Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, politics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford tells a grand saga as multifaceted as Russia itself. Here is the story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of their land.
Off the coast of Somalia a battered, old freighter is boarded by pirates whose sights are set on a hefty ransom... But these pirates have made a mistake. For this rusting freighter is none other than Juan Cabrillo's secretive, state-of-the-art fighting ship Oregon. And Cabrillo is about to turn the tables on a deadly Somali pirate captain.
In this thrilling installment of Cussler's Oregon Files series, Chairman Juan Cabrillo and his crew confront a dangerous activist group planning a viral attack. After a secret mission in the Persian Gulf, they discover a ghost ship filled with bodies, leading to a perilous mystery and a race against time to thwart a cult's deadly scheme.
In het Engeland van de twaalfde eeuw trekt meesterbouwer Tom met zijn gezin van stad naar stad op zoek naar werk. Ten einde raad vraagt hij onderdak in de priorij van Kingsbridge. Overste Philip ziet een hemels teken in zijn komst: Tom zou wel eens de man kunnen zijn die de magistrale kathedraal kan bouwen waar hij altijd van heeft gedroomd. De tegenkrachten zijn echter enorm: het is bijna ondoenlijk om aan bouwmateriaal te komen en een ambitieuze bisschop spant samen met een gewetenloze edelman om Philip ten val te brengen.
The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas-Juan Cabrillo.Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo's special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia.Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts-easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy-a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.
In the waning days of the Second World War, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure - a different kind of kamikaze mission, this one carried out by two submarines bound for the west coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of biological virus. Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 2004
Ex-SAS soldier Nick Stone is working in the USA when an old friend, Kevin, tips him off about the Canary Wharf bombing. Nick flies to see him, only to find that Kevin and his family have been brutally murdered. McNab also wrote Bravo Two Zero.
De moeder van een Amerikaans meisje dat in het huis van haar minnaar ten gevolge van een val van een trap is overleden, vermoedt dat er moord in het spel is.
“[John] Saul has the instincts of a natural storyteller.”—People Villejeune, Florida. A secluded little town at the edge of a vast, eerie swamp. Far from prying eyes. Far from the laws of civilization. Here folks live by their own rules—dark rites of altars and infants, candles and blood. Years ago the Andersons left town with a dream. Now they are back. To live out a nightmare. Something has been waiting for them. Something unspeakably evil. It feeds on the young and the innocent. And soon it will draw their teenage daughter into its unholy embrace. . . .
En junio de 1941, Dinamarca está bajo ocupación alemana. La historia se centra en dos hermanos que, a pesar de sus personalidades tan diferentes, se unen en su lucha contra los nazis.
Martin Vail, the brilliant "bad-boy" lawyer every prosecutor and politician love to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher's knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses his unorthodox ways to good advantage when choosing his legal team—a tight group of men and women who must uncover the extraordinary truth behind the archbishop's slaughter. They do, in a heart-stopping climax unparalleled for the surprise it springs on the reader...
Ze is jong, zwart en onafhankelijk, en ze heeft genoeg van mannen...
Tussen een zwarte bouwvakker en een zwarte lerares in New York ontstaat een stormachtige verhouding.
A crime drama from the author of "Michigan Rolol". Milo "Meat" Pitts, 20 stone of trouble, is out of prison after eight years, and ready to wreak his revenge on the town of Grand Rapids, a third of a million dollars worth of revenge. When Milo looks for partners, things start to go wrong.
Joshua Kane está casado con Joan y la considera la mujer más hermosa del planeta. Ambos se han prometido amor eterno, pero tales promesas son fáciles de hacer y difíciles de cumplir. Una noche, en la mesa de un casino en Atlantic City, Josh se encuentra con un multimillonario que pierde y gana millones con despreocupación. Este rico jugador lanza una mirada penetrante a Joan y le hace a Josh una propuesta impactante: un millón de dólares por una noche con ella. Josh no se siente tentado por la oferta, ya que considera que no es algo que sucederá. Sin embargo, surge la pregunta: ¿qué piensa realmente Joan sobre esta propuesta? La historia explora los límites del amor, la lealtad y la tentación, planteando dilemas morales y emocionales que desafían la relación de la pareja.
Una joven (Elena Campbell) consentida en extremo y prometida en matrimonio por sus tios (Sam y Sib Melville), acude al mar junto a ellos, para lograr ver el rayo verde que se desprende en el ultimo segundo de la puesta de sol. La leyenda dice que dos personas que lo vean a la vez quedan automaticamente enamoradas la una de la otra. Es un momento magico en que dos personas descubren el amor a la misma vez. En esta aventura conoce a otro joven, que siendo pintor, siguio con ella la persecucion del rayo verde. Varias veces, teniendo la oportunidad de verlo, distintos percances le impiden conseguirlo, hasta que...
