Swimming Monkeys Series by Steve Hadden

An impossible promise…a remarkable discovery…a decision on behalf of mankind…A cross between Jurassic Park and The Da Vinci Code, Swimming Monkeys is a coming-of-age thriller that examines the on-going struggle between science and religion.Ryan Webster is a seventeen-year-old swimmer who despises his father, protects his mother and barely keeps gas in his truck... moreAn impossible promise…a remarkable discovery…a decision on behalf of mankind…A cross between Jurassic Park and The Da Vinci Code, Swimming Monkeys is a coming-of-age thriller that examines the on-going struggle between science and religion.Ryan Webster is a seventeen-year-old swimmer who despises his father, protects his mother and barely keeps gas in his truck. When he’s summoned to a Miami hospice by his dying grandfather, a renowned zoologist and founder of the world’s most famous primate park, he learns of a remarkable species of monkey kept secret by the Webster men since their discovery in 1926, the year after the Scopes Monkey Trial. He’s told their extermination is imminent, and he’s the only one who can find their rainforest, save the monkeys from man’s encroachment and decide if the world is now ready for their revelation. As Ryan follows his grandfather’s clues to California and beyond, he’s tracked by a relentless mercenary, targeted by a radical Christian society and hunted by the world’s most famous atheist. Aided by his Iraqi War veteran turned surfer-dude uncle, Ryan discovers the monkeys can do much more than swim, and he learns their revelation will shock evolutionist and rock the foundation of the Bible. Now, his only hope to stay alive is to save the monkeys and live up to his promise to the greatest man he ever knew—and in the process become the man he’s not ready to be. less

A Shocking Revelation... An Impossible Rescue... The Government's Worst Nightmare...Ryan Webster, a former student turned fugitive, has kept the promise he'd made to his dying grandfather and rescued a new species of monkey from their burned out home in the Amazon jungle. But the explosive secret they carry is about to be exposed. It's a secret the President of the United States doesn't want revealed... moreA Shocking Revelation... An Impossible Rescue... The Government's Worst Nightmare...Ryan Webster, a former student turned fugitive, has kept the promise he'd made to his dying grandfather and rescued a new species of monkey from their burned out home in the Amazon jungle. But the explosive secret they carry is about to be exposed. It's a secret the President of the United States doesn't want revealed. Recruited by the government to confirm that their genetic code will ignite a social panic and upend economic order, the country's top geneticist is obsessed with securing his own immortality and will do anything to achieve that goal.Trapped in the custody of a relentless FBI agent chosen to lead the government's cover-up, Ryan must find a way to rescue the monkeys he's promised to protect, before they suffer unthinkable torture in the name of mankind.Swimming Monkeys: Revelation extrapolates the explosive potential within the human genome into a powerful and entertaining thriller about a young man's commitment and the thin line between right and wrong. less

The FBI Wants Them Caught... The Chinese Want Them Dead... One Man Wants them Free...Ryan Webster is the target of the largest manhunt in history. The most remarkable near-human primates ever uncovered have become his closest friends. Their DNA holds an explosive secret - the key to man's immortality. Tess Simmons, mother of two and the highest ranking woman in the FBI, is on Ryan's trail. She knows his apprehension is her ticket back to her family... moreThe FBI Wants Them Caught... The Chinese Want Them Dead... One Man Wants them Free...Ryan Webster is the target of the largest manhunt in history. The most remarkable near-human primates ever uncovered have become his closest friends. Their DNA holds an explosive secret - the key to man's immortality. Tess Simmons, mother of two and the highest ranking woman in the FBI, is on Ryan's trail. She knows his apprehension is her ticket back to her family. At the same time, a Chinese sleeper agent races to find the monkeys first and destroy them and their secret, or the family he loves dies. Fleeing into the Southern Sierras with his crazy Uncle Thad, Addy Martin, the deadliest woman he's ever loved, and Davy Jones, the only human to double his lifespan with the monkeys' secrets, Ryan gets an unsettling call. Deep in the Amazon, just outside the burned out impact crater that once was their home, the world's leading anthropologist has found their parents - alive. He's willing to risk his illustrious career with a promise to conceal his discovery on one condition - Ryan must accept a deadly quest and give up everything to get his friends home.Swimming Monkeys: Exodus is a gripping thriller about one man's commitment to a promise and his choice between family and immortality. less