists with a desire to destroy the amulet for all that it represents.

Will Charlemagne be able to locate the amulet before the others or will the artefact fall into the hands of those that intend to sell or destroy it? What hidden secrets and great perils await for them in Egypt…?

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The Fourth Level – Book 4 – Outlaw

Diana Cambridge cannot take it anymore. The rural life in Allabrese has become too much for the city street orphan that she is, or so it seems, as her behavior appears to have changed since the last adventure. However, Diana is able to find solace in an unexpected friendship with a strange black horse and an estranged black aristocrat, Arturo Medici. In addition, Diana soon finds herself competing in equestrian races to cope with the anxiety that pulses from within in an attempt to run from what she cannot run from.

Charlemagne and Tristan are aware of the change in Diana’s behavior, but Charlemagne is powerless to intervene and instead antagonizes poor Diana, while Tristan is conflicted by his own emotions, and the two instead worsen the situation. Tristan, whose own ego and buried emotions from a former trauma keep him from approaching Diana, the two are at risk of indefinitely separating themselves and going their own way.

What aches poor Diana’s heart? Was it the rush of the last adventure, Tristan, or is there more from her former life that she is hiding? Will Tristan overcome himself and intervene, or will he let Diana consume herself?

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The Fourth Level – Book 3 – Wilderness

The holiday season has beset in Allabrese, and Charlemagne de la Cabernet is taking Diana and Tristan on a vacation to the annual Cabernet Expo set at the Tsarina Ski Resort just above the Russian town of Podoshva in the Ural Mountains. To bring the family together, Charlemagne’s sister, Allodia de la Cabernet, and her boyfriend, Georgy Saburov, join them on a trip where all seems too well for anything to go wrong.

However, all is too well, and Charlemagne becomes suspicious of the resort when he sees Russian troops patrolling nearby out of fear that they intend to hijack the inventions at the expo. Theft is the least of his concerns though as a blackout plummets the family into darkness at their cabin, and they become stranded to who knows what lies beyond the confines of the resort.

What could await the family in the Ural Mountains? Is it merely the Russian Army on executive orders? Or perhaps there is something more terrifying threatening the family’s survival in the great Russian outdoors…

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The Fourth Level – Book 2 – Underworld

When a bizarre domestic disturbance in Allabrese catches Charlemagne de la Cabernet’s attention, it quickly become his latest project to distract himself from the tensions between himself and the Medici family. The repeated incidents in the weeks that pass leave Charlemagne unable on his own to solve the mystery that haunts the town. In addition, the local police led by Cole Phillips causes the police to look to him with suspicious eyes, especially as Charlemagne continually annoys and antagonizes the police chief.

Meanwhile, Diana and Tristan struggle to adapt a friendship, especially as the two antagonize each other as well. Tristan’s cluelessness to Diana’s expectations draws a misunderstanding that worsens the tension between the two.

Can the two adversaries befriend each other? And what could be upsetting the local townspeople? Is it all just a hoax? Or is there something more sinister going on in the town of Allabrese?

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The Fourth Level – Book 1 – Hostile Takeover

55-year old eccentric billionaire, Charlemagne de la Cabernet, had thought that he had lived the good life filled with adventures, mystery-solving, innovation, and inventing… until now. At his age, he has found himself stuck in the mud of a deep depression without the will to find, or return, to what had once motivated him. In his last act, he intends to sell off his family’s legacy, Cabernet Industries, a multinational billion-dollar conglomerate with stakes in almost every economic sector and roots to the nineteenth century.

However, on the day that he intends to finalize the liquidation, Charlemagne finds himself responsible for a fourteen-year old orphan from Harlech, Diana Cambridge, which forces him to delay his plans until Diana can be moved to a foster home. Diana, horrified by Charlemagne’s plans to sell the company and its various assets to a group of unreliable, amoral, and malicious multinational corporations, she allies with Charlemagne’s brother, Salmar Cabernet, and his own fourteen-year adopted son, Tristan Merrick, to attempt to bring Charlemagne back on his feet.

Can the three of them return a smile onto Charlemagne’s face? Or will the adventure end before they can even begin?

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