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Cuando la policía encuentra dos esqueletos unidos en un abrazo en un río de Manhattan, Margo Green, conservadora del Museo de Historia Natural, es invitada a colaborar en la investigación, no solo por sus conocimientos antropológicos sino por su experiencia el año anterior cuando se enfrentó con una horrenda bestia que andaba suelta por los sótanos del museo. Los esqueletos presentan señales de violencia y unas grotescas anormalidades que apuntan a una sola cosa: el despertar de una pesadilla dormida.

Pendergast parviendra-t-il à regagner indemne le XXIe siècle ? Dans le New York des années 1880, Constance Greene n'a pu déjouer les plans du Dr Leng, le premier serial killer de l'histoire de Manhattan. Pas plus que l'inspecteur Aloysius Pendergast n'a su empêcher le savant diabolique de commettre un nouveau forfait. Leng croit avoir gagné la partie, mais il ignore que Diogène, le frère psychopathe de l'inspecteur, a suivi son aîné et qu'il rôde désormais dans les rues du quartier de Five Points.

Sulla battigia di Sanibel Island, placida località balneare al largo della costa sudovest della Florida, la mareggiata ha sospinto un insolito tipo di spazzatura: decine di scarpe, restituite dalle onde alla terra, appesantite da un macabro dettaglio che lascia intravedere un gioco incomprensibile, violento, perverso. Né l'FBI, né la Guardia costiera, né le autorità locali sembrano in grado di stabilire a chi appartengano o da dove provengano. Una domanda, in particolare, esige una risposta urgente: le vittime di quel gioco malato sono ancora vive?

En 1987, en el corazón de la selva amazónica, un equipo de científicos encuentra la talla de un enigmático dios adorado por una tribu de salvajes. El extraño ídolo es enviado a Nueva York, donde queda arrumbado en los sótanos de un enorme y antiguo museo. Poco después, los científicos son masacrados por los indígenas y todo el proyecto cae en el olvido.

Nora Kelly, de l'Institut archéologique de Santa Fe, est approchée par l'historien Clive Benton pour localiser le Campement perdu de l'expédition Donner, introuvable depuis 1847, afin d'y effectuer des recherches historiques... et mettre la main sur un trésor.

A body is found in the attic of a fabulous Long Island estate. There is a claw print scorched into the wall, and the stench of sulfur chokes the air. When FBI Special Agent Pendergast investigates the gruesome crime, he discovers that thirty years ago four men conjured something unspeakable. Has...

A secret society. A deadly conspiracy. A race against time. The Order of the Black Sun Series leads the listener on a roller-coaster ride in search of a legend. Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, the Order of the Black Sun Series is a thrilling listen for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue. Join a series and a cast of characters that will keep you entertained long into the night. The best-selling epic adventure - three complete books in one audiobook.

Quella della "Spedizione Donner" è una storia vera che ancora oggi risveglia paure ataviche e curiosità morbose. Rimanda al 1846, quando una carovana di pionieri diretti in California rimase bloccata per mesi dalla neve nella Sierra Nevada. Alcuni di loro morirono di stenti dopo poco tempo. Altri, stipati nello spazio soffocante dei carri, portati alla follia dai morsi del freddo e della fame, si abbandonarono al cannibalismo. Quasi nessuno si salvò.

Un fermacravatta, otto mozziconi di sigaretta e un castello di teorie. È ciò che si lascia dietro il dirottatore del volo Portland-Seattle che il 24 novembre 1971 ha preso in ostaggio i passeggeri, liberandoli solo a fronte di 200.000 dollari di riscatto. Rimasto sull’aereo, ha poi ordinato al pilota di fare rotta verso Città del Messico e si è paracadutato scomparendo nella notte.

When the Vatican calls, Dr. Laura Stevens and her team answer. Their mission: to complete a quest that one of their own failed to finish. The prize? A myth wrapped in legend—Excalibur. For Sir Lancelot, their immortal companion, it’s personal. Centuries ago, he had one chance to claim the sword of kings... and lost. Now, with the blade rumored to have resurfaced, he’s determined not to fail again. But the past is not dead. As an ancient enemy returns from the shadows, Excalibur becomes the spark that could ignite a war—and Lancelot finds himself in a duel against a ghost from his own legend.

After protecting the Holy Grail from falling into dangerous hands, Laura Stevens and her extraordinary team—including none other than Sir Lancelot—have officially become the Vatican’s new treasure hunters. Their first assignment: reclaim a long-lost hoard from the days when Viking longships ruled the seas. But what begins as a prestigious mission soon spirals into peril. From icy Icelandic caverns to shadowed European cathedrals, Laura and her team follow a trail filled with danger, deception, and ancient secrets.

Detective D'Agoste erhält einen Brief, den der für Tod erklärte Aloysius Pendergast vor seinem Verschwinden geschrieben hat. Pendergast offenbart darin, dass er einen Bruder hat, einen gefährlichen Verrückten: Diogenes. Und dieser plant ein unglaubliches Verbrechen. D'Agoste beginnt sofort mit den Ermittlungen, die eine bizarre Familiengeschichte hervorbringen...

Nachdem sie um ein Haar den Tod in der Antarktis auf der Suche nach einer legendären Eisstation gefunden hätten, bittet der exzentrische Milliardär Dave Purdue die Historikerin Nina Gould und den Journalisten Sam Cleave abermals um Hilfe. Auf der Suche nach einem verschwundenen Wartungsunterseeboot seiner Ölplattform Deep Sea One entdeckt er auf dem Meeresboden das Wrack eines gesunkenen deutschen U-Bootes aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg.

Gideon Crew bittet zum finalen Showdown in die Wüste. Was tut man, wenn man weiß, dass man nur noch zwei Monate zu leben hat? Gideon Crew geht auf Schatzsuche, denn soeben hat ein jahrelanger Rechenprozess den mysteriösen Phaistos-Diskus entschlüsselt. Zusammen mit Manuel Garza bricht Gideon in eine gottverlassene Wüstengegend an der Grenze zwischen Ägypten und dem Sudan auf. Bereits bei der abenteuerlichen Anreise verlieren sie ihre gesamte Ausrüstung.

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, FBI Agent Pendergast reluctantly teams up with a new partner to investigate a rash of Miami Beach murders ... only to uncover a deadly conspiracy that spans decades. After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is...

Sam Cleave, reporter for a small newspaper, has seen better days. After his partner was killed during an undercover investigation, he lost his passion for work and living. But when a resident of a nearby assisted living home is tortured and murdered in a barbaric manner, he starts investigating. He is especially intrigued when a mysterious box is given to him that belonged to the dead man, but he needs help to interpret what it means.

Guy Carson is a brilliant scientist at GeneDyne, one of the world's foremost biochemical companies. When he is transferred to Mount Dragon, GeneDyne's high-security genetic engineering lab, his good fortune seems too good to be true. Carson soon finds that it is. He learns that GeneDyne geneticists are tinkering with a common virus with an eye on the enormous profit to be had from a cure for the flu. Their cure involves permanently altering DNA in humans. What's more, Mount Dragon harbors another secret that puts the world at horrifying risk.

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human.... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.

Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation.

A famous writing duo returns with another part of the most unpredictable thriller series. FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast hasn't come back from his latest mission. What's more, Constance was kidnapped from his New York residence. But in the world of agent Pendergast, nothing is what it seems. Constance, in love with Pendergast, will become painfully aware of that truth, as well as Diogenes, Aloysius' brother, whom she hates. Will these two be joined again by some shared business? Is Pendergast still alive? The answers to these nagging questions are hidden in the obsidian chamber.