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Alex Scarrow

    14. február 1966

    Tento autor sa pôvodne pohyboval v hudobnom priemysle a neskôr sa stal grafickým umelcom a dizajnérom počítačových hier. Nakoniec sa však našiel v písaní, kde sa teraz venuje tvorbe thrillerov a scenárov. Jeho literárna dráha je charakterizovaná neplánovaným, ale vášnivým ponorením sa do písania, často v kaviarenskom prostredí. Sleduje život okolo seba a premieta ho do svojich napínavých diel, ktoré skúmajú zložité cesty osudu. Svojich čitateľov vťahuje do napínavých príbehov, v ktorých sa často objavujú nečakané zvraty.

    Remade. Reborn. Rebuilt
    Remade
    Jazdci časom: Prvá misia
    Jazdci časom: Dni predátorov
    Jazdci časom: Absolútna vojna
    Jazdci časom: Kód apokalypsy
    • Jazdci časom: Kód apokalypsy

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Počítačový heker Adam Lewis objaví v roku 1993 svoje meno v takmer tisícročnom rukopisnom zvitku. O osem rokov neskôr stretáva Jazdcov časom. Maddy si ihneď všimne, že rukopis je správou od ďalších agentov Spoločnosti. Na Liama čaká nová misia: vydáva sa do roku 1193 s oboma podpornými jednotkami, Bobom aj Becky, aby odhalili tajomstvo skryté v rukopise, ktoré ich môže priviesť až k svätému grálu! Ocitajú sa v nepokojmi zmietanom Anglicku, kde kráľ Richard Levie srdce a Ján Bezzemok, ktorý túži po Beckinej ruke, bojujú o moc. Liam sa úplnou náhodou stáva šerifom Nottinghamu a zisťuje, že tajomstvami a legendami opradený Robin Hood možno vôbec nebol človek... ale podporná jednotka.

      Jazdci časom: Kód apokalypsy
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    • Jazdci časom: Absolútna vojna

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Niekto sa opäť zahráva s časom! Liam, Maddy a Sal sa musia pripraviť na štvrtú misiu v najdobrodružnejšej sci-fi sérii so štipkou histórie. Cestovanie časom môže zničiť náš svet. A teraz ide naozaj do tuhého! Časová vlna vymazala z dejín Abrahama Lincolna – významného amerického prezidenta. Pri Liamovom pokuse zistiť, čo sa vlastne stalo, oblafne prezident Lincoln aj Jazdcov časom a ocitne sa na ich základni v roku 2001. Bez Lincolna sa však Americká občianska vojna nikdy neskončila – táto nekonečná a absolútna vojna trvá už 150 rokov a teraz hrozí, že premení svet na večné bojisko. Túto misiu zachráni len Maddy. Musí prinútiť obe bojujúce strany vyhlásiť dočasné prímerie, aby mohli Jazdci časom zachrániť budúcnosť sveta.

      Jazdci časom: Absolútna vojna
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    • Jazdci časom: Dni predátorov

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Liam O´Connor mal zomrieť pri lodnej havárii v roku 1912. Maddy Carterová mala zomrieť pri leteckom nešťastí v roku 2010. Sal Vikramová mala zomrieť pri požiari v roku 2026. Dostali však druhú šancu. Pracujú pre Spoločnosť, o ktorej existencii nikto nevie. Majú jedinú úlohu: ochrániť dejiny, ako ich poznáme, a zneškodniť každého, kto sa pokúsi ich zmeniť. Keď Maddy omylom otvorí časový portál na mieste a v čase, kedy nemala, Liama to vrhne späť v čase o neuveriteľných 65 miliónov rokov, priamo doprostred lovísk doteraz neobjavených predátorov. Dokáže sa Liam spojiť s Maddy a Sal, skôr než ho usmrtia nebezpečné dinosaury a než spôsobí taký posun v dejinách, ktorý zničí našu realitu?

      Jazdci časom: Dni predátorov
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    • Jazdci časom: Prvá misia

      • 350 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Liam O´Connor mal zomrieť pri lodnej havárii v roku 1912. Maddy Carterová mala zomrieť pri leteckom nešťastí v roku 2010. Sal Vikramová mala zomrieť pri požiari v roku 2026. No pár minút pred smrťou sa pri nich zjavil záhadný muž so slovami: Vezmi ma za ruku. Nezachránili ich. Naverbovali ich do tajnej organizácie, o ktorej existencii nemá nikto ani tušenia. Cestovanie v čase už totiž nie je len hudbou budúcnosti, ale krutou realitou. Liam, Maddy a Sal majú jedinú úlohu: ochrániť dejiny, ako ich poznáme, a zneškodniť každého, kto sa pokúsi ch zmeniť. Preto sú tu!

      Jazdci časom: Prvá misia
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    • Remade

      • 368 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Leon a jeho mladší sestra Grace se nedávno přestěhovali z New Yorku do Londýna. Zatímco se potýkají s novou školou, ve zprávách se začínají objevovat zvěsti o neidentifikovaném viru z Afriky. Během týdne virus zasáhne Londýn. Lidé se mění v kapalinu před očima obou sourozenců, kteří utíkají, aby si zachránili život. Měsíc poté, co se virus poprvé dotknul zemské atmosféry, mu podléhají všechny organismy. Ale virus zdaleka není jediným nepřítelem, a přežití je jen první krok.

      Remade
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    • Leon a jeho mladší sestra Grace se nedávno přestěhovali z New Yorku do Londýna. Zatímco se potýkají s novou školou, ve zprávách se začínají objevovat zvěsti o neidentifikovaném viru z Afriky. Během týdne virus zasáhne Londýn. Lidé se mění v kapalinu před očima obou sourozenců, kteří utíkají, aby si zachránili život. Měsíc poté, co se virus poprvé dotknul zemské atmosféry, mu podléhají všechny organismy. Ale virus zdaleka není jediným nepřítelem, a přežití je jen první krok.

      Remade. Reborn. Rebuilt
      4,2
    • Plague world

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      It happened within a week. Survival was just the start of it. It has a plan...Leon is stuck in England. Grace is on her way to New Zealand and Freya to the 'New United States' in Cuba. The virus has assimilated all of humanity except for these three communities and now it is prepared to talk with them. How they each choose to respond to the virus, will ultimately decide their fate in Plague World, the apocalyptic finale to the Remade trilogy from bestselling author of the TimeRiders series, Alex Scarrow.

      Plague world
      4,1
    • Last Light

      • 402 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      It begins on a very normal Monday morning. But in the space of only a few days, the world's oil supplies have been severed and at a horrifying pace things begin to unravel everywhere. This is no natural disaster; someone is behind this. Oil engineer Andy Sutherland is stranded in Iraq with a company of British soldiers, desperate to find a way home, trapped as the very infrastructure of daily life begins to collapse around him. Back in Britain, his wife Jenny is stuck in Manchester, fighting desperately against the rising chaos to get back to their children; London as events begin to spiral out of control -- riots, raging fires, looting, rape, and murder. In the space of a week, London is transformed into an anarchic vision of hell. Meanwhile, a mysterious man is tracking Andy's family. He'll silence anyone who can reveal the identities of those behind this global disaster. The people with a stranglehold on the future of civilization have flexed their muscles at other significant tipping points in history, and they are prepared to do anything to keep their secret -- and their power -- safe.

      Last Light
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    • REBORN

      • 418 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      The electrifying sequel to Remade.Eighteen months have passed since the events of Remade. Leon and Freya have seen no sign of the virus, clinging on to the hope that two hard winters may have just killed it off. When news of a rescue ship arriving off the coast comes in, the pair are on the move once again. But all is not as safe as it seems. The virus has evolved and is still growing. Leon and Freya's adventure is only just beginning . . .

      REBORN
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    • A Thousand Suns

      • 496 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      It's early April of 1945 and the bloodied days of World War II. The Nazi regime is being slowly throttled by the oncoming Russian and Allied armies and Hitler rages uselessly in his Berlin bunker. But the high command have one more throw of the dice to make. An audacious plan is hatched to save the Fatherland and beat off the oncoming apocalypse. All it will take is a hodge-podge squadron of escort fighters, a captured U.S. bomber, and one brave but suicidal pilot to fly it over the Atlantic into the beating heart of America. Half a century later, a rusting plane is discovered, sunk with its crew, off the coast of New York—a relic from a bygone age. Chris Roland, a brilliant young photographer, is sent to take photos of this time capsule. But it is only when he discovers that the fragments of Nazi uniforms on the decaying corpses that he realizes that he has come across a secret so terrible that even 50 years later it could still kill him.

      A Thousand Suns
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    • Relocated to Victorian London, the TimeRiders joy-ride back to 1666 to witness the Great Fire of London. In the ensuing chaos, Liam and their newest recruit, Rashim, find themselves trapped between the fire and the Thames. They escape onboard a river boat, only to be confronted by an unscrupulous captain with his heart set on treasures of the high seas

      TimeRiders - The Pirate Kings
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    • Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history ... They escape to Victorian London and the streets where Jack the Ripper roams. But, before they can establish their new base, they make their most shattering discovery yet - and it will change everything ..

      City of Shadows
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    • Timeriders the Infinity Cage

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      Get ready for the incredible 9th book in Alex Scarrow's #1 bestselling time-travel adventure series. Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history . . . The end is approaching for the TimeRiders. In a final effort to prevent time travel destroying history, Liam and Maddy jump forward to 2070 to confront the enigmatic Waldstein and prove once and for all if he is friend or foe. What they discover is more shocking than anyone could have imagined and soon the TimeRiders are on one final mission - back to Biblical times to save the whole of humanity... ** Book nine in the bestselling TimeRiders series by Alex Scarrow. ** Perfect for fans of Doctor Who and Indiana Jones ** TimeRiders (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category, and was Penguin UK's first ever number one on the iBookstore. ** www.time-riders.co.uk ** Alex Scarrow is a World Book Day 2013 author with TimeRiders: The Nearly Girl on the WBD Movellas app.

      Timeriders the Infinity Cage
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    • Get ready for TimeRiders: The Mayan Prophecy, the 8th book in Alex Scarrow's #1 bestselling time-travel adventure series. Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history . . . When Maddy finally unlocks fragments of the secret that Becks has been holding on to, the TimeRiders start to piece together their true purpose. Racing through time to connect the clues, the team discover a Mayan tribe and an ancient relic provides a vital link to the past . . . and future. But not all the TimeRiders can cope with the discovery, and one threatens to bring them all down if they can act out their revenge . . . ** Book eight in the bestselling TimeRiders series by Alex Scarrow. ** Perfect for fans of Doctor Who and Indiana Jones ** TimeRiders (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category ** www.time-riders.co.uk ** Alex Scarrow is a World Book Day 2013 author with TimeRiders: The Nearly Girl on the WBD Movellas app.

      TimeRiders: The Mayan Prophecy
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    • Project Exodus - a mission to transport 300 Americans from 2070 to ad 54 to overthrow the Roman Empire - has gone catastrophically wrong. Half have arrived seventeen years earlier, during the reign of Caligula.

      Timeriders. Gates Of Rome
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    • Afterlight

      • 464 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania

      The world lies devastated after the massive oil crisis that was described in LAST LIGHT. Human society has more or less entirely broken down and millions lie dead of starvation and disease. There are only one or two beacon communities that have managed to fashion a new way of living. Jenny Sutherland runs one of these groups. Based on a series of decaying offshore oil-rigs - for safety - a few hundred people have rebuilt a semblance of normality in this otherwise dead world. But as she and her people start to explore their surroundings once again, they start to realise not every survivor has the same vision of a better future than their catastrophic past. There are people out there who would take everything they have. War is coming, and the stakes are truly massive...

      Afterlight
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    • October Skies

      • 496 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      2008: Deep in the mountain forests of Wyoming, Julian Cooke stumbles across the rotting remains of a wooden wagon. He's discovered what's left of the Preston Group, a convoy of settlers that vanished in the winter of 1856. It's clear that something horrific happened here all those years ago, but Cooke can only find a few tantalising clues. 1856: as early snows descend, the eclectic group of settlers that form the Preston wagon train are forced to dig in. Miles from any kind of civilisation, they see the group of Native Americans also trapped nearby as their greatest threat. But they soon realise what true danger is. When a woman is found murdered, appallingly mutilated, one of the Indian party struggles wounded back to camp, whispering of unspeakable evil as he dies. United by fear, the settlers and the Indians must protect themselves against whatever is lurking in the woods. But as suspicion and panic grow, perhaps their own terror will be just as dangerous. Or maybe, whatever's out there is worse than anything they can imagine. Back in the present day, as Cooke unravels the mystery, he must question if the horror he is uncovering was in fact only the start of something much worse ...

      October Skies
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