Dear Family, Friends and Patrons!
My paperback has been launched and is now available on Amazon!
The ebook came out on June 9th 2026
The Curse of Oak Island’s Cave: Royston is the result of years of research into Royston Cave, the Knights Templar, medieval symbolism, Oak Island, and the strange carved language hidden beneath the streets of Royston, England.
This book follows the trail from the mysterious carvings of Royston Cave to my research which was featured on The Curse of Oak Island and through Zena Halpern’s Map. Though highly controversial, I’ve found Zena’s Map to be very interesting and filled with incredible historic clues… As a result, the baby should not be thrown out with the bathwater.
The cave is directly tied to Oak Island, Portugal, France with Royston Cave, England, with the Excalibur Compass as the hinge!
It explores the cave’s medieval imagery, the Templar survival tradition or ‘Templarism’, the Rochefoucauld connection, the identity of the mermaid figure, the 1347 brick, 1347 featured on Zena Halpern’s map of Oak Island and a mysterious carved tomb with Biblical overtones, and the possibility that Royston Cave preserves a far older story than has ever been fully understood. The Smith Cove Cross, found on Oak Island by Gary Drayton and Rick Lagina plays a pivotal role in the cave.
Many of these discoveries were introduced in my prior book which was published on November 21st 2022 – But this book enshrines work I’ve done which was scattered across blogs, podcast interviews, and videos from my own YouTube Channel, plus my own private notes.
For me, Royston Cave is not simply an underground chamber. It is a coded medieval archive as a visual language, tracing board, carved in chalk, filled with saints, kings, symbols, warnings, and fragments of a hidden historical tradition.
This book brings together my research, connected to The Curse of Oak Island, Season 10 the Premier Episode in 2022, and my continuing investigation into the Templar and sacred-history threads that connect England, France, Portugal, and Oak Island.
Royston Cave has been documented by the academic community since it was discovered in 1742, but they did not go far enough and failed to delve into the maternal side of the most powerful kings and queens in history. The mermaid carving in the cave is a documented historical first as well as the compass sword, the 1347 brick and other carvings.
Having brought the cave to a larger audience, I thought it was important to store all I knew about the cave and enshrine it within these pages for the protection of my hard won historical work. As an independent writer, and boots on the ground researcher, I’ve found it necessary to create a clear paper-trail regarding my discoveries as interest by other active authors has become ‘too high’ and without regard to the original source, my discoveries… In order to protect my intellectual property, I’ve pulled some very long hours with little sleep, including a 25-hour-day to make this happen by June 9th, 2026. I am filled with relief that the work is done, but my vigilance remains high…
The paperback edition is now available on Amazon.
Thank you to everyone who has followed this journey, supported my research, watched the Oak Island episodes, asked questions, and encouraged me to keep going.
This book was not possible without the encouragement, participation and financial donations of loved ones, patrons and dear friends… You all know who you are! Due to growing privacy concerns and the speed with which I wrote and edited this volume, I’ve chosen not to include the names of Patrons at this time… You have all been a rock, an oasis and a boon in the pre-ceding months… Without you, protecting my work would not have been possible. Thank you for being a Blessing in my life…
This book is for readers who love history, mystery, medieval symbolism, the Knights Templar, Royston Cave, and the enduring possibility that the past still has secrets to reveal.
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