In the last years of the 9th century, King Alfred is in failing health and his heir an untested youth. The Danes who have failed to conquer Wessex smell an opportunity and Harald Bloodhair leading a Viking horde is led into a trap by the warlord Uhtred inflicting the greatest defeat ever suffered by the Vikings thus saving Alfred's Wessex.
Pôvabná ako krehký lupienok a poddajná prichádza gejša k mužovi a obšťastňuje ho svojím šarmom, dôvtipom a jemnou eleganciou. Jedinou jej úlohou je dosiahnuť, aby sa muž cítil dobre, aby prežíval pocit blaha. Sajuri sa ako deväťročná dostáva do cudzieho domu v cudzom meste, kde prežíva trápenia a neistoty, dotýka sa jej závisť i žiarlivosť. Ako dospieva, odhaľuje tajomstvá vzťahu medzi mužom a ženou a celý čas žije jedinej láske - mužovi, ktorý je pre ňu takmer nedosiahnuteľný. Má však gejša, ktorej poslaním je zabávať bohatých a mocných mužov, vôbec právo oddať sa - čo i len v mysli - len jednému? Strhujúci príbeh japonského dievčaťa, z ktorého sa stane vyhľadávaná spoločníčka - gejša.
Captain Richard Sharpe, along with his company of redcoats and riflemen, must save Portugal from the invading French in this action-packed, rip-roaring entry in Cornwell's "New York Times" bestselling adventure series.
General Bottando of Rome’s Art Theft Squad believes that a lone criminal mastermind—dubbed “Giotto”—has been stealing priceless Renaissance art for over thirty years. But his theory—prompted by a letter from an embittered, dying old woman—is scorned by archrival Corrado Argan, a bureaucrat more interested in politics than policing.Bottando’s right hand, the beautiful Flavia di Stefano, quickly locates a possible culprit—but he’s in England. Since the conniving Argan considers even a trip across town an unnecessary expense for Bottando’s squad, Flavia must rely on her fiancé, Jonathan Argyll. In England on business, he finds the suspect suspiciously dead. That’s a pity—especially for Jonathan. Were he not on the scene—raving about art thefts and coincidences—the police may have ruled that the deceased had a few too many and tripped on a loose stair. Now, Jonathan’s passport has been lifted until Her Majesty’s magistrate is satisfied that he has told all he knows…
Píše sa rok 2058... Technický pokrok je už na takej úrovni, že na dovolenku sa lieta mimo planétu a v reštauráciách obsluhujú roboti s dokonalou ľudskou podobou. Pandora je exkluzívna modelka, ktorej predčasne ukončí kariéru predčasná smrť. Poručíčku Evu Dallasovú, ktorá sa bude čoskoro vydávať za miliardára Roarka, poverili vyšetrovaním tohoto prípadu...
The eighteenth novel in this bestselling series takes Sharpe to battle in Copenhagen.
Fresh from his heroic adventures in India (in "Sharpe's Fortress"), Richard Sharpe faces a new enemy when the ship carrying him home is attacked by a formidable French warship. With the help of a Royal Navy captain, Sharpe learns the French ship carries a treaty that could ignite renewed hostilities against the British in India.
Prvú obeť našli v daždi na chodníku, druhú zavraždili na dvore domu, v ktorom bývala. Poručíčka Eva Dallasová poľahky nachádza súvislosť medzi týmito prípadmi. Všetko do seba zapadá - hádam až príliš. A potom sa stane tretia vražda, ktorá sa doterajšej schéme úplne vymyká...
New York, anno 2058. Cresciuta ed educata dall'uomo che l'aveva trovata quando era solo una bambina, Eve Dallas è una detective della squadra omicidi molto abile e intelligente. Dopo dieci anni di carriera, si trova a indagare su una serie di delitti in cui le vittime, tutte donne, vengono uccise con un'arma ormai fuori legge. L'indiziato numero uno è un miliardario affascinante e ambiguo, uno dei pochissimi collezionisti di armi antiche della città. Sebbene la passione non rispetti le regole della logica, Eve è consapevole che soccombere al fascino di un uomo che conosce appena potrebbe essere molto pericoloso...
Both books in the Grail Quest series these books Chronicle the adventures of young Thomas of Hookton, "a big, bony, black-haired country boy". Thomas rejects the church in favour of the life of an archer in France after his village is brutally sacked by the French.
A series of meticulously planned bank robberies ends in murder, and detective Alex Cross must pit his wits against the bizarre and sadistic mastermind behind the crimes. Although torn between dedication to his job and commitment to his family, Cross cannot ignore the case, despite the risks he knows will come with hunting down a killer - and the heartbreaking cost. James Patterson's bestseller takes us from deep inside the crazy world of a psychopath's masquerade right to the heart of fiction's most brilliant detective, Alex Cross, in an explosive tale where mind games lead to violence and the slightest mistake will be punished with death.
In the high-stakes, high-pressure world of presidential politics, where predators carry microphones and one misstep can savage a lifetime of achievement, Kerry Kilcannon is the rarest player of all. Kilcannon believes he can make the system work. And he just may die trying. Driven by the violent nightmare of his childhood, fueled by forces that few could understand, and burdened by secrets no one must know, Kilcannon is running for President--and entering the crucial battleground of California with seven days to go. But for Kilcannon, there are hurdles that his courage, charisma, and compassion may not overcome: the network correspondent he still loves; the reporter bent on their exposure; the rival who'll do anything to win; and the fanatic who believes that he must murder Kilcannon to protect the right to life.
English art scholar Jonathan Argyll was amazed to find himself arrested for vagrancy-while searching for a long-lost Raphael in a tiny Roman church. Although General Bottando of the Italian National Art Theft Squad has little confidence in Jonathan's theories, Bottando's lovely assistant, Flavia di Stefano, is intrigued by the idea of a lost classic, and by Jonathan himself. But in the midst of the painting's discovery and the resultant worldwide publicity, a new chain of events is set into action. First vandalism, then murder, surround the painting. And as new facts about its true nature emerge, Bottando sends Flavia and Jonathan to investigate--little knowing that the pair will be on the run for the truth... and for their very lives.
Toby Harperová pracuje v nemocnici na predmestí Bostonu. Počas nočnej zmeny jej privezú pacienta s čudnými príznakmi. Kým ho stihne vyšetriť, pacient zmizne bez stopy a už sa nikdy nenájde. Z lekárskych záznamov zistí, že bol síce veľmi starý, ale výnimočne zdravý. Pri návšteve kliniky, kam pacient patril, sa spozná s ambicióznym černošským lekárom Braceom, ktorý jej – hoci neochotne – pomáha pri pátraní. Po čase k nej privezú druhého pacienta s rovnakými príznakmi. Tento však nezmizne. Príde si poňho lekár z kliniky, prevezme ho do svojej starostlivosti, a pacient zomiera. Toby napriek jeho odporu presvedčí súdneho lekára Dvoraka, aby ho pitval.
At a young age in the Maine woods, at the side of her father and great-uncle, a Micmac puoin, Diana Jackman learned to move freely in the wilderness, to sense a world invisible to most. A natural tracker from a long line of shamans, healers and hunters - an environmental software writer, estranged wife and mother - she has been taught by betrayal and loss to guard her feelings behind a wall of half-truths and silence. It has cost her many things: her family, her happiness, her peace. And it has brought her to a beautiful, frozen place of magic...and death. Eight hunters have gathered on a vast, isolated estate in northern British Columbia, to track record book white tail deer at the snow-covered confluence of the Sticks and the Dream rivers. Diana Jackman is among them - drawn by the hunt and the ancient Power of her father's people. But someone else is watching the hunting party - an insane and violent force of nature, hiding in the blinding whiteness of the Canadian winter. And now the hunters themselves have become the game. One by one, they are being stalked, slaughtered and gutted like the animals they, themselves, are stalking. The killer is quick, relentless, frighteningly efficient. For the first time in her life, Diana Jackman will know what it is to be prey - but she must fight the instinct to flee. To survive, she will have to rely on her father's teachings, and set out alone to hunt the hunter."
