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It is the winter of 1777. At Valley Forge, the American Revolution is dying in the freezing mud. General George Washington, a man of reason and Providence, is staring into the abyss of total defeat. With his men rotting from disease and the British Empire closing the noose, Washington realizes that lead and steel will not be enough. He needs a miracle —or a monster. Deep within the shifting mists of the Great Dismal Swamp, Washington strikes a clandestine pact with Ronald Jameson, a man burdened by an ancient, lupine curse. Jameson is no mere soldier; he is a force of nature unleashed.

The Eye That Watches is the first installment of a gripping historical mystery thriller that blends medieval history, forgotten archives, and modern investigation into a story where every discovery raises even greater questions. When historian Dr. Florian Radecki and his colleague Marek Kaczmarek uncover evidence of a forgotten research project known only as Project 1093, they begin to trace the footsteps of scholars who vanished while investigating a mysterious gap in European history.

Утром 22 июня 1941 года молодой лётчик летит на биплане У-2 к границе, чтобы передать приказ командующего Западным военным округом генерала Павлова. Это война? Или провокация? Ответа нет, связь потеряна, этим утром никто ничего не знает. Рушатся военные планы, совершают внезапный поворот человеческие жизни.

She came west to escape a scandal. She never expected to find love—or danger. After scandal forces Clarissa Whiting to flee Boston society, she travels to the Arizona Territory with her camera and a determination to start over. In the frontier town of Old Town, she meets Homer McNellis, a rugged rancher determined to protect his land from a powerful railroad baron. When Clarissa discovers evidence that the desert's hidden springs could determine the future of the entire territory, she and Homer become targets of men willing to threaten, deceive, and kill to control the land.

It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She's been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But Matthew Corbett, young...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River...

AN ARTIFACT THAT PROMISES WORLD PEACE… BUT AT WHAT COST? Deep within Cambodia's Angkor Wat, a millennia-old secret is waiting to be unleashed—one powerful enough to build empires and now poised to destroy the world. THE LOTUS KEY, a long-lost relic with the ability to control millions of...

Na het overlijden van haar ouders moet het vissersmeisje Julie voor haar jongere broers en zusje zorgen. Samen proberen ze stand te houden in een bestaan dat wordt getekend door armoede en ontbering. In oktober wordt de kuststad ingenomen door het Duitse leger. De bewoners kreunen onder bombardementen, voedseltekorten en de strenge hand van de bezetter. Om tijdens die harde oorlogsjaren te overleven, wordt Julie een alsjeblieftmeisje: gedwongen om als prostituee te werken voor de Duitse soldaten.

In the shadowy alleys of Fleet Street, BLEEDERS: The Terrible Tale of Sweeney Todd reimagines the infamous barber’s story as a gothic revenge thriller. Falsely accused and orphaned by a corrupt system, Sweeney Todd sharpens his razors for a bloody crusade against those who destroyed his life...

Manches Geheimnis überdauert seine Träger. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs entscheidet nicht nur Feuerkraft über Sieg oder Niederlage. Zwischen den abgelegenen Wetterstationen Grönlands, den Hinterzimmern des neutralen Lissabons und den Schaltzentralen des europäischen Funkkriegs beginnt...

Bloomsbury presents Old Bones by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, read by Cynthia Farrell. The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a...

Father Michael Dominic is mere weeks from his wedding to Hana Sinclair when an art restorer dies inside the Vatican's Borgia Apartments, and a sealed niche behind Pinturicchio's frescoes surrenders a five-hundred-year-old secret. A ledger, a founding charter, and a reliquary pendant cataloging one hundred and eleven objects spirited out of Rome in the dying hours of Alexander VI's pontificate. The documents name a trafficking confraternity—the Sisters of the Sacred Vigil—chartered to move Borgia assets into the shadows and never disband. They never did.

-'This a beautifully crafted and poignant book' - Alison Weir - 'Resonant and compelling, it brings its complex subjects vividly to life. I loved it' - SJ Bennett - 'Glittering, gripping and sharply observed, A House In Winter is a riveting page-turner. I devoured it!' - Evie Woods -...

The stylish mystery from acclaimed bestseller William Boyd takes you deep into a shadow-drenched world where loyalty blurs, motives darken and every step could be fatal. COLD WAR MOSCOW IS A PLACE SMOLDERING WITH SECRETS . . . Gabriel Dax is on route to Russia, tasked with delivering a...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Conclave and Dictator, a gripping tale of ancient Rome’s descent into dictatorship “Thrilling. . . . Agrippa is a swift-paced romp. . . . Politics may be ‘a filthy business,’ as Agrippa...

Una lettera ingiallita dal tempo scivola in una cassetta della posta: sono passati cinquant'anni da quando è stata spedita. È il 1992, e quel messaggio inatteso riporta tutto indietro, a un mondo oscurato dalle tende nere del Blitz londinese e ai segreti inconfessabili sepolti tra le mura di Milderhurst Castle. Per Edie Burchill, quella busta non è soltanto posta smarrita: è la chiave per scardinare il passato enigmatico di sua madre e scoprire una verità rimasta ostinatamente nascosta per mezzo secolo.

'Your lives are in danger... leave the hotel before it is too late...' When newlyweds Clarice and Cliff Thorley arrive in the little French town of Tourville-sur-Mer for their honeymoon, the last thing they expect to find is the corpse of a wanted jewel thief in their hotel room. Nor do they expect to find a stolen diamond necklace worth over half a million Francs hidden in their luggage. Somebody wants to get hold of that necklace very much. So much, that they are willing to kill for it.

Vor 50.000 Jahren war der Mensch noch ein Neuankömmling in den Wäldern Europas – ohne scharfe Klauen, ohne Reißzähne und mit nur primitiven Speeren aus Holz. Als Ugh-lomi und Eudena auf einem schmalen Felsvorsprung Unterschlupf suchen und das erste Feuer entfachen, lockt der heiße Rauch den unerschrockenen Koloss an. Der Höhlenbär kennt keine Furcht, selbst Mammuts weichen ihm aus. Doch er ahnt nicht, dass der Mensch ein neues Werkzeug erfunden hat: die erste Steinaxt. Und dass Erfindungsgeist am Ende mächtiger ist als Muskeln und Klauen...

Eine Verschwörung im Herzen des Reiches 63 vor Christus, eine Zeit des Friedens und des Wohlstands: Die Legionen der mächtigen Römischen Republik haben alle Feinde in die Knie gezwungen. Doch auf den Straßen Roms fließt das Blut. Während die Obrigkeit wegsieht, führt Decius Caecilius...

The second installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author James Clavell’s Asian Saga, Tai Pan, Part Two contains the second half of the sweeping epic of the founding of Hong Kong. “There can only be one Tai-Pan.” Dirk Struan rose from humble beginnings to build Struan & Company, also...