Nick Journey is a history professor specializing in the American Civil War at an Oklahoma university. Before academia, he played minor league baseball, and that combination of physical capability and scholarly obsession makes him an unusual thriller protagonist. He does not go looking for trouble, but his expertise puts him at the center of dangerous situations when lost documents with explosive political implications surface.
In Cold Glory and Silver Cross, Journey teams up with federal agent Meg Tolman to investigate historical discoveries that powerful people want to keep buried. Anderson writes Journey as someone whose love of history is genuine and whose academic knowledge is what makes him valuable rather than any action-hero skill set.
Reading Order
See the complete Nick Journey reading order for all books in the series.