The Numinous Protocol is the first in a series of fact-based books entitled The Alphabet Games. The series traces the exploits of a contemporary intelligence operative living a double life in the clandestine service of the United States while pursuing using a professional career as cover. Seemingly possessing nine lives, or more, his passionate and enduring love for a young woman is what fuels his uncanny ability to persevere through one dangerous mission after another to return home to her alive and well.