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Raymond Khoury

    January 1, 1960

    Raymond Khoury crafts thrillers that often possess a cinematic quality, a testament to his background in screenwriting. His narratives fluidly weave contemporary events with historical threads, delving into grand themes of international politics, conspiracies, faith, and consciousness. Khoury's style is renowned for its intensity and ability to pull readers into the action at a breakneck pace, all while maintaining a strong intellectual foundation. His thrillers are celebrated for their intricate plotting and capacity to engage the reader's mind even amidst their exhilarating speed.

    Raymond Khoury
    The Last Templar
    The Templar Salvation
    Empire of Lies
    The Devil's Elixir
    Rasputin's Shadow
    The End Game
    • 2019

      Empire of Lies

      • 624 pages
      • 22 hours of reading
      3.8(1059)Add rating

      "Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire, when a mysterious visitor arrives in his bedroom--naked, covered in strange tattoos--to deliver a dangerous, world-changing message. Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for three hundred years, ever since its fall--along with all of Europe--to the empire's all-conquering army. Notre Dame has been renamed the Fatih Mosque. Public spaces are segregated by gender. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultan's secret police, is starting to question his orders. Rumors of an impending war with the Christian Republic of America, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire. Tasked with surveying potential threats, Kamal has a heavy caseload--and conscience. When a mysterious stranger--naked, covered in strange tattoos--appears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empire's past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence. With the mysterious Z Protectorate one step behind, Kamal, together with Nisreen--a fierce human rights lawyer--is caught up in a race across the empire and time itself--a race that could change their world, or destroy it."

      Empire of Lies
    • 2016

      Eminent scientist Dr Ralph Padley is dying - and he knows it's time to finally tell the truth. Padley has a dark secret, which, if it got out, would have deadly consequences. But there are powerful men who will stop at nothing to silence him. FBI Special Agent Reilly has an agenda of his own. For months he has sought the man who kidnapped and brainwashed his five-year-old son. But that man is a ghost - a highly protected CIA official with no name and no identity, and who may have links to Reilly's own father. Watched, manipulated, and framed for crimes he didn't commit, Reilly becomes a fugitive, making it next to impossible for him to uncover the truth about his past while protecting the family he loves. He's left with no choice but to risk everything to unearth secrets that would shake the country to its core - if he's ever allowed to get that far.

      The End Game
    • 2014

      Manipulations

      • 562 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      1916. Dans une mine de Sibérie, les ouvriers se mettent subitement à s'entretuer. Quelques minutes plus tard, deux hommes, dont le fidèle confident du tsar, Raspoutine, font sauter la mine, enterrant ainsi toute trace du carnage. De nos jours. Un diplomate russe est défenestré à Manhattan, depuis l'appartement d'un couple apparemment sans histoire, les Sokolov. Une course contre la montre s'engage alors entre Sean Reilly, du FBI, les services secrets russes et la CIA, pour retrouver le couple porté disparu et éviter qu'une technologie terrifiante, remontant à la Russie impériale, et utilisée pendant la guerre froide ne tombe entre de mauvaises mains.

      Manipulations
    • 2014

      Siberia, 1916. A mine turns into a bloodbath when its miners attack each other, savagely and ferociously. Minutes later, two men - a horrified scientist and infamous Russian mystic Rasputin - hit a detonator, blowing up the mine to conceal all evidence of the carnage. New York, present day. FBI agent Sean Reilly is tasked with a new, disturbing case. A Russian embassy attache seems to have committed suicide by jumping out of a fourth-floor window. The apartment's owners have gone missing, while a faceless killer roams New York City, leaving a trail of death in his wake. Reilly's investigation uncovers a deadly search for a mysterious device with origins reaching back to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia and which, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on the modern world.

      Rasputin's Shadow
    • 2011

      The Devil's Elixir

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.9(469)Add rating

      When a herb, capable of inducing an experience so momentous it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization, is discovered, powerful forces on both sides of the law launch a violent pursuit to be the first to exploit it. Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin, heroes of the 'Templar' thrillers, must keep the lid on this Pandora's box.

      The Devil's Elixir
    • 2010

      1) Raymond Khoury: Znamení Na obloze nad jižním pólem se objeví záhadná záře a miliony lidí po celém světě tento jev fascinovaně sledují v televizi. Je to přírodní úkaz, nebo jde o něco nadpřirozeného? Gracie Loganová a její filmový štáb jsou odhodláni znamení sledovat, ať je zavedekamkoli. 2) Terri Irwinová: Steve a já V roce 2006 tragicky zemřel neohrožený „lovec krokodýlů“ Steve Irwin. Jeho žena Terri vypráví, jak se s pohledným Australanem sršícím energií seznámila, jak se do sebe zamilovali a vydali se na společnou cestu životem naplněným vášnivou láskou k přírodě. 3) Jojo Moyesová: Krasojezdkyně V zapadlém koutě Londýna učí bývalý drezurní jezdec Henri Lachapelle svou vnučku Sarah a svého koně „vzdorovat gravitaci“ tak, jak to sám kdysi dělal v elitní jezdecké škole ve Francii. Do jejich života zasáhne katastrofa a čtrnáctileté Sarah nezbývá nic jiného, než se životem protloukat sama. 4) William G. Tapply: Zatvrzelci Bostonský právník Brady Coyne má v rozvodovém řízení zastupovat válečného fotoreportéra v Iráku Guse Shawa. Situace se zkomplikuje Gusovou smrtí, která vypadá jako sebevražda, ovšem Brady ani Gusova sestra, Bradyho dávná láska Alex, si nejsou jistí, zda Gusovi na onen svět někdo nepomohl.

      Znamení, Steve a já, Krasojezdkyně, Zatvrzelci
    • 2010

      The Templar Salvation

      • 592 pages
      • 21 hours of reading
      3.8(178)Add rating

      In this thrilling sequel to "The Last Templar," FBI agent Sean Reilly navigates the Vatican's secret archives to rescue Tess Chaykin from a vengeful terrorist. The narrative intertwines with a historical siege in 1203 Constantinople, where Templars steal explosive secrets that could change everything.

      The Templar Salvation
    • 2009

      The Sign

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      3.4(209)Add rating

      In Antarctica, a scientific expedition drops anchor to witness the cataclysmic breakup of an ice shelf. As investigative reporter Gracie Logan begins her live news feed, a massive, shimmering ball of light suddenly appears in the sky, shapeshifting and enveloping the ship before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived, the entire event witnessed by a shocked world audience. On a mountaintop in Egypt, a solitary priest contemplates the magnificence of God's creation spread out before him. His presence in this holy place is a mystery even to him; he is certain only of the elusive power of the calling he feels and the compulsive need to record in writing-and to draw-the vision which repeatedly consumes him. And in Boston, reformed car thief Matt Sherwood finds out that his brother's death may not be all it seemed to be-and that it may be related to the stunning controversy that's spinning out of control and threatening to erupt into violence and chaos. The entire world holds its breath as Gracie and Matt chase down the story of a lifetime: Has God finally decided to reveal himself? Or is something more sinister at hand?

      The Sign
    • 2008

      More than 250 years after a pretender marquis escapes the decimated palazzo of his vengeful prince, an American Army unit discovers a secret lab in Baghdad where dozens of victims have been subjected to torturous experiments, a finding that places two bold women on the trail of an ancient mystery.

      Eternalis
    • 2007

      The Sanctuary

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      3.4(236)Add rating

      A deadly quest to uncover an ancient secret that has destroyed everyone in its path for centuries... Portugal, 1705. In the dungeons of a Templar castle, a dying old man bequeaths an ancient, half-burnt book to his young inquisitor. Keeping one step ahead of those who would kill to wrench the book's secret from his hands, the inquisitor turns his back on his calling and sets off on an impossible journey to complete the old man's quest. Baghdad, 2003. A military unit makes a horrifying discovery: a hidden state-of-the-art lab, where dozens of men, women and children have died. The scientist they were hunting is believed to be working on a bio weapons programme. But the man known only as the hakeem - the doctor - has escaped, taking with him the startling truth about his work ...

      The Sanctuary