Desmond Bagley Libri

Un misterioso vassoio che nasconde un antico segreto e una lettera lasciata da un conquistatore spagnolo sono gli unici indizi per raggiungere una città sepolta: la città "tutta d'oro" di Uaxuanoc. A Jemmy Wheale, un uomo qualunque dall'esistenza assolutamente normale, ma erede dei due oggetti, accade così di trovarsi di colpo tra le rovine dei siti maya, catapultato dalla sua tranquilla fattoria del Devon nelle foreste selvagge dello Yucatan, dove tutto può accadere e dove Jemmy scoprirà di essere un uomo coraggioso, disposto a difendere la donna che ama e pronto a salvare la preziosa ererdità che Uaxuanoc ha serbato per i posteri.

Robert Grant ha perso tutto tranne la vita. In seguito a un terribile incidente, infatti, non ricorda più nulla, nemmeno il suo vero nome; sa soltanto quello che i medici gli raccontano. Ma un giorno, mentre si trova nel nord-est del Canada, a ispezionare un sito dove deve sorgere un bacino artificiale, Grant, che ora si fa chamare Bob Boyd, sente nominare la famiglia Trinavant, un nome che lo colpisce con la violenza di un pugno, e la sua mente ha un sussulto. Perché nessuno gli vuole spiegare come andarono veramente le cose, il giorno dell'incidente? Quali segreti si celano dietro il silenzio dell'intera comunità? Perché si ostinano a voler realizzare il bacino proprio in quel punto? Chi è, veramente, Bob Boyd? Troppe domande, che finiranno per scatenare una spietata caccia all'uomo nel cuore della foresta...

Un taccuino di appunti cifrati e un nodulo di manganese che contiene unapercentuale sorprendentemente alta di metalli preziosi per l'industria: questala singolare eredità che l'oceanografo Mark Trevelyan ha lasciato al fratelloMike dopo la sua morte avvenuta nell'atollo di Tanakabu, non lontano daTahiti. Mike, anche lui esperto oceanografo, individua all'istante sia lepotenzialità scientifiche che quelle economiche e, con l'aiuto di un facoltosoimprenditore minerario canadese e con un equipaggio formato da ex soldati, farotta verso il Pacifico alla ricerca del prezioso giacimento.

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.

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.

The disappearance of Paul Billson, clerk in an engineering firm, seems a minor matter to security consultant, Max Stafford. But when routine enquiries result in Stafford being beaten up, he goes after Billson, who has impulsively taken off for the Sahara, where his air ace father had crashed during the London to Cape Town air race forty years earlier. A recent newspaper smear implied that Billson's father had rigged the crash to profit from an insurance scandal. Now Billson is intent on locating the plane and clearing his father's name - but someone is determined that he should never find it.

Blindlings - bk1250; Bastei Lübbe; Desmond Bagley; pocket_book; 1989

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 kilometres an hour. There could be a huge tidal wavefrom the sea, which will drown the capital city of St Pierre. Mabel will destroy houses, farms, roads, bridges . . . Only one man, David Wyatt, believes that Mabel will hit San Fernandez, but nobody will listen to him...

In the Italian theater of war in 1944, a group of escaped British prisoners of war and Italian partisans seize four trucks filled with gold, jewels, and documents during a raid. They hide the loot in a nearby mine, believed to contain Mussolini's lost treasure since the end of the war. Fourteen years later in South Africa, only two of the men involved in the incredible heist are still alive, while the others have seemingly been murdered. However, the treasure remains concealed in the old lead mine. How can a few fearless and determined men smuggle four tons of gold out of Italy? Their plan is as fantastic as it is simple. As the men journey back to Italy, another adventurer picks up their trail: the hunt begins...

A wealthy tycoon swears to avenge the death of his daughter and finances a personal expedition - to kill the Middle Eastern drugs barons who cultivated the heroin that killed her...

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Malta.

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in Kenya.

Discovered after more than 40 years, a vintage action-adventure novel set on Domino Island - a Caribbean paradise toppling under murder, corruption and organised crime...

A group of adventurers set sail to track down the treasure and smuggle it out, encountering many enemies along the route, including murderous ex-partisans, ruthless beauties and menacing smugglers, all of whom will stop at nothing for a chance to hijack the fortune.

Hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. Light shelf and handling wear, including light rubbing and creasing to DJ, spot of surface paper loss to front cover. Boards are very clean, pages are tightly bound, and content is 'as unread'. CN

It is longer than a football pitch, weighs 550 tons, and moves at five miles per hour. Its job - and that of company troubleshooter Neil Mannix - is to move a giant transformer across Nyala, an oil-rich African state. But Nyala erupts into civil war - with Mannix at the centre of the conflict.

A series of seemingly unrelated disasters are the cover for a conspiracy which threatens the future of the Bahamas…

Wealthy, respectable George Ashton flees for his life after an acid attack on his daughter. Who is his enemy? Only his future son-in-law, who, unknown to Ashton is a British Intelligence Agent, can guess. For ESL students and Adult Literacy Stage 6.

Roman. ( Thriller der Extraklasse). 301 S.

Die Täuschung - bk518; Heyne Verlag; Desmond Bagley; pocket_book; 1990

Giles Denison's life is turned upside down when he awakes to find himself in a luxurious hotel in Oslo and, peering into the bathroom mirror, discovers the face of another man! He has been kidnapped from his flat in London and transformed into famous Finnish scientist, Dr Harold Feltham Meyrick. Compelled to adjust to his new persona (including meeting his daughter) and to play out the role assigned to him by his captors, he embarks on a dangerous escapade from Norway to Finland and across the border into Soviet Russia.

Operatie torpedo vangt aan op het moment dat de dochter van Sir Robert Hellier, miljonair en een van de belangrijkste figuren uit de filmwereld, overlijdt aan een te grote dosis heroïne. Hellier wil bloed zien, niet van de kleine handelaars, maar van de grote leveranciers. Hij krijgt de steun van de dokter Nicholas Warren, specialist op het gebied van verdovende middelen, die zeker zo goed op de hoogte is van de misdadige handel in verdovende middelen als welke politieman ook. Op basis van twee twijfelachtige tips vertrekt Warren met een groepje medewerkers naar het Midden-Oosten. Eenmaal in Beyrouth vertakt het spoor zich en gaan de speurders uiteen. Eén groep volgt het gevaarlijke spoor naar de vallei waar de papaverplantage ligt. De andere ziet kans te infiltreren in de organisatie die van plan is in één slag duizend kilo heroïne te 'exporteren'. Het spel is levensgevaarlijk, de inzet is dan ook hoog: honderd miljoen dollar.

Die Erbschaft - bk501; Heyne Verlag; Desmond Bagley; pocket_book; 1985

349, 284 S.

Artikelzustand: Gut Autor: Genre: Format: Erscheinungstermin: Anzahl der Seiten: Länge: Breite: Gewicht: Sprache: EAN: 9783455003673

Een ex-agent van de Britse geheime dienst gaat met zijn vriendin naar IJsland om een eenvoudige opdracht uit te voeren. Toch belandt hij in hachelijke situaties.