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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.

"The Committee" has masterminded a fiendish, far-reaching plot rooted in the highest corridors of power. Code name: Tantalus. Tantalus - all the more daring because it is so obvious - strikes at the very lifeline of humanity. Its aim is enormous, horrible, and unknown even to the superpowers. Only one man, Christopher Locke, an unsuccessful college professor, can expose the trail that begins with the brutal execution of every person in an obscure South American town. But even as Locke navigates the labyrinth leading to The Committee and Tantalus, The Committee is hunting him down.

Much has changed since Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor Police and hard-nosed Jerusalem detective Arieh Ben-Roi last met. Ben-Roi is about to become a father, and Khalifa is struggling with personal tragedies. But as they each work on their own - seemingly isolated - cases, the two investigations begin to entwine. They soon find themselves drawn into a sinister web of violence, abuse, corporate malpractice and anti-capitalist terrorism. And at the heart of the web lies the Labyrinth...

In this heart-stopping thriller by acclaimed author Mark Sullivan, marine biologist and cave researcher Whitney Burke vows that she will never set foot underground again. Still traumatized by the tragic loss of her assistant on her last expedition, Whitney can only watch from a distance when her husband and daughter agree to join a NASA-sponsored caving trip.

It wasn't the most hospitable invitation she'd ever received. Archaeologist Annja Creed is being rushed to Massachusetts, abducted by a famous environmental terrorist - a zealot willing to kill anyone who gets in his or the planet's way. He has taken the book dealer hostage in order to steal a rare and very valuable treatise called the Tome of Prossos. Annja is the key to retrieving the ancient manuscript hidden somewhere deep within the mansion.

On a Tuesday afternoon, Agent Sherlock is driving in downtown Washington when her Volvo is suddenly T-boned at an intersection. As her car spins out of control, a man’s body slams against her windshield and then - blackness. When she finally regains consciousness in the hospital, she’s told about the accident and the man she struck. No one knows yet who he is or where he is because he ran away. From DNA, they discover his name is Justice Cummings and he’s a CIA analyst at Langley...and he’s still missing.

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.

What if there was something that only one of your senses knew was there? How far would you trust yourself to find out the mystery of what lurks just outside our ability to detect it? Six strangers are interrupted form their daily lives when they find out that they can detect a hidden creature in their city with only one of their senses. What exactly is this creature, and what does it want? Chasing down the entity with sight, smell, taste, sound, touch, and intuition, these ordinary citizens will discover that in this world, there's something more than what meets the eye.

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.

Gerard Sorme has been hired by a New York publisher to edit a book on Esmond Donelly, notorious 18th-century Irish rake, friend of Rousseau, Boswell, and Horace Walpole, and author of a bawdy work on the deflowering of virgins. Sorme's quest for information on Donelly takes him to the home of a pyromaniac and flagellant in Baton Rouge, the labyrinthine corridors of the British Museum, and a remote castle in Ireland. As he digs deeper into the mystery of Donelly, Sorme uncovers a tale of intrigue, conspiracy, and murder involving a secret society, the Sect of the Phoenix.

After his father's untimely death sends 15-year-old Ryan McIntyre into an emotional tailspin, his mother enrolls him in St. Isaac's Catholic boarding school, hoping the venerable institution, with its reputation for transforming wayward teens, can work its magic on her son. But troubles are not unknown even at St. Isaac.

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.

Urged onward by the mysterious Sentinel Queen, Albert, Brandy, and Nicole venture ever deeper into the Temple of the Blind - and into the greatest danger they have yet faced. Endless miles of twisting passageways and perilous chambers stand before them, and with Albert's box of clues finally exhausted, they will have to navigate the dark corridors utterly blind. And time is ticking as a dangerous beast stalks them with murderous intent.

Un simple pergamino y una llave de plata. Un secreto transmitido de generación en generación. Un misterio a la espera de ser desvelado. Una madre lega en su testamento un misterioso escrito y una sencilla llave de plata al menor de los hermanos. La tradición familiar establece que dichos objetos pasen de madres a hijas, pero ella, al tener únicamente hijos varones, se devana los sesos durante las últimas semanas de su vida para decidir qué hacer con aquellas curiosas menudencias sin valor aparente que habían permanecido en el seno de la familia durante generaciones.

As Lila's virtual empire spirals into chaos, she must pay a harrowing price, sacrificing her cousin Emily's digital existence to escape her own digital torment. Yet, this act inadvertently unleashes a malevolent digital demon, threatening both the virtual and real worlds. In a gripping climax, Lila confronts the demon, armed with newfound self-awareness. Her triumph brings balance back to the digital realm, but the consequences of her actions haunt her. Lila returns to her quiet town, sharing her cautionary tale with a world teetering on the precipice of digital obsession.