DAN KOTLER

Full Name:	Dan Kotler
Nationality:	American
Organization:	FBI
Occupation	Other - Archaeologist

Creator:	Kevin Tumlinson
Time Span:	2016 - 2020

ABOUT THE SERIES

       Dan Kotler is an archaeologist.
       He is definitely not a secret agent but if it were suggested to him, his sense of humor would make him smile at the idea and likely shrug. What people thought of him had become of little importance over the years considering how often he was considered a quack and a charlatan by his fellow academicians, at least in the beginning. Being thought a government operative would have been a major step up from fool and crack-pot.
       Kotler is definitely neither of those last things. He is immensely gifted and intelligent and has "PhDs in archeology, anthropology, etymology, and symbology. I also have PhDs in quantum physics and quantum mechanics," as he told an FBI agent who was questioning him. His love of research was made possible by the fact that he had inherited a sizable fortune and was good at investing. As a result, he was free to study what he wanted whenever he felt like it and was independent enough to be able to present theories that might have been suppressed had he been tethered to a university or a museum.
       So Kotler considers himself a private researcher and with his financial independence and his extremely wide range of interests, he like to snoop. He loves a mystery, especially one that involved unknowns from hundreds of years before. Couple those traits with a love of travel and you get a man who can and will go wherever things look interesting.
       Interesting things that he will go looking for and sometimes find seem to often include ancient legends of potent artifacts which attract not only researchers like Kotler but very rich and often very dangerous people who have far less than altruistic motives. These people or groups often enough have designs on power if not plans of domination on a global scale.
       All this means that Kotler is not a government agent but he runs into enough of them to recognize them easily and, unfortunately for him, many of the not-so-nice ones know all about him.

BOOKS

Number of Books:	10
First Appearance:	2016
Last Appearance:	2020


1			The Coelho Medallion Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2016 The discovery of an ancient medallion in Colorado is causing a stir as it points to the probability that the Vikings had traveled far inland on North America. When the medallion is stolen, it is likely because it is said to point to a city of gold but it could also be a factor in a much bigger and dangerous scheme.

2			The Atlantis Riddle Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2016 In 1914 Thomas Edison has in his possession a stone he believes will be the source of even greater inventions. In 1974 two Special Forces officers discover yet another stone and use it to make their own fortune. Dan Kotler gets involved with the stones when he is asked by a young woman to look into yet another stone and this one will point him in a very strange direction.

3			The Devil's Interval Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2017 In New York, a rock star turned philantropist is found murdered with the words "Devil's Interval" left as a clue. It turns out to be a technology which has been around since the times of Isaac Newton and which can be the source of the deaths of millions by terrorists.

4			The Girl in the Mayan Tomb Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2018 To stop a man out to use Mayan technology to gain tremendous power, Dan Kotler will have to survive a number of extremely nasty traps laid centuries before.

5			The Antarctic Forgery Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2018 The black-market expert, Gail McCarthy, has her sites on a treasure in Antarctica that Hitler was said to have coveted and Dan Kotler and his FBI partner know they are the only one to stop her from getting it and thus getting enormous power.

6			The Stepping Maze Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2019 Beneath Manhattan is the Black Chamber, a century-old edifice that for a while housed the code-breakers who were the forerunners to the NSA. Two respected scientists are kidnapped to help a mysterious person find and enter that location.

7			The God Extinction Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2019 They call themselves the New Gods and this cult will kill easily to prove it. They want an ancient sword that Dan Kotler found two decades before and they want whatever drove Druids to Egypt centuries ago.

8			The Spanish Papers Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2019 A secret order ancient in age has sworn to keep hidden certain artifacts considered highly dangerous to modern man. These are said to be housed in a vault deep in the mountains of the Sonoran Desert. Another organization is out to get them and Dan Kotler and partner want to stop that.

9			The Hidden Persuaders Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2019 The Jani has been preserving artifacts for several millennia. A new group wants to use their horde to create a new power in the world. This new group has captured 14 U.S. Senators off the Senate floor in their latest act and Dan Kotler and team are determined to get them back.

10			The Sleeper's War Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2020 The plant is called 'makry ypno' or 'long sleep'. It is thought to be of great use for space travel. Someone wants it and has killed over it already. The death of the archaeobiologist in the area brings Dan Kotler to investigate and he will find a team of mercenaries hired to keep him from learning anything or living to tell.

NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES

Number of Stories:	2
First Appearance:	2016
Last Appearance:	2019


1			The Brass Hall Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2016 Takes place before the first novel. Loving a good mystery, Dan Kotler would never pass up on the discovery of a Celtic tomb in the mountains of Egypt, even if it could get him killed.

2			The Jani Sigil Written by Kevin Tumlinson Copyright: 2019 -

MY COMMENTS

       I always wonder when it comes time to add a series where looking for lost artifacts is the main objective of the character(s), wondering if it qualifies. Sometimes, the answer to me is no. This one had a yes. That was because Kotler was always getting involved with, or shot at by, secret agents or international bad-guys' henchmen, enough so that he should be entitled to hazard pay from some goverment or another.
       Now, it does make me curious why there are so many ultra-powerful relics around which could wipe us all out or give someone world-domination power. If they was so good for the people who had them back then, what happened?
       Ah, that's just me being a party-pooper. And as soon as I open another Kotler adventure, suddenly I don't care so much.

GRADE

My Grade: B+

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