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Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2007.
Winner of the British Book Awards, Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year, 2006.
In Carcassonne a young girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alais cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in protecting it.

Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race - against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself - a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth. But the road will be hard. For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes.

A series of strange events throws the world into turmoil. As a manned Chinese rocket explodes upon launch, three American astronauts, each separated by thousands of miles, are murdered. Then an archaeologist in Croatia uncovers a new cavern system that reveals elaborate primitive paintings by a tribe of Neanderthals.

The Titan Project—an international research station off the coast of Australia—discovers a thriving zone of life in an otherwise dead sea. The area teems with a strange bioluminescent coral that defies science, yet holds great promise for the future. But the loss of a military submarine in the area triggers a brutal attack and sets in motion a geological disaster that destabilizes an entire region. Massive quakes, volcanic eruptions, and deadly tsunamis herald a greater cataclysm to come—for something is stirring miles under the ocean, a threat hidden for millennia.

Francis Ackerman jr. verlässt zum ersten Mal Amerika. In Glasgow wartet eine Liste auf ihn, die die Namen aller Mitglieder des größten und gefährlichsten Verbrechersyndikats der Welt enthält. Aber das Tablet, auf dem sie gespeichert ist, kann nur von Ackerman und der Tochter seines verstorbenen Erzfeindes gemeinsam entsperrt werden. Seine Feinde werden alles daransetzen, ihn und die junge Frau zu töten, bevor dies geschehen kann. Also eilt Ackerman nach Schottland, um die Frau zu erreichen, ehe es zu spät ist.

When university professor Peter de Haan attends a library event, he has no idea of the dangers that await him. As an area outside the library collapses, a hidden tunnel is revealed. Inside cowers a naked man, covered in blood. Then Peter receives a mysterious text message – the hour has come… When Peter’s colleague Judith disappears, he realises he has been drawn into a plot with consequences deadlier than he could ever have imagined. He has twenty-four hours to find her, otherwise she will be killed.

Zwischen alten Rätseln und in längst vergessenen Tunneln versteckt sich so manches Geheimnis... Archäologische Sensation und grausiger Fund zugleich: Durch einen Unfall bei einer feierlichen Ausgrabungszeremonie in Leiden wird ein unbekannter Tunnel freigelegt. Der Archäologe Peter de Haan wittert eine einmalige Entdeckung, schließlich blickt die Universitätsstadt auf eine jahrtausendealte Geschichte zurück. Doch als de Haan die Einsturzstelle als Erster in Augenschein nimmt, findet er den blutverschmierten Körper eines Mannes.