Frans J. Bruning Books

When beautiful, wealthy Yukiko and low-born artist Noriyoshi are found drowned together in a shinju, or ritual double suicide, everyone believes the culprit was forbidden love. Everyone but newly appointed yoriki Sano Ichiro.Despite the official verdict and warnings from his superiors, the shogun's Most Honorable Investigator of Events, Situations, and People suspects the deaths weren't just a tragedy; they were murder. Risking his family's good name and his own life, Sano will search for a killer across every level of society determined to find answers to a mystery no one wants solved. No one but Sano...As subtle and beautiful as the culture it evokes, Shinju vividly re-creates a world of ornate tearooms and gaudy pleasure-palaces, cloistered mountaintop convents and deathly prisons. Part love story, part mystery, Shinju is a tour that will dazzle and entertain all who enter its world.

Master storyteller Leon Uris, internationally acclaimedauthor of such bestsellers as Exodus, Topaz, QB VII,Trinity, the Haj and Mitla Pass ,continues the epic story of the Irish struggle for freedom in Redemption . A dramatic saga set against the backdrop of growing unrest in Ireland and a world on the brink of the First World War, Redemption weaves together a cast of unforgettable characters that form the heart and soul of three extraordinary Irish families.hey love freedom more than life,and they will fight to the death to win it.From the magnificence of New Zealand's green mountains, to the bloody beaches and cliffs of Gallipoli, to the streets of Dublin and the shipyards of Belfast, Redemption follows three Irish Patriots on their odysseys of freedom and passion- in a monumental tale of the men and women who loved, fought, and died for the chance to be free.

Deep in the Hausruck Mountains of Austria, there is a remote hideaway - the fortresslike nerve center of an ominous movement, the Brotherhood of the Watch. American agent Harry Latham has penetrated the movement, a neo-Nazi organization that was born in the days after the Third Reich's defeat and whose deadly tentacles have spread to the United States and beyond. Now, after three years in deep cover, and on the eve of his most spectacular success, Harry Latham has disappeared. Drew Latham, Special Officer for Consular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his older brother's fate. But when he receives the sudden good news that Harry has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. Has Harry's cover been blown? And if so, why has the Brotherhood of the Watch let him live? For Harry Latham has emerged with an explosive list: the secret supporters of the movement, among them some of the highest-ranking officials in the United States and its allies, names synonymous with honorable service to their nations. It is a document that could topple governments - but is the list legitimate? Can Drew Latham trust his own brother?

Ricardo Ross is The Marketmaker, the king of the Latin American bond markets. How far would you go to please the king? Disenchanted academic Nick Elliot knows that he may be selling his soul when he joins Ricardo Ross at City brokers Dekker Ward, but he needs the money. As Nick soon discovers you are either with The Marketmaker, or you have made an enemy for life. While Nick is learning the ropes, strange things start to happen to Dekker Ward employees. One top trader is fired without warning. Another dies in a bungled robbery. Nick can't hide his feelings for his attractive Brazilian colleague Isabel. Then she is kidnapped in Rio. Nick decides go to Brazil to look for her, a country he doesn't know at all. But the Marketmaker knows it, knows it very well ...

The excitement of million-dollar deals meets the daring of cold-blooded murder in this shocking financial thriller. Mark Fairfax is a young, gifted London bond trader with a high-paying job, a stellar track record and a beautiful girlfriend. His older brother, Richard, owns FairSystems, a small company poised to do for the virtual reality world what Bill Gates did for personal computers. But one dark night Richard is brutally murdered in his workshop. Mark immediately steps into Richard's shoes -- and his life. Through cunning and luck, Mark struggles to keep his brother's business afloat and to discover the secrets behind his death. Until Mark himself becomes the target, moving ever closer to his brother's fate.

Amaya is the most deadly terrorist in the annals of political struggle. The horrors of her past have made her an accomplished assassin. Her motive is revenge, her vowed intent is murder.

On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto Tower in downtown L.A.—the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate—a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the dead body of a beautiful young woman is discovered. The investigation begins ... and immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue ... a no-holds-barred conflict in which control of a vital American technology is the fiercely coveted prize—and the Japanese saying "business is war" takes on a terrifying reality ... --back cover

Augustus 1990 Het leger van Saddam Hoessein trekt Kuweit binnen en stelt zich dreigend op aan de grens met Saudi-Arabië. De verenigde Staten reageren meteen en sturen vliegtuigen, manschappen, tanks en oorlogsbodems naar de Golf om de Saudi´s bij te staan. Voor het eerst sinds het debacle in Vietman staan ze weer op het punt betrokken te raken bij een gewapend comflict. En dit keer zijn ze vastberaden om te zegevieren. Aan het hoofd van de geallieerde luchtmacht in de Golfregio staat generaal Chuck Horner. Hij is een van de beste fighter pilots binnen de Amerikaanse luchtmacht. In Vietnam vloog hij de gevaarlijkste missies en nu ook nog is hij een klasse apart, zoals de veel jongere piloten in dogfights met hun commandant nogal eens moeten ervaren. Nu staat Horner voor de zwaarste opdracht uit zijn leven: Irak vanuit de lucht op de knieën dwingen. In Woestijnstorm vertellen Tom Clancy en luchtmachtgeneraal Chuck Horner het verhaal van de eerste ooklog die hoofdzakelijk vanuit de lucht werd gestreden; operatie Desert Storm. Het is een gedetailleerd en opwindend verslag van hoe oorlogen vandaag de dag gevoerd worden, compleet met de details zoals alleen zij die erbij zijn geweest kunnen geven.

Een Amerikaanse miljonair krijgt opdracht van de regering de praktijken bij militair-industriële vestigingen te onderzoeken; daarbij stuit hij op corruptie op grote schaal.

De Engelse journalist en televisiepresentator bereist de wereld op zoek naar esoterische en spirituele bewegingen die al honderd jaar de komst van de Maitreya voorspellen.