Books

When a small-town protest ends in an explosion, history teacher Grant Harper is drawn into a mystery that changes everything he thought he knew about his community. What begins as a search for answers about that single event turns into a journey through memory, truth, and the fragile fabric that holds a town together.

Fairview was once ordinary,...

A forgotten document. A forged truth. A historian who must decide which version of history deserves to survive.

Washington, D.C., 1984.

When historian Edgar T. Bellows uncovers a microfilm hidden inside a sealed diplomatic ledger, he stumbles onto a secret the government has buried for generations, a rewritten constitutional amendment that never...

Before the Curtain Falls by C.L. Watson

The vanishings have gone on for decades. Always on March 19th. Always at midnight. No bodies. No return.

When sound engineer Micah Fenwick arrives in the unnervingly quiet town of Welton Hollow to repair its ancient bell tower, he expects creaking gears and dusty rafters, not a place where every street...

In 1721, one cartographer’s mistake changed the course of history.

When aging royal mapmaker Ambrose Dane spills ink across a chart of the Atlantic, he invents an island that never existed, Nowhere. To protect his reputation, he names it Insula Nulla and prays the Crown will ignore it. Instead, the Admiralty funds a full expedition to claim it...

The Shadow Scholar
By Chris Watson

A spy thriller where history isn’t just rewritten, it’s forged.

In the summer of 1982, mild-mannered history professor Edgar T. Bellows stumbles upon an encrypted document that threatens to upend everything we know about modern diplomacy. What begins as an academic curiosity soon spirals into a high-stakes chase...

Badge Number 13

A Novel

There’s a silence no siren can reach.

In a desert town that doesn’t exist on any map, one unnamed officer tells the truth the job won’t. From the first rescue in a freezing river to the last time the radio goes quiet, Badge Number 13 is a raw, unfiltered journey into the soul of a cop—and the shadow that job leaves behind.

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The loudest person in the room is rarely the one who leads best.

From the icy huts of Valley Forge to the heat of a country club kitchen, history and experience agree on one truth: leadership begins with listening.

In Listen and Learn, Chris Watson weaves unforgettable moments from America’s Founders with powerful lessons from his own career in...

What if the story of America’s founding wasn’t just political, but profoundly spiritual?

Faith Forged Legacy brings to life the faith-driven hearts behind the formation of the United States. With vivid storytelling and heartfelt reverence, author Chris Watson reintroduces the Founding Fathers not as distant icons, but as deeply human, prayerful,...

Lessons of Leadership

Walk beside prophets. Learn from their trials. Lead with their faith.

Lessons of Leadership is a spiritually rich and emotionally profound journey through the lives of God’s chosen servants, from Moses and Nephi to Alma, Abinadi, and Joseph Smith. This book invites Latter-day Saints and Christians alike to discover how heaven...

A gripping journey through 5,000 years of policing—told with the grit of a cop and the insight of a historian.

From ancient Mesopotamian watchmen to modern-day patrol cars, To Serve and Struggle uncovers the messy, complicated history of law enforcement around the world. Author and former officer Chris Watson doesn’t pull punches. With...

The First Vision is a powerful exploration of one of the most sacred events in human history. It recounts the moment when a young boy named Joseph Smith entered a grove of trees and saw God the Father and Jesus Christ.

This book brings the story to life with clarity, reverence, and doctrinal insight. It traces the far-reaching impact of that...