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Cuando los dioses callan y los reyes mueren, la historia la escriben los que sobreviven. Un thriller lleno de conspiración, pasión y peligro. Aristóteles es el filósofo más prestigioso de Grecia y el maestro de Alejandro Magno, el conquistador invencible que ha sometido todas las ciudades griegas y la mayor parte del mundo conocido. La relación de Aristóteles con el poderoso rey hace que muchos atenienses deseen acabar con él, pero el aura de Alejandro lo protege. Sin embargo, eso está a punto de cambiar.

Calon, a baker's apprentice, is handed a strange package by a magician and told to hide it. This throws him into an adventure with a mysterious girl and an eccentric magician. After a while he begins to wonder if dragons exist, or if they are merely illusions. Can Calon, the girl and magician make other people think that dragons exist? If people believe they are real, can they use that belief to overcome the evil that has taken over their city? Or maybe dragons really do exist... Dragon Magic is set in a different part of the same world, and only just after the time, that the events in "The...

Lady Ellen finds herself presented with another mystery! Lady Ellen spends her last fortnight in Branden Bay relaxing at The Grand Hotel. However, the peaceful holiday she desired is again interrupted when the dance host is found dead in the ballroom. The Frenchman was far from popular and there are a few suspects who would appear to wish him dead, as well as those who benefited from his demise. However, no one appears to know his history.

Scotland, 1924: When Lady Poppy Proudfoot travels to the Highlands for a midsummer party, the last thing she and her fellow guests expect is for a body to wash up beside the loch. Despite protests that it could have been an accident, Poppy is convinced it’s murder and decides to dust off her law degree and hunt for clues. But when the police arrive, the grumpy Inspector MacKenzie dismisses her evidence, insisting a crime scene is no place for a Lady. The nerve!

La nouvelle enquête du profiler espagnol Kraken ! Une personne qui est morte ne peut pas se faire kidnapper. C'est du moins ce que croyait l'ex-inspecteur Unai López de Ayala ‒ alias Kraken ‒ avant de recevoir un appel anonyme qui allait changer ce qu'il pensait savoir de son histoire familiale. Car son interlocuteur lui annonce qu'il a une semaine pour retrouver un livre d'heures noir datant du xve siècle, une inestimable œuvre d'art, sinon sa mère, qui repose au cimetière depuis des décennies, mourra. Rien de tout ça n'a de sens.

He didn’t want revenge. He didn’t want redemption. He wanted out...on his own terms. Emmett “Red” Callahan was supposed to disappear inside Alcatraz, the coldest, hardest prison in America. A decorated Navy engineer turned convict, Red keeps his head down and his mind sharp, Waiting. Watching. Planning. Because no cage, no matter how well built, can hold a man who refuses to be broken. But when the fog rolls in, so does his chance to vanish, and with it, a race against time, tides, and the eyes of everyone determined to see him fail. With only a stitched-together raft, a stolen tide...

Two small brothers, Billy and Richard, experience a difficult childhood when growing up in the East End. Evacuated from London during the Blitz, they are sheltered at the House of Nazareth and under the control of some viscous nuns. Life there is so bad that they prefer to go back to the bombs of London. The war, however, claims the lives of both their parents, and they are rehomed once more at Barnardo’s until separated by adoption. George Seagrave adopts Richard and takes him to his family in the country, where Richard has to adapt to strict Victorian rules.

Set in the gritty, fog-drenched streets of 19th-century London, Beneath the Cobblestones is a gripping tale of resilience, sisterhood, and the fight against exploitation. The narrative masterfully weaves a story that blends historical realism with thrilling suspense, drawing readers into the harrowing world of Annabelle and Susan, two working-class sisters trying to survive in an unforgiving society.

A friend's life is in danger. She has overheard an incriminating conversation between her boss, the mayor, and a Las Vegas "businessman." A casino is in the works for Durango. If what she heard gets out, it could destroy their plans. It's decided that she is a problem and must be eliminated. Jack and Rudy help her escape to a place they know very well, the mountainous wilderness area north of town. The enforcers are out of their element and Jack and Rudy have the upper hand, or so they think.

The Life and Times of Luke Johnson Book Three of Three In the gripping conclusion, join Luke Johnson as he navigates the wild and untamed American West at the turn of the century. From seeking vengeance for his family's tragic demise to rising through the ranks from orphan to lawman, Luke's journey has been one of love, loss, and redemption. Now, as a seasoned officer and with each legendary feat, he solidifies his place in history, earning respect and admiration from those around him. But as his career reaches its zenith, Luke grapples with the ghosts of his past and the weight of his own ...

The location of Noah’s Ark has been one of history’s most intriguing mysteries. Believed to be on Mt. Ararat, it still eludes all seekers. The year is 1952 and a well worn amulet has been discovered in a collection at the Denver Museum of Natural History with etchings on it’s back indicating the true location of the Ark. Jack, a geologist/archeologist and avid Ark enthusiast, is made aware of the discovery and wastes no time in preparing for an immediate departure to Turkey with his two best friends and partners. Through a network of agents, Joseph Stalin also learns about the ...

The Life and Times of Luke Johnson, Volume One The threads of revenge and redemption are intricately woven throughout the early years of Luke Johnson's life. Volume One chronicles the relentless pursuit that shaped his destiny from tragedy to an early career in law enforcement. Orphaned and homeless after the brutal murder of his family, Luke embarks on a solitary quest for vengeance that consumes half a lifetime. Beginning in the late 1880s, the desire for retribution courses through his veins, but is it the only force that drives him? His courage and innate ability to confront outlaws ...

As the War of 1812 rages, Marcel Moreau, wounded in service with Napoleon's Grand Armée, must journey to New Orleans to find Celeste de Beaumais, a young aristocrat who has fled her family and has settled herself on a sprawling Louisiana plantation. Standing in Moreau's way are various factions in and around the city—soldiers, slave hunters, marooned slaves, and Baratarian pirates—all of whom have their own interests, and enemies.

Louise, 17 ans, est issue d’une famille aisée très bien vue de la haute bourgeoisie parisienne. Alors, lorsqu’elle tombe enceinte hors mariage, ses parents l’envoient au couvent des Pascalines où résident les Accoucheuses afin de préserver sa réputation. En échange de leurs soins et de leur protection, les Accoucheuses gardent les bébés et se chargent de les confier à des couples désireux de devenir parents.

Boyd Spanner has just been released from a Texas prison after spending three years at hard labor for killing a pimp. The strange thing is that the town where the killing took place, Jefferson, Texas, now wants Boyd, a known hardcase, to be their new sheriff. Carpetbaggers, civil, political, and military officials have made life on the riverboat port miserable as an official part of Reconstruction. And then there’s Daisy, the young soiled dove who was being pistol-whipped by her pimp when Boyd saved her life. She’s among those who hate him. Is there any way this can work?

The boy Nero lives. His mother Agrippina has married her way to power, tangling the Emperor Claudius in her skirts. The emperor may have a son and heir of his own, but Agrippina sees no obstacles to her ambition. Rome is a path through a marsh, lit by torches. Those who walk it are always one step from disaster–and the road itself is treacherous, slippery with blood. Claudius may have the world at his feet, but he has Agrippina in his bed.

Vienna, 1893. A gravedigger at the city’s famous Central Cemetery, Augustin Rothmayer is aan unorthodox yet highly educated oddball who finds solace amongst the dead as well as in the writing the pages of the first almanac of his profession. But his fragile peace is abruptly disturbed when young inspector Leopold von Herzfeldt, an ambitious young transfer from Graz, arrives in need of help from someone expert in death. No one knows the subject better than Augustin Rothmeyer.

The year is 1940, and Great Britain's forces struggle against the Nazi war machine. France has fallen to Adolf Hitler's army, and England is next. A British secret agent pays the ultimate price to deliver early warning to harness the power of the occult to conquer Great Britain by launching a supernatural assault that no defending military force could possibly deflect.

In this gripping tale, legendary aviator Amelia Earhart survives her 1937 plane crash and washes up on a remote Pacific island. Stranded and presumed dead by the world, Amelia must summon all her courage, ingenuity and determination to endure on the mysterious island. As she explores her new surroundings, Amelia uncovers tantalizing hints of the island's hidden past — ancient ruins, ghostly whispers, and a secret community of castaways. Forging an unbreakable bond with her fellow survivors, Amelia finds a new sense of purpose and belonging amidst the island's many challenges.

She uses him as a slave, bowing to her every desire out of love and need for her. The only problem is that he isn’t real. An abandoned French chateau, a warren of death during the French Revolution, is purchased by a grief-stricken couple hoping to convert it to a hotel to aid in their recovery. However, a powerful spirit resides within that catapults their lives down a path to madness.