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Shadow of the Scorpion is a standalone prequel to Neal Asher’s explosive Agent Cormac series. Some secrets are too hard to bear . . . Following the human vs prador war, Ian Cormac signs up with Earth Central Security. He’s sent out to restore order on worlds devastated by alien bombardment...

Um ein Hundeasyl auf Mallorca vor der Schließung zu bewahren, nimmt der frühere BND-Ermittler David Stein einen neuen Auftrag an. Diesmal wird er nach Marrakesch gerufen, um den gefährlichen Terroristen Schwarzer Skorpion unschädlich zu machen, der einen Terroranschlag in München plant. Zur gleichen Zeit wird in Marrakesch die junge Stella Heisenberg entführt und in eine Kiste gesperrt. Was verbirgt sich hinter dieser Entführung und welche Rolle spielt die geheimnisvolle Leyla Khan, die überraschend in Marrakesch auftaucht?

Investigative reporter Marty Edwards has found her niche: cold cases. She loves poring over old notes, hunting down long-forgotten witnesses, and digging down through the layers of an unsolved murder case. But this time, Marty is digging where someone obviously doesn't want her. And that someone might also include the Brownsville Police Department. Why else would they assign Detective Kristen Bailey to baby-sit her? Barely surviving two attempts on her life, Marty abandons Brownsville and the case. Danger follows her as the case turns red-hot.

Ein hochspannender Thriller mit dem echten Ermittlerwissen eines ehemaligen Kriminalbeamten! Sommer 2002: In Palermo wird ein Priester erschossen, in Antwerpen stellen Ermittler drei Tonnen Kokain sicher, in Zürich begeht ein Pilot Selbstmord. Drei scheinbar isolierte Vorfälle. Doch bei der Schweizer Bundeskriminalpolizei verdichten sich die Hinweise, dass alle mit dem Ex-Banker Baumann zu tun haben, der in Diensten südamerikanischer Narcos steht. David Keller, Bundesermittler und Mafia-Experte, wird auf den vermeintlichen Routinefall angesetzt.

From #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child comes a thrilling novel following archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson as they work together to solve a twisted crime that reaches far beyond any of their worst fears. Following the acclaimed debut of Old Bones, this second "happily...

Six years ago, I awoke in a cage with no knowledge of who I was or where I’d come from. Six years ago, I was spared the flesh markets and instead thrown in with a group of savages, where I learned it was fight or die. Now, eight Orders of Assassins are converging on the only home I’ve ever known. All in hopes of purchasing new blade slaves for their ranks. I’m for sale, yet all I want is a life far from death and ownership. Then I meet them, the Order of Scorpions. Their allure is a threat to the freedom I crave, but I won’t fall victim to their sting, no matter how tempting it might be.

After a shoot-out leaves a senior FBI agent gravely wounded, Corrie Swanson finds herself under investigation. Her supervisor assures her she's not to blame and the black mark on her record will be cleared in short order. But Corrie finds she cannot shake off an overwhelming feeling of guilt. As a distraction, she takes on a new case involving a fifty-year-old, mummified corpse discovered in a hidden enclave at High Lonesome, a long-abandoned New Mexico ghost town. Quickly out of her depth, she realizes she needs the help of her old enemy, archaeologist Nora Kelly. 

He didn't ask if I like it rough. It wasn't up to me. I thought I could get away with pissing off a big, tough Marine. I ended up with my face planted in the sheets, my burning bottom raised high, and my hair held tightly in his fist as he took me long and hard and taught me the kind of shameful lesson only a man like Scorpion could teach.

How can you oppose an adversary willing to claim victory at any cost? Still reeling from recent events in the intergalactic cold war, former Earth resident Austin Stone enters a new phase of his career as a Star Runner with the Galactic Legion of Planets by joining the covert squadron known as the "Scorpions." The training is demanding and rigid, pushing him to the limits as he continues to improve his natural skill at the stick of a Trident starfighter.

With his compelling Centurions trilogy complete, Anthony Riches returns to his bestselling Empire sequence of novels with his storytelling skills polished to perfection. Set in the second century AD, The Scorpion's Strike continues the story of Marcus Aquila's fight for justice for a family...

Mark Dawson's Group Fifteen Files. Quick, lightning-paced, action.

They call him 'Scorpion'. No-one knows his real name, and the only people who have seen his face are dead. He works for the highest bidder, and he's never missed a target.

The assassin appears in London with the name of an investigative reporter on his list. But has Scorpion met his match? The reporter has a protector - John Milton. And Milton might be the only man in the world more dangerous than him.

Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly—and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. An accomplished assassin and mistress of disguise and deception, she has set in motion the boldest act of terrorism yet conceived. Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. This is the third book in the "House of Niccolo" series. Set in 15th-century Cyprus, this novel continues the saga of Nicholas van der Poel, international mercenary who started out as a dyer's...

A National Book Award winner A Newbery Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A clone grapples with his sense of self against the backdrop of the dangerous world of drug trafficking in this acclaimed and internationally bestselling young adult classic about what it means to be human. Matt Alacrán...

For Jonathan Grave and Gail Bonneville, the Crystal Sands Resort is the perfect getaway - until gunshots shatter the night. Wealthy guests are yanked out of their sleep, herded like animals, forced to submit to their captors' demands. But Jonathan and Gail are no ordinary vacationers. The assassins who invade their bungalow receive a deadly surprise.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of the short story The Christmas Scorpion by Lee Child, read by Jeff Harding. Jack Reacher likes to head south for the winter, to stay warm: so just before Christmas he arrives in a small town in Southern California. But the weather there is not warm...

Ein hochspannender Thriller mit dem echten Ermittlerwissen eines ehemaligen Kriminalbeamten! Sommer 2002: In Palermo wird ein Priester erschossen, in Antwerpen stellen Ermittler drei Tonnen Kokain sicher, in Zürich begeht ein Pilot Selbstmord. Drei scheinbar isolierte Vorfälle. Doch bei der Schweizer Bundeskriminalpolizei verdichten sich die Hinweise, dass alle mit dem Ex-Banker Baumann zu tun haben, der in Diensten südamerikanischer Narcos steht. David Keller, Bundesermittler und Mafia-Experte, wird auf den vermeintlichen Routinefall angesetzt.

Rule number one for an agent of the secretive JIA is to follow orders, no matter what. But James Ryker has never cared much for rules. He only wants to do what is right. Assigned to join a crew of elite security personnel in Chabon, Africa, Ryker’s mission objective is clouded by politics and obfuscation, and he knows only that to protect British interests in the region, he is to infiltrate the close protection team of the government of Chabon, a country with a dark and violent past.  

Ein ungeheures Geheimnis lauert unter den kleinen Hütten einer unscheinbaren Dorfgemeinschaft. Auf den letzten Wunsch seines verstorbenen Mentors hin, begibt sich Tsihilin in das abgelegene Dorf Kalitsana. Vor seinem Tod hatte sein Mentor ihm von einem Geheimnis erzählt, dessen Lösung er nie gefunden hatte. Schnell muss Tshilin feststellen, dass die Spurensuche gar nicht so einfach wird - denn die Dorfbewohner sind ihm gegenüber mehr als misstrauisch.

Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor's fascinating exploration of the origins of biological and unethical warfare, draws extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism.