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After the horrors of war against the forces of Napoleon and the hardships of guarding convicts in Australia, ex-soldier Gregory Hardiman is enjoying the quiet life of an ostler at a Cambridge coaching inn, with only the occasional nightmare to disturb his sleep, and memory of lost loves to disturb his waking hours. But when the inn’s cook is found drowned in the river in the spring of 1825 and his distraught widow pleads for help, Gregory finds himself caught up in the unexpectedly murky world of college life in the town.

When Adventurer Chase Baker is employed by a Vatican priest to uncover one of the most sought-after Biblical relics known to man...the very robe the Romans wrapped Jesus in after His scourging... Chase enters a world of deceit, danger, and death brought upon by evil power-hungry global players who are also going after the relic. While Chase wants to see the robe enshrined in the Vatican Museum, the others want to use the robe's occult powers for nefarious reasons, the major one being, total world domination.

It is 1917. The Great War, the War To End All Wars, has raged across the globe for three long years. The Russians are ready to sue for peace and the French and British are exhausted. Germany and Austria-Hungary are close to winning as they look west. But across the Atlantic, Woodrow Wilson is planning on declaring war. And a million fresh American troops will tip the balance in the Allies favor. In New Mexico, former President Theodore Roosevelt is training his Rough Rider Volunteer regiments in the desert, hoping to be sent to war. But he is not the hero he once was.

In May 1845, Sir John Franklin, commander of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed England to seek a navigable route across the top of the Americas. He and his 128 men never returned. Four years later, Royal Navy Lieutenant Frederick Robinson and Assistant Surgeon Edward Adams are determined to find the men missing in the Arctic. While they are united in purpose, they are divided in ambition. The pious and idealistic Adams strives to save his boyhood hero. Robinson hungers for promotion through the Admiralty ranks.

In the shadow of California’s Gold Rush, a forgotten curse stirs beneath the hills of Folsom. Maya Collins, a determined historian, is drawn to the town by a miner’s journal she uncovers at an estate sale, filled with cryptic accounts of eerie tremors, ghostly sightings, and a vein of cursed gold that swallowed men whole. What begins as a quest for answers quickly spirals into a dangerous confrontation with a dark history buried for over a century.

From the author of The Swift and the Harrier comes The Players comes a gripping historical tale of espionage, treason, and surprising alliances set against the backdrop of the Bloody Assizes—the trials that would determine the fate of over one-thousand treasonous rebels.

Tausende deutschsprachige Einwanderer erhalten von der US-Regierung kostenloses Ackerland in der scheinbar endlosen Prärie. Geschäftsleute mit großen Träumen gründen mitten in den frisch besiedelten Landstrichen kleine Städte, die sich schon bald zu ländlichen Zentren des Wohlstands entwickeln sollen. Himmelsfeld ist einer dieser Orte. Doch der friedliche Name täuscht.

It's 1971. A time before metal detectors and body scans. A single man boards an Air Canada DC-8 flight with a sawed-off shotgun, 54 sticks of dynamite, a parachute and a desperate plan for $1.5 million in ransom. But it's the two twisted wires in an ordinary Woolco shopping bag that will hold an entire plane hostage. Trapped at 37,000 feet, flight attendant Mary Dohey becomes an unwilling participant in a deadly game, forced to hold live detonator wires for hours. One wrong move, one trembling hand, and the aircraft could explode.

1932. The King of Detectives comes out of retirement, in a desperate quest for world peace! Across a world barely recovered from the ravages of the First World War, dark forces are stirring. A shadowy cabal of arms dealers and financiers are determined to drag the world into fresh conflict. Standing against them—Chicago's King of Electricity Billy Clifford, a billionaire determined to rid the world of the scourge of war. Clifford has brought together an elite band of scientists in his Anti-War contest.

An epic story unlocking the mystery behind the lost gold and treasures looted by the Nazis during WWII. Astonishing evidence reveals the complicity of international banks and global financial institutions in co-operating with Hitler’s regime, enabling the economy of Nazi Germany to thrive at the expense of occupied countries. An inheritance contains evidence of a family’s involvement in concealing and controlling Nazi assets post-war, triggering an investigation which uncovers corruption on an unimaginable scale.

In a bloody, brutal raid, Abbot Blathmac is slain on the steps of his monastery for refusing to give away the location of the sacred relics of St Columba, the missionary who first brought Christianity to Scotland. Following a night of rampage and mayhem, one Viking wakes up the next morning to find himself alone, hungover, and abandoned by his crew mates. He can't swim, there are no boats, and the only surviving monk on the island has taken his sword.

Under a ruined monastery near the quaint village of Clareconnell, a labyrinth of caves hides a dark secret. The remains of Grendel. Defeated by Beowulf and entombed there by the Danes, he has remained hidden for 1000 years, guarded first by warriors, then by monks, and finally by the villagers themselves. But nothing stays lost forever. A team of archaeologists are excavating the monastery and searching for his grave. Because Grendel’s bones may hold the key to a medical breakthrough that could change the world.

Deckard O'Shea has come to terms with his family's birthright, even if it is one he would've never chosen. His world as he knows it is in shambles as King Arthur's true nemesis, Jakobus, has orchestrated mayhem and panic. Along with the newly formed Keepers Division of the military, Deckard dons the legendary sword Excalibur in a war torn England and struggles to survive against ruthless axis powers and special forces known as Harvesters led by the devil himself.

Londra, estate 1914. Mentre l'Europa si avvicina inesorabilmente alla Prima guerra mondiale, Venetia Stanley, un'affascinante giovane donna dell'alta società londinese, intrattiene un fitto carteggio con il primo ministro Herbert Asquith, un uomo sposato con più del doppio dei suoi anni. Venetia è la sua amante clandestina, la sua unica confidente sulle questioni di Stato e, nelle appassionate lettere che i due innamorati si scambiano quasi quotidianamente, Asquith la mette al corrente di informazioni confidenziali sul futuro dell'Europa e di telegrammi diplomatici di estrema riservatezza.

Autumn 1917 and Great Britain is still at war with Germany. Stylish lady detective, Miss Isabel Hewitt and her household are coping with the hardships of the Home Front, when she learns that her sweetheart and former confidant, Clarke, has been badly injured. She hopes he will be repatriated soon but there is no time to plan, as she is approached by a Lady Shillington for help. The lady has been conducting an illicit affair and has been photograph with her lover.

1987 stirbt Adolf Hitlers rechte Hand im Berliner Gefängnis Spandau. Doch mit dem Tod von Rudolf Heß beginnt das größte Rätsel der Nachkriegszeit: Wurde Heß ermordet? Und wenn ja, von wem? Durch Zufall gerät der deutsche Polizist Hannes Apfel an den Schlüssel zu diesem Geheimnis: das Tagebuch von Heß! Und plötzlich verwandelt sich Westberlin in einen Hexenkessel, in dem nichts so ist, wie es scheint. Secret Service, KGB und CIA versuchen verzweifelt, die Spandauer Papiere in die Finger zu bekommen, um eine Katastrophe zu verhindern.

Die letzte Zuflucht vor dem Feind. Die letzte Chance auf Rettung. Ein weiterer Kampf gegen das Böse. Während der Flucht aus Fenton hat es Fox Stryker mit seiner Tochter Trixi und der Dorfbewohnerin Phoebe ins Jahr 1940 verschlagen. Bei dem Versuch, in den Wirren des 2. Weltkrieges einen Rückweg in die Gegenwart zu finden, geraten sie nach Nordfrankreich. Hier sind die Nazis auf dem Vormarsch und haben die alliierten Truppen in einer Hafenstadt eingekesselt. Doch die wahre Gefahr lauert nicht in den Schützengräben.

Voilà vingt ans que Catherine Velis et Alexander Solarin, son mari, ont enterré, dans un lieu connu d'eux seuls, les pièces du Jeu de Montglane. Avec eux s'arrêtait la longue liste des propriétaires du jeu, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Catherine II de Russie. Avec eux, la partie, initiée en 1791, en pleine Révolution, avait trouvé son mat. Et les rêves de pouvoir légendaires que sa possession inspirait s'évanouissaient du même coup. À jamais... Mais alors qu'Alexander accompagne sa fille, prodige aux échecs, au monastère de Zagorsk, en Russie, où doit se dérouler une compétition très attendue, il tombe en arrêt.

Big Money unravels the Sentinels' battle against the Estate of Organized Capitalism's plan to manipulate U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts, driving increased defense spending. Recent Sentinel graduates and Madame Cecelia unite to expose this agenda, armed with three years of doctoral research, challenging the military-industrial complex's influence on national decisions. This historical saga reveals their struggle to protect the public's best interests.

Napoli, 19 settembre 2000. Il custode della Cappella Sansevero scopre il cadavere di un uomo al posto del Cristo Velato: la scultura marmorea, capolavoro di Giuseppe Sanmartino, è scomparsa. Il corpo mostra una ferita al cuore e reca al collo un cartello con la scritta: Per aspera ad veritatem. Paolo Manfrè e Sandra Bianco, consulenti scientifici del SISDE, vengono chiamati a Napoli per risolvere il caso insieme al Capitano Monti. Il dirigente della Squadra mobile, Rocco Siani, è convinto che il crimine possa ricondursi a una tipologia rituale di tipo massonico.