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The Gobscheit Series

Published: 2025

Formats: Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook

The Gobscheit Series (Complete Omnibus) From the depths of the Atlantic to the icy expanse of Greenland, this pulse-pounding trilogy follows retired negotiator Mark Jamison as he battles the oligarch who wants to control global infrastructure. Across three books, Gobscheit rises from mysterious powerbroker to U.S. National Security Adviser, infiltrating the Oval Office while Russian submarines prowl Atlantic cables and oligarchs buy influence in democracies—revealing how infrastructure becomes weaponized and what happens when the most dangerous man is the one you invited in.

Reviews: “Exceptional Insights in the hidden world of geopolitical intrigue”

Gobscheit in the White House

Published: 2025

Formats: Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook

Gobscheit in the White House (Book 3) Mark Jamison has been tracking Gobscheit’s rise from Irish deputy minister to befriending both American and Russian presidents—now he sits in the White House as National Security Adviser. Positioned to control the Greenland acquisition and infrastructure from undersea cables to rare earth minerals, Gobscheit’s at the center of ultimate power. In an unlikely alliance with a Russian spy and the Danish Prime Minister, Jamison must decide whether to stop the man who’s infiltrated the Oval Office itself—before it’s too late.

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Reviews: “Hard hitting. Insightful. Very fascinating way of wrapping an intriguing story around today’s current events.”

Mr. Gobscheit’s The Art of the Deal

Published: 2025

Formats: Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook

Gobscheit’s Art of the Deal (Book 2) Jack Gobscheit has a finger in every pie—until one bites back. When the global scramble for rare earth elements turns deadly, Mark Jamison follows a money trail from Washington to Greenland, where environmental conflicts and political corruption converge. Gobscheit believes he’s untouchable, positioned at the center of every strategic resource deal, but when greed collides with conscience, even the most powerful must face their reckoning.

Reviews: “A fantastic thriller that combines geopolitics with classic thriller stuff to form an impressive story that works on every level. “

Mr. Gobscheit

Published: 2025

Formats: Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook

Mr. Gobscheit (Book 1) Retired NATO negotiator Mark Jamison is pulled back into action when Russian submarines threaten undersea cables connecting America to Europe. Going undercover in Ireland’s defense ministry, he discovers a shadowy oligarch named Gobscheit who’s positioning himself to dominate global communications—from the ocean floor to outer space. As compromised ministries and shifting alliances threaten the West’s critical infrastructure, Jamison must race to expose Gobscheit before one man’s network of wealth controls the systems that connect the world.

Reviews: “Avery Mann’s Mr. Gobscheit is a masterful geopolitical thriller brimming with intrigue, espionage, and razor-sharp wit.” – The International Review of Books

Reviews: “Greatly respected international law professor and former US Navy officer Bruce Janigian has laid out a shocking feast of unique perspectives on old events and disturbing warnings of current events.”

Uncle Yeghia’s Basement

Published: 2023

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Uncle Yeghia’s Basement At the Angel Landing Yacht Club, Charlie Epson and a special cohort of former operatives whose career misadventures exposed them to state secrets maintain careful silence over their drinks. When an old colleague winds up in the bay with a broken neck and former Soviet assassins arrive hunting for laundered Ukrainian funds to support their war effort, Bjorn Ingman and Mark Jamison are called back into action. This thrilling third volume in the Mark Jamison series plunges deeper into the world where past secrets and present dangers collide.

Reviews: “A promising and undeniably engrossing novel… Mann knows how to deliver an espionage story”– Kirkus Reviews

Persona Non Grata

Published: 2023

Formats: Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook

Persona Non Grata: End of the Great Game The end of the Cold War was only a resumption of the old Great Game, now more devastating than ever for the pawns on the chessboard of competing Middle East and Central Asian oil and gas pipelines. Mark Jamison’s investigation spans the old and new worlds, uncovering forgotten pasts and lost knowledge at every turn, revealing how conflicting oil and gas interests and foreign intelligence services have corrupted efforts to find modern, secular governments in the region.

Angel Landing

Published: 2023

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Angel Landing Former government agent Mark Jamison seeks refuge in the mysterious coastal village of Angel Landing to deal with breathing problems and sort out his failing marriage. What he finds quickly escalates into a series of adventures involving Wiccans pursuing human reproduction without men, and government-enlisted help to locate nuclear devices that have vanished without a trace into the Golden Gate—all connecting back through the fog of Angel Landing and his own past.

Reviews: “
Avery Mann has woven personal knowledge and a fanciful intrigue into a thoughtful commentary on our times.”

Reviews: “Mann knows how to deliver an espionage story.” – Kirkus Reviews 

The Mark Jamison Adventures

Published: 2024

Formats: Kindle, Paperback, Audiobook

The Mark Jamison Adventures (Trilogy Collection) From solving mysteries in Angel Landing to navigating the treacherous Great Game politics of the Middle East, this trilogy follows former diplomat and NATO negotiator Mark Jamison through adventures drawn from a world most people never see—written by someone who’s lived in European castles engaging the greatest minds of the planet and remains connected to secrets that shape international affairs.

Who Is Mark Jamison?

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Who Is Mark Jamison?

Mark Jamison thought retirement would be permanent-until he was reluctantly pulled back to play the ultimate game of chess on the world stage. When oligarchs manipulate governments and infrastructure becomes weaponized, he’s the only one who can stop them

  • Retired Naval Captain: Decades of military service forged his tactical mind and gave him firsthand knowledge of how nations project power across the globe.
  • Government Operative: A career navigating the shadowy corridors where official policy meets covert action, making the morally complex decisions that never make headlines.
  • Former NATO Negotiator: Mastery of the backroom deals and strategic alliances that determine which nations rise and which fall in the geopolitical arena.
  • Global Intelligence Insider: A network of contacts spanning continents and a deep understanding of how information flows between governments, corporations, and intelligence agencies.
  • Investigator of World-Altering Events: Following the threads of deception from boardrooms to battlefields, uncovering the buried truths that powerful forces would kill to keep hidden.

Mark Jamison operates in the gray zones where espionage, diplomacy, and raw power intersect—the places where the fate of nations is actually decided. Experience the series where strategy, power, and secrets collide.

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Hot House, Salt Island, The Ridders, Terror Bay, and Ninety-Five are all available in Audiobook format on Amazon and Audible.

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