Katherine Neville Books

In 2003, Alexandra Solarin returns to her family’s Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother’s birthday, only to find her mother missing. Clues suggest something sinister is at play, and the arrival of enigmatic guests heightens the tension. Alexandra learns from her aunt, chess grandmaster Lily Rad, that a powerful piece of Charlemagne’s chess service has resurfaced, signaling the start of a new Game. This revelation propels her on a journey from Colorado to the Russian wilderness and ultimately to Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, in 1822 Albania, Ali Pasha, a formidable ruler in the Ottoman Empire, faces imminent attack and sends his daughter, Haidee, on a perilous mission to smuggle a valuable relic out of Albania. Her journey takes her through treacherous landscapes to deliver the relic to someone who may save their future. As Haidee travels from Albania to Morocco, Rome, and Greece, she uncovers significant truths about the chess set and its storied past, leading to its origins in Baghdad over a millennium ago. Blending exquisite prose with captivating history and relentless suspense, this sequel to The Eight delivers an unforgettable tale of danger, action, and intrigue.

There is a mystery older than the millennium, a puzzle whose solution has challenged the most brilliant minds humanity has ever known and a game that has been played by the famous and infamous. It is the secret of the Eight. Catherine Velis is a workaholic computer whiz who finds herself manipulated by sinister influences into using her unrivalled problem-solving skills to find and reassemble the legendary chess set. It is a journey that takes Cat throughout time and history, from the bloodshed of revolutionary France to the court of Catherine the Great and, finally, to Algeria, a land of tradition and mystery. It is the greatest treasure hunt of all time.

In this sequel to 'The Eight', Alexandra Solarin, a chess-wizard and the only daughter of Cat Velis, the heroine of 'The Eight', arrives at her mother's Colorado lodge, only to discover that her mother has disappeared. Finding string of clues, Alexandra is soon joined by a group of people called there by her mother, including her aunt Lily, who explains the truth of Cat's past.

Snake River, Idaho--Ariel Behn, a toxic materials expert at a remote nuclear site, finds her well-ordered life shattered when her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin. His shocking death leaves Ariel as the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that sweeps her into the deadly center of international intrigue--and a mystery that spans the centuries...Jerusalem, 32 A.D.--During the last week of the life of Christ, as the world stands on the brink of a new two-thousand-year circle, Emperor Tiberius works desperately to deciper the tantalizing clues to an age-old enigma. He will not be the only one. For whoever assembles and interprets these cryptic clues will possess the power to control the fate of the world...Now, at the center of this circle of ancient riddles stands the one woman who can pull the strands together: Ariel Behn. What strange powers lie hidden with in the manuscripts? As Ariel races across the continents to reveal the dark secrets buried in her family's past, she begins to unlock the chilling truth of the coming millenium.

Ariel Behn entdeckt uralte Dokumente, die sie zur Gejagten machen, da sie die Macht über die 13 magischen Gegenstände erlangen könnte. Ein geheimnisvoller Mann verfolgt sie, um die Schriften zu stehlen – notfalls auch gewaltsam.