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FBI agent Jack Ferico’s father is dying. His last wish? To see his estranged son, Danny, before he dies. Jack never got along with his older brother, but agrees to bring him home. Trouble is, Danny has disappeared without a trace. Jack’s search uncovers secrets, hidden agendas, and a danger more serious than he ever imagined. Danny specialized in stealth technologies at an international think tank. National security agencies suspect Danny sold classified technologies to the wrong people.

Sardonic, chain-smoking, java-addicted FBI Special Agent Andy Fisher is called to look into the possibility that a terrorist group claims to have acquired an "E Bomb" - which can disable all electronic systems within a 10-mile radius - from North Korea. Fisher doubts that the North Koreans could actually make a working lawnmower, let alone an E Bomb. But the threat is more immediate than he suspects: The terrorists are already proceeding toward their objective.

What could possibly connect the famous sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and a WWII German U-boat loaded with a mysterious cargo? In this tribute to the 100th anniversary of the famous disaster, Chris Angus takes the reader on an adventure that includes shipwreck survivors, stolen treasures, a race across the Arctic and a century-old journal that holds the key to the connection and solving the mystery.

No one’s mourning the death of Cuba’s dictator, Fidel Castro. His heirs, including daughter Carla, are jockeying for power. Guerrilla rebels threaten to topple the teetering government. But there’s more at stake than just the island nation. Il Jeffe’s legacy includes a long-hidden atomic missile, left over from the Kennedy-era Bay of Pigs crisis - which guerrilla leaders threaten to use against any American interference. Ace pilot Marine Lt. Edward Garcia is tasked to find the launch site.

Nile Nightingale is on the run. Fleeing across the border to rural Quebec, he seeks refuge at an abandoned church when his junked-up, overstimulated mind takes in that he has just witnessed a body drop - in a bloody sack tied with Christmas ribbon. The contents, unconscious but still alive, turn out to be 15-year-old Cleste Jonqures, who has been beaten and slashed, like wild game, to slowly bleed out. From his hideout, as he nurses his patient back from the brink and begins to face his own life, he pieces together what he has stumbled into.

World renowned neurosurgeon Jon Ritter is on the verge of a medical breakthrough that will change the world. His groundbreaking surgical treatment, using transplanted non-human stem cells, is set to eradicate the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease and give hope to millions. But when the procedure is slated for testing, it all comes to an abrupt and terrifying halt.

Peterson is bewildered by the satellite photos in front of him. As head of the CIA, he is never supposed to be surprised, but what could be happening in Chad alarms him. The pictures show a small research installation, nestled in the African jungle, where a West German company claims to be building a base to launch communications satellites for use by developing African nations. But Peterson’s analysts tell him that the ordinary, innocent-looking silo is just the size necessary to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile into outer space.

Princess Yu-Malu (The Dragon Princess), ancient in age (although seemingly young), most beautiful, and vastly wealthy, hates Western civilization and vows its downfall. She is assisted by a Corps of Dragonflies, members of the Hung, a powerful Secret Society. Yu-Malu wants China restored to its rightful place in the world. As part of her campaign, the Princess desires to obtain the formula of a revolutionary new rocket fuel invented by the West. Unless her demands are met, she will destroy the entire gold stocks of the West with her secret weapon. Already, planes carrying gold have been disappearing, but Yu-Malu's patience has been exhausted.

A series of child abductions in Peru leads an FBI agent and an archaeologist to uncover the ultimate secret of the Inca Empire. On a Peruvian Andes mountaintop, archaeology professor Nina Ramirez and her students make two stunning discoveries: The five-hundred-year-old mummy of an Inca girl, the victim of ritual sacrifice, and in another grave, the corpse of a recently kidnapped boy wearing the same ancient costume. Child abductions are being reported throughout Peru, and when an American boy is snatched in Lima, FBI agent Adam Palma is assigned to the case.

Freelance photographer and wildcat smuggler Dan Abatangelo blows into Vegas to hit the tables and taste the night life. In his path waits Shel Beaudry, a knockout redhead with a smile that says, "Gentlemen, start your engines." The attraction is instant - and soon the two are living the gypsy life on the West Coast, where Dan captains a distribution ring for premium Thai marijuana, His credo: "No guns, no gangsters, it's only money." But the trade is changing.

El rastro de un joven español se esfuma por el sur de Inglaterra tras dejar un mensaje de socorro en el teléfono móvil de su madre. Ella, que apenas ha abandonado su pequeño pueblo en contadas ocasiones, decide ir en su busca. Hace un año, su marido desapareció en las tranquilas aguas de la Albufera y no está dispuesta a vivir de nuevo una angustia como aquella.

Una bomba che esplode in un centro commerciale, un disastro aereo dai retroscena inquietanti, una Milano di intrighi e corruzione, multietnica e oscura. Questo lo scenario in cui si muove Sauro Badalamenti, di professione investigatore assicurativo che, suo malgrado, si trova fra le mani una doppia indagine che lo costringerà a scavare nel cuore nero della città. Un piano diabolico, segreti e perversioni lo condurranno nell'oblio di una Milano mai così spietata.

The CIA wants James Hawker dead. For years, his one-man campaign against organized crime has struck fear into America's most corrupt politicians, and now they're striking back. Hawker escaped the United States by the skin of his teeth, and has spent the last months living the life of a glamorous expatriate in Latin America: fast cars, lovely women, and all the champagne his Swiss bank account can buy him. For some men, it would be paradise. For Hawker, a life without action is a living hell.

Quatre amics. Quatre secrets esgarrifosos. Un assassinat. La Liv, la Martina, en Max i l’Anton han estat millors amics durant molts anys. Tots quatre estan delerosos de celebrar aquest Cap d’Any junts, bevent, flirtejant i jugant a jocs. Però cadascun amaga un terrible secret, i quan el joc de veritat o repte pren un gir fosc, una veritat impactant no triga a sortir a la llum. Ara que els secrets ja s’han desvelat, res no tornarà a ser el mateix.

De la mà de l'aclamat escriptor de Brooklyn, arriba una saga familiar èpica travessada per l'amor no correspost, la guerra i l'exili. Any 1933. Thomas Mann i la seva dona abandonen Alemanya anticipant l'horror del nazisme. Ell és l'escriptor més famós del seu temps, però quins secrets oculta la seva ànima turmentada? El Mag explica la història d'un home imperfecte i ambivalent. L'home que amb l'esclat de la Primera Guerra Mundial va situar-se al costat fosc de la història. El pare de sis fills que va amagar la seva homosexualitat.

The photograph in the CIA vault shows four men relaxing in the jungle, green berets draped over their rifles, enjoying a break from combat. On the day after the picture was taken, their friendship was torn apart forever. Now, 10 years after the United States pulled out of Vietnam, the CIA has sent one of the men, Parker, to Thailand to track a troop's movement across the Cambodian border, which is about to explode, luring the Americans back into another disastrous ground war.

When Grady Bowman and his new girlfriend, Julia Elkins, travel from San Francisco to the Far East to get Grady back into the gem business, a jeweler in Bangkok tells them the extraordinary true story of two female Japanese pearl divers who discovered in the Andaman Sea an oyster bed filled with priceless, naturally blue pearls. The divers were murdered for what they found, and now the son of one of the divers wants revenge. As Grady and Julia hunt for the source of the priceless pearls, they are led to the estate and oyster farms of the world's wealthiest pearl dealer.

L'equipaggio del Pingarrón scoprirà, come sempre troppo tardi, di essersi cacciato in un guaio peggiore di quanto avesse immaginato, nell'epicentro di una terribile epidemia di peste nella città di Orano, e che le conseguenze delle proprie azioni potrebbero ripercuotersi perfino sull'esito della guerra che sta devastando l'Europa. Così, ancora una volta, e con la propria vita in ballo, l'insolito gruppo si vedrà costretto a scegliere se fare o no la cosa giusta.

En la costa gallega, donde el mar esconde leyendas y las meigas aún caminan por sus calles, un asesino convierte sus faros en altares. Aine, una joven que vive entre la razón y la superstición, se verá arrastrada a un enigma tan oscuro como las aguas que chocan contra sus costas. ¿Te atreves a acercarte a sus acantilados? ¿Estás preparad@ para cruzar la línea entre el mito y la muerte?

CAPITAN RILEY è uno spettacolare romanzo di avventura, azione e spionaggio ambientato all'inizio degli anni Quaranta e che ha per protagonista il Capitano Alejandro M. Riley che, al comando di un piccolo mercantile e di uno stravagante e fedele equipaggio di nemici della terraferma, naviga nel Mar Mediterraneo dedicandosi alla pericolosa attività del contrabbando in tempo di guerra. Alla fine del 1941, il capitano Riley e il suo equipaggio verranno assoldati dall'uomo più potente di Spagna per recuperare un misterioso oggetto da una nave affondata davanti alle coste di Tangeri.