Political Adventure

Ein moderner Indiana Jones auf den Spuren des Nibelungenschatzes. Frank Stebe wird von einem ehemaligen Forschungskollegen zu Hilfe geholt, dieser steht vor einem Rätsel: Schiffstyp und Fundstücke eines in der Ostsee aufgespürten Wracks ergeben keinen Sinn. Als Frank selbst dann ein antikes römisches Schwert samt Reitermaske aus der Tiefe holt, wird seine gewagte Theorie allmählich zur Gewissheit – und die uralte Sage vom Nibelungenschatz zu einer gefährlichen Realität. Denn nicht nur in Wissenschaftskreisen schlägt ihm Misstrauen entgegen; von anderer Seite droht eine viel größere Gefahr.

In the heart of Iran, a dark family secret has been passed from father to son, mother to daughter, generation to generation–a line unbroken by time. And Dr. Shahzad Yavari, the professor of geopolitics at Tehran University, is destined to become the next recipient of this legacy.

Imagínese a un par de jóvenes hacktivistas, ambos ex miembros del grupo de lucha por la libertad de Internet Anonymous, y uno de ellos ex oficial de operaciones encubiertas, separándose de Anonymous y creando un grupo militante de anarquistas comprometidos con el cambio social. Pero el cambio social es acelerado por actos de violencia contra los directores ejecutivos de las principales corporaciones responsables de crímenes de lesa humanidad.

Bombings in Copenhagen, Budapest, and Rome litter the streets of Europe with dozens of victims. The ensuing investigation into the attacks points the finger at a Saudi banker with close ties to the House of Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Royal Family. A group of US and Israeli operators is soon dispatched to Paris to ensure the banker pays for his crimes, but when things go horribly wrong in the City of Lights it becomes clear the team has been betrayed at the highest levels. The team will then have to find those responsible and make certain they atone for their sins.

The Dictator in Chief, President Alejandro Calderon, continues to make life miserable for any and all surviving Americans. A new ruling class has been anointed and is fully entrenched in enclaves across America. The administration's enslaved masses labor and toil and tend to their every need in exchange for the oxygen needed to stay alive. Unbeknownst to Calderon, Josh and his ragtag band of patriots are headed straight for him. They know when and where he'll be, but can they make it there in time?

As a captive in their mountain palace in Switzerland, Matt List begins to understand the power of Midas and his Ewige (Eternal Ones) to manipulate gold markets and human history. Thus began the destiny of the Army aviation pioneer to undermine the Ewige and their hold over mankind. Now, he uses the power of the financial tycoons in America to create the beginnings of a world freed from the dominion of gold and the Ewige. But will his battle with the Ewige cost him the love of Helene, the beautiful daughter of Midas? Will the ultimatum lead to the end of the carnage of the Great War?

The media calls it a "miracle" when air charter pilot Will Stewart survives an aircraft in-flight breakup, but Will's miracle pales beside the stunning aftereffect of the crash. Barely on his feet again, Will and his police sergeant wife, Andy, race to rescue an innocent child from a heinous abduction. Will penetrates the dark world of urban gangs in the opioid trade while struggling to control a fantastic tool for justice—and praying it doesn't kill him first.

Dawood Ibrahim es uno de los criminales más ricos y buscados de todo el planeta en la actualidad. En este relato a caballo entre la ficción y la historia real, seguimos el electrizante viaje de Dawood de la India a Inglaterra, y de ahí a Argentina, en una misión para acabar con un diplomático iraní. Sin embargo, hay fuerzas ocultas que tienen planes diferentes para Dawood... si consiguen atraparlo. Una bomba de relojería en forma de libro imposible de abandonar.

Unleashed into the storm, Case Lee faces a hard reality—doing the right thing can come with a heavy price. It started as a simple job, with no earmarks of the coming dangers. The trail starts in Texas, where lies and misdirection mark the moment’s currency. Then off to Spain and Barcelona’s seediest streets, where spies and killers make an unexpected appearance and he’s joined by a peculiar French Interpol cop whose unwelcome participation raises more questions. As lethal activities escalate out of control, answers remain unclear—who is pulling the strings?

Avner Ehrlich, the Mossad’s “operator” and serial rulebreaker, is called urgently into action. He is inserted into Iran with the task of eliminating Professor Hamdani, the mastermind behind the nuclear warheads smuggled into Iran.

"Mightier than the sword" empieza con un atentado del IRA durante el viaje de inauguración del MV Buckingham a través del atlántico. ¿Cuántos pasajeros han perdido la vida? Cuando Harry Clifton visita a su editor en Nueva York, se entera de que lo han nombrado presidente de la rama inglesa de la asociación internacional de escritores PEN. De inmediato promueve una campaña para conseguir la liberación de un colega autor, Anatoly Babakov, prisionero en Siberia. ¿Qué crimen ha cometido Babakov?

Eine unheilvolle alte Allianz bedroht das Gleichgewicht der Weltmächte. Präsident Jack Ryan kämpft an allen Fronten: Während es innenpolitisch in den USA hoch hergeht, rückt in Osteuropa Russland in die Ukraine vor. Dann gelangen zwei russische Atomraketen in den Iran. Hängt beides miteinander zusammen? Und was hat die neue iranische Rebellenbewegung damit zu tun? Die gibt sich zwar zunächst als Verbündeter aus, macht sich jedoch schnell höchstverdächtig. Langsam entwirren sich die Fäden eines perfiden Komplotts.

The future of Hawaii is at stake after a rare chart from Captain Cook's third voyage of discovery is stolen, placing John and Mako Storm directly in the path of a powerful Japanese businessman with his own plans for the islands. Along with two beautiful women, the father and son must put aside their differences and fight the most powerful force in nature - to stop the rebirth of the last Shogunate and save more than just the islands.

A plot to sabotage America's power grid is in place to turn out the lights all across an unsuspecting country. Adam Drake's client has a Trojan horse malware hidden in its new security software that's about to be distributed to the nation's largest electric utilities. When an international model and female assassin is sent to keep Drake from uncovering the plot, chasing her begins to unravel the plan. But time is running out to prevent a blackout that will take America back to the Dark Ages.

When the trail of America's most wanted terrorist goes cold in Tijuana and radiation from a nuclear device is detected in San Diego, one man has a hunch the hunted terrorist and the nuke are connected, and will ultimately wind up in the same place. Adam Drake thinks he knows where that place is. The only question is whether he can find them both in time to prevent an unimaginable catastrophe.

Il drago imperiale è un romanzo storico che realizza felicemente la fusione della fantasia e della realtà in pagine affascinanti, da cui sgorgano lo strano e l’imprevisto. Judith Gautier (1845-1917) fu una scrittrice francese, figlia dello scrivano Theofile Gautier, e compagna del poeta Pierre Loti. Fu un’orientalista e membro dell’Accademia Goncourt.

The original captain and cook have mysteriously disappeared. A sinister cargo is hidden in the yacht's bilges when Captain Frank Brown is hired by the owners to sail the schooner across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean.

Völlig unvorbereitet wird Geheimagent Mitch Rapp vom amerikanischen Präsidenten ins mediale Rampenlicht gezerrt. Nach jahrelanger Arbeit im Schatten kennt plötzlich jeder Terrorist auf der Erde sein Gesicht und seinen Namen. Rapp zieht sich hinter die Kulissen zurück. Doch es dauert nicht lang, bis ein Team der Navy SEALs auf den Philippinen in einen tödlichen Hinterhalt gerät und er zur Rückkehr an die Krisenherde der Welt gezwungen ist. Ein Verräter in der eigenen Regierung führt die Welt an den Rand der Vernichtung.

Islamisten wollen die Einweihung einer Gedenkstätte in Washington für ein Attentat auf den US-Präsidenten und ausländische Staatschefs nutzen. Deshalb schickt die CIA Terrorspezialist Mitch Rapp nach Afghanistan. Dort bereiten Milizen von Al-Qaida in einem abgelegenen Grenzdorf den Angriff vor. Doch Rapp kommt zu spät und erfährt die schreckliche Wahrheit: Eine Atombombe befindet sich auf dem Weg in die Vereinigten Staaten.

A fictional US President, Benjamin J. Leck, and his wife, Alexis, the vice president, dutifully serve the country they love. They enter politics after the young "Benny" successfully built a billion-dollar electric car corporation, and his wife "Lexi" managed a profitable communications business. "Let’s fix this” is their mantra. They choose to keep their true appearance from the public, wearing a disguise when in the community or on TV. Can a president so filled with integrity survive two full terms with powerful enemies who want nothing more than to maintain the "status quo"?