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‘This 5-star thriller is a non-stop action-packed adventure… Reads like the latest blockbuster film… I was left breathless, my heart pounding as I turned the last page’ NetGalley review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You’ve cracked the Da Vinci code, now uncover the Vatican secret… The deepest...

High in the Italian alps, cut off from the outside world, sits a chapel battered by winds and icy blizzards. The priests who guard this sacred place have sworn to protect the dangerous treasure that lies within their walls. But when Joe Mason and his team are called to the remote church, they find its ancient stones reduced to rubble, the priests murdered in cold blood and their precious cargo stolen.

When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only to find the recipient dead – brutally murdered in cold blood. To catch the killer, Mason must uncover the relic’s secrets. But he’s not the only one with an interest. The Guild of Night, a dangerous and vengeful cult, is determined to bring the Church to its knees – and the basin holds the power to do just that.

Matt Drake, a retired SAS officer, must unravel a mystery older than time in his search for the Nine Pieces of Odin. Though scattered aeons ago, it is believed that once the Pieces are reunited they will show the way to the Tomb of the Gods - the greatest archaeological find of all time.

From the destruction of an L.A. skyscraper to a desperate battle on board a Swiss train, from a crazy car chase through Hollywood to a covert assault on a secret SAS base, Matt Drake and his team ignite a blazing trail of destruction as they chase madmen and traitors across the globe. On a furious, action-packed battlefield, alongside soldiers ready to fight and die for their cause, Drake and his entire team stand as one and charge fearlessly into the jaws of death.

When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason gets a call from the Vatican, he knows it is bad news. Marduk, crazed leader of The Amori cult, has escaped from a fortress-like prison in Milan, and he's hell-bent on revenge. His target? None other than Joe Mason himself. Fuelled by an unrelenting hatred for Mason, Marduk launches a burning vendetta: to not only destroy his nemesis but annihilate the very foundations of the church itself.

Matt Drake, SAS-Offizier im Ruhestand, ist einem Rätsel auf der Spur, so alt wie die Menschheit selbst – dem Vermächtnis des Göttervaters Odin. Neun Puzzleteile, vor Äonen in alle Winde verstreut, sollen der Legende nach den Weg zum geheimnisumwitterten Grab der Götter weisen. Eine Entdeckung dieses Ausmaßes wäre die größte archäologische Sensation aller Zeiten.

DIE MATT DRAKE ABENTEUER. Weltumspannende Abenteuer, atemlose Action und die größten Rätsel der Menschheit – vom Gewinner des AMAZON Storyteller Awards 2017 David Leadbeater. Der zweite Band der großen Abenteuerreihe führt Abenteurer Matt Drake auf die Spur einer fantastischen Apparatur, die aus dem jahrhundertealten Wrack der "Queen Anne's Revenge" geborgen werden konnte – dem Schiff des berüchtigten Piraten Captain Blackbeard... Diese fantastische Entdeckung ruft jedoch auch den "Blutkönig" auf den Plan – einen Mafiaboss, der so mächtig ist, dass er fast als ein Mythos gilt.

The half-mad explorer Dante Caruso swears he’s found a fabled Russian relic called the Amber Room, and he’s attracting the wrong kind of attention. A ruthless team of Ukrainian relic hunters called R24 has kidnapped him and his family; they want to know where the Amber Room is - and they’ll spill blood to find it. Nobody knows treasure hunting like Guy Bodie and his crew. But abduction is the last thing they expect.

Relic smuggler and expert thief Guy Bodie is a tough man in a dangerous world, loyal only to his elite team of five. But when one of them betrays him, landing Guy in a hellish Mexican prison, he finds himself making a bargain with the most unlikely new ally: the CIA. There is a catch. In return for being released from jail, Guy must help the CIA solve the most audacious heist in history. As Guy knows, six of the Seven Wonders of the World have long been lost. But with the help of the CIA, he learns that the destroyed Statue of Zeus still exists - and it’s in the hands of a powerful secret society.

Whilst en route to investigate an assassination threat, Drake and Mai Kitano are blown out of the skies and cast adrift in a storm-tossed ocean before being marooned on a deserted island. Back home, the clock is ticking, but the deadly jigsaw puzzle of events refuses to fit together. Assassins stalk the streets of Washington DC. Civilians are being murdered by ordinary-seeming Americans turned expert killers, for no apparent reason.

Matt Drake, broken by the murder of his loved ones, betrayal, and the threat to his friends, sets out to cancel the blood vendetta imposed by the underworld linchpin, the Blood King. Revenge, terrible and personal, drives Drake in his quest to stop the man who has become his nemesis. The mercenary Boudreau, now in the hands of his enemies, sits stone-faced and unflinching as Hayden Jaye desperately tries to extract the information she needs to save the lives of hundreds.

With the answer to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle in their hands, America is attacked on its own soil by the Blood King - an underworld figure so powerful his very existence is a mere myth: a man who coerces people at the highest levels of government and society.

Im Abschluss des sich über vier Teile erstreckenden Handlungsstrangs befindet sich Matt Drake im Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um zu verhindern, das Odins weltvernichtende Waffe zum Einsatz gebracht wird. Von der Zerstörung eines Wolkenkratzers in Los Angeles über einen verzweifelten Kampf an Bord eines Zuges und von einer wilden Autoverfolgungsjagd durch Hollywood bis zu einem Überfall auf eine geheime SAS-Basis hinterlassen Matt Drake und sein Team eine Schneise der Verwüstung, um Verräter und Wahnsinnige über den gesamten Globus zu verfolgen.

Matt Drake, gezeichnet vom tragischen Verlust seiner Liebsten, macht sich auf, die Morde zu rächen und die Vendetta seiner Nemesis, des Blutkönigs, endgültig zu stoppen. "Wer Andy McDermott oder Matthew Reilly liebt, sollte sich dieses Buch holen." - Amazon.com Unterdessen bereitet der gefürchtete, als Blutkönig bekannte Unterweltboss alles dafür vor, seinen von langer Hand vorbereiteten Plan endlich in die Tat umzusetzen und damit etwas zu vollbringen, was seinem Idol Captain Cook zu Lebzeiten verwehrt blieb: das Tor zur Hölle zu öffnen.

Five ancient statues have been unearthed in South America, each containing a mysterious coded message hinting at an origin many thought impossible: the mythical world of Atlantis. As word of their discovery spreads, the prized figurines become a treasure bounty hunters will kill for. CIA agent Heidi Moneymaker calls in the only team for the job: Guy Bodie and his posse of relic-hunting thieves. If they are to find the ancient civilization, Bodie and his team must decode a series of clues that will take them across the world and to the deepest depths of the ocean.

Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to rescue a friend who has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, ancient coins – remnants of a Chinese casino buried for six hundred years – are starting to surface in Japan's clandestine underworld. Mason knows the coins and kidnapping are linked. Someone has finally unearthed the long-buried ancient casino, and its riches – both financial and archaeological – are now up for grabs. But hidden forces are desperate to conceal the discovery and take it for themselves, kidnapping and killing to silence anyone in their path.

Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to stop a ruthless satanic group from obtaining a treasure of unimaginable power: the legendary Hellfire. If the cult succeeds, they will become more powerful than any government – unleashing chaos and destruction worldwide. Mason and his team must race against time, deciphering clues from relics scattered across Europe. From Scotland’s eerie mausoleums to Milan’s hidden crypts, Florence’s shadowy alleys, Berlin’s sinister underbelly, and even the Vatican’s most secretive corridors, Mason must navigate the continent to find the Hellfire first.