Eduardo G. Murillo Książki

Per Dirk Pitt, una vita senza avventura non è degna di essere vissuta. Questa volta l'avventura si chiama Qin Shang, un abietto cinese privo di scrupoli e avido di ricchezze che ha fondato il proprio impero sul contrabbando di droga, di armi e soprattutto di vite umane, la sua merce di scambio preferita, al centro di loschi traffici d'immigrazione illegale. Qin Shang è disposto a qualsiasi cosa pur d'impadronirsi del relitto di una misteriosa nave carica di capolavori dell'antica arte cinese razziati da Chiang Kaishek durante la sua fuga dalla Cina e comprendente i resti preziosissimi del cosiddetto uomo di Pechino. La formidabile squadra della NUMA, comandata da Dirk Pitt, non ha però alcuna intenzione di stare a guardare. Seguendo le tracce di Qin Shang ha costruito un'enorme installazione portuale in una zona lontana dalle comuni rotte commerciali. Perché ha scelto un luogo così improbabile? Che cosa si nasconde dietro quell'impresa? Mentre si prepara la drammatica resa dei conti finale, una sola cosa è sicura. Pitt ha di fronte il più pericoloso nemico che abbia mai incontrato...

The mysteries of internationally best-selling author David Hewson are renowned for deft plotting and skillful accumulation of detail and atmosphere. Semana Santa finds Hewson in fine form, delivering a compelling novel infused with the sights and sounds of southern Spain. Semana Santa (Holy Week) fills the streets with gawking tourists and thousands upon thousands of hooded penitents. The week gets off to a grisly start, though, with the most unholy discovery of a double murder. Visiting academic Maria Gutierrez is only supposed to observe the subsequent investigation, but the police are stretched way too thin, and Maria is soon following a trail of clues that may lead to her own demise. (from the audiobook cover)

Robert Langdon zostaje pilnie wezwany do położonego koło Genewy centrum badań jądrowych CERN. Jego zadanie – zidentyfikować zagadkowy wzór wypalony na ciele zamordowanego fizyka. Langdon ze zdumieniem stwierdza, że jest to symbol tajemnego bractwa iluminatów – potężnej, aczkolwiek nieistniejącej od czterystu lat organizacji walczącej z Kościołem, do której należały najświetniejsze umysły Europy, chociażby Galileusz. Jak się okazuje, iluminaci przetrwali w ukryciu do czasów współczesnych i planują straszliwą wendetę – wysadzenie Watykanu przy użyciu antymaterii wykradzionej z genewskiego laboratorium. Langdon i Vittoria Vetra, córka zamordowanego fizyka, mają zaledwie dobę, by odnaleźć utajnioną od XVI wieku siedzibę iluminatów i zapobiec niewyobrażalnej tragedii. Czy zdołają na czas rozszyfrować wskazówki zapisane w jedynym zachowanym w archiwach Świętego Miasta egzemplarzu legendarnego traktatu Galileusza? Jak zakończy się dramatyczny wyścig z czasem – po tajemnych kryptach i katakumbach, wyludnionych katedrach, tropem symboli iluminatów zakamuflowanych przed wiekami miejscach znanych każdemu mieszkańcowi Rzymu? Zagadka goni zagadkę, prowadząc do najbardziej nieoczekiwanego finału.

Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history. In those few quiet moments, she unwittingly assumes a quest she will discover is her birthright - a hunt for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the Dracula myth. Deciphering obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions, and evading terrifying adversaries, one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions - a captivating tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful - and utterly unforgettable.

The stunning continuation of the timeless classic The Phantom of the Opera . In The Phantom of Manhattan , acclaimed, bestselling suspense novelist Frederick Forsyth pens a magnificent work of historical fiction, rife with the insights and sounds of turn-of-the-century New York City, while continuing the dramatic saga which began with Gaston Leroux's brilliant novel The Phantom of the Opera ... More than two decades have passed since Antoinette Giry, the mistress of the corps de ballet at the Paris Opera, rescued a hideously disfigured boy named Erik from a carnival and brought him to live in the labyrinthine cellars of the opera house. Soon thereafter, his intense, unrequited love for a beautiful chorus girl set in motion a tragic string of events, forcing him to flee Paris forever. Now, as she lies dying in a convent, Madam Giry tells the untold story of the Phantom and his clandestine journey to New York City to start anew, where he would become a wealthy entrepreneur and build the glorious Manhattan Opera House...all so he could see his beloved, now a famous diva, once again. But the outcome of her visit would prove even more devastating than before-- and yet, would allow the Phantom to know, for the first time in his brutal life, the true meaning of love...