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Nachdem Askanius die Brücke zwischen dem Dies- und Jenseits geöffnet hat, wird er von einem Satyr verschleppt. Nicholas, sein Freund, begibt sich auf die gefährliche Reise, Askanius zu retten und muss dabei die Grenzen zwischen den Welten überqueren. Mit dabei: ein Engel, der selbst auf...

The villain Cleander has fallen, his wickedness gone from the imperial court, but his influence lives on. Amongst the Praetorians, a network of spies, killers and thieves remain, clawing on to the power they have enjoyed. Rufinus, returned to the Guard at the hands of the devious Frumentarii, Rome’s imperial secret service, is intent on bringing the entire web of villainy to justice. But Commodus’s reign falters and Rome is in peril. Wolves are at the door and every man with power prepares to make a bid for the purple.

Una dramática historia real que cuenta magistralmente cincuenta años de un país. «Padura ya es el mejor escritor contemporáneo de su país, y uno de los más importantes de Hispanoamérica.» José Manuel Martín Medem, El Mundo «Un nuevo libro de Padura es una forma de entender la...

Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge – with the twist of all twists – make up the perfect audiobook, One Good Deed, from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci. 'One of his finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of...

"You could get addicted to this series. Easily." --The New York Times Book Review 1788--Bahamas Squadron . . . A fighter, rogue, and ladies man, Alan Lewrie has done the unthinkable and gotten himself hitched--to a woman and a ship! The woman is the lovely Caroline Chiswick. The ship is the gun...

Zu ihrem Entsetzten müssen Nikola Tesla, Theodora Sachs und Aleister Crowley feststellen, dass man sie in der Tempelanlage in einen Sarkophag aus Marmor gesperrt hat. Unter großer Anstrengung versuchen sie, sich aus ihrem düsteren Gefängnis zu befreien. Doch mit reiner Körperkraft lässt sich der Sarkophag nicht öffnen und allmählich wird die Atemluft knapp. Während die drei um ihr Überleben kämpfen, schmieden die Mitglieder der Voodoo-Gemeinschaft bereits einen neuen Plan, um endlich an ihr Ziel zu gelangen.

'A riveting thriller with nonstop action' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Full of rollercoaster twists and turns' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A compelling mix of history, mystery, and high-stakes action' Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is called...

Midsommer meets All Quiet on the Western Front in this masterful blend of mystery, adventure, and folk-horror. In the midst of the First World War, a handful of allied POWs escape the torments of Germany’s most brutal internment camp only to find themselves stranded deep in the merciless wilderness of the Alps. The locals there are odd, and their traditions ancient. With hushed voices they whisper of a beast that roams the frozen mountains. They call it... The Sarvàn.

The first book in the bestselling Conqueror series featuring Genghis Khan and his descendants. 'I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.' Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an ambush.His family were thrown out of the...

From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, THE ALICE NETWORK, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America...

Award-winning novelist Val McDermid and Geographer Royal Professor Jo Sharp bring Scotland’s greatest historical catastrophe vividly to life. The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker-longlisted author Belinda Bauer, a sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years. It was the greatest mystery never told . . . 1926...

Bloomsbury presents The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell, read by Sheila Atim. The perfect gothic, dark tale to curl up with this winter _______________ 'Laura Purcell, a skilful purveyor of gothic tales, has created another darkly twisting narrative in The Whispering Muse' Sunday Times 'Spooky...

November 1925: Eine Leiche wird aus ­einem Berliner ­Kanal gezogen. Das Mordopfer ist ein ­Journalist, der für den "Völkischen ­Beobachter" geschrieben hat. ­Während Spiro zweifelhafte Kontakte nutzt, um eine Spur zu ­finden, bewegt sich Nike in den spirituellen Kreisen von Berlin und nimmt an Séancen teil. Plötzlich taucht der Ausweis eines Jungen auf, der in Verbindung zum Toten stand. Aber der "blonde Hund", wie er genannt wird, ist in ­München untergetaucht.

Shanghai im Jahr 1931, die Bühne ist bereitet für ein neues Jahrzehnt voller Intrigen. Vor vier Jahren ist Rosalind von den Toten zurückgekehrt, aber das Experiment, dem sie ihr Leben zu verdanken hat, verlangt seinen Tribut. Jetzt strebt sie als Assassinin verzweifelt nach Wiedergutmachung. Codename: Fortuna.

Lady Shonagon is an imperial courtesan, living at the court of the Japanese Emperor in the 10th century. When a series of disturbing thefts within the palace walls throws the court into confusion and unrest, Shonagon is appointed guide and assistant to Lieutenant Yukinari as he investigates. Together, Shonagon and Yukinari must solve the mysteries and escalating crimes that plague the Japanese court, and their romance blossoms in the tightly enclosed world behind the high palace walls. But soon Shonagon's lover, Tadanobu, becomes uncomfortable with how closely they are working together....

For fans of Slewfoot and Between Two Fires comes a riveting new tale of historical horror: a story of love, loss, and the lengths one man will go to protect his own. “A brutal, lyrical frontier saga of blood, inheritance, and survival...transcends its setting and creates a timeless story where...

Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities that beset her gender, but even she has her eyes opened to a darker reality when a relative seeks her help in searching for her missing daughter. Annabel Banks was promised a situation in a prestigious household, but there has been no word from her since she left home, and the agency that arranged her position says she never appeared.

1673, Paris, rue Pastourelle : le corps d’une jeune femme, les lèvres cousues d’un fil de soie, est découvert. C’est la première victime d’une série de meurtres identiques. La Reynie, lieutenant général de police, missionne deux enquêteurs ainsi qu’un jeune artiste italien...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, read by David Monteath. It is 1547 and, after five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, Francis Crawford of Lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - has at last come back to Edinburgh. But...