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For years every intelligence agency in the world has been chasing the elusive terrorist known only as The Moroccan. But when James Hicks and his clandestine group known as the University thwart a bioterror attack against New York City and capture The Moroccan, they find themselves in the crosshairs of their own intelligence community.

Die mörderische Jagd nach einer (un)heiligen Schrift. Archäologen entdecken in Jerusalem Papyri, die nach ersten Schätzungen um das Jahr 30 n. Chr. datieren - eine Sensation! Geben diese Schriftrollen Aufschlüsse über Jesus und seine Zeitgenossen? Was wäre, wenn Jesus nicht am Kreuz starb, sondern noch jahrelang als Prediger durch Indien zog? Das Fundament der katholischen Kirche ist schließlich die Auferstehung Christi nach dem Tod. Nicht weniger als die Grundfesten der Kirche sind gefährdet!

Max Travers is an English teacher in Japan. When his manipulative boss begins swindling the unsuspecting parents of his students, Max must retrieve his passport to return home. Max sneaks into her office only to stumble upon a burglary in progress. Max barely escapes but accidentally takes a strange diary bound in leather and embossed with a strange seal. Little does Max know that this diary has been hidden for over half a century, and its secrets could topple some of Japan's most powerful people and rewrite the history of the royal family.

Ryan Kealey has no doubt that the forces seeking to tip this teetering world into chaos are just getting better. Better equipped, better organized, and, most terrifying of all, more patient. And despite all the ELINT, the all-seeing electronic intelligence gathered at Langley, nothing stops a devastating attack from ripping through the heart of San Antonio, Texas.

Halfway between the United States and the Soviet Union, Iceland is one of the most strategic points in the Cold War and home to a NATO squadron that could wipe Moscow off the map in an instant. It's about to become the unwitting host for the most daring operation in military history. On the remote coast of this frostbound island, the Soviets are building a laser powerful enough to bring the United States to its knees.

Königsberg, 1945. Die Rote Armee rüstet sich zum Sturm auf die Stadt, in der eine junge Frau fieberhaft versucht, ihre gefährliche Mission zu vollenden. Doch dabei gerät sie in die Schusslinie der SS.

A 2,000-year-old skeleton discovered in Jerusalem, and believed to be the body of Jesus Christ, threatens to destroy the Church and plunge the world into chaos. In a hidden tomb in the ancient city of Jerusalem, the skeleton of a man who died two millennia ago is uncovered by Israeli archaeologist Sharon Golban and her team. The body bears the unmistakable marks of crucifixion; an inscription written in Aramaic identifies the remains as belonging to the "King of the Jews".

The plan is simple. The moment the Homeland Security adviser reaches the middle of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a team of suicide bombers will rush his car, killing him and destroying the bridge. But as the plot's mastermind watches from afar, he sees only two small explosions. The bridge has survived; the plan has failed. He will have to find another way to bring terror to the United States - and he's about to get a fearsome opportunity.

Vicky Clay awakens with chills. She's still glowing from her victory in last night's steeplechase - the genteel form of horseracing for which the Virginia gentry lives and dies - but that's not why her skin tingles. She has been poisoned, and within seconds she's as useless to the world as a thoroughbred with a broken leg. The stakes are high in the world of Virginia horseracing, where fortunes are won and lost by a hair.

When the Russian Revolution came to Saint Petersburg, Princess Irina went into hiding. A stunningly beautiful ballerina, she knew she had to escape the Bolsheviks - or else die. With her jewels sewn into her cloak, Irina made a mad dash for the border. But the Cheka caught up with her, stole her jewelry, and left her naked, bloody, and dead along the riverbank. Her murder was never avenged. Such is Tatiana "Tatty" Chase's heritage.

Harry Rose, last of the great American spymasters, has stepped to the helm of the Berlin station in the wake of the Second World War. From deep within a pulverized Germany, he launches his own renegade operation to avert World War III. But there are some within his camp who claim that Harry has finally gone too far, playing the game of nations from the bottom of the deck. Here is an inside story of the nuclear arms race - the politics, the passion, and the sheer lust for power.

Rachel Monette arrives home to a scene of unspeakable violence: Her French-born husband, Dan, is dead - the victim of a savage stabbing - and her five-year-old son is missing. A neighbor claims she saw a rabbi taking Adam away. But there are no synagogues in Williamstown. The only clue is a letter Rachel finds in Dan's safety deposit box. Written in 1942, it's about the reassignment of three German soldiers to a place called Camp Siegfried in the supposedly unoccupied western part of North Africa.

After his unit is decimated in the Israeli war, Lieutenant Isaac Rehv returns to Haifa to find his family savagely murdered. Torn apart with grief and rage, he vows that his enemies - and the enemies of Israel - will pay. As Rehv prepares to unleash his secret weapon on an unsuspecting Islamic world, a terrorist watch group, led by a former CIA agent named Krebs, follows his every move. But Krebs may be too late to prevent the coming destruction.

Zwei Leichen, eingemauert in ein Kriegerdenkmal, sind nur der Anfang eines Albtraums. Reporter Paul Wagner und Historiker Georg Sina geraten einem Geheimnis auf die Spur, das am Fundament der katholischen Kirche rüttelt. Gesucht wird ein brisantes Archiv, das im Zweiten Weltkrieg verloren ging. Der vatikanische Geheimdienst und eine geheimnisvolle Bruderschaft wollen dieses Wissen wiedererlangen - um jeden Preis.

Der wacklige Frieden zwischen Pakistan und Indien gerät durch ein diplomatisches Missverständnis ins Wanken. Religiöse Fanatiker aus dem Regierungsumfeld verlieren die Nerven und drohen, eine Atombombe zu zünden. Der frühere US-Elitesoldat Dewey Andreas muss im Auftrag des Präsidenten die Welt retten. Seine Aufgabe: Den pakistanischen Präsidenten aus dem Amt zu heben, um eine weltweite Nuklearkatastrophe zu verhindern.

When an old man is found dead on the road - seemingly run over by a Hungarian au pair - police investigator Anna Fekete is certain that there is more to the incident than meets the eye. As she begins to unravel an increasingly complex case, she’s led on a deadly trail where illegal immigration, drugs and ultimately murder threaten not only her beliefs but her life.

El 22 de mayo de 1938, en plena guerra civil española, dos mil quinientos presos del Fuerte de San Cristóbal de Pamplona, en su mayoría encerrados por motivos políticos, consiguieron volver a ser libres. Leopoldo Pico, uno de los compañeros, había ideado un plan de fuga para escapar de los malos tratos, el hambre, y la miseria de su vida entre aquellos muros.

Düster, spannend, atemlos. Ein grausamer Mord, ein Kreuz mit geheimnisvollen Symbolen steht nicht weit vom Tatort entfernt. Es ist Georg Sina, der die Leiche entdeckt. In den nächsten zwei Tagen werden Mitglieder der österreichischen Regierung systematisch ermordet.

AEIOU - diese mysteriöse Buchstabenfolge ist das Vermächtnis eines legendären Kaisers. Es ist ein uralter Code: Wer ihn entschlüsselt, hält das Schicksal der Menschheit in seinen Händen. Immer tiefer geraten zwei Forscher in einen tödlichen Wettlauf um das Geheimnis. Ohne Atempause führt die dramatische Hetzjagd durch das mystische Wien.

John Polly enters Shanghai in 1948 on a muggy, velvet evening, just in time for the Communist takeover of China. It marks only his fourth month in America's newly formed Central Intelligence Agency. Over the next two decades, Polly will become The White Mandarin, a double agent buried so deep within the inner circle of the People's Republic as to shape the futures of both that nation and his own.