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    The Silent Sea
    Deti krvi a kostí
    Lincoln Rhyme: The Kill Room
    Tichá pacientka
    Crescent Dawn
    Virals: Il codice
    • Virals: Il codice

      Un romanzo della serie Virals

      • 521 stránok
      • 19 hodin čítania

      I Virals, quattro amici che hanno sensi amplificati dopo aver contratto un virus di un lupo, si ritrovano coinvolti in una strana caccia al tesoro. Tutto ha inizio come un innocuo passatempo intrapreso per il puro gusto della sfida: i ragazzi devono localizzare con un GPS alcuni oggetti nascosti da un Game master. Ma la caccia prende una svolta oscura quando trovano una scatoletta decorata che nasconde un messaggio cifrato. Uno di loro, Shelton, decodifica il messaggio e all'improvviso quello che sembrava un gioco si trasforma in una realtà molto pericolosa. I Virals sono caduti nella tela di uno squilibrato che li conosce molto bene e sa come ricattarli per ottenere ciò che vuole...

      Virals: Il codice
      4,6
    • Crescent Dawn

      • 548 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania

      An ancient cargo long thought lost is found. With terrible consequences . . . . Dirk Pitt is surveying in the Middle East when a stroke of luck reveals an Ottoman wreck with a very curious cargo. While investigating the find, he foils a night raid on Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum. This puts Pitt at the centre of a race to acquire a series of legendary artefacts. Meanwhile, the region is being pushed to the brink of war by a series of explosions across Turkey and Egypt. Finding that his search for the artefacts is linked to the attacks, Pitt must prevent a deranged brother and sister's fanatical plans from succeeding . . . Packed with breathtaking suspense and fired by an extraordinary imagination, Crescent Dawnis a barnstorming read for all fans of action, suspense and intrigue. 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy

      Crescent Dawn
      4,4
    • Tichá pacientka

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Alicia Berensonová má napohľad dokonalý život. Je známa maliarka, vydatá za vychyteného módneho fotografa, ktorého nadovšetko miluje, a býva v nádhernom dome obklopenom zeleňou v luxusnej štvrti Londýna. A predsa jedného večera z neznámych príčin svojho muža chladnokrvne zavraždí. Do hlavy mu vypáli päť rán a odvtedy neprehovorí. Aliciino mlčanie premení obyčajnú rodinnú tragédiu na verejnú záhadu, ktorá Aliciu neslávne preslávi. Cena jej umeleckých diel prudko vzrastie, zatiaľ čo ona sama postupne upadá do zabudnutia za múrmi psychiatrického ústavu. Psychoterapeuta Thea Fabera Aliciin osud od začiatku fascinuje a keď dostane príležitosť s ňou pracovať, urobí všetko pre to, aby prehovorila. Terapia pomaly napreduje a vzťah medzi ním a pacientkou je čoraz dôvernejší. Hľadanie pravdy však na povrch vyplaví skutočnosti, ktoré môžu celkom rozvrátiť aj Faberov vlastný život... Psychologický triler s detektívnymi črtami Agathy Christie, nádychom gréckej tragédie a hitchcockovsky pomaly gradujúcim napätím, ktoré vyústi do nepredvídateľného šokujúceho finále. Ambiciózny debut, ktorý žne úspechy po celom svete a chystá sa preniknúť aj na filmové plátna.

      Tichá pacientka
      4,3
    • Lincoln Rhyme: The Kill Room

      • 484 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania

      Renowned investigator and forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme is drafted to investigate the sniper-killing of a U.S. citizen in the Bahamas. While his partner, Amelia Sachs, traces the victim's steps in Manhattan, Rhyme leaves the city to pursue the sniper himself.

      Lincoln Rhyme: The Kill Room
      4,2
    • Deti krvi a kostí

      • 464 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania

      Zélie si pamätá, že kedysi bola celá krajina Orïsha plná mágie. Ohnivci zapaľovali plamene, Vlnopáni rozkazovali vlnám a Zéliina mama Smrtonoska vzývala duše mŕtvych. No potom mágia kamsi zmizla a všetko sa zmenilo. Všetkých Madžiov na príkaz krutého kráľa vyvraždili, Zélie obrali o mamu a jej ľud o nádej. Teraz však má Zélie jedinečnú šancu zaútočiť na kráľovskú rodinu a vrátiť krajine mágiu. Musí zabrániť korunnému princovi, aby definitívne zničil mágiu, a s pomocou princeznej mu prejsť cez rozum. Na každom kroku na ne číha nebezpečenstvo, z krovín vrčia snežné lepardnéry a vo vodách vyčkávajú pomstychtiví duchovia. Najväčšou hrozbou pre krajinu sa však môže stať práve Zélie – ak sa nenaučí kontrolovať svoju moc. Tomi Adeyemi nadväzuje na tradíciu veľkých fantasy románov. Navyše prišla s neošúchaným námetom čerpajúcim z africkej mytológie a mágie. Autorkin štýl je plný farbistej fantázie, napínavú tajomnú atmosféru spestrujú prvky africkej kultúry a opisy rôznych druhov mágie. Preto sa nemožno čudovať, že filmoví producenti ihneď prejavili záujem a odkúpili práva na sfilmovanie príbehu.

      Deti krvi a kostí
      4,1
    • The Silent Sea

      • 404 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      An exhilarating new adventure in the bestselling Oregon Files series. For six novels, Clive Cussler has brought readers into the world of the Oregon, a seemingly dilapidated ship on the outside, but on the inside packed with sophisticated equipment, and captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo. But the Oregon's seventh adventure is its most remarkable yet. On 7 December 1941, four brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington state make an extraordinary discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbour. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, makes a shocking discovery of his own. His search to untangle the mystery leads him, first, to that small island and its secret, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese expedition, and a curse that seems to have survived for over five hundred years. If Cabrillo's team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not . . . the only reward is death. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'Clive Cussler is hard to beat.' Daily Mail 'The guy I read.' Tom Clancy 'No holds barred adventure.' Daily Mirror Visit clivecussler.com.au for more Sign up to the Cussler Down Under e-newsletter

      The Silent Sea
      4,1
    • Plague Ship

      • 581 stránok
      • 21 hodin čítania

      In this thrilling installment of Cussler's Oregon Files series, Chairman Juan Cabrillo and his crew confront a dangerous activist group planning a viral attack. After a secret mission in the Persian Gulf, they discover a ghost ship filled with bodies, leading to a perilous mystery and a race against time to thwart a cult's deadly scheme.

      Plague Ship
      4,1
    • Cometh the Hour

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia.Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot.Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Priya, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings. Harry Clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a gulag in Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed book, Uncle Joe. But then something unexpected happens that none of them could have anticipated.

      Cometh the Hour
      4,0
    • Medusa

      • 518 stránok
      • 19 hodin čítania

      In 1846, a US whaling vessel, Princess, is struck by a mysterious and deadly tropical illness. In desperation, the captain shores his ship on a hostile island - where, miraculously, his crew are saved by a cure administered by the natives.

      Medusa
      4,0
    • Odessa Sea

      • 480 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania

      As Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding trouble. This time, though, trouble has found him. On a NUMA mission to the Black Sea to locate the wreck of a lost Ottoman Empire ship, Pitt and his friend Al Giordino respond to an urgent Mayday from a nearby freighter. But by the time they reach the area there's no one left alive just dead bodies and the smell of sulphur in the air. When a massive blast from the stern suddenly scuttles the ship, Pitt and Giordino are lucky not to add to the death toll. As they investigate the fate of the lost ship, they're plunged deep into an extraordinary series of discoveries. And when connections emerge between a desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and power of the Romanov empire, a Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo, modern-day nuclear smugglers and a brilliant engineer developing cutting-edge drone technology, Pitt is face with the most dangerous challenge of his career. One that will threaten the lives of his family and friends.

      Odessa Sea
      3,7
    • The husband-and-wife team of Sam and Remi Fargo are used to hunting for treasure, but they aren't used to hunting for people - until an investigator friend of theirs goes missing, and they promise to search for him. What they find, however, will be beyond anything they could have imagined. On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, China, Venice, and Siberia, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black market fossils, an ancient Tibetan kingdom, a lost landmass in the North Sea, stone-age ostrich egg shards inscribed in a cryptic language, a pair of battles separated by thousands of miles and hundreds of years...... and a skeleton that could just turn the history of human evolution on its head. Praise for Clive Cussler 'Clive Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy 'Unquestionably entertaining' Daily Express 'Delivers what it promises' Financial Times Visit www.clivecussler.com.au for more Sign up to the Cussler Down Under e-newsletter

      The Kingdom
      3,7
    • Kým prišla búrka

      • 224 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      Tami Oldhamová a jej snúbenec Richard Sharp boli mladí a zaľúbení, život mali pred sebou. Keď vyrazili na jachte Hazana z Tahiti, obloha bola belasá, slnko žiarivé. Ich cieľom bolo San Diego. Po dvoch týždňoch plavby ich postretla pohroma. Hoci sa všemožne usilovali vyhnúť blížiacemu sa hurikánu, ocitli sa v pasci na rozbúrenom mori, s vlnami vysokými ako mrakodrapy a vetrom fučiacim rýchlosťou 140 uzlov. Richard sa pripútal a zostal na palube, Tami poslal do podpalubia. Poslednou Taminou spomienkou bol Richardov výkrik. Potom nastala tma. Keď sa Tami po niekoľkých hodinách prebrala a vyšla na palubu, zistila, že Richardov bezpečnostný popruh sa utrhol. Kniha Kým prišla búrka je príbeh o tom, ako sa Tami zázračne podarilo po štyridsaťjeden dňoch doplávať do bezpečného prístavu, hoci jej nefungoval motor a nemala sťažne. Je to nezabudnuteľný príbeh o láske, strate a prežití na rozbúrenom mori a o tom, že ani v tých najtemnejších chvíľach nie sme sami.

      Kým prišla búrka
      3,7
    • Fargo Adventures - 5: The Mayan Secrets

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      Treasure-hunting husband and wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are in Central America when they come upon a remarkable discovery - the skeleton of a man clutching an ancient sealed pot. Inside the pot is a well-preserved Mayan book, larger than any previously found by archaeologists.

      Fargo Adventures - 5: The Mayan Secrets
      3,6
    • Il valzer dell'orrore

      • 305 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Il fratellastro di Hank, Earl, ha un figlio di nome Bill, che è entrato a far parte del Club dei Disastri, composto da giovani con una vera fissazione per il sesso e l'omicidio. Durante una delle loro scorribande, le cose non vanno secondo quanto avevano stabilito, e tutti e quatto i membri del club vengono aggrediti in maniera crudele da due misteriosi personaggi, Fat Boy e l'Uomo Cobra. Bill riesce a fuggire e decide di chiedere aiuto proprio allo zio Hank, per sfuggire ai tentativi di vendetta dei due pericolosi assassini. Una vendetta che ora incombe sulla tranquilla vita di Hank, il quale dovrà rivolgersi a sua volta a un fratello - per lui praticamente un estraneo - per riuscire a salvare la propria famiglia dal massacro. Il valzer dell'orrore è un'opera originale, popolata da personaggi memorabili, dove si alternano humour e brutalità, tenerezza e violenza, creando le basi dell'attuale successo dello scrittore texano.

      Il valzer dell'orrore
      3,4
    • La banda dell'altro mondo

      • 422 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      In un caldo pomeriggio texano, Cindy Nance rivela a Doug Hoover due grandi segreti della vita. Il primo lo entusiasma, mentre il secondo, che i ragazzi crescono e devono lavorare, lo delude. Attraverso matrimoni falliti e lavori insoddisfacenti, Doug si rende conto della verità delle parole di Cindy. Deluso dal presente, cerca di rivivere le gioie del passato, decidendo di lasciare moglie e lavoro. Tuttavia, la sua vita cambia quando incontra Sue Jean, il sogno di una vita, e Royce, un vagabondo. I tre si ritrovano in un mondo avventuroso, dove la vita, la morte e l’amore assumono nuovi significati. In questo romanzo on the road, le emozioni si intrecciano in un caleidoscopio di follie narrative. La realtà e la magia si confondono, creando un universo in cui tutto sembra possibile. I sogni si mescolano alla vita reale, e le strade conducono esattamente dove si deve andare. Il tono ironico ricorda altri maestri texani, come Larry McMurtry, mentre l'assurdità della narrazione porta alla mente Thomas Pynchon.

      La banda dell'altro mondo
      2,9