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The orders given to Isabeau Agarwal and her partner are simple: ensure the safety of all passengers and crew until the point of destination. But on the maiden voyage of this luxury train, nothing is quite what it seems. Isabeau soon discovers why her unique professional skills are needed when the passengers are threatened with a possible monster hiding among them.

Statt ihrem Studium nachzugehen, gründen Felix, Vadim, Julius und Eddie den »Club Casaubon«. Getrieben von ihrer Leidenschaft für Literatur und der Lust am Abenteuer werden sie zu Bücherdieben, spezialisiert auf kostbare, okkulte Bände. Nach dem Krieg arbeitet Felix als Bibliothekar für die Amerikaner, um Millionen von geraubten Büchern zu katalogisieren.

Adam berichtet von seinen Forschungsreisen mit dem Maler, Schriftsteller und Archäologen Nicholas Roerich. Gemeinsam suchten sie jahrelang nach der verlorenen Welt, der verborgenen Kultur von Agartha. Während 1610 der Prozess gegen die "Blutgräfin" voranschreitet, wird im Frankreich des Jahres 1902 im Institut des Doktor Eugene-Louis Doyen zu einer Pressekonferenz geladen, die von zwei ungleichen Gefährten besucht wird.

Una historia terrible y terrorífica sobre el desmoronamiento de la dignidad y la supresión absoluta de las expectativas. Durante la inquisición, un Rabino que fue torturado durante un año y que al día siguiente será llevado a la hoguera, por un giro del destino su calabozo queda mal cerrado dándole una oportunidad para escapar, una esperanza.

Corre la primera mitad del siglo XIII cuando el abad del monasterio de San Millán encarga a uno de sus servidores, Gonzalo de Berceo, la misión de viajar al monasterio de Silos para copiar un manuscrito latino y hacer con él un poema castellano. La secreta intención de la visita es que los dos monasterios aúnen fuerzas contra el papa y sus obispos, que pretenden quedarse con los beneficios de la producción de vino, y contra la pujanza de los nobles castellanos, ávidos también de entrar en el negocio.

New York, 2002. Una serie di attentati sanguinosi sta seminando il terrore in ogni parte del mondo, ma i vertici delle agenzie di intelligence brancolano nel buio. Unici indizi i folli comunicati di un serial bomber, che preannuncia i massacri a mezzo di messaggi tortuosi fra le righe del Corano, agghiaccianti promesse di morte siglate dall'arcano simbolo di un anello leggendario. Un anello che incatena avvenimenti lontanissimi nel tempo, drammaticamente legati al suo infausto luccichio.

Cinco cadáveres aparecen calcinados tras una brutal explosión en la clínica de Nueva York donde han operado a Nagorno para tratar de salvar su vida. Temiendo que los cuerpos pertenezcan a la Vieja Familia, en venganza por el asesinato de la sanguinaria matriarca de los Hijos de Adán, Gunnarr huye con Adriana para evitar ser ellos los siguientes. Bristol, 1352: Gunnarr vive un romance con Madre, pero cuando ella descubre que él es descendiente de su gran enemigo Lür, Gunnarr comprende que toda la Vieja Familia está en peligro.

Dos mujeres. Una misión: evitar que los nazis roben y destruyan invaluables obras de arte. Los hermanos Sophie y Dietrich abandonaron su hogar en Alemania para escapar del régimen nazi. Cuando París, el lugar donde huyeron, cae bajo el yugo alemán, Dietrich es asesinado por pertenecer a la resistencia.

Catania, 1965. La giovane Norma Speranza viene trasportata all’ospedale dal marito e dal portinaio di casa in gravi condizioni e muore poco dopo. Si è sparata in salotto con una carabina, o almeno questo è ciò che concludono le indagini, sebbene siano molti i dubbi sulle modalità del gesto e sul movente. A confermare l’ipotesi del suicidio c’è un biglietto trovato accanto al corpo: “Tutto è distrutto e io mi ammazzo”. Ma la famiglia è invece convinta che si tratti di un omicidio, e che il biglietto sia stato creato ad arte per offrire un alibi all’assassino.

Una novela sobre el tiempo y la memoria, como la presentó Pere Gimferrer. El tiempo y la tergiversación —unas veces inconsciente y otras, las más, deliberada— habían distorsionado los trágicos sucesos de 1877, que los habitantes de Mequinensa se transmitían oralmente de generación en generación con un sentimiento de vergüenza y de culpa. Los puntos oscuros, las versiones contradictorias de aquel cruento acto de bandolerismo hacían poco menos que imposible la reconstrucción del mismo.

Charlie Matters’ life has always been a fight for survival. Orphaned with no prospects, Charlie steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he can enlist in the battle against the Germans. He miraculously emerges unscathed from the Blitz, but there’s no telling when the next bomb will fall, and whether it will be the one to end his life.

Marshal Jake Timber has been tasked with collecting Gray Buffalo, an Indian accused of the murder of the president of a stage line, from Fort Collins and bringing him back to Denver for justice. Grey Buffalo's people aren't about to let him leave, however. They attack the fort in earnest, overwhelming both in skill and number the small attachment of greenhorn soldiers stationed there. Timber must be both marshal and army officer, as he teaches the soldiers how to fight Indians. Will Grey Buffalo be rescued by his tribe? Or will he be forced to face his destiny in front of the judge?

In 1928, a Chattanooga man disappears down a hole in the ground and discovers a 150-foot waterfall in the middle of a mountain that he names after his wife: Ruby Falls. Within months, visitors can buy tickets to see the falls for themselves. Ada Smith has been sneaking into the caves at night, entranced by the natural wonders around her and the freedom granted by this new underground world.

1933. A body has been found on a luxury airship en route from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro. Police Detective Bruno Brückner, travelling on board, is immediately asked to investigate—and soon discovers that the murdered man was not the proud Nazi he claimed to be. What's more, he was carrying a stash of banned 'degenerate' material. As Brückner interviews his fellow passengers—a wealthy baroness, an antisemitic doctor, a debonair Englishman—he realizes that each of them has something to hide.

It’s 1933, and though the country is stuck in the Great Depression, movies are the ultimate escape. But Hollywood is skilled at selling lies, and nothing is as it seems. Frankie Donnelly is scrappy, smart, and ambitious. Her knack for spinning any story into stellar publicity has made her an invaluable “fixer” at RCO Studios, where she works under the tutelage of powerful Nico Marconi. Frankie’s latest fix is the upcoming marriage of Hollywood royals Jack Sawyer and June Finney, and millions of fans can’t wait to see their favorite silver-screen lovers tie the knot.

Yakov Holtzman arrives as 'a displaced person' in Melbourne—a destination as far away as it is possible to get from the graveyard that is Europe. He has put behind him the years he spent as a Nazi resistance leader with a band of partisans in the forests of Lithuania—and the family he lost—to join his brother and start a new life as the watchmaker he once was. Yakov now looks for solace—and love—in the fragmented and traumatised community of Jewish refugees taking root in a new land.

Sir Augustus Wall had seen a lot of death. From the fields of Flanders to the alleys of Cairo, he's solved several murders and sent many men to their grave. But he's never had a body delivered to his antiquities shop encased in a 5,000 year-old coffin.

Cairo, 1917. In a city plagued by poverty and war, ten-year-old Faisal begs and steals to survive, hiding at night from the things that prowl after dark. The nimblest and most clever of the street boys, he's terrified of the unseen spirits he's convinced haunt the ancient city.

When Sir Harry is asked to go to Paris for a Secret Intelligence Service meeting, he - of course - asks Kat to come along. But the getaway à deux quickly turns dangerous when Harry goes missing. Suddenly, with both their lives in danger, it's up to Kat to find out what's really going on. As the trail takes her from grand hotels to the late-night bars of Place Pigalle, it soon becomes clear that treachery has a murderous price in the City of Light.

Sir Augustus Wall, antiquities dealer and amateur sleuth, is hired to track down a blackmailer who threatens the reputation of an American millionaire. When blackmail turns to murder, he must travel up the Nile by steamboat to find the killer.