Shadowmaster IV--Dream a Little Dream

Adrian Kahler is the Shadowmaster, a psychologist turned detective. He has a Sherlock Holmes intellect, extrasensory perception that rivals Doctor Stephen Strange, and an ability to manipulate computers that even Steve Jobs would envy. From his fortress-like home, high above the Chesapeake Bay, he directs his two operatives. Stanley Egor is a former Navy SEAL who presents the visual impact of a Polish Shaquille O'Neal. Barry Sandler is a young empath, unable to control his evolving gift. He is an everyman caught between two supermen, Kahler with his extrasensory perception and Egor with his lethal SEAL skills. Barry says of himself, "My only useful talent is stubbornness." In 1983 Russia began construction of a nuclear reactor complex in Juragua, Cuba, 200 miles south of Miami. It was to be a showpiece of Soviet-Cuban solidarity. In 1992 Russia abandoned the project, and construction was halted. In 1995 Cuba reached an agreement with the Russian Ministry for Atomic Energy to complete the plant. Money had to be raised. Much of it, unknown to the Cuban government, was surreptitiously funneled into the project by a secret society of paranormals. Their plan is to detonate the completed reactor and, in the resulting turmoil, use their network of disaffected Cubans to take control of the country. Once revitalized, Cuba will become a foothold from which they will reach into every corner of the world. The conspiracy has seen years of meticulous preparation, and now the trigger is ready to be pulled. Mind control, Santeria, and murder all coalesce as the Shadowmaster fights a desperate battle against incredible odds.