Dr. Gerhard Plenert has a PhD in Resource Economics and Operations Management, which are fancy words for "a whole lot of math." He spent 12 years as a university professor and the remainder of his life living and working all over the world in places like Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and of course North America.He has 8 children and his grandchildren are just starting to get numbered, the last count was 13. He has successfully published over 24 books and close to 200 articles on various business and academic topics. But his love is Jason Bourne and James Bond.The Dawn of the New Templars is his first novel.