Haplo, targeted for death by two assassins, and Alfred enter the terrifying Labyrinth, a prison maze guarded by fearsome creatures. Meanwhile, the Lord of the Nexus raises an army from the dead to attack the Tytans.
Amerika en de NAVO zijn toe aan vervanging van hun stealth-gevechtsvliegtuigen en luchtvaartgiganten als Lockheed, Boeing en Linnet/TVR doen er alles aan voor om deze mega-order binnen te slepen. Vooral de laatste heeft een troefkaart in handen: Linnet beschikt over een revolutionair prototype dat gestuurd wordt door een kunstmatig intelligente computerchip. LUCI, zoals deze superchip wordt genoemd, kan leren en met de piloot communiceren. Maar er kleeft een kleine smet aan deze triomf van techniek: Maria Haymeyer, een jonge computerdeskundige, beweert namelijk dat zij de ontwerper is van dit programma en dat Linnet LUCI van haar heeft gestolen. En wat misschien nog wel erger is: ze heeft LUCI ontworpen als een computerspelletje waarbij de computer altijd wint van de piloot. Toepassing hiervan in een gevechtsvliegtuig kan alleen maar fatale gevolgen hebben. Maria dwingt Terry Weston, ex-gevechtsvlieger en bedrijfsspion, haar te helpen. Aanvankelijk gelooft hij niets van Maria's onwaarschijnlijke beschuldiging. Maar hoe meer hij te weten komt, hoe meer hij ervan overtuigd raakt dat Amerika een grote ramp te wachten staat...
Een paar dagen voor haar vijftigste verjaardag gaat Liddy Claver naar de dokter met overgangsverschijnselen. De dokter consta-teert het tegenovergestelde; Liddy is zwanger, al zeven maanden. Het moet het gevolg zijn van een zeer korte affaire met een van haar studenten, want het is al vijf jaar geleden dat ze gevreeen heeft met Martin, haar man. Voor ze Martin voorzichtig kan vertellen wat er aan de hand is, ontdekt ze dat hij een hartstochtelijke verhouding heeft met een van haar beste vriendinnen. Haar veilige wereld stort in. Ze ontvlucht haar man en hun drie volwassen kinderen en zoekt haar heil bij een tante die ze vertrouwt. Daar, aan de kust, bevalt ze van een dochter. Ze noemt haar Hope - om het lot te tarten. Martin weigert echter elk gesprek en wil niets van het kind weten. Haar kinderen, Laura, Miranda en Alex, gaan met elkaar de strijd aan om de kleine Hope - want dat hun moeder te oud is om een kind op te voeden daar zijn ze het over eens. Hou van mij is een aangrijpende en ontroerende roman over een gezin in mid-life crisis,dat uiteindelijk vele stormen blijkt te kunnen doorstaan.
Abarrach, the Realm of stone. Here, on a barren world of underground caverns built around a core of molten lava, the lesser races -- humans, elves, and dwarves -- seem to have all died off. Here, too, what may well be the last remnants of the once powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo and Alfred -- enemies by heritage, traveling companions by necessity -- Abarrach may reveal more than either dares to discover about the history of Sartan... and the future of all their descendants."
To earn some extra money, Debora Cochrane and Joanna Meissner, two financially strapped graduate students, become involved with a Boston fertility clinic in search of egg donors, but they become suspicious about the clinic and its head, Dr. Spencer Windgate, and risk their lives to uncover the truth
Neurosurgeon Jessie Copeland works at the very frontier of neurosurgery, developing technology that could revolutionize the treatment of brain tumors. But her work brings her to the attention of an infinitely dangerous man. Claude Malloche is brilliant, remorseless—a terrorist without regard for human life. He is also ill with a brain tumor considered to be inoperable. Nothing can stop Malloche from getting to the woman he believes can cure him. For those caught in his path, the nightmare has just begun...and no one is more aware of the stakes than Jessie Copeland. In brain surgery there are no guarantees—but that’s exactly what Malloche demands. With disaster just one cut away, Jessie faces the most harrowing case of her life—and the price of failure may be thousands of lives....
Haplo, targeted for death by two assassins, and Alfred enter the terrifying Labyrinth, a prison maze guarded by fearsome creatures. Meanwhile, the Lord of the Nexus raises an army from the dead to attack the Tytans.
Adviezen om waarlijk mens te worden door een groter zelfbewustzijn, het openstellen voor kosmische energie en het afstand nemen van prestatie- en bezitsdwang.
Abarrach, the Realm of stone. Here, on a barren world of underground caverns built around a core of molten lava, the lesser races -- humans, elves, and dwarves -- seem to have all died off. Here, too, what may well be the last remnants of the once powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo and Alfred -- enemies by heritage, traveling companions by necessity -- Abarrach may reveal more than either dares to discover about the history of Sartan... and the future of all their descendants."
After the four worlds Alfred has at last found his people on Chelstra, the realm of sea. But his travels have taught him to be cautious... and Alfred soon realizes his caution is justified, even among his own kind. The one person Alfred can trust is, strangely, Haplo the Patryn. But Haplo's lord has decreed all Sartan to be the enemy, and Haplo dares not go against his lord. Now the companions have arrived in a land where humans, elves, and dwarves have learned to live in peace. Unaware of an even greater threat to all the realms, it is Sartan and Patryn who will disrupt this alliance of the lesser races in their struggle to gain control of all four worlds. Only Alfred and Haplo realize that they have a much older -- and more powerful -- enemy than each other...
In epoche remote la Terra è stata divisa nei quattro regni fondamentali, ognuno dei quali ha una vita autonoma: Arianus, il mondo d'aria, Pryan, il mondo di pietra, Abarrach, il mondo di fuoco e Chelestra, il mondo d'acqua. Per il controllo di questi regni si battono due razze dotate di superiori poteri magici: i Sartan, dediti al bene, e i Patryn, ambiziosi e assetati di potere. Una corsa disperata nel tentativo di salvare l'universo, una lotta senza quartiere fra persone che non sanno più scegliere fra la lealtà al loro signore, agli amici o ai loro ideali. Il caos impazza ovunque, bene e male non hanno più confini…
No one liked old Mrs Graham but no one expected her to be murdered . . . Classic crime in stunning new packaging.
Seen in Ireland in 6-sheet, back-lit illuminated framed posters in various major shopping centres.
Book by 'MARGARET HICKMAN, TRACY WEIS'
In Toverslang zet Haplo zijn ontdekkingstoch door de gespleten wereldrijken voort. Zijn pad voert ditmaal naar Chelestra, het Rijk van de Zee, dat geen werelbol maar een waterbol is waarin eilanden ronddrijven. Het is een plaats waar mensen, dwergen en elfen in vrede met elkaar hebben leren leven. Daar werken zij gezamenlijk aan immens project: het bouwxen van schepen warin zij kunnen overleven, omdat de zon die hen van warmte voorziet, langzaam van hun eilanden wegdrijft. Maar hun toekomst wordt bedreigd door de komst van de gigantishce drakeslangen die hun levenskracht putten uit de angst van anderen. Haplo mengt zich in de strijd tegen de slangen. Degene die deze titanenslag wint, zal niet alleen heer van Chelestra maar misschien zelfs heer van Poort des Doods worden???
In Chaosschepper keert Haplo terug naar Arianus, het Rijk van de Hemel. De strijd tussen elfen, dwergen en mensen om de heerschappij over het water dreigt nu uit te monden in een grote oorlog. Tot overmaat van ramp is de kwade kracht die Haplo had ontketent in Chelestra, het Rijk van de zee, nu naar Arianus getrokken. En Haplo wordt gedwongen te kiezen of hij de meester die hem uit het Labyrint heeft gered, wel moet gehoorzamen.
One of Cook's most successful—and timely—bestsellers. Contagion is a terrifying cautionary tale for the millennium as a deadly epidemic is spread not merely by microbes—but by sabotage....
Al eeuwenlang verhalen de legendes van de Caiyah-indianen over de Gouden Mensen, die ooit naar de aarde zullen terugkeren. Dat moment lijkt aangebroken als Yute Nahedeh de ontdekking van de eeuw doet: een klein embryo in de schoot van een 25.000 jaar oude Neanderthalervrouw, perfect geconserveerd in het ijs. Yute is gefascineerd door de vraag welke mogelijkheden en gaven van de oermens voor de moderne mens verloren zijn gegaan. Hij weet het embryo tot leven te brengen en zo wordt Ember geboren. Maar Ember, het Neanderthalermeisje, voelt zich in de moderne samenleving niet thuis. Door haar afwijkende uiterlijk, haar grote intelligentie en haar sterke verbondenheid met de natuur is ze een buitenbeentje.
'The new wave of art was first heralded by the graffiti artist who attacked the city walls - artist attacks architecture. Then it progressed to the vandal artist who scarred the art of others -artist attacks art. And now we see a further escalation in the performance - art murder of Dean Starr - artist attacks artist. This is the new wave - Art Terrorism' Bliss was not celebrated for his radical opinions, and no one suspected he might know something about a terrible crime committed twelve years earlier in one of Avril Koozeman's galleries. Inspector Louis Markowitz, who commanded the Special Crime Section in New York, had worked on that original double homicide, and now his adopted daughter, Detective Sergeant Kathy Mallory, wants to reopen the old case - against the Department's wishes. A number of people in high places are also very keen that their secrets remain buried with the dead.
When five-thousand-year-old human bones are found at a construction site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and romance. While overseeing the dig, she must try to make sense of a cloud of death and misfortune that hangs over the project-fueling rumors that the site is cursed. And she must cope with the presence of her irritating-but irresistible-ex-husband, Jake. Furthermore, when a stranger claims to know a secret about her privileged Boston childhood, she is forced to question her own past as well. A rich, thrilling, suspenseful tale from a "storyteller of immeasurable diversity and talent" (Publishers Weekly), Birthright follows an inspiring heroine, an intriguing hero, and a cast of fascinating characters whose intertwined lives remind us that there is much more going on under the surface than meets the eye.
When a wealthy banker is shot during a hunting trip, Lucas Davenport suspects murder.
Het vuige leger van de Heer van Nexus, bestaande uit ondoden van Abbarach en drakeslangen van Chelesta, is teruggeslagen. Maar tegen welke prijs? Haplo is zwaargewond gevangengenomen en Alfred is verdwenen. Marit en Hugh zijn nog steeds opgesloten in het Labyrint. Wie zal Haplo redden? Slecht de magie van de Zevende Poort kan uitkomst brengen.
De schrijver Jon Katz verruilt het drukke stadsleven voor het leven op het platteland in de staat New York. Op zijn boerderij vinden de dieren altijd nieuwe manieren om Jon te verrassen en uit te dagen. Het stralende middelpunt is Rose, de 'workaholic' bordercollie die zelfs Rupert de ram eronder weet te houden. Er wordt gemekkerd, geblaat, gekakeld, gerommeld en geraasd op Bedlam Farm. Maar ondanks alle problemen geniet Jon elke dag met volle teugen.
After the overwhelming defeat of their tribes, Khardan and Zohra find themselves prisoners of an evil god's disciples--and in danger of losing their honor, their lives and their souls! Second in yet another of Weis and Hickman's epic fantasies.
After bringing in a unanimous and very dubious acquittal in a murder case, only three of the original jurors remain alive. And someone, known only as the 'Reaper' because of the signature of a bloody scythe left at the crime scenes, is clearly determined to make a clean sweep of the terrified survivors. Detective Sgt. Riker, although on paid sick leave after a teenage psychopath pumped four bullets into his chest, has a keen but unofficial interest in the case. And his NYPD Special Crimes partner, Kathy Mallory, orphan, sociopath and computer genius, is resolute that there will be no more personal defections in her life, and determined to discover the identity of the killer before he, or she makes a complete mockery of justice. Meanwhile, on his increasingly popular radio show, Ian Zachary, plays a sick and dangerous game - Hunt the Juror.
A medical thriller about an African farm where genetically engineered subhumans are bred to provide organs for transplants. The racket is uncovered by two doctors investigating a bizarre murder in New York City.
The bestselling “master of the medical thriller” (The New York Times) confronts one of the most compelling issues of our time: personality-altering drugs and the complex moral questions they raise. When neuroscientist Edward Armstrong begins dating Kimberly Stewart, a descendant of a woman who was hanged as a witch at the time of the Salem witch trials, he takes advantage of the opportunity to delve into a pet theory: that the “devil” in Salem in 1692 had been a hallucinogenic drug inadvertently consumed with mold-tainted grain. In an attempt to prove his theory, Edward grows the mold he believes responsible with samples from the Stewart estate. In a brilliant designer-drug transformation, the poison becomes Ultra, the next generation of antidepressants with truly startling therapeutic capabilties. But who can be sure the drug is safe for consumers? Who defines the boundaries of “normal” human behavior? And if the drug’s side effects are proven to be dangerous—even terrifying—how far will the medical community go to alter their standards of acceptable risk?
New York cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disgruntled Russian immigrant ready to lash out at his adoptive nation, which he believes has denied him the American Dream. As a former technician in the Soviet Union's biological weapons system, Yuri knows how to wreak havoc in his new home. But before he executes his masterpiece of vengenance, he experiments first on selected targets. Dr Jack Stapleton begins to witness some unusual cases in his capacity as forensic pathologist in the City medical examiner's office. A Greek immigrant apparently succumbs to sudden overwhelming pneumonia, while an obese Afro-American woman collapses with acute respiratory distress. When an unexpected coincidence suggest to Jack that these seemingly unrelated deaths are actually connected murders, his colleagues and superiors remain sceptical. Meanwhile he is taking himself deeper into deadly danger - but can he reach the heart of the puzzle before Davydov and his associates unleash into the streets of New York the ultimate terror: a modern bio-weapon?
Since time began, twenty Gods have ruled the universe. Though each god possessed different abilities, each was all-powerful within his realm. Now one of the Gods has upset the balance of power, leaving the others scrambling for control in the new order...Here is the epic tale of the Great War of the Gods—and the proud people upon whom the fate of the world depends. When the God of the desert, Akhran the Wanderer, declares that two clans must band together despite their centuries-old rivalry, their first response is outrage. But they are a devout people and so reluctantly bow to his bidding.Enemies from birth, the headstrong Prince Khardan and impetuous Princess Zohra must unite in marriage to stop Quar, the God of Reality, Greed, and Law, from enslaving their people.But can Khardan and Zohra keep from betraying each other? Can their two peoples maintain their fragile alliance until the long-awaited flowering of the legendary Rose of the Prophet?Against the powerful legions of the evil Amir, Khardan and Zohra fight to save the desert people—a fight unexpectedly joined by an exiled wizard named Matthew and the mysterious powers of his alien land.
Dr Kim Reggis takes his daughter for a special night out to a fast-food restaurant. But the good time turns to tragedy when the young girl becomes ill and dies as a result of E coli poisoning. Kim devotes all his energies to tracing the cause of contamination, against even violent opposition.
Ralph's insomnia gets worse when Ed Deepneau gets out of control. Ed is obsessed with the notion that Derry is becoming the new Armageddon and that time is ticking away for the residents. An evil of imaginable propotions has began and Ralph has one chance to beat it.
The brother of the bestselling author of "A Child Called "It"" reveals the full story of his unspeakable parental abuse.
Born without magic, Joram was one of the Dead, denied the throne of Merilon. For years, he lived among outlaws, surviving by wit and sleight-of-hand. Now, wielding the powerful, magic absorbing Darksword, Joram retums to the enchanted Kingdom that once was his home to win revenge and claim his birthright. Here he will test Bishop Vanya and his fierce army of Duuk-tsarith in a battle unlike any their world has known. Joined by the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the young mage Mosiah, and the trickster Simkin, Jorma confronts the shattering secret of his past and discovers the ancient prophecy that puts the fate of the world in his hands--the hands that forged the Darksword.
Only nasty cowards send anonymous letters . . . Classic Wentworth in stunning retro packaging
In the enchanted realm of Merilon, magic is life.Born without magical abilities and denied his birthright, Joram is left for dead. Yet he grows to manhood in a remote country village, hiding his lack of powers only through constant vigilance and ever more skillful sleight-of-hand.Forced to kill a man in self-defense, Joram can keep his secret from the townspeople no longer: he has no magic, no life. Fleeing to the Outlands, Joram joins the outlawed Technologists, who practice the long forbidden arts of science. Here he meets the scholarly catalyst Saryon, who has been sent on a special mission to hunt down a mysterious "dead man" and instead finds himself in a battle of wits and power with a renegade warlock of the dark Duuk-tsarith caste.Together, Joram and Saryon begin their quest toward a greater destiny—a destiny that begins with the discovery of the secret books that will enable them to overthrow the evil usurper Blachloch...and forge the powerful magic-absorbing Darksword.
Gale Grayson, een jonge Amerikaanse historica, leidt met haar dochtertje een geïsoleerd leven in het Engelse dorpje Fetherbridge. De dorpsgemeenschap heeft zich tegen hen gekeerd na de verontrustende zelfmoord van Gales echtgenoot Tom. Maar zo goed en zo kwaad als zij kan tracht Gale de kleine Katie Pru in deze vijandige omgeving op te voeden. Veel meer dan al haar liefde en een laatste restje waardigheid heeft zij niet te bieden. Maar dan slaat het noodlot opnieuw toe: Lisa Stillwell, de babysit van Katie Pru, wordt vermoord. En opnieuw valt de persoon van Gale Grayson in verband te brengen met een verdachte dood. Weer is zij het slachtoffer van roddel en achterklap en kleine maar kwetsende vernederingen. Elke dorpeling heeft er zo zijn of haar eigen mening over maar de talloze getuigenissen spreken elkaar tegen; het moordonderzoek van New Scotland Yard loopt al snel hopeloos vast. Totdat Gales specialisatie, het opdiepen van verborgen zaken uit het verleden, een geheel nieuw licht op de zaak werpt...
Joram and his wife, Gwendolyn, return from beyond the Border to reclaim their rightful place in Merilon. Rejoined by Saryon, Mosiah and Simkin, Joram must confront the evil sorcerer, Menju, and his army of Technologists in a final apocalyptic battle to fulfill the ancient prophecy of the Darksword—to either save the world...or destroy it.
Set in a richly imagined fantasy world, this tale weaves together elements of intrigue and magic, capturing the essence of the beloved series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The narrative promises to immerse readers in complex characters and an engaging plot that explores themes of power and adventure, making it a must-read for fans of the genre.
Medical thriller. A new flu which leaves the person with a radiant smile and the urge to save the environment.
A mysterious transmission from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean sends a team of oceanographers and divers on a perilous quest in search of a discovery that could transform modern science and the future of humankind. Original.
John Sandford is back with his Minneapolis deputy police chief Lucas Davenport for a ninth "preyer" meeting. Fans of the series will be glad to hear that it's full of smart suspense and deduction as well as explosive action. Davenport and his fellow cops are still recovering from the deadly revenge scheme that maimed them in Sudden Prey , which seems to have ended the relationship between Lucas and his doctor lady friend. This accounts for the depression that dogs him as he is sent to investigate the killing of top banking executive Daniel Kresge in a hunting lodge north of Minneapolis. Any of Kresge's four fellow hunters--all employees at his Polaris Bank--could have shot him, and all had motives, as did his almost ex-wife. About halfway through the book we find out who the real killer is, just a few pages before Lucas does, and that villain is a masterful creation, an example of the banality of evil worthy of Hannah Arendt. This is where Sandford's beautifully honed skills at creating suspense really kick in: he keeps us fascinated as Davenport, revitalized by an affair with a jaunty colleague, tries to turn what we all know into hard evidence. --Dick Adler
Een vrouwelijke arts in een streekziekenhuis wijt het onvoorspelbare gedrag van haar patiënten aanvankelijk aan een nabijgelegen chemische fabriek.
Carlo Franconi, een beruchte jongen uit de onderwereld, wordt neergeschoten; de politie gaat ervan uit dat het een maffiaafrekening betreft. Een vermoeden dat nog eens versterkt wordt wanneer Franconi's lichaam spoorloos verdwijnt voordat autopsie heeft kunnen plaatsvinden. Voor de directeur van het mortuarium een pijnlijke ontwikkeling, maar voor een cynicus als Jack Stapleton, de forensisch patholoog van het mortuarium, een amusante geschiedenis. Maar wanneer er een paar dagen later opeens een verminkt, niet te indentificeren lijk op zijn autopsietafel ligt, vergaat hem het lachen en raakt Jack geïntrigeerd door de zaak. Niet zozeer vanwege het ontbrekende hoofd, handen en voeten, maar voornamelijk vanwege de afwezigheid van de lever van het slachtoffer... Wie doodde Carlo Franconi? En was diezelfde dader verantwoordelijk voor de diefstal van zijn lijk en de verminkingen? Jack en Lauries speurtocht naar de ware toedracht van deze afschuwelijke moort voert hen naar de broeierige jungle in het hart van Afrika, waar ze een verbijsterende ontdekking doen...
Bradley's follow-up to her popular "Ghostlight" is now in available in mass market paperback for the first time.
