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Three people. Three stories. And a desperate race for survival in a country in the midst of war. Nick Scott fought in the SAS during the first Gulf War. Captured and tortured, he was left a broken man. His daughter Sarah Scott is a beautiful young scientist who has cracked one of the scientific secrets of the age. Now, she has vanished.

The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state's most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance.

Action thriller about security consultant Max Stafford, set in the Sahara. Written by the classic adventure writer. Why is Max Stafford, security consultant, beaten up in his own office? What is the secret of the famous 1930s aircraft the Lockheed Lodestar? And why has accountant Paul Bilson disappeared in North Africa? The journey to the Sahara desert becomes a race to save Paul Bilson, a race to find the buried aircraft, and - above all - a race to return alive....

Twenty years ago, a wealthy British financier disappeared near Ubar, the fabled lost city buried beneath the sands of Oman. Now, an expedition of scientists, led by the financier’s daughter, is finally setting off for the legendary metropolis to unlock the desert’s secrets. What they find, however, is more beautiful than they ever dreamed — and far deadlier. Within Ubar is a powerful energy source that could fuel the entire earth above — if it can be harnessed.

One lied. One died. When one sister dies, the other must go to desperate lengths to survive. After a tragic accident, still haunted by her twin sister's death, Abi is making a fresh start in Bath. But when she meets siblings Bea and Ben, she is quickly drawn into their privileged and unsettling circle. When one sister lies, she must protect her secret at all costs.

Duke Widukind, leader of the Saxon rebels, is sheltering in the North, beyond Karolus's reach. He hopes to persuade Bjarki Bloodhand - once a famous berserker, but now a father and family man - and his fierce sister the shield-maiden Tor, to join his revolt against tyranny. But Bjarki has eloped with Widukind's sister Edith, who was betrothed to Abbio the Crow. In revenge, Abbio uses seithr to strike at Bjarki - a powerful spell to drive him insane. Can Bjarki resist the long slide into madness?

It was meant to be a night off duty for Jen Garner and Hannah Littlefair, spent celebrating the achievement of a dear old friend in a luxury hotel penthouse suite. But crime doesn’t take a night off, as they’re soon to find out…

Unearthing a relic might be their only hope, but its location has remained a secret for centuries. A panicked midnight phone call rips Carter and Avery from a remote research expedition in South America. Carter's young niece has disappeared from her summer camp without a trace, and her safe...

Nach Winnetous Tod wird Old Shatterhand zusammen mit den beiden Snuffles Jim und Tim in eine Auseinandersetzung mit dem alten Komantschen-Häuptling To-kei-chun verwickelt. Im Rahmen dieser Ereignisse lernt er den persischen Prinzen Dschafar Mirza kennen. Später wechselt der Verlauf der Ereignisse hinüber in die Wüsten Arabiens und zu den Weidegründen der Haddedihn, wo es ein Wiedersehen Kara Ben Nemsis mit Hadschi Halef Omar gibt.

Pre-order the next DCI James Walker thriller now! Two women are discovered brutally murdered in a hot tub, their blood staining the water a vivid red. Nicola and Emily, friends taking a holiday break, have become victims of a frenzied attack. With no signs of forced entry and their phones...

A long-lost diary, a rare book of ghost stories, and unrelenting nightmares combine to send archeologist Michael on a forbidden journey into the occult and his own past. When archaeologist Michael Rempart returns to his ancestral home after years of self-imposed exile, he expects memories. He does not expect nightmares. Visions stalk his sleep. Voices whisper from the dark. And a long-lost diary tied to the legendary writer Lafcadio Hearn reveals a secret buried deep within his bloodline—one that leads halfway across the world to Japan…

Mechant trip !!!Lors d'un reportage saveur touristique au Mexique, un journaliste qubcois doit composer avec une machination et des attaques qui menacent gravement sa scurit et sa vie intime. Dans ce roman, qui runit romance et criminalit, le personnage principal, un reporter qubcois pure laine, nous amne dcouvrir la dure ralit qui svit au Mexique. Une histoire qui outrepasse le regard idyllique propag par les guides touristiques. Le soleil, la mer, les margaritas, les tacos, les guacamoles ? Non ce n'est pas toujours aussi beau. Vous en conviendrez en lisant ce livre !

A dying priest. A forbidden relic. And a secret powerful men will kill to protect. When powerful men begin dying in grotesque and inexplicable ways, archaeologist Michael Rempart recognizes the pattern before anyone else does. The deaths point toward a secret buried decades ago—one powerful enough to destroy anyone connected to it.

Two centuries ago, a covert expedition following Lewis and Clark vanished into the Idaho wilderness. Two centuries ago, a covert expedition following Lewis and Clark vanished into the Idaho wilderness. Now seven students have disappeared in the same mountains—and archaeologist Michael Rempart is the only man who suspects the truth. In his forties and dangerously compelling, Rempart carries more than academic controversy. He is the last heir of a lineage steeped in forbidden alchemy—and he knows that those who draw too near him rarely remain untouched by its shadow.

Francesca e Tommaso si incontrano una sera romana d'inizio autunno. Lei studia economia, ha un entusiasmo contagioso per la vita e un futuro da scrivere. Lui è introverso, ma anche un inguaribile romantico: la accompagna, la protegge, convinto che amare significhi non perdere mai l'altro di vista. Sulle prime nulla turba la nuova intimità della coppia, ma quando Francesca parte per un Erasmus, tutto cambia.

Saturday, 09:11 Hours: A blast rocks a London hospital and thousands are dead or injured… 10:09 Hours: Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen. Compelled by grief and rage, Joe rejoins the DMS and within hours is attacked by a hit-team of...

A Moscow detective is sent to Chernobyl for a frightening case in the most spectacular entry yet in Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko series. In his groundbreaking Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith created an iconic detective of contemporary fiction. Quietly subversive, brilliantly analytical, and...

Based on a true story, comes a sweeping historical novel about a beautiful con artist whose turn-of-the-century escapades take her around the world as she's doggedly pursued by a Pinkerton Agency detective The novel opens in 1917 with our cunning protagonist, May Dugas, standing trial for...

No dame is pretty with a gun in her hand. But at least this one was alive. The last time Mike Hammer met up with a blonde she ended up dead, and Hammer inherited a war with the Mob. As he digs deeper, he discovers that about fifteen years ago the Mafia had been double crossed. Now, people are...

One woman's quest to discover the truth behind her husband's death will pit her against a new generation of cutting-edge surveillance technology and the most dangerous conspiracy in America—Invasion of Privacy is the riveting, new standalone suspense novel from New York Times bestselling...