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An ambitious, cinematic thriller unfolds as humanity faces an unprecedented crisis. A mysterious, omnipotent force has taken control of the planet, issuing a stark ultimatum: humanity has thirty days to reach Antarctica, the only place where they can survive. This fast-paced narrative follows a group of survivors as they embark on a frantic exodus to the harshest environment on Earth. Their journey is not just about survival; they must confront the daunting challenge of evolving rapidly enough to secure a future for humanity. As they navigate the icy landscape, they grapple with the remnants of their past and the urgent need to build a new society in sub-zero conditions. Original and imaginative, this story is both profoundly intimate and grand in scope. Praised by critics, it is described as a remarkable achievement, chilling, and hypnotic, with a masterful plot that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. The tension is palpable, and the stakes are high as the characters strive to reinvent civilization against overwhelming odds. This unforgettable epic promises to be a powerful page-turner that will resonate long after the final page is turned.

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From the bestselling author of Child 44, a virtuosic, highly-anticipated new novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors trying to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme conditions imaginable. The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist . . . Antarctica. Cold People follows the journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most inhospitable environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. While they cling to life on the ice, the vestiges of their past swept away, they must also confront the most urgent of challenges: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanity's future? Can they build a new society in the cold? Original and imaginative, as profoundly intimate as it is grand in scope, Cold People is a truly masterful epic.

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From the bestselling author of Child 44 and The Farm, a gripping and emotional contemporary thriller about an unexpected romance between two people from very different worlds: one from the high-powered ranks of investment banking and the other from a hard partying world of clubbing and youthful excess. Danny—gregarious, hedonistic, and romantic—falls in love with the enigmatic and brilliant Alex. Then Alex disappears. When Danny finds Alex’s body, he is forced to pursue the truth behind his death. This volume of complete scripts is a brilliant companion to the award-winning BBC series.

From the author of Child 44, soon to be a major film starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman, comes an intricately-knitted thriller in the vein of John Le Carre's APerfect Spy. Daniel believed that his parents were enjoying a peaceful retirement on a remote farm in Sweden, the country of his mother's birth. But with a single phone call, everything changes. Your mother... she's not well, his father tells him. She's been imagining things - terrible, terrible things.In fact, she has been committed to a mental hospital. Before Daniel can board a plane to Sweden, his mother calls: Everything that man has told you is a lie. I'm not mad... I need the police... Meet me at Heathrow. Presented with a horrific crime, a conspiracy that implicates his own father, Daniel must examine the evidence and decide: who is telling the truth, his mother or his father? And he has secrets of his own that for too long he has kept hidden...

Former Soviet Secret Service agent Leo Demidov has built himself a new life as a civilian with his wife Raisa, and their two teenage daughters, Elena and Zoya. The Soviet Union is a country trying to reassert itself after the murderous excesses of Stalin and the chaos of the following years, and as the Cold War continues powers inside Russia seek to topple their great enemy, the United States of America. Communist allies within the United States will prove vital players in this game of intrigue and revolution. Raisa and their two daughters travel to the United States on a diplomatic mission, but a horrifying tragedy destroys everything Leo and Raisa have built. Leo must get to the States somehow and find out what happened. Exiled from the Soviet Union and separated from his family, Leo's quest takes him through the stark wilderness of Afghanistan, reawakening all his old instincts and forcing him to confront his demons. But whatever it costs, wherever he must go, he will find Agent 6.

Sovietsky zväz, rok 1956. Stalin je mŕtvy a násilnícky režim sa začína rozpadávať – vytvára sa spoločnosť, v ktorej sú policajti zločincami a zločinci nevinnými ľuďmi. Tajný prejav Stalinovho následníka Chruščova sa dostáva medzi ľudí, ktorí sa dozvedajú, že Stalin bol tyran. Chruščov sľubuje, že Sovietsky zväz sa zmení. Bývalý príslušník štátnej polície Lev Demidov sa tiež usiluje zmeniť, musí však pritom prejsť úskalím osobnej rozorvanosti. Jeho dve adoptívne dcéry, ktoré má spolu so ženou Raisou, mu nechcú odpustiť podiel na smrti svojich rodičov. Nie sú jediné. Keď vyjde pravda najavo, Lev, Raisa a ich rodina sa ocitnú v smrteľnom nebezpečenstve, pretože niekto sa pokúša zneužiť temné dedičstvo Levovej kariéry v tajnej polícii. Niekto, kto sa zmení na nepoznanie, aby uskutočnil dokonalú pomstu. Román TAJNÝ PREJAV nás zavedie do ulíc Moskvy, kde dozrieva situácia na politický prevrat, potom do sibírskeho gulagu a napokon do samého centra maďarského povstania v Budapešti.