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Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's crusade, has reached the Holy Land. However, just as he and his crew are about to touch down in Acre, they are drawn into an intense battle at sea, where they are faced with the dreaded Byzantine weapon: Greek Fire. Barely escaping with his life, Will gains the trust of Richard Lionheart, moving into his service. But as the siege of Acre continues, and Richard's campaign grows ever more brutal and barbaric, Will begins to wonder just how safe his new position is.

Un pueblo roto por la guerra. Una familia dividida. Una nueva vida. Reyes Monforte nos regala una inolvidable historia basada en hechos reales acerca de la lucha por la libertad, la valentía, las segundas oportunidades y el amor. Visegrado, Bosnia. Cuando Zehera cumple 18 años, su vida se convierte en una pesadilla al desatarse la guerra en su país. Pero, cuando cree que todo está perdido, la joven consigue abandonar su tierra y llegar hasta España, dejando atrás un estremecedor episodio de violencia, la pérdida de los suyos y un duro desengaño.

On the eve of WWII, a group of submariners brace against the tides in this sweeping tale of bravery and sacrifice—perfect for fans of Tom Clancy and Lee Jackson.

The Woe of Roanoke is the epic story of the sordid life of the notorious Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean and his fearsome clan of incestuous savages, who terrorised Scotland for 25 years during the reign of James 1st, which leads onto America’s oldest mystery, when 115 men, women and children disappeared after settling the first English colony at Roanoke. At first the tale is told through the eyes of Sawney’s abused daughter Agnes and then the narrative is overtaken by the tortured notary Thomas Hume.

Amerika im Bürgerkrieg. Die Küsten sind abgeriegelt, das Land gespalten – und mitten hindurch wagt sich ein kleines, wagemutiges Schiff. Ein Kapitän, ein geheimes Ziel und eine gefährliche Mission gegen die Übermacht der Nordstaatenflotte – Verne vermischt historische Realität mit dramatischer Zuspitzung und erschafft ein Miniaturabenteuer auf hoher See.

For nearly a century, treasure hunters have searched for the lost treasure of notorious gangster, Dutch Schultz. When Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake take up the search, they find themselves in a race against a dangerous enemy and in the crosshairs of deadly assassin. Maddock and Bones must unravel the clues and survive a game of cat and mouse where failure could mean death.

This is not just fiction, it’s a reflection of a true international scandal that fractured diplomatic relations between Thailand and Saudi Arabia for over 30 years. Salem Saleem masterfully weaves fact and fiction into a razor-sharp narrative filled with tense interrogations, political gamesmanship, and moral reckoning.

The most skilled of Merlin's Mauraders, Siena must unmask a traitor lurking among an exclusive club of book collectors. Armed with only her wits, her blades, and her sultry body, she joins the gentlemen at a country house party. But her prime suspect, disgraced ex-army officer Lord Kirtland proves as enigmatic as he is suspicious-and sinfully sensuous.

It’s June, 1920. The Jazz Age and Wall Street's boom are getting into full swing. The Great War and the Spanish Flu pandemic are over and America's looking forward to good times. But renowned Whist and Bridge expert and wealthy Wall Street investor Joseph Elwell won’t live long enough to see those times because someone put a bullet in his head. Most confounding for the NYPD, He was murdered in a locked room with no means for the killer to escape. Elwell was a notorious womanizer and the question isn’t who wanted him dead but who didn’t?

Frère Cadfael fait partie d'une délégation religieuse qui se rend au Pays de Galles pour ramener à l'abbaye bénédictine de Shrewsbury les reliques de Sainte Winifred. Les tractations avec les Gallois sont difficiles. Pendant le séjour, Rhisiard , leader de l'opposition au transfert, est assassiné. Immédiatement son pauvre serviteur, anglais et amoureux transi de sa fille, est désigné coupable. Ce n'est pas l'avis de frère Cadfael qui va apporter son aide à cet homme malheureux que le destin accable.

1920, a small, unnamed city in a colonial empire. Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from the Muslim quarter where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into her new role, she discovers that the house is alive with spirits. While Mrs Hattingh eagerly awaits her son’s visit from London, she offers to help Soraya stay in touch with her fiancé Nour by writing him letters on her behalf.

Dopo l'introspettivo viaggio attraverso la narrazione in forma di diario, dei due volumi precedenti, questo terzo e conclusivo libro della trilogia apre il sipario su una visione ad ampio spettro. Attraverso la narrazione in terza persona vengono finalmente svelati molti dei misteri che erano rimasti in sospeso. Il libro si compone di due parti:. La prima, narra l'avvincente passato di un nuovo personaggio. Attraverso le sue interazioni con società segrete, cospirazioni mondiali e ricerche scientifiche, vengono rielaborate e comprese le vicende già trattate in precedenza.

Historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Spencer-Gunn uncover a stolen painting which the Nazis believed was a secret map to the Holy Grail and the lost treasure of the Knights Templar. Hitler planned to weaponize the Holy Grail and monetize the treasure as part of his campaign of world dominance. Cam and Amanda just want to find the legendary artifacts. The Nazis failed because they were unable to decipher the secret Templar clues left in the painting. Cam and Amanda may fail—perhaps fatally—because a group of modern-day Nazis remain obsessed with finishing Hitler's work.

Während der ersten Dezembertage des Jahres 1944 setzen sich Angriffskolonnen deutscher Soldaten in Bewegung zu dem letzten Versuch, eine Kriegswende herbeizuführen. ln diese Phase des Krieges fällt ein Unternehmen, das in seiner Geschichte als eines der abenteuerlichsten Kapitel eingegangen ist: Der Einsatz deutscher Kommandotrupps in amerikanischen Uniformen im feindlichen Hinterland.

In the winter of 1846, after attending a performance of Shakespeare in Detroit, young wife Claire Hinman is found stabbed and bludgeoned in a snowy field. The person behind her death has devised a scheme to implicate Claire's husband, Carl. To avoid arrest, Carl flees to Ohio with his young daughter, Mariel. But the past soon catches up with him. Claire's father comes from the East Coast demanding answers, while a mysterious medicine show also begins to close in, for reasons of its own. When Mariel becomes ill, her only hope is a doctor in Detroit.

Lo que comenzó como una tranquila travesía se convierte en una desesperada carrera por la supervivencia cuando dos cañoneros españoles aparecen en el horizonte, dispuestos a dar caza al pequeño barco americano. Shackles, los periodistas y la tripulación se enfrentan al miedo, la incertidumbre y la constante amenaza de ser alcanzados y destruidos.

Determined to become gangsters by killing a dreaded don, three youths joined the crowd of mediapersons, posing as journalists. These journalists were covering the event live, and the entire country was watching the prime-time news, when the assassins shot Babar Qureshi and his brother Taimur point-blank. Who ordered this hit? Who hatched this conspiracy? And who were these men who were slaughtered while in police custody?

Nueva York, 1896. John Schuyler Moore, reportero de sucesos de The New York Times, recibe en plena madrugada la llamada de su antiguo compañero de Harvard, el famoso alienista (como se conocía entonces a los psicólogos) Laszlo Kreizler, quien le cita en el puente de Williamsburg, escenario de un horrible asesinato. Theodore Roosevelt, jefe de policía de la ciudad, solicita la colaboración de ambos amigos para indagar el crimen, una atrevida iniciativa, pues el alienista es visto con desconfianza por una sociedad conservadora, que considera que un asesino nace y no se hace.

Un cautivador thriller histórico-religioso situado en el siglo II d. C., en pleno auge de las primeras herejías. Los cimientos de la iglesia de Antioquía se ven sacudidos por el robo de una considerable suma de dinero atesorada en la sede del obispo. En el siglo II, el cristianismo continuaba su proceso de expansión por el Imperio romano, desarrollaba una estructura organizativa y configuraba su doctrina básica gracias a la labor de los denominados Padres Apostólicos.

Tirol, 1972: Nach einem traumatischen Erlebnis zieht sich die Münchner Ingenieurin Hanna Voss in die Einsamkeit der Alpen zurück. Im traditionsreichen Berghotel Waldfrieden sucht sie Ruhe – doch stattdessen begegnet sie Schatten, die bis weit in die Vergangenheit zurückreichen. Als Hanna in der Bibliothek ein vergilbtes Tagebuch entdeckt, entfaltet sich vor ihr das Schicksal von Johann Trenkwalder, einem Soldaten des Ersten Weltkriegs, und seiner Frau Margarete.