Katherine Neville Libri

Ogni pezzo della scacchiera era unico, un gioiello inimitabile; ogni scacco racchiudeva un misterioso potere. Ma dietro alla leggenda della scacchiera di Carlo Magno si cela una straordinaria verità ed una giovane americana esperta di computer è vicina a scoprirla. Ma non è la sola ad avere intuito...Dalla casbah di Algeri ai quattro angoli del mondo, un'appassionante storia fantasy intreccia la favola alla realtà, il potere agl intrighi, l'azione all'enigma. Un eccitante viaggio oltre i confini del tempo e dell'impossibile.

Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....

In this sequel to 'The Eight', Alexandra Solarin, a chess-wizard and the only daughter of Cat Velis, the heroine of 'The Eight', arrives at her mother's Colorado lodge, only to discover that her mother has disappeared. Finding string of clues, Alexandra is soon joined by a group of people called there by her mother, including her aunt Lily, who explains the truth of Cat's past.

Snake River, Idaho--Ariel Behn, a toxic materials expert at a remote nuclear site, finds her well-ordered life shattered when her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin. His shocking death leaves Ariel as the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that sweeps her into the deadly center of international intrigue--and a mystery that spans the centuries...Jerusalem, 32 A.D.--During the last week of the life of Christ, as the world stands on the brink of a new two-thousand-year circle, Emperor Tiberius works desperately to deciper the tantalizing clues to an age-old enigma. He will not be the only one. For whoever assembles and interprets these cryptic clues will possess the power to control the fate of the world...Now, at the center of this circle of ancient riddles stands the one woman who can pull the strands together: Ariel Behn. What strange powers lie hidden with in the manuscripts? As Ariel races across the continents to reveal the dark secrets buried in her family's past, she begins to unlock the chilling truth of the coming millenium.

Veritas Banksová pracuje v San Francisku jako ředitelka ochrany peněžních převodů v počítačových systémech světové banky. Svému přímému nadřízenému „Kiwimu“ předkládá projekty na vylepšení ochrany, ale on je odmítá. Nakonec se jí naskytne možnost pracovat v Úřadu federálních rezerv, v kterém kdyby pracovala nemohl by jí Kiwi projekty zamítnout. Kiwi ji však nepodpoří a zklamaná Veritas se proto rozhodne Kiwimu pomstít. Dokázat mu, že jeho systémy jsou plné chyb, a banku může kdokoliv vykrást…

Ariel Behn entdeckt uralte Dokumente, die sie zur Gejagten machen, da sie die Macht über die 13 magischen Gegenstände erlangen könnte. Ein geheimnisvoller Mann verfolgt sie, um die Schriften zu stehlen – notfalls auch gewaltsam.