Critically-acclaimed author Ed Kovacs presents Book One in his thrilling Sky Wilder series of action-adventure novels. Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, the Associated Press, and many other major reviewers have given great reviews to Kovacs’ thriller and crime novels. Steve Berry called Kovacs a “vivid addition to the thriller genre.”In UNSEEN FORCES, Maverick archaeologist Dr. Sky Wilder has never been able to prove any of his outside-the-box fringe theories... until now. When he breaks what had been an impenetrable code, he unearths a long-buried Egyptian stone tablet in Arizona’s Red Rock country. Whoever possesses all three hidden tablets holds the key to locate an ancient Egyptian alchemical text containing a formula for physical immortality. The bodies pile up as Wilder realizes he’s been set-up as a pawn, caught between opposing covert agencies and secret brotherhoods that have been warring for centuries.This revised, Second Edition of UNSEEN FORCES is in the time-honored tradition of works by Clive Cussler, James Rollins, Elizabeth Peters, Steve Berry, and Wilbur Smith . Unseen Forces is a thrilling novel about independent archaeologist Dr. Sky Wilder, who discovers an Egyptian stone tablet holding key secrets to a formula for physical immortality. A power grab and clandestine war between secret brotherhoods and covert agencies results. Diana Hunt, the U.S. military's most accurate remote viewer - a psychic spy - devotes her talent to keeping Dr. Wilder alive. Yet the forces behind the lethal multi-tiered battle are far greater than mere mortals could suspect, and will culminate in a devastating conflict. A taut, suspenseful story that keeps the reader riveted to the pages until the very end. -- Midwest Book Review Unseen Forces is a terrific debut novel that literally has something for everyone, and it deserves to be on the bestseller lists. It's unique enough to stand out from the supermarket crowd, but not too out-there that it alienates its readers. -- The Daily Grail "A spellbinding thriller that will keep you riveted well past midnight. UNSEEN FORCES seems destined for the big screen, but we all know that the book is better than the movie." -- Terry Perkins, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A real page-turner rivaling The Da Vinci Code." -- Phenomena Magazine "Indiana Jones on steroids. Kovacs adroitly embroiders an intellectual tapestry encompassing geography, history, and phenomenology accented with action and intrigue." -- Col. John Alexander, author of Future War Tasked with keeping Sky Wilder alive at all costs, Captain Diana Hunt, the U.S. military’'s most accurate remote viewer -- a "psychic spy" -- knows that the players in this deadly game are not what they appear to be. As the trail leads to Asia and with a political assassination looming, Sky and Diana confront powerful forces of Nature and Man as they unravel the conspiracies and expose the true unseen forces behind their opponents– and allies. Sky suffers from claustrophobia and achluphobia, unfortunate traits for a man who constantly faces the unknown blackness of the netherworld. Sky must overcome his debilitating phobias and Diana must confront her dark past as they challenge Simon Forte, a billionaire occultist, for possession of the Book of Spells. Unseen Forces  has suspense and action peppered with humor and romance, and thematically riffs on the notion of hidden power -- as exercised by nature, by corporate and governmental corruption, and by the unexplained mysteries of our collective past. "UNSEEN FORCES...will keep you up nights with feverish anticipation. Kovacs' novel is destined to become a classic...!" -- Randall Fitzgerald, author of Cosmic Test Tube "I couldn't wait to get back to it after I put it down. Kovacs covers some serious philosophical questions within the framework of a potboiler." -- Major Paul Smith, U.S. Army (ret.), author of Reading the Enemy's Mind Ed Kovacs is the author of espionage/conspiracy thrillers as well as the critically acclaimed Cliff St. James series of crime novels. Using various pen names, he has worked professionally around the world as a screenwriter (eight of his screenplays have been produced) journalist, and media consultant. He is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, American Legion Post 299, the International Thriller Writers association, and Mystery Writers of America.