In Time of Peril (The Decaturs Book 1)

Raised most of his life in the challenging and multilingual world of West Africa, young Chris Decatur is in the United States for college, leaving behind dunes, nomads, baobabs and city banlieux for the quiet halls of academia. Studying the American Revolution, Chris and his classmates embark on a reenactment trip to Upstate New York and New England. A week of hiking and learning, accompanied by a few reenactment volunteers and Chris's knowledgeable father, Robert, should be an entertaining excursion. But even the backwoods are no refuge from the dangers of the world. The group stumbles on a terrorist plot in the works and the students are taken hostage as a mysterious plan unfurls. Chris's unique background places him in the forefront in an ordeal of brutal fighters, uncooperative classmates, deadly threats and a battle of wits against ruthless foes, as Robert Decatur risks everything in a daring pursuit to rescue his son from the hands of evil.
'In Time of Peril' and its exciting international sequel 'A Difficult Damsel to Rescue' are fast-paced tales of loyalty, faith and courage, fathers, sons and daughters, following a great cast of terrific characters in the continent-hopping exotic adventures of the tenacious and unconventional Decatur family. For all ages, these new classic action-adventures were inspired by the likes of Louis L'Amour's fictional Sacketts, Alistair McLean and G.A. Henty.