title: The Catalyst: A Chapter in the Mallory Chronicles (The Mallory Chronicles series)
author:  Ron Speers 
description: With three previous books in print, Howard Lawson is a former carrier based Navy fighter pilot qualified in over 30 types of military and civilian aircraft.For more than twenty years Ron Speers was TOP SECRET cleared for the black world of the intelligence community as a Director of Logicon, a principal supplier of highly classified services.
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  > > PRIMROSE AND THE DREADFUL DUKE
  
  > Garland Cousins #1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > EMILY LARKIN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > > ![](images/00003.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > Contents
  
  > [Chapter 1](index_split_005.html#filepos8259)
  
  > [Chapter 2](index_split_006.html#filepos12643)
  
  > [Chapter 3](index_split_007.html#filepos35854)
  
  > [Chapter 4](index_split_008.html#filepos62233)
  
  > [Chapter 5](index_split_009.html#filepos67352)
  
  > [Chapter 6](index_split_010.html#filepos99496)
  
  > [Chapter 7](index_split_011.html#filepos116868)
  
  > [Chapter 8](index_split_012.html#filepos128125)
  
  > [Chapter 9](index_split_013.html#filepos153875)
  
  > [Chapter 10](index_split_014.html#filepos165334)
  
  > [Chapter 11](index_split_015.html#filepos182995)
  
  > [Chapter 12](index_split_016.html#filepos200754)
  
  > [Chapter 13](index_split_017.html#filepos218218)
  
  > [Chapter 14](index_split_018.html#filepos244172)
  
  > [Chapter 15](index_split_019.html#filepos268265)
  
  > [Chapter 16](index_split_020.html#filepos275824)
  
  > [Chapter 17](index_split_02