The Generals of October by John T. Cullen, Simon & Schuster, October 2004 -- as sinister forces seize power, only two young Army officers, David Gordon and Victoria 'Tory' Breen, can unravel the dark secrets of Operation Ivory Baton to the nation
John T. Cullen has authored over 20 books, including The Generals of October (Simon & Schuster, 2004)—pulse-pounding political-military suspense fiction set in a near-future U.S. Constitutional crisis.
Scorpion--a screenplay by John T. Cullen--out of the horrors of the Balkan Wars rises a strange serial killer
John T. Cullen also writes screenplays, including one for Nebula Express (adapted from his SF novel) and the violent, darkly glistening, utterly strange tale of a serial killer in Scorpion.

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Scorpion by John T. Cullen - a screenplay in the tradition of "Hannibal" and "High Tension" - a darkly glistening, disturbing police procedural.

Scorpion: A new and different type of serial killer is moving like a shadow across the U.S. landscape. The killer picks targets carefully according to a formula dating back to the violence and horrors of a long-ago and faraway war. The killer's tracks are covered with the same care and precision, so that ordinary American families vanish overnight and nobody misses them. With the grisly find of such a family in a nearby river, a team of police and FBI experts join forces in a baffling case that offers no real leads—until a daring and highly intelligent female police officer matches wits with the shadowy perpetrator. At that point, the stakes are sky-high, and you can taste the battery-acid of danger on your tongue as you watch the startling truth of Scorpion unfold. Police procedural with disturbing and horrific elements—more about strong character arc, mysteriously unfolding plot, and riveting suspense than about gore or violence.

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A Walk in Ancient Rome by John T. Cullen, Simon & Schuster 2005, 2d Ed. Summer 2008
A Walk in Ancient Rome John T. Cullen (Simon&Schuster May 2005) innovative, acclaimed walking & teaching tour—explore every corner of the Imperial capital at its zenith almost 2000 years ago; learn its history—smell and taste the very air of Classical Rome.

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A Walk in Ancient Rome by John T. Cullen, Second Edition - Summer 2008, originally First Edition Simon & Schuster 2005
A Walk in Ancient Rome, Second Edition John T. Cullen (Clocktower Books 2008)—New! Many new maps; images from the unique scale model of AndréCaron of Quebec. Read this innovative book, with its acclaimed walking & teaching tour. Explore every corner of the Imperial capital at its zenith almost 2000 years ago; learn its history. Smell and taste the very air of Classical Rome. The new edition is bigger, like an atlas. Some people have carried the 1st edition with them to Rome, and found it greatly enhanced their experience.




Dead Move: Kate Morgan and the Haunting Mystery of Coronado, 2nd Ed. by John T. Cullen, (Clocktower Books, San Diego, Summer 2008)
Dead Move: Kate Morgan and the Haunting Mystery of Coronado, 2nd Ed. John T. Cullen (Clocktower Books, San Diego, Summer 2008). John T. Cullen has tackled the mystery of the ghost at the Hotel del Coronado. He has assembled a dramatic new theory about how and why she violently died on the back steps of the hotel in 1892. A first-class ghost story and whodunit wrapped in one.