Sinai Trilogy - Jake Tillard Exploration Novels

International oil exploration normally attracts large companies, big money, giant egos, and unscrupulous corruption. Against this backdrop, Montana-born geologist Jake Tillard pursues his dream to discover natural gas in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Unprepared for a nasty battle to control a previously worthless patch of desert, Jake encounters murder, kidnapping, espionage, and blackmail. Helped by a desert Bedouin, he struggles to outwit Israeli power brokers, Islamic fanatics, and US government agents to save his daughter and achieve his dream.

Jake Tillard is back in Egypt with his flame Libby Joyce. Their geologic training leads to a gold prospect in the shadows of St Catherine’s monastery. Once again the science is simple compared to problems created by Russian and Chinese partners. Greed, blackmail, activism, and murder conspire to derail Jake and Libby from producing gold in the shadow of the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Sinai Gold provides twists, turns, and rich descriptions from the Middle East to Moscow to Montana, with a surprise around every corner.

In this final book of the Sinai Trilogy, Jake and Libby expand their business globally, while fighting off threats and attacks by their Russian partners and bad actors from Australia. Greed, egos, and revenge lead to surprising twists and turns, as the principals from Pimple Creek Enterprise travel from Denver and Montana to Egypt, Russia, Congo, Australia, and other locations around the world. Rich descriptions of people and places transport the listener into situations typically endured by global geological explorationists.