Bettina Blanch Tyroller Books

Lloyd Acheson's firm, Omega Logic, needs a next-generation chip to keep his stock price propped up. Hank Menzinger squandered his research lab's cash reserves in a failed IPO and needs Omega Logic's support to save his institution. But master chip designer Francis Benoit's last chip for Omega was dumbed-down by software, and he's vowed to never let it happen again. New at the research lab is Andy Caspar, a young engineer who dreams of becoming a legendary "ironman" - one of the handful of engineers (like those behind Netscape, Apple, and Intel) whose technological breakthroughs have secured them a place in history. Andy begins work on a new project, not realizing the extent to which he's caught up in the power struggle of the older men. The story reveals the brutal, absurd side of the industry, as Andy pushes forth with his dream but is betrayed at every turn.

Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain---and it formed her destiny, as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to imperial Rome, medieval England, fifteenth-century Germany, the eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the nineteenth-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In "The Blessing Stone," Barbara Wood has both told the intimate details of her characters' lives and created a sense of the epic sweep of human history.

Where were you on October 1st at 3:03 pm?Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction.And the apocalypse began with the ring of a cell phone...

London im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert: In einem der verruchtesten Viertel der Stadt wird eine Prostituierte grausam ermordet. Die königliche Familie bittet die junge Adlige Sarah Kincaid um Hilfe: Ein Neffe der Königin steht unter Verdacht, hinter der Mordserie im Stadtteil White Chapel zu stecken. Sarah willigt nur widerstrebend ein. Wie sich herausstellt, sind die Privaträume des Mannes angefüllt mit ägyptischen Relikten, und es zeigt sich, dass er der Vorsitzende einer Gesellschaft von Gentlemen ist, die sich der Erforschung altägyptischer Geheimnisse gewidmet haben. Der königliche Neffe scheint unter Wahnvorstellungen zu leiden und spricht fortwährend von einer ägyptischen Gottheit, die zurückkehren wird - aber ist er ein kaltblütiger Mörder? Die Spur führt Sarah bis nach Ägypten, wo ein uraltes Geheimnis auf sie wartet ...

Roused by a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels wakes up to the chilling realization that her husband is going to kill her. And she takes flight. She begins to build a new life, but her husband is getting closer.

Two young girls disappear, but return home unharmed some days later. Around the same time, a convicted paedophile is released back into the community. The residents of an estate in Kingsmarkham are up in arms, and even prepared to take the law into their