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CAPITAN RILEY è uno spettacolare romanzo di avventura, azione e spionaggio ambientato all'inizio degli anni Quaranta e che ha per protagonista il Capitano Alejandro M. Riley che, al comando di un piccolo mercantile e di uno stravagante e fedele equipaggio di nemici della terraferma, naviga nel Mar Mediterraneo dedicandosi alla pericolosa attività del contrabbando in tempo di guerra. Alla fine del 1941, il capitano Riley e il suo equipaggio verranno assoldati dall'uomo più potente di Spagna per recuperare un misterioso oggetto da una nave affondata davanti alle coste di Tangeri.

Beobrand has land, men and riches. He should be content. And yet he cannot find peace until his enemies are food for the ravens. But before Beobrand can embark on his bloodfeud, King Oswald orders him southward, to escort holy men bearing sacred relics. When Penda of Mercia marches a warhost into the southern kingdoms, Beobrand and his men are thrown into the midst of the conflict. Beobrand soon finds himself fighting for his life and his honour.

Oswald has reigned over Northumbria for eight years, and Beobrand has led the king to ever greater victories. Rewarded for his fealty and prowess in battle, Beobrand is now a wealthy warlord, with a sizable warband. Tales of Beobrand's fearsome black-shielded warriors and the great treasure he has amassed are told throughout the halls of the land. Many are the kings who bow to Oswald. And yet there are those who look upon his realm with a covetous eye. And there is one ruler who will never kneel before him.

Au printemps 1598, le jeune Aurelio quitte la ferme de ses parents pour la plus belle et décadente ville du monde : Rome. Depuis qu'il est enfant, il n'a qu'un rêve, devenir sculpteur et travailler avec il gigante, le génie, Michel-Ange. Mais l'artiste a dû abandonner son art, contraint par le puissant pape Jules II à se consacrer à un autre projet, peindre le plafond de la chapelle Sixtine. Engagé comme modèle et apprenti, Aurelio assistera aux tourments quotidiens du maestro, aux terribles luttes de pouvoir qui agitent Rome et à la création du plus grand chef-d'œuvre.

Les Illuminati... Ils vous surveillent depuis des siècles. Désormais, ils vont vous contrôler. Paris, siège de l'Unesco : l'abbé Emmanuel est abattu par un tireur isolé. Un assassinat rappelant à certains celui de Kennedy et qui alimente très vite les plus folles thèses conspirationnistes. D'autant que la juge Gardane a découvert que le tueur était franc-maçon. À charge maintenant pour le commissaire Marcas de faire la lumière sur les possibles implications de cette révélation.

Lucrezia Tornabuoni, brought up in the Palazzo Medici alongside Cosimo's children, always expected to marry his charismatic younger son, Giovanni. But now in later life, she finds herself imprisoned in a loveless marriage with the gout-ridden elder son, Piero. Like Cosimo, she sees the future salvation of the family in the hands of her own son, Lorenzo the Magnificent, but how can she be sure he inherits the mantle before Piero ruins everything?

King Ludwig II ruled Bavaria for 22 years, commissioning extravagant castles throughout his homeland and exhibiting such bizarre behavior that he was eventually declared insane. According to legend, Ludwig had stockpiled a massive cache of gold and jewels that would finance the construction of the largest castle of all time. But in the years since the king's mysterious death, no one has found any evidence of such a trove. Until now.

Voilà vingt ans que Catherine Velis et Alexander Solarin, son mari, ont enterré, dans un lieu connu d'eux seuls, les pièces du Jeu de Montglane. Avec eux s'arrêtait la longue liste des propriétaires du jeu, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Catherine II de Russie. Avec eux, la partie, initiée en 1791, en pleine Révolution, avait trouvé son mat. Et les rêves de pouvoir légendaires que sa possession inspirait s'évanouissaient du même coup. À jamais... Mais alors qu'Alexander accompagne sa fille, prodige aux échecs, au monastère de Zagorsk, en Russie, où doit se dérouler une compétition très attendue, il tombe en arrêt.

कुछ देशों के प्रमुखों को ऐसे गुमनाम हत्यारों द्वारा मारा जा रहा था जिनके हमलों में क़साइयों की सी दक्षता थी और जो अपने हत्या के तरीक़े का कोई सुराग़ भी नहीं छोड़ते थे। ऊपरी तौर पर शिकारों के चुनाव में कोई कड़ी नहीं दिख रही थी। इस ख़ौफ़नाक कहानी में, अश्विन एक ऐसी दुनिया पेश करते हैं जहां धर्मों के संघर्ष में लोग आपस में भिड़े हुए हैं इस पागलपन के बीच फंस गया है विजय सुंदरम, जो कि एक पढ़ाकू वैज्ञानिक है और जिसे बहुत धंधुला सा

Rufinus is dead, crumpled at the base of a cliff in far-off Dacia. Or so the world believes. Back in the west, secretly in the entourage of the fierce Septimius Severus, the young hero moves in the shadows with fellow conspirators in an attempt to finally bring down the would-be tyrant of Rome: Cleander. Under assumed names and in a variety of roles, the former Praetorian conspires with some of the most important men in Rome, bringing the city to the very brink of disaster in a grand and complex plot to cause the fall of the untouchable chamberlain.

1882. St John's Wood. Lorsqu'un homme se présente aux portes de la maison de Constance Trenchard, celle-ci ne se doute pas que sa vie va être bouleversée. L'homme prétend en effet être Sir James Davenall, son ancien fiancé, disparu une semaine avant leur mariage et que tout le monde croit mort depuis dix ans. Si Constance le reconnaît, toute la famille Davenall, en particulier sa mère et son frère, Hugo, héritier du prestigieux domaine de Cleave Court, prétend qu'il s'agit d'un imposteur.

An old friend summons dashing linguistics professor Thomas Lourds to Jerusalem to examine an ancient text. But Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also wants the same document. Khamenei and many others believe that the book contains a secret that will allow its owner to rule all of Islam and wage a Global Jihad the likes of which has never been seen before.

A sacred brotherhood has sworn, generation after generation, to protect this terrifying truth from those who would use it to unleash doomsday upon mankind. When the unthinkable happens, and the holy scroll is uncovered, the race is on to reveal the true meaning of the cryptic language. Only one man, Dr. Thomas Lourds, the world's foremost scholar of ancient languages, who we first met in the best-selling novel The Atlantis Code, can safely decipher this most deadly scripture.

Bridget longs to meet a gentleman who doesn't mention her beautiful sister upon shaking her hand. But since being branded a shrew after a disastrous social season, Bridget knows she’s lucky to even have a man come near her. It's enough to make a lady flee the country. So Bridget heads to Venice for music lessons with the renowned Italian composer Vincenzo Carpenini, with whom she's been corresponding. But not only is Carpenini not expecting her, he doesn’t even remember her!

Été 2010. Le commissaire franc-maçon Antoine Marcas est plongé dans un profond coma, après une blessure par balle. À son réveil, il ne se souvient de rien, hormis des cauchemars, de ce tunnel sans fin. Une Expérience de Mort Imminente... Lancé sur la piste de son agresseur, traqué par des fanatiques religieux, le frère Marcas remonte aux origines des rites d'initiation égyptiens. Pour comprendre, il va devoir à nouveau franchir les portes de la mort.

Une nouvelle race de tueurs a vu le jour. Des initiés qui ne connaissent plus la douleur. Des élites, membres de la loge Kadosh Kaos, ayant abandonné toute humanité pour s'emparer du pouvoir suprême : des Assassins... Quand la franc-maçonnerie découvre l'existence de cette loge sauvage, le commissaire Antoine Marcas est choisi pour l'infiltrer. Ce que Marcas ignore, c'est qu'il va devoir affronter un terrible secret. Jamais une mission n'aura mené le frère Marcas aussi loin.

Britannia 43AD. The last unconquered stronghold of the Celts and a land of gold and slaves. A dangerous place of men without fear, led by mystical Druid warriors, yet still to face the might of Rome in the unrelenting expansion of the empire. Four Roman legions have assembled in Gaul undertaking final preparations for the invasion of Britannia. Two young men are posted to a training cohort under the sadistic tutorage of a battle scarred veteran, Remus. The training is brutal, but eventually the trainees find themselves involved in their first campaign. The invasion of Britannia.

Historia del náufrago español Gonzalo Guerrero, un adversario conquistador español.

50 AD. The invasion is over, and Roman Legions spread throughout the land, a blood red stain on Britannia. Caratacus has fled south to rebuild his army, and warriors flock to his banner. In the north, a disgraced legionary grasps the chance to regain his honour and joins the Exploratores, the elite Roman unit operating behind enemy lines. Soon he is tasked with disrupting the plans of Caratacus, but deep inside he nurtures a deeper mission, the chance to fulfill an oath made six years earlier.

In the gripping conclusion to Tracy Borman’s Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges must face a dangerous new enemy deep within the court of James I.