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Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and Constance's greatest enemy. A desperate bargain is broken... Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life - but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. A clever trap is set... Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help--for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng's every move...and awaiting his own chance to strike. A vengeful angel will not be deterred... Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all...

Tzv. společný román čili soubor povídek vymysleli a jako editoři sestavili Margaret Atwood a Douglas Preston. Koncept spočívá ve hře pro celou skupinu autorů přispívajících svým dílem do jednoho daného rámce, a tím je pandemie covidu v New Yorku. Kdo stihl před karanténou odjet z New Yorku na venkov, udělal to. Statisíce lidí však v New Yorku zůstaly, například obyvatelé jednoho notně omšelého činžáku. Skoro nikam se nesmí, ale střecha je pěkně plochá a dá se tam pohodlně posedět. Někdo přinese křeslo, někdo basu piv a lidé se tam začínají scházet, bez mobilů, zato každý se svým příběhem. Soused pozná souseda a hned se pandemie covidu-19 překonává o něco lépe. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

Set in a New York apartment building, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Emma Donoghue and Celeste Ng. One week into lockdown, the tenants of a run-down apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now - become real neighbours. A dazzling, heartwarming and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days is an ode to the power of storytelling and human connection. Includes writing from: Charlie Jane Anders, Margaret Atwood, Jennine Capo Crucet, Pat Cummings, Joseph Cassara, Angie Cruz, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Maria Hinojosa, Mira Jacob, Erica Jong, CJ Lyons, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Mary Pope Osborne, Doug Preston, Alice Randall, Caroline Randall, Ishmael Reed, Roxana Robinson, Nelly Rosario, James Shapiro, Hampton Sides, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Monique Truong, Scott Turow, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rachel Vail, Weike Wang, DeShawn Charles Winslow, Meg Wolitzer

An epic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. The narrative delves into the real effort to resurrect woolly mammoths and other extinct megafauna from the Pleistocene Age. Erebus Resort, set in a breathtaking hundred-thousand-acre valley in the Colorado Rockies, allows guests to witness these creatures in their native habitat, brought back through genetic manipulation. However, when a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by suspected eco-terrorists in the Erebus backcountry, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash teams up with county sheriff James Colcord to find the culprits. As the body count rises and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord face an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent force at Erebus, intent on not just resurrection but extinction. Reviews highlight the book as a "creepy and creative variation on Jurassic Park" (Publishers Weekly) and a "breathlessly riveting" thriller that is both thought-provoking and entertaining (Lee Child). With a heart-stopping climax, it ingeniously blends real-life science with thrilling storytelling (Tess Gerritsen). Preston's masterful narrative keeps readers engaged and pondering long after the last page (Steve Berry).

How can you stop a serial killer who has been dead for a hundred years? FBI Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast always wants to protect his protegee Constance Greene from harm. But, against all odds, Constance has found a way to travel back in time. Heading to New York City in the late 1800s, Constance returns to the century of her birth to embark on a dangerous quest: stopping the era's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng, from bringing his nefarious plans to fruition. If Constance can stop Dr. Leng, she can finally prevent the events that led to the shocking deaths of her sister and brother... but can she survive herself, when up against one of the cleverest and most evil men of his age? 'Simply brilliant!' Lisa Gardner on Preston & Child The nail-biting new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Agent Pendergast series, perfect for fans of Clive Cussler and James Rollins.

The first ever nonfiction collection from celebrated New Yorker contributor and #1 bestselling author Douglas Preston.​ Death in Print is a collection of narrative nonfiction from essayist, thriller writer, and Authors Guild President Douglas Preston. What's it like to be the first to enter a chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What untold stories are buried within the archives of the Museum of Natural History? What are scientists still discovering about the day the dinosaurs died? Initially appearing in The New Yorker, WIRED, The Atlantic, and Harper's between 1995 and 2021, these pieces explore the mystery of the past with wide-eyed wonder and a strong journalistic eye. Final description TK.

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, who investigate a mystery so enigmatic it may have no solution. In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing their eyes. The case, given the code name "Dead Mountain" by the FBI, was never solved. Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago--and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.

Two bodies. A dangerous secret. A terrifying force. The latest "excellent" novel in wildly popular series featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson (Publishers Weekly). Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal--to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job. Nora's excavation immediately uncovers two murder victims buried at the site, faces and hands obliterated with acid to erase their identities. Special Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned to the case. As Nora's excavation proceeds, uncovering things both bizarre and seemingly inexplicable, Corrie's homicide investigation throws open a Pandora's box of espionage and violence, uncovering bloody traces of a powerful force that will stop at nothing to protect its secrets--and that threatens to engulf them all in an unimaginable fate.

Was geschah 1947 wirklich in Roswell? Im dritten Teil der Thriller-Reihe verschlägt es Archäologin Nora Kelly und FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson an einen der geheimnisumwittertsten Orte der USA. Hier soll eines der bestgehüteten Geheimnisse der amerikanischen Geschichte gelüftet werden: der angebliche UFO-Absturz bei Roswell. An der Stelle, an der die Trümmer gefunden worden sein sollen, werden wissenschaftliche Ausgrabungen unter der Leitung von Nora Kelly und finanziert vom exzentrischen Lucas Tappan, Gründer eines privaten Raumfahrt-Unternehmens, durchgeführt. Doch statt Beweisen für Aliens stößt Nora auf zwei menschliche Mordopfer. Weder Nora noch Corrie, die mit dem Fall betraut wird, ahnen, dass die Entdeckung der Toten eine gefährliche Kette von Ereignissen auslöst, die ihr Leben bedroht. Die Bestseller-Autoren Douglas Preston und Lincoln Child verweben geschickt Mythen und Legenden um UFOs und den Roswell-Zwischenfall mit einem spannenden Mordfall und zahlreichen cleveren Sprüchen zu einem actiongeladenen Thriller. Nora Kelly und Corrie Swanson sind auch aus den Pendergast-Thrillern bekannt, und ihre Fälle sind in folgender Reihenfolge erschienen: Old Bones – Tote lügen nie, Old Bones – Das Gift der Mumie und Old Bones – Die Toten von Roswell.

A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Junior FBI Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, a rictus of horror frozen on his face. Hidden on the corpse lies a sixteenth century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body--and the bizarre cause of death--Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on one of the most defining, frightening, and transformative moments in American history. -- Adapted from page [4] cover

Leggendario rapimento: La sera del 24 novembre 1971, D. B. Cooper dirotta il volo numero 305 – da Portland a Seattle – utilizzando una falsa bomba, si impossessa di un riscatto di 200.000 USD e salta con un paracadute nella notte, per non essere mai più visto... forse... Un brutale crimine: Cinquant'anni dopo, l'agente Pendergast si trova ad affrontare un caso bizzarro e inquietante: nella città di Savannah, in Georgia, dove si aggirano vari fantasmi, vengono trovati cadaveri completamente dissanguati – seminando panico tra gli abitanti e riaccendendo la sinistra leggenda del vampiro di Savannah. Un caso senza precedenti nella carriera di Pendergast: Durante un'indagine piena di colpi di scena, Pendergast e il suo partner, l'agente Coldmoon, corrono contro il tempo per comprendere come questi omicidi siano collegati al più misterioso dirottamento aereo nella storia americana. Insieme scopriranno non solo l'assassino, ma anche un male di un altro mondo, senza precedenti.

Before he can return to New York from Miami, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is called to investigate something very strange that has happened on the west coast of Florida. Dozens of human feet, identically clad in blue have washed up on beaches. All exhibit unmistakeable signs of violence. Beyond that, nothing is known about the feet, except that they are fresh and haven't been in the water long. Pendergast reluctantly makes his way to the barrier islands off South Florida to investigate a case he believes to be outside his area of expertise and his interest. Once there, he finds the case both disturbing and intriguing, and is drawn into the mystery almost against his will. A preliminary pathology report indicates the feet were chopped, torn, or even wrenched from their bodies in the crudest of ways. Over the next few days, still more continue to wash in, until the number tops one hundred. Soon the case begins to take a most surprising and complex turn, and Pendergast finds it necessary to call in Special Agent Armstrong Coldmoon for a risky and very specific undercover assignment. And when, at last, the true origin of this awful gift from the sea becomes clear, the former partners are forced to confront an enemy, and a horror, more powerful and deadly than any they have faced before.

Quella della Spedizione Donner è una storia vera che ancora oggi risveglia paure ataviche e curiosità morbose. Rimanda al 1846, quando una carovana di pionieri diretti in California rimase bloccata per mesi dalla neve nella Sierra Nevada. Alcuni di loro morirono di stenti dopo poco tempo. Altri, stipati nello spazio soffocante dei carri, portati alla follia dai morsi del freddo e della fame, si abbandonarono al cannibalismo. Quasi nessuno si salvò. Lo storico Clive Benton, lontano discendente di alcuni sopravvissuti a quell'orrore, è entrato in possesso del diario di uno dei pionieri, giungendo alla conclusione che sia finalmente possibile localizzare il campo perduto della Spedizione Donner e svelarne i misteri. È lui a convincere la dottoressa Nora Kelly, ricercatrice dell'Istituto di archeologia di Santa Fe e già direttrice di molte campagne di scavo sulla Sierra Nevada, a guidare una squadra sulle tracce dell'accampamento. Ma arrivati tra le montagne, i ricercatori scoprono che l'epilogo degli avventurieri della Donner nasconde verità sconvolgenti e atroci, che gettano un ponte tra passato e presente, allacciandosi a un'indagine su alcuni recenti casi di omicidio condotta dall'agente dell'FBI Corrie Swanson. D'un tratto, quella che doveva essere una spedizione scientifica si trasforma in uno spaventoso viaggio di abiezione e follia.

A Majomisten elveszett városáról Közép-Amerika gyarmatosítása óta keringenek történetek. A legenda szerint az őslakosok a spanyol hódítók elől menekültek, magukkal hozva kincseiket. A szent városukat egy átok védi: aki belép, megbetegszik és meghal. 2012-ben Douglas Preston egy régészekből és geológusokból álló csapathoz csatlakozik, hogy megtalálják az elveszett várost. Az amerikai hadsereg által kifejlesztett légi radartechnika segítségével feltérképezik a sűrű őserdő alatti rejtélyeket. A képek felülmúlják várakozásaikat: egy elhagyatott völgyben nemcsak egy város, hanem egy egész civilizáció nyomaira bukkannak. Az expedíció során azonban számos veszéllyel szembesülnek: zuhatagszerű esőzések, sártenger, vérszívó rovarok, jaguárok és mérges kígyók fenyegetik őket. A legnagyobb kihívás azonban az elveszett város átkának megjelenése: egy gyógyíthatatlan trópusi betegség, amely halálos is lehet. A történet drámai fordulatokkal teli, hiteles beszámoló a 21. század egyik legfontosabb régészeti felfedezéséről, amely minden történelmi rejtélyek iránt érdeklődő olvasó könyvespolcán ott a helye.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A consistently exciting and never predictable series."--Associated Press When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes missing, the NYPD assumes she has simply sped off on another wild adventure. Until the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found. Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta quickly takes the lead. He knows his investigation will attract fierce scrutiny, so D'Agosta is delighted when FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast shows up at the crime scene assigned to the case. "I feel rather like Brer Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch," Pendergast tells D'Agosta, "because I have found you here, in charge. Just like when we first met, back at the Museum of Natural History." But neither Pendergast nor D'Agosta are prepared for what lies ahead. A diabolical presence is haunting the greater metropolitan area, and Grace Ozmian was only the first of many victims to be murdered . . . and decapitated. Worse still, there's something unique to the city itself that has attracted the evil eye of the killer. As mass hysteria sets in, Pendergast and D'Agosta find themselves in the crosshairs of an opponent who has threatened the very lifeblood of the city. It'll take all of Pendergast's skill to unmask this most dangerous foe-let alone survive to tell the tale.

Gideon Crew, brilliant scientist and master thief, will face his most dangerous mission yet in the sequel to Beyond the Ice Limit.

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, FBI Agent Pendergast reluctantly teams up with a new partner to investigate a rash of Miami Beach murders . . . only to uncover a deadly conspiracy that spans decades. After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner. Pendergast and his new colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves are unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belong to women who committed suicide. But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades.

Since the days of Hernan Cortes, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there from Spanish invaders, warning that entering the city is a death sentence. They call it the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, journalist Theodore Morde claimed to have found the city, returning with artifacts but ultimately committing suicide without revealing its location. Decades later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking quest. In 2012, they flew over a dense rainforest using advanced technology to map the terrain, revealing the unmistakable outline of a sprawling metropolis, suggesting the existence of an undiscovered city and civilization. To confirm their discovery, Preston and his team faced torrential rains, quickmud, swarms of insects, jaguars, and venomous snakes. They emerged from the jungle with proof of the legend but also contracted a horrifying, incurable disease. Filled with history, adventure, and dramatic twists, this account recounts one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century, blending suspense and shocking revelations.

Hochspannung von Preston & Child, Amerikas Meister-Duo des Abenteuer-Thrillers, über einen möglichen Terror-Anschlag mit einer Atombombe Agent Gideon Crew soll in New York City einen anscheinend wahnsinnigen Atomwissenschaftler zur Vernunft bringen, der seine Familie als Geisel genommen hat. Aber die Mission geht schief, der Täter wird erschossen. Die Aufzeichnungen des Toten offenbaren einen mörderischen Plan: In zehn Tagen wird seine selbstgebaute Atombombe eine nukleare Katastrophe auslösen. Doch niemand weiß, welche amerikanische Stadt das Ziel des Anschlags sein wird. Der Countdown läuft … „Reißt die Nerven in Fetzen wie hochexplosives Dynamit.“ Literaturmarkt. info

Five years ago, Eli Glinn led a mission ro recover a 25,000-ton meteorite - the largest ever discovered - from a remote island off the coast of South America. It ended in disaster when their ship foundered and broke apart in a vicious storm. But now, two miles down in dark Antarctic waters, something is growing. A vast, grotesque structure is simultaneously reaching up towards the waves and burrowing deep into the sea floor. Eli Glinn's worst fear has been realised. He has no choice but to return to the Southern Ocean and attempt to annihilate an entity that threatens the existence of the planet. But, as he will discover, the entity has no intention of going quietly.

A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead. A SHOCKING RETURN Sick with grief, Pendergast's ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive – only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past. AN INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT Proctor, Pendergast's longtime bodyguard, springs to action, pursuing Constance's kidnapper through cities, across oceans, and into wastelands unknown. BUT IN THIS WORLD, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS And by the time Proctor discovers the truth, a terrifying mechanism has stirred – and it may already be too late...

Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief--is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he has no reason to refuse. Gideon's task: steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells, now on display in New York City and protected by unbreakable security.Accomplishing the impossible, Gideon steals the parchment--only to learn that hidden beneath the gorgeously illuminated image is a treasure map dating back to the time of the ancient Greeks. As they ponder the strange map, they realize that the treasure it leads to is no ordinary fortune. It is something far more precious: an amazing discovery that could perhaps even save Gideon's life.Together with his new partner, Amy, Gideon follows a trail of cryptic clues to an unknown island in a remote corner of the Caribbean Sea. There, off the hostile and desolate Mosquito Coast, the pair realize the extraordinary treasure they are hunting conceals an even greater shock-a revelation so profound that it may benefit the entire human race . . . if Gideon and Amy can survive.

Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene have been called to Exmouth, a small town on the wild Atlantic coast of Massachusetts, to investigate a seemingly innocuous theft. But what they discover at the crime scene changes the course of their investigation: a sealed burial chamber, complete with rusted leg irons, fragments of bone and claw marks on the inside-face of its bricks. Then a historian is found murdered in the desolate salt marshes that surround the town, his face mutilated, his body carved with arcane symbols. Exmouth has a grim history dating back to the aftermath of the Salem witch trials. And now a dark secret, centuries old, is rising to the surface.

When Gideon Crew steals a page from an ancient book it reveals a secret that could save the human race.

A corpse, stiff with rigor mortis and bound in heavy ropes, has been dumped on the doorstep of FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. The murder has the hallmarks of the perfect crime – no witnesses, no motive, no evidence – save for one enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea where an ingenious killer is determined to make him pay for the long-buried sins of his forefathers. But Pendergast already knows what is at stake, for the dead man left on his doorstep wasn't just anyone, it was his son.

NASA is building a probe to be splashed down in the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn’s great moon, Titan. It is one of the most promising habitats for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, but the surface is unpredictable and dangerous, requiring the probe to contain artificial intelligence software. To this end, Melissa Shepherd, a brilliant programmer, has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI whose true potential is both revolutionary and terrifying. When miscalculations lead to a catastrophe during testing, Dorothy flees into the internet. Former CIA agent Wyman Ford is tapped to track down the rogue AI. As Ford and Shepherd search for Dorothy, they realize that her horrific experiences in the wasteland of the Internet have changed her in ways they can barely imagine. And they’re not the only ones looking for the wayward software: the AI is also being pursued by a pair of Wall Street traders, who want to capture her code and turn her into a high-speed trading bot. Traumatized, angry, and relentlessly hunted, Dorothy has an extraordinary revelation -- and devises a plan. As the pursuit of Dorothy converges on a deserted house on the coast of Northern California, Ford must face the ultimate question: is rescuing Dorothy the right thing? Is the AI bent on saving the world… or on wiping out the cancer that is humankind?

1508, anno del Signore. Nella Firenze prostrata da un morbo misterioso che falcia vittime e non concede tregua, quale segreto custodiscono Niccolò Machiavelli e il suo misterioso visitatore notturno? Fin dove può portare la fatale attrazione fra un uomo e una donna, avversari e amanti in una missione impossibile per conto della Repubblica? E ancora, cosa si nasconde nell'inesplorato Mondo Nuovo, oltre il mondo allora conosciuto? La città d'oro è un romanzo a tante facce: una storia di avventura, un intrigo internazionale, la caccia a un tesoro remoto e senza prezzo, da Firenze a Siviglia e alle Indie Occidentali. Una struggente storia d'amore fra chi pensava di aver consumato il cuore e per caso riscopre la passione e il fuoco dei sensi. Fino a una sorpresa sconvolgente, nell'alba livida della Firenze rinascimentale, che ricuce tutti i fili della narrazione.

Krimi. In 1876, in a mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, several miners were killed from grizzly bear attacks. Corrie Swanson has arranged to examine the remains of the dead miners. She makes a shocking discovery. Town leaders, try to stop her from exposing their community's dark and bloody past, arrest and jail he

Im italienischen Perugia wird die britische Studentin Meredith Kercher brutal in ihrer Wohnung ermordet. Hauptverdächtige sind ihre amerikanische Mitbewohnerin Amanda Knox und ihr italienischer Freund Raffaele Sollecito. In einem spannungsgeladenen Indizienprozess werden die beiden zu extrem hohen Haftstrafen verurteilt. Zwei Jahre später spricht ein Berufungsprozess die beiden frei. Douglas Preston und Mario Spezi rollen den spektakulären Fall Amanda Knox neu auf. Bisher unveröffentlichte Details, Interviews mit involvierten Juristen und die Aufdeckung der dubiosen Machenschaften des italienischen Staatsanwalts, Giuliano Mignini, garantieren eine atemberaubende Lektüre, die es mit jedem Thriller aufnehmen kann.

L'agente Pendergast segue le tracce di un'organizzazione segreta che ha rapito sua moglie dopo il loro incontro. Spinto da un desiderio di vendetta, l'agente dell'FBI non si fermerà davanti a nulla per scoprire la verità sulla sua amata e vendicarsi di coloro che gli hanno portato via tutto. Si dirige in Brasile, nella pericolosa giungla, per trovare un misterioso villaggio abitato da discendenti nazisti e vittime di brutali esperimenti condotti dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale da ex aguzzini hitleriani, incluso il dottor Mengele. Il successo della sua missione deciderà non solo il suo destino, ma anche il futuro ordine del mondo. La storia è ricca di avventura, suspense, colpi di scena sorprendenti e un'intrigante trama. La figura di Pendergast diventa sempre più affascinante, mentre l'azione continua a intensificarsi, iniziando con un impatto davvero forte.

A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of his at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down.

Aloysius Pendergast ügynök mind a mai napig gyászolja feleségét, Helent, akit tizenkét évvel ezelőtt egy hátborzongató vadászbalesetben veszített el. A régi családi birtokon hosszú idő után újra kezébe veszi felesége tárgyait – és rettenetes felfedezést tesz: rájön, hogy felesége puskájában, amellyel életét próbálta menteni, éles helyett csak vaktöltény volt. Ki akarhatta megölni Helent… és miért? Pendergast barátját és társát, Vincent D'Agosta hadnagyot hívja segítségül, hogy a gyilkos után kutatva visszautazzanak a múltba, és nyomon kövessék Helen életét a házasságkötés előtt és után is. Pendergast rájön, hogy imádott feleségének, az egyetlen embernek, akiben teljesen megbízott, rengeteg titka volt… Az ügynök ebben az ügyben is épp olyan eltökélten küzd az igazság kiderítéséért, mint máskor, de elveszíti jól ismert nyugalmát és szilárdságát. A „Lázálom”-ban mélyebben beleláthatunk kedvenc FBI-ügynökünk lelkébe, mint bármelyik eddigi kötetben.

Durante una battuta di caccia nelle Highlands scozzesi, l’agente speciale dell’FBI Aloysius Pendergast viene colpito da una fucilata, inaspettata e lancinante quanto la rivelazione che l’accompagna: sua moglie Helen, che anni prima Pendergast aveva visto morire con i propri occhi, in realtà è ancora viva. A premere il grilletto – e a mettere in dubbio in un solo, terribile istante tutto ciò che Pendergast ha sempre creduto sul conto della moglie – è Judson, fratello della stessa Helen. E adesso, mentre col petto intriso di sangue sprofonda nelle sabbie mobili che lo circondano, Pendergast guarda Judson dritto negli occhi, e giura vendetta. Ma non può esserci vendetta senza verità. E così Aloysius, miracolosamente scampato alla morte, si mette a indagare, deciso a chiarire ogni dettaglio di una storia che man mano si fa sempre più intricata. Finché, pezzo dopo pezzo, dalle strade di New York alle paludi della Louisiana, il mistero di Helen si chiarisce, svelando i contorni di un complotto dalla portata storica e sconvolgente. Con La mano tagliata Douglas Preston e Lincoln Child firmano un nuovo, appassionante capitolo nelle avventure dell’agente Pendergast, personaggio tra i più amati della narrativa internazionale, immancabilmente ai primi posti delle classifiche americane.

Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .

Een ex-CIA-agent moet in Nevada uitzoeken wat er mis is bij de experimenten met een deeltjesversneller, maar komt in een onhoudbare situatie terecht waarbij godsdienstfanatici met de geleerden komen afrekenen.

L'agente speciale Aloysius Pendergast si trova inaspettatamente di fronte al suo passato, che credeva sepolto da tempo. Con i ricordi della defunta moglie riaffiorano dettagli dolorosi della sua morte e una serie di inquietanti domande a cui deve trovare risposta. Insieme al tenente Vincent D'Agosta e, successivamente, alla sua amica, la capitano Laura Hayward, Pendergast inizia a riempire i vuoti nella vita di Helen, evocando fantasmi che si rivelano ben più concreti. Questi fantasmi si trasformano in nemici tangibili, e un antico mito si fa beffe della realtà. Le prime omicidi, gravi ferite e malattie misteriose iniziano a manifestarsi, e Pendergast comprende di aver scoperto qualcosa di grande, con il mistero che potrebbe risiedere nella leggendaria palude di Black Brake. In angoli misteriosi del Sud America e in Africa, si snoda una storia iniziata quindici anni fa, che non è mai veramente finita, un racconto di individui per cui leggi e morali sono concetti estranei, e di un uomo che manovra le redini del destino senza scrupoli.

Wyman Ford is called up for a secret expedition to Cambodia to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. Meanwhile, a brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast. Two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island anxious to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated and the data missing. High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of the crater on Mars - and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting . . . 'A superb read! Thoughtful and flat-out entertainment - a page-turning thriller. You'll be up all night with this book' Jeffery Deaver on Blasphemy

Quando un giornalista del "New York Times", William Smithback, viene brutalmente assassinato, il tenente della polizia Vincent D'Agosta chiede l'aiuto dell'agente dell'Fbi Aloysius Pendergast. Entrambi erano amici della vittima e sono decisi a fare di tutto per scoprire l'assassino, ma restano sbigottiti nell'apprendere che, stando alle prove, l'omicida è un vicino di casa morto da dieci giorni. E quando la moglie di Smithback viene aggredita da una specie di zombie con le fattezze del marito, sul caso si allunga l'ombra inquietante del sovrannaturale e della magia nera. Gli indizi portano alla villa dove ha sede una setta dedita a pratiche voodoo, sulla quale Smithback stava indagando. E sarà proprio nei sotterranei della villa che D'Agosta e Pendergast dovranno cercare la soluzione del mistero, e lottare per difendersi dal più temibile dei nemici.

На острове Рэггид, где-то в глубинах затопленной древней шахты, называемой Водяной Бездной, хранятся несметные сокровища, спрятанные здесь знаменитым пиратом XVII века. Согласно легенде, сокровища эти прокляты

Pendergast - the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent - returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Eyewitnesses claim, and the security camera confirms, that the assailant was their strange, sinister neighbour - a man who, by all accounts, died ten days earlier. While Captain Laura Hayward leads the official investigation, Pendergast and Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta undertake their own private - and decidedly unorthodox - quest for the truth. Their serpentine journey takes them to an enclave of Manhattan they never imagined could exist: a secretive, reclusive cult of Obeah and vodou which no outsiders have ever survived...

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who-or what-is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre?

Kniha přináší překlady čtyř úspěšných románů se záhadnou nebo kriminální zápletkou od anglických a amerických autorů. / Kontakt nula - David Wolstencroft / Hotel u Zlomeného srdce - Jill Marie Landisová / Údolí tyranosaura - Douglas Preston / Přežít s vlky - Misha Dafonseca

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Pendergast è di nuovo sulle tracce di un mistero! Inizialmente, si reca in un remoto monastero tibetano con la sua pupilla Constance, per riprendersi da un'avventura mozzafiato. Tuttavia, la tranquillità della meditazione viene interrotta dalla scomparsa di un oggetto sacro, custodito nel monastero da un millennio. Su richiesta dei monaci buddhisti, Pendergast inizia la sua indagine e scopre il cadavere di un alpinista ladro, ma l'oggetto magico sembra svanito nel nulla. Nonostante ciò, Pendergast non si arrende: le tracce lo conducono a bordo di un lussuoso transatlantico, la Britannia. Prima che riesca a risolvere il mistero, una serie di omicidi avviene a bordo, mentre la nave, con cinquemila passeggeri, sembra dirigersi verso un destino infausto. L'indagine si snoda con una logica che ricorda i protagonisti di Agatha Christie: chi tra i sospetti ha risvegliato le forze oscure della magia nera? Pendergast brilla ancora una volta, ma il colpo di scena finale riserva una sorpresa inaspettata.

In un laboratorio isolato, scienziati stanno esplorando una nuova fonte di energia. Improvvisamente, il gigantesco acceleratore di particelle esce dal controllo e invia un messaggio: un semplice "Benvenuto". Inizia a serpeggiare il sospetto tra gli scienziati... è davvero possibile che Dio stesso stia parlando a loro? Wyman Ford, investigatore per questioni speciali, riceve l'incarico dal governo di monitorare il progetto di ricerca ambizioso, tenuto segreto al pubblico in un riservato territorio indiano. Scopre che gli scienziati comunicano con un'intelligenza evidentemente sovrumana, che afferma di essere il creatore dell'universo, e richiede qualcosa di incredibile: l'umanità deve rinunciare a tutte le antiche credenze e riconoscere le scienze naturali come unica religione valida. Ford non riesce a impedire che questa informazione trapeli. Un spietato predicatore televisivo vede l'opportunità di agire. Con una campagna di odio unica, incita i fondamentalisti religiosi a soffocare la blasfemia. Quando una folla inferocita minaccia di assaltare il laboratorio, la situazione degenera…

More than 30 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning authors offer heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises. Authors include Lee Child, James Siegel, James Rollins, Eric van Lustbader, F. Paul Wilson and Christopher Reich.

David Wolstencroft: Kontakt nula - Výcvik u tajné služby má připravit budoucí špiony na nečekané situace. Když však celý ročník postihnou nešťastné události, přežijí jen někteří. Ben, Lucy a Nat se rozhodnou uchopit poslední šanci, která jim zbývá. Jill Marie Landisová: Hotel U Zlomeného srdce - Tracy Potterová si myslela, že rodinné finance jsou v pořádku, ale po smrti manžela zjistí, že zdědila pouze zchátralý hotýlek na pobřeží. Snaží se postarat o syna a nevlastní dceru, a tak se rozhodne začít znovu jako hoteliérka. Když se do jejího života dostane láska, vše se opět změní. Douglas Preston: Údolí tyranosaura - Veterinář Tom Broadbent zaslechne výstřely a najde těžce zraněného muže, který ho žádá, aby doručil jeho dceři notes s informacemi o pokladu. Tom si je vědom nebezpečí, které mu hrozí, ale nedokáže odmítnout slib umírajícího. Odhodlaně se vydává na pátrání po totožnosti muže, přičemž jediným vodítkem je záhadná číselná šifra. Misha Defonseca: Přežít s vlky - Když bylo Misha sedm let, nacisté odvlekli její židovské rodiče. Dívka dostala nové jméno a domov u cizích lidí, avšak nikdo jí neřekl, co se stalo s jejími rodiči. Touží je najít, a tak se vydává na zoufalou cestu napříč Evropou.

Al Museo di Storia naturale di New York viene recapitato un pacco pieno di frammenti di diamanti, ovvero l'intera collezione del museo. Quando i media lo scoprono e fanno scoppiare lo scandalo, i responsabili del museo decidono di riaprire al pubblico la Tomba di Senef, perfetta ricostruzione di un tempio egizio sigillato a causa di una presunta maledizione. Grazie alla donazione di un anonimo finanziatore, allestiscono uno spettacolo che ricrei dal vivo il saccheggio della tomba a opera di sacerdoti profanatori, sorpresi dalla resurrezione della mummia. Ma alcuni addetti ai lavori impazziscono e sviluppano comportamenti violenti che portano addirittura all'omicidio. Nessuno però sospetta di essere una semplice pedina in mano a un vero e proprio genio del male: Diogenes Pendergast, il killer psicopatico che vuole lanciare l'ennesima sfida contro la città e soprattutto contro il fratello, l'agente dell'FBI Aloysius Pendergast.

Nella tradizione del non-fiction, Douglas Preston presenta un racconto avvincente di crimine e punizione nelle lussureggianti colline che circondano Firenze. Nel 2000, Preston realizza il sogno di trasferire la sua famiglia in Italia, scoprendo che l'uliveto di fronte alla loro casa del XIV secolo è stato teatro dei più infami delitti della storia italiana, commessi da un serial killer noto come il Mostro di Firenze. Intrigato, incontra il giornalista investigativo italiano Mario Spezi per saperne di più. Questa è la vera storia della loro ricerca e identificazione dell'uomo che credono abbia commesso i crimini, e del loro inquietante colloquio con lui. In un bizzarro colpo di scena, Preston e Spezi diventano a loro volta obiettivi dell'indagine della polizia. Preston ha il telefono intercettato, viene interrogato e costretto a lasciare il paese. Spezi ha una sorte peggiore: viene rinchiuso nel cupo carcere di Capanne, accusato di essere lui stesso il Mostro di Firenze. Come nei thriller di Preston, la storia racconta un racconto straordinario e straziante che coinvolge omicidi, mutilazioni e suicidi, con Preston e Spezi al centro di una bizzarra vendetta giudiziaria.

Davanti agli occhi dei suoi terrorizzati studenti, un professore di letteratura muore in modo atroce. Nel suo sangue viene trovato un raro veleno di ragno. Solo un uomo potrebbe risolvere un crimine simile: l'agente speciale Aloysius Pendergast. Ma lui è morto durante un'operazione in Italia. O forse...? Un killer spietato uccide una vittima dopo l'altra. La loro unica connessione: erano amici di Aloysius Pendergast. Chi potrebbe avere interesse a eliminarli? Vincent D’Agosta inizia a indagare e scopre un oscuro segreto: Aloysius ha un fratello, Diogenes, che da tempo progetta il crimine perfetto. Vuole rubare il cuore di Lucifero, il più grande diamante del mondo. D’Agosta può fermarlo? Durante le indagini riceve un aiuto inaspettato: Pendergast! Ha solo finto la sua morte per ingannare il fratello. Insieme, devono affrontare una corsa contro il tempo, poiché Diogenes è disposto a tutto per realizzare i suoi piani. Ma esiste davvero, o è solo un prodotto delle oscurità interiori di Aloysius Pendergast?

Kniha přináší překlady čtyř úspěšných románů se záhadnou nebo kriminální zápletkou od anglických a amerických autorů. / Příslib lži - Howard Roughan / P.S. Miluji tě - Cecelia Ahernová / Kodex - Douglas Preston / Léto, které nikdy nebylo - Peter Robinson

A stunning new archaeological thriller by the New York Times bestselling co-author of Brimstone and Relic. A moon rock missing for thirty years... Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon... A scientist with ambition enough to kill... A monk who will redeem the world... A dark agency with a deadly mission... The greatest scientific discovery of all time... What fire bolt from the galactic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest U.S. known as Tyrannosaur Canyon? Tyrannosaur Canyon is a stunning novel from acclaimed bestselling author Douglas Preston, hailed by Publishers Weekly as "better than Crichton."

Behind the gates of a fabulous Hamptons estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast comes upon the carnage of a gruesome crime: one that recalls the legendary horrors that befall those who make a Faustian pact with the devil. Surrounded by the choking stench of brimstone, the smoldering remains of art critic Jeremy Grove are found in a locked, barricaded attic next to a hoofprint singed into the floorboards. Unable to resist a case that defies all but supernatural logic, Pendergast reunites with police officers Vincent D'Agosta (Relic) and Laura Hayward (Reliquary) to search for a more earthly explanation. But their investigation soon takes them from the luxury estates of Long Island and penthouses of New York City to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where thirty years ago four men conjured up something unspeakable. . .

"Saluti dal morto", dichiara Maxwell Broadbent dal videotape che ha lasciato ai figli dopo la sua misteriosa scomparsa. Famigerato cacciatore di tesori e ladro di tombe in centro America, Broadbent ha accumulato oggetti d'arte, gemme e manufatti per oltre un miliardo di dollari prima di sparire, insieme all'intera collezione. Per reclamare la favolosa eredità, i figli dovranno scoprire dove si è nascosto, ma si accorgeranno ben presto di non essere gli unici a reclamare il tesoro...

In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with officer Vincent d'Agosta in an investigation with apparent ties to the supernatural.

建設ラッシュにわくニューヨーク―。ロウアー・マンハッタンの高層マンション建築現場で、地下の坑道らしきものから百年以上前の人骨が三十六体発見された。ところが、その骨には例外なく脊髄の下部に奇妙な切断の跡が残されていた。犯人は十九世紀の猟奇殺人鬼なのか?その話題で街じゅうが騒然とするなか、セントラルパークで同様の連続殺人事件が発生。模倣犯の仕業なのか、それとも百年前の殺人鬼がふたたび現代によみがえったのか。捜査は混迷を深めていった...。

Pendergast investigates a series of deaths and mutilations in a small Kansas town that are linked to mysterious events from over a century before.

In lower Manhattan, excavators make a gruesome discovery: the buried bone stash of a late-19th-century serial killer. After a newspaper reporter broadcasts the story of this ghastly archaeological find, deadly things begin to happen. Murder follows murder. Who is holding New York City in fear: Is he a copycat killer or is he the rightful heir of the Five Points madman? Fortunately, FBI agent Pendergast and his cohorts are on the case.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř napínavých románů od anglických a amerických spisovatelů. Doplněno krátkými medailony uvedených autorů. Publikace obsahuje tyto tituly: Deaver, Jeffery: Tanečník Francis, Dick: Za trest Preston, Douglas; Child, Lincoln: Poklad Sparks, Nicholas: Vzkazv láhvi

Contains:Lake News - Barbara DelinskyThe Devil's Teardrop - Jeffery DeaverA Walk to Remember - Nicholas SparksThunderhead - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.

Archeologe Nora Kelley is gefascineerd door de oude beschaving van de Anasazi-indianen in het zuidwesten van de Verenigde Staten. Een beschaving waaraan duizend jaar geleden - op het hoogtepunt van haar bloei - plotseling een einde is gekomen. Nora's vader is jaren geleden verdwenen tijdens een zoektocht naar dezelfde beschaving. Nu, zestien jaar later, krijgt ze een brief van hem. Nora stelt een expeditieteam samen en begint een trektocht door de onbarmhartige canyons. Want het kan niet anders of haar vader heeft het legendarische Quivira, de verloren Gouden Stad van de Anasazi-indianen, gevonden...

The new thriller by the New York Times bestselling authors of The Relic (basis of the Paramount movie) and Reliquary. Movie rights to RIPTIDE have been optioned by Arnold Kopelson (producer of such hits as The Fugitive and Outbreak) and Twentieth Century Fox. schovat popis