Manda Scott Knihy

Vysnívaný orol oživuje korene pôsobivého príbehu, ktorý nestráca na aktuálnosti ani s odstupom stáročí. Je to príbeh z čias, kedy Britániu obývali kmene druidov. Z čias, keď bol svet ľudí plný čarov, vášní, odvahy a hrdinstva...

Dej tohto dobrodružného trileru je zasadený do dvoch časovo vzdialených období. Začína sa súčasným príbehom dvoch mladých manželov, Stelly a Kita, ktorí objavia v hĺbke zabudnutej jaskyne v Anglicku krištáľovú lebku a pritom jeden z nich takmer príde o život. Pretože už vedia niečo o jej cene a poslaní, uvedomia si, že sa dostali do veľkého nebezpečenstva. Musia však pátrať po tajomstve lebky, pretože v hre je oveľa viac než ich životy…

AD60: The flame of rebellion, smouldering for twenty years of Roman occupation has flared into a conflagration that will consume the land and all who live it in. Set against Rome's attempted destruction of the Celtic civilisation.

AD 57: much of Britannia has been under Roman occupation for over ten years, with key areas in the south and east administered as vassal states, where the tribes pay costly tithes to the Emperor in return for the right to continue living on their own lands.

In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome - the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush the vibrant native civilization of our island home ...

The stunning new Roman novel featuring Sebastos Pantera, set during the year of the Four Emperors. Rome: AD69, The Year of the Four Emperors. Three Emperors have ruled in Rome this year and a fourth, Vespasian, has been named in the East. As the legions march toward civil war, Sebastos Pantera, the spy whose name means leopard, returns to Rome intent on bribery, blackmail and persuasion: whatever it takes to bring the commanders and their men to Vespasian's side. But in Rome, as he uses every skill he has ever learned of subterfuge, codes and camouflage, it becomes clear that one of those closest to him is a traitor, who will let Rome fall to destroy him. Together the two spies spin a web of deceit with Rome as the prize and death the only escape.

There is a secret hidden within a body, burning within the flames, that will change history forever. 2014: In the French city of Orléans, a manâe(tm)s charred corpse is found in a burned-out hotel, stripped of all ID. Police captain Inà ̈s Picaut must hunt down his killer before others fall prey to the fire. She has only one clue: the name of a woman who has been dead for over five hundred years. 1429: Joan of Arc is taking the war to the English. They want her dead but the only way to reach her is through a fiercely loyal inner circle - until undercover spy Tomas Rustbeard finally earns her trustâe¦ The myths of the past hold the key to the mystery of the present, but how many must die before the truth is laid bare?

Orla McLeod knows too much about violence for her own good. She has tried to leave her past behind by retreating to the Hebrides, but then the man who destroyed her family and made Orla the woman she is today, is released from prison.

"The body of an elderly woman is found in Orléans, France, her identiy cleverly obscured. But one thing is clear: she has been killed in the manner of traitors to the Resistance in World War Two. To find answers in the present, police inspector Inès Picaut must look to the past; to 1940s France, a time of sworn allegiances and broken promises, where men and women fought together for survival against the Nazi invaders. But, as Picaut soon discovers, there are those in the present whose futures depend on the past remaining buried, and who will do anything to keep their secrets safe. Old-fashioned espionage might be a thing of the past but treachery is just as murderous as ever ..." Klappentext.

Dream deeply. Rise up strong. Change is coming ... the visionary new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author.