Gayle Lynds Libri

Dowager Empress. Questo il nome della nave cinese sospettata di trasportare materiali chimici destinati a essere trasformati in micidiali armi di distruzione di massa. Impossibile per il governo degli Stati Uniti fermarla senza causare un conflitto diplomatico internazionale. Il compito di far luce sul carico della nave è assegnato a Jon Smith, agente speciale di Covert-One, che si trova sotto copertura a Taiwan. Ma qualcosa va storto, la rete di contatti organizzata dall'agenzia di spionaggio si rompe e Jon Smith finisce in un'imboscata, a cui sfugge per miracolo. Qui comincia la sua corsa contro il tempo: cercare di arrivare alla verità prima che la nave raggiunga il porto di destinazione. Braccato sia dagli emissari del governo cinese, sia dagli uomini della compagnia navale, Smith scopre uno scenario inquietante: qualcuno possiede delle informazioni che potrebbero mettere in ginocchio il Presidente degli Stati Uniti e una ramificata quanto misteriosa società multinazionale, la Altman, sembra avere tutto l'interesse a scatenare una devastante guerra planetaria...

Le morti, in tre diversi punti degli Stati Uniti, di una ragazzina, un barbone e un militare presentano gli stessi inquietanti sintomi. La biologa Sophia Russel, preoccupata che un nuovo virus possa causare un'epidemia, avvia una indagine accurata ma viene subito uccisa.Jon Smith, con l'aiuto di un gruppetto di amici, cerca di trovare una spiegazione all'improvvisa morte di Sophia, la sua fidanzata. Scopre che le è stato iniettato lo stesso virus mortale che stava studiando e che l'infezione non è affatto sconosciuta: aveva già colpito, dieci anni prima, durante la Guerra del Golfo. La sua indagine, insidiosa e piena di pericoli,e una drammatica lotta contro il tempo che lo porterà fino in Iraq, mentre nel resto del mondo le morti misteriose continuano a moltiplicarsi...

Nel giro di poche ore, in punti diversi degli Stati Uniti, un barbone, una ragazzina e un militare muoiono, rivelando gli stessi sintomi: febbre altissima ed emorragia polmonare. Sophia Russel, biologa all'istituto di ricerche per le malattie infettive del Maryland, temendo un'epidemia catastrofica, avvia approfondite indagini. Ma viene assassinata. Il colonnello medico Jon Smith scopre che ad ucciderla è stata una dose del virus mortale che stava studiando, quello stesso che aveva già colpito dieci anni prima, durante la Guerra del Golfo. Ormai è l'umanità intera a essere in pericolo. Appassionante e rapidissimo, il thriller fonde abilmente scienza, spionaggio e politica, e trascina il lettore da Londra alla California, da Washington all'Iraq, lasciandolo senza fiato.

Six top international assassins are locked in a battle to the death. Only one will be left standing...

Praised by writers from Clive Cussler to Sue Grafton, Gayle Lynds has emerged as a leading star of suspense fiction. Her bestselling debut novel "Masquerade" was hailed as "gloriously paranoid, immensely satisfying" "(The Los Angeles Times)." Now Lynds brings the international thriller to an electrifying new level with this bullet-fast tale. While giving a gala performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, blind concert-pianist Julia Austrian's sight returns as mysteriously as it disappeared ten years earlier when she was struck by a rare psychological disorder. But her euphoria shatters when she witnesses her mother's murder -- a trauma that hurls her back into her dark and lonely world. Blind, yet the only person who can identify the killer, Julia abandons her celebrated life, regains her sight through hypnosis, and joins maverick CIA analyst Sam Keeline to piece together a series of seemingly random acts that form a vast and terrifying puzzle that threatens America's political system.

For centuries, emperors, historians, and even the Vatican have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's magnificent Library of Gold - a fabled archive of gilded, bejeweled scripts and lost knowledge dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks. Now one of the volumes, The Book of Spies, has surfaced, and along with it a highly secret, shadowy cabal. They want their book back and they will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. When the CIA unearths a connection between the legendary library and a bank account linked to terrorists, they turn to rare books curator Eva Blake for help. When an attempt is made on Eva's life, she turns to the only person she can trust - Judd Ryder, a former intelligence agent with his own agenda and a troubled past. Racing from London to Rome, Istanbul to Athens, Judd and Eva must use all their wit and tradecraft to stay ahead of the deadly forces hunting them. They must do what no one else has been able to do: find the library AND stay alive.

Six master assassins -- each a legend in the dark corners of international espionage -- band together to steal a fortune from the middle of a war zone. But the mission goes tragically wrong, and they retreat into the shadows. Now THE ASSASSINS are back. Former military spy Judd Ryder is walking to his D.C. home when he spots a man coming out of his row house who looks like Ryder and is wearing his clothes. As Ryder slows to follow, the imposter is killed in a hit-and-run that's no accident. Was the man the intended victim, or was it Ryder himself? Soon Ryder learns that the key to the mysterious events of the past and to his double's murder is an infamous Cold War assassin, the Carnivore. Two of the last people to see the Carnivore were Ryder and CIA trainee Eva Blake, and someone is using them to lure him out. From Washington D.C. to Marrakech and Baghdad, the assassins wage a final battle -- this time against one another -- fighting for their reputations and Saddam Hussein's long-missing billion-dollar fortune. In the end, only one can be left standing. Caught in the crossfire, Judd and Eva go on the run while desperately unraveling the tangled past and battling not only for their lives, but for their destinies.

When you gaze into the mirror--and find a stranger looking back? Liz Sansborough has no recollection of her past as a CIA agent; no idea what her future holds. For her, there is only the present...and the chilling knowledge that the world's most lethal assassin has set his sights on her. When your only link to your identity is a stranger who claim to be lover? Gordon is so gentle, so loving--and so secretive. If Liz dares to put her life into his powerful hands, will he guard it with his own--or snuff it out? When violence explodes around you, when nothing makes sense, when nobody--including you--is whom he or she appears to be? As Liz unravels a series of lies, she begins to suspect that the truth she encounters might be far more sinister--and deadly--than the original deception...

A homeless man in Boston, an Army Major in California, and a teenage girl in Atlanta all die suddenly and painfully--each a victim of an unknown doomsday virus. For three days, a team of scientists is a U.S. government laboratory has been frantically trying to unlock the virus's secrets. When the leading researcher from that lab, Lt. Col. Jonathan Smith, returns from overseas, he barely survives a series of well-orchestrated attempts made on his life. By the time Smith eludes his pursuers and makes it home, he discovers that the virus has claimed its fourth victim, Dr. Sophia Russell--Smith's fiancee. Devastated and enraged, Smith quickly uncovers evidence that his lover's death was no accident--that someone out there has the virus, and the pandemic that threatens hundreds of millions of lives is no accident. But wherever he turns, Smith finds that some unseen force has blocked his quest for information.<p>Not knowing whom to trust, Smith assembles a private team to search for the truth behind the deadly virus. While the death toll mounts, their quest leads to the highest levels of power and the darkest corners of the earth, as they match wits with a determined genius--and as the fate of the world lies in the balance.</p>