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When Brandon Walker receives a plea for help from an old adversary, he wastes no time in recruiting the extraordinary talents of India Summers to unravel a trail of murder, tragedy and the possibility of untold wealth. They soon discover a letter from 500 years earlier, and the trail leads them to one of the missing treasures of the modern world, the Piris Reis map. India and Brandon attempt to uncover the secrets of the map, but as they travel the world they are closely watched at every step by a family of assassins with an agenda of their own.

When in March 1938 Germany invades Austria, all anti-Nazis are immediately rounded up and imprisoned. Prominent amongst these is liberal editor Johann Fehrbach, his Anglo-Irish wife, and his two daughters. But the elder of the girls, seventeen-year-old Annaliese, is separated from her parents and taken into Gestapo custody.

Eighteenth-century London - the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, become entwined with the nearby Fowler household, charged with providing safe harbour to a mysterious baby from far away. Camden, London, 2015, December 17th - the lives of the sisters Fitzgerald, Constance and Verity, are consumed by the wait for this boy, who may or may not be dead. There is no way of knowing. Deep within the savage beauty of Iceland, a hidden pool grants those who drink from it endless life.

Mayan legends tell of a location where the secret to surviving the end of the world may be found. One part of that legend is recorded on a stone tablet in the dusty attic of Lord 'Ratty' Ballashiels' crumbling manor. The other twin part disappeared from a Berlin museum when the Nazis took power. When Ratty seems about to sell his tablet to the adopted son of Josef Mengele, his friend, the archaeologist Ruby Towers, is appalled. Soon it is clear that more than archaeology is at stake.

El anciano filósofo Pitágoras es uno de los personajes con más poder político de su época. Está a punto de nombrar un sucesor entre sus grandes maestros cuando en su comunidad se inicia una serie de asesinatos. Cada muerte tiene lugar de un modo más desconcertante e imprevisible, reflejando tras ellas una mente oscura y poderosa que parece superar a la del mismísimo Pitágoras. La enigmática Ariadna y el investigador egipcio Akenón tratarán de identificar al asesino a la vez que resuelven sus propios sentimientos.

Cartago, siglo VI a. C.: Ariadna, hija de Pitágoras, recibe un pergamino con una noticia que encarna la peor de sus pesadillas. El mensaje incluye un pentáculo invertido, el símbolo que encierra la esencia del mal. De inmediato se desata una vertiginosa espiral asesina tras la que se adivina una mente poderosa y despiadada. España, Actualidad: Elena, Daniel e Irina investigan los límites del cerebro y la posibilidad de incrementar su capacidad.

Deciding on her 39th birthday that a baby is the best present she could give herself, single Manhattan public relations executive Nina Kitchener makes an appointment to undergo artificial insemination at the Human Fertility Institute. Nine months later the nightmare begins. Just hours after she gives birth, someone kidnaps her infant son from the nursery. The police aren't helping, the fertility institute has shut down, and Nina believes that the only way to find her baby is to learn the identity of the sperm donor.

A historic western that opens in 1873, a time when recession is forcing thousands westwards to recoup their fortunes. The West is tough, brutal and the Indian is the enemy. But when a white woman is raped, it is a half-breed Cheyenne who comes to the rescue. From the author of Jake and Upland Passage.

It is mid-December and Henry Rathbone travels to the Dreghorn family manor house near Ullswater. But despite the festive season and the beautiful surroundings, this is not a happy occasion; he is going to comfort the family following the death of his friend, the master of the house. It seems that Judah Dreghorn slipped while crossing a stream in the grounds of the estate in the middle of the night, and drowned. And, when Henry arrives, he finds that there is more than a widow's grief to contend with....

La primera trascurre en los principios del tribunal de la inquisición de Valencia, dónde es protagonista destacado el humanista Luis Vives, la inquisición y sus secretos. Todos los personajes existieron en su época y todos los hechos narrados se corresponden con la realidad histórica. La segunda historia es protagonizada por un grupo de amigos en la Valencia actual, que descubren que el misterio que creían resuelto, en realidad no ha hecho más que comenzar.

When a 100-year-old crucifix is discovered around the neck of a 500-year-old mummy, Brandon Walker once more calls on the expertise of India Summers to solve the mystery. Within days they realise there is far more to this than a cruel hoax, and it soon becomes clear that there are strong links back to the SS in the Second World War. Ultimately, what they find is not only a cover-up of global proportions and the tragic aftermath of a long-forgotten battle, but a group of dangerous men seeking the most powerful and dangerous Icon the world has ever known.

2017, Delhi - Vidyut’s dying ancestor summons him to Banaras. The old Brahmin chieftain of the Dev-Raakshasa Matth, or the God-Demon Clan, bears a chilling secret. Their bloodline carries an ancient curse that will plague mankind - towards its own violent extinction. 1700 BCE, Harappa - Harappa is a magnificent city on the banks of the mighty Saraswati river. The darkness of treachery, taantric exorcism and bloodshed unleashes itself on the last devta, paving the way for his devastating revenge...and the horrifying truth behind the fall of the glorious civilisation.

Removed to glamorous Brussels in the wake of Napoleon's escape from Elba, Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, warily partake in the country's pleasures. But with the Congress of Vienna in chaos and the Duke of Wellington preparing for battle, the festivities are cut short when Malcolm is sent on a perilous mission that unravels a murderous world of espionage....

En Villa Diodati, donde nació Frankenstein, también nació un secreto capaz de cambiar la Historia. Verano de 1816. En Suiza no deja de llover. Los poetas más célebres de Europa, entre ellos el afamado Lord Byron y Percy Shelley (que está acompañado por su amante, Mary, y la hermana de esta, Claire), se refugian del mal tiempo en una mansión alquilada junto al lago: beben, bromean, discuten y se retan a inventar historias de terror. Mientras tanto, Elisabeth Müller, una joven doncella con un pasado que no conviene nombrar, se esfuerza por ser invisible.

La Ahnenerbe, la división esotérica de las SS, ha encontrado la pista de un texto antiguo capaz de alterar el equilibrio del mundo. Clarice Cooper y la División OpenMind deberán enfrentarse a una carrera contrarreloj que los llevará desde monasterios ocultos hasta el corazón del infierno, sabiendo que son lo único que se interpone entre el fanatismo nazi y el despertar de una amenaza ancestral. Un libro prohibido. Un ritual olvidado. Un secreto capaz de reescribir el destino de la humanidad.

La giovane Juni, in fuga da un marito violento, si rifugia nella casa dei nonni su un'isola norvegese, un luogo ormai quasi disabitato che in lei evoca ricordi felici: è qui che è cresciuta insieme agli amati nonni, che ora non ci sono più. Rovistando tra i loro cimeli, Juni trova una fotografia che ritrae la nonna Tekla da giovane insieme a un uomo che non è il nonno; l'immagine è datata giugno 1945, l'uomo è un soldato e i due hanno tutta l'aria di essere innamorati.

El hallazgo de numerosos pájaros muertos en el parque natural de Peñas de Aia y el violento accidente de un amigo, espolearán a Laura, una ex-cocainómana que está intentando reconducir su vida, a sumergirse en una peligrosa investigación. Luchará sin descanso, con la ayuda de su hermano ertzaina, hasta descubrir la verdad. Pero, ¿cómo enfrentarse a una red que con sus tentáculos ha alcanzado a políticos, policías y empresarios? Noelia Lorenzo Pino, en su ópera prima, nos presenta una novela negra con tintes de thriller medioambiental en la que refleja a la perfección la corrupción que corroe a la sociedad actual.

कुछ देशों के प्रमुखों को ऐसे गुमनाम हत्यारों द्वारा मारा जा रहा था जिनके हमलों में क़साइयों की सी दक्षता थी और जो अपने हत्या के तरीक़े का कोई सुराग़ भी नहीं छोड़ते थे। ऊपरी तौर पर शिकारों के चुनाव में कोई कड़ी नहीं दिख रही थी। इस ख़ौफ़नाक कहानी में, अश्विन एक ऐसी दुनिया पेश करते हैं जहां धर्मों के संघर्ष में लोग आपस में भिड़े हुए हैं इस पागलपन के बीच फंस गया है विजय सुंदरम, जो कि एक पढ़ाकू वैज्ञानिक है और जिसे बहुत धंधुला सा

Un thriller histórico que te dejará sin aliento. Una comunidad de mujeres al margen de la sociedad. Una acusación de herejía. Una serie de muertes cada vez más violentas. Lovaina, comienzos del siglo XIII . En una floreciente comunidad de beguinas -mujeres laicas que decidían vivir juntas apartadas de los hombres, consagradas a sus labores intelectuales y al cuidado de los desamparados- una serie de muertes alteran repentinamente la paz.

Firenze, 1481. Uno spietato assassino, subito ribattezzato "Strappacuori", uccide le sue vittime dopo indicibili tormenti, strappando loro il cuore. Ser Pardo de' Giovannini, consigliere del Magnifico, ha bisogno di qualcuno che conduca le indagini in modo non ufficiale: le vittime sono molto vicine a Lorenzo de' Medici. Decide allora di avvalersi dell'ingegno del giovane Leonardo da Vinci.