Uragano sui Caraibi
- 317pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Desmond Bagley Libri
29 ottobre 1923 – 12 aprile 1983
Desmond Bagley è stato un giornalista e romanziere britannico, noto per i suoi thriller di successo. Insieme a contemporanei come Hammond Innes e Alistair MacLean, ha contribuito a definire le convenzioni del genere: un eroe forte, pieno di risorse, ma essenzialmente ordinario che affronta antagonisti determinati a seminare distruzione e caos. Le sue narrazioni spesso esplorano ambientazioni esotiche, svelando gli aspetti più oscuri della natura umana pur mantenendo una trama avvincente. Lo stile di Bagley è caratterizzato da un ritmo serrato, sequenze d'azione magistralmente costruite e una marcata attenzione alla suspense.
It all begins with a simple errand - a package to deliver. But for Alan Stewart, standing on a deserted road in Iceland with a murdered man at his feet, the mission looks far from simple. Set amongst some of the most dramatic scenery in the world, Stewart and his girlfriend, Erin, are faced with treacherous natural obstacles and deadly threats, as they battle to carry out the mission. The contents of the package are a surprise for the reader as much as for Stewart in a finale of formidable energy.
A catastrophic avalanche brings disaster to the inhabitants of a small New Zealand mining town, bringing out the best and the worst in the people.
The Tightrope Men. The enemy
- 654pagine
- 23 ore di lettura
Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer set in Norway, Finland and Sweden. THE TIGHTROPE MEN When Giles Denison of Hampstead wakes up in an Oslo hotel room and finds the face looking back at him in the mirror is not his own, things could surely get no more bizarre. But it is only the beginning of a hair-raising adventure in which Denison finds himself trapped with no way to escape. One false move and the whole delicately balanced power structure between East and West will come toppling down… THE ENEMY Wealthy, respectable George Ashton flees for his life after an acid attack on his daughter. Who is his enemy? Only Malcolm Jaggard, his future son-in-law, can guess, after seeing Ashton's top secret government file. In a desperate manhunt, Jaggard pits himself against the KGB and stalks Ashton to the silent, wintry forests of Sweden. But his search for the enemy has barely begun… Includes a unique bonus - Desmond Bagley's pen portrait, written for the original publication of The Tightrope Men.
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in South America.
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in the Sahara.
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the Pacific.
Wyatt's Hurricane
- 254pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
A U.S. Naval aircraft on a routine weather patrol in the Caribbean encounters 'Mabel', a ferocious hurricane that should, nevertheless, pass harmlessly among the islands. But David Wyatt, civilian weather expert, has developed a sixth sense about hurricanes and is convinced that Mabel will change course and strike the island of San Fernandez and its capital, St Pierre. Scientific evidence is against him, the Commander of the U.S. Base refuses to evacuate, and Wyatt's lone voice is finally overwhelmed when a rebellion against the tyrannical dictator who rules San Fernandez sweeps down on St Pierre. Wyatt is forced to pit himself against insuperable odds, aided only by a small and diverse group of English and American civilians - and by Hurricane Mabel herself.
Popis edice: Hurricane Mabel is far out in the Atlantic Ocean and moving slowly northwards. Perhaps it will never come near land at all. But if it hits the island of San Fernandez, many thousands of people will die. There could be winds of more than 250 k
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the Middle East.
