Historical

In the seventh century the Cholas are vassals of the Pallavas. Parthiban conveys his dream of the Chola dynasty regaining its glory - which he believes is lost since they are no longer the independent rulers - to his young son Vikraman....

Edge of Eternity is a sweeping tale of the fight for individual freedom in a world gripped by the mightiest clash of superpowers anyone has ever known....

When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning....

In the seventh century the Cholas are vassals of the Pallavas. Parthiban conveys his dream of the Chola dynasty regaining its glory - which he believes is lost since they are no longer the independent rulers - to his young son Vikraman....

A century apart, Dirk Pitt and Isaac Bell team up to unlock the truth about the most famous maritime disaster of all time....

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known....

A downloadable audiobook edition of the modern classic Perfume read by Sean Barrett....

Michael Crichton returns to the world of palaeontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting....

Wyoming, 1875: So wie die Erde unter den donnernden Büffelherden des noch wilden Westens bebt, wird die Welt von der Entdeckung einer noch...

Ructions O'Hare returns in a thriller—based on one of history's greatest unsolved heists—pitting him against the IRA, Interpol, and neo-Nazis....

Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kingsbridge to find his world has changed. The ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn by religious hatred....

1700 BCE, Harappa - The devta of Harappa has fallen tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa forever....

It is 1968. Israeli intelligence has learned that Egypt, with Soviet help, will develop atomic bombs within months - an untimely end for the young nation unless a source of uranium for Israeli bombs can be had in complete secrecy....

At the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Thomas Cromwell's commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body....

Murder, intrigue, plague, and pestilence all play a part in this stunning sequel to the international best seller The Pillars of the Earth....

It is 1944 and weeks before D-day. The Allies are disguising their invasion plans with a phony armada of ships and planes....

A huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War....

Seventeenth-century India. Chhatrapati Shivaji's dominion has been firmly established over the Deccan peninsula. Troubled by the mounting European threat along the Konkan coast, the Maratha empire turns to Kanhoji Angrey to lead its navy....

Gordon Cloade is killed in a London air raid, and his vast fortune passes to his young wife Rosaleen. Five of his relatives are desperate to get their hands on Cloade's money....

Everyone blamed Emily's accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier....

Private investigator and WWII veteran Aloysius Archer returns to solve a new case in Hollywood, in this riveting thriller from international number one best-selling author David Baldacci....

The gripping second historical crime novel in David Baldacci’s Private Investigator Archer series, following the Sunday Times top five bestseller One Good Deed....

April 1950: The rusting hulk of a steam locomotive rises from the deep waters of a Montana lake....

In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he’s wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer....

When a mysterious puppet show arrives in Bishop's Lacey, death is not far behind....

At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse. It is said that the lead actress Lilith has made a pact with Melpomene, the tragic muse of Greek mythology, to become the greatest actress to ever grace the stage. Suspicious of Lilith, the jealous wife of the theatre owner sends dresser Jenny to spy on her, and desperate for the money to help her family, Jenny agrees.

Hamburg 1920. Einbrüche und Raubüberfälle sind an der Tagesordnung. Die Polizei sieht sich einer gut organisierten Bande von Kriminellen gegenüber, die auch vor dem Einsatz brutaler Gewalt nicht zurückschreckt. Doch Gewalt gibt es auch anderswo. Das junge Nachkriegsdeutschland steckt in einer schweren Wirtschaftskrise. Kapp-Putsch, Hungerunruhen, Ausnahmezustand in Hamburg. Und die Polizei hat ihre eigenen Probleme. Bei einer Inflationsrate von mehr als 100 Prozent reichen die Gehälter der Beamten kaum aus, um ihre Familien zu ernähren.

At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the rising medium Kate Bender and her family. Kate's messages from the Beyond give their tedious dreams hope and her mother's potions cure their little ills—for a price. No one knows about their other business, the shortcut to a better life. And why shouldn't their family prosper? They're careful. It's only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh. But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep.

In der Gegenwart kommen die Verfolger Doktor Nathan Sanders immer dichter und werden gefährlicher. Zur gleichen Zeit droht in Berlin ein Haus einzustürzen. Die Vorkommnisse 1945 auf dem flüchtenden U-Boot spitzen sich zu. Die Lage der Mannschaft scheint aussichtslos. Ein geheimnisvolles Gerät taucht auf.

Londra, 1799. Elijah e Helen Blake, stimati archeologi e titolari del rinomato Emporio di Antichità Esotiche sono rimasti uccisi dal crollo di uno scavo in Grecia. L’incidente ha lasciato illesa la figlia Pandora detta Dora che ormai è una giovane donna affidata, insieme all’Emporio, allo sciagurato zio Hezekiah. Un giorno Pandora scopre lo zio chiudere nello scantinato una misteriosa cassa di legno incrostata di molluschi e incapace di tenere a freno al curiosità si avventura nello stanzino buio per imbattersi in qualcosa che cambierà per sempre la sua vita.

Zahlreiche Deutsche Wissenschaftler werden von den Alliierten, überwiegend den Amerikanern, außer Landes geschafft. In der neuen Heimat können sie, teilweise völlig unabhängig von ihrer Verwicklung im Nazi-Regime, ungestört ihre Arbeit fortsetzen. 75 Jahre später, wird ein amerikanischer Neuro-Wissenschaftler - Dr. Nathan Sanders - mit Krankheitsbildern konfrontiert, die er bisher in seinem Leben noch nie gesehen hat und stellt Nachforschungen an. Dabei stellt er fest, dass die historischen Ereignisse, so wie sie bisher dargestellt wurden, nicht stimmen können.

Am 20. Juli 1944 sprengen die Verschwörer um Graf Stauffenberg den "Führer" in die Luft. Doch dem Jubel über Hitlers Tod folgt gleich die Ernüchterung: Die Attentäter haben nicht genug Rückhalt in der Bevölkerung und bei der Wehrmacht. Ihre verzweifelte Lage zwingt sie zu einem Bündnis mit Heinrich Himmler und der SS.

AD 1045. Godwin of Wessex, one of the most powerful earls in the country, prepares for the marriage of his daughter to King Edward of England. The mood is jubilant, his family's relationship with the Crown secured through matrimony. But one man seeks to undermine him at every opportunity.

The relics of Christendom have been plundered during the long Moorish conquest of the Iberian peninsula. Newly minted Templar Sergeant Arnau de Vallbona must recover one of the most elusive to save his priory at Rourell in Spain. Travelling to Majorca on a stealth mission to retrieve the bones of St Stephen, Arnau soon discovers the raid is more complex than it first appears: the mighty Almohad dynasty has laid claim to the island, and will fight them every step of the way.

Dis die laat tagtigs in Johannesburg. Adriana van der Hoon is agtien. Haar aktivis-pa het jare lank oorsee geld vir die Education Trust ingesamel, en nou staan die veiligheidspolisie op haar drumpel met 'n ultimatum. In Berlyn leer sy oorleef. Dis waar sy haar talent om messe te gooi vervolmaak, en waar sy Yasen Todorov ontmoet. Hier, weg van alles wat bekend is, leer Adriana dat mens oor alles kan onderhandel, ook jou onskuld.

How the mighty will fall... 1497. Pope Alexander VI Borgia is perfecting his plans for the control of Italy when a heinous crime deprives him of one of the people dearest to him. All of Rome is mobilised to discover the perpetrator but a strange series of coincidences means famous court painter Pinturicchio finds himself on the front line. To shed light on a murder, Pinturicchio is assisted by the city's most established artists, from Michelangelo Buonarroti and Filippino Lippi to Piermatteo d'Amelia and Perugino.

"Vicente Raga nos deleita con otra apasionante historia. Un submarino secreto, la lucha entre los servicios de inteligencia de Franco y Hitler, con el trasfondo de un misterio que ni se imaginan. Al final, todo cobra sentido. Concluye una gran aventura de misterio e intriga, basada en hechos históricos ". Harald Brook, Tribuna Libre.

A gripping historical thriller and the third instalment in the Rome's Invincibles saga. The battle for control of Rome continues. Octavian has defeated and killed Caesar's assassins, but the road to absolute power is still long and treacherous. A threat now comes from Sextus Pompeius – a cunning pirate who rules the Italian coastline, terrorising Perugia's citizens. Suddenly, Civil War seems like child's play in comparison to a campaign against piracy. Octavian is close to defeat and death.

LA ESPERADA NUEVA NOVELA INDEPENDIENTE DE VICENTE RAGA, EL AUTOR DE "LAS DOCE PUERTAS", LA SAGA DE MISTERIO HISTÓRICO MÁS VENDIDA DEL AÑO (MÁS DE 150.000 LECTORES). Aunque esté catalogado como el noveno libro de la serie, se puede leer de forma independiente.

PREGUNTA: ¿Qué podemos esperar de su primera novela independiente, ajena a la saga de «Las doce puertas»?

RESPUESTA: Una apasionante historia basada en hechos reales. Pero mis lectores ya conocen mi faceta algo «gamberra».

P: ¿Qué quiere decir con eso?

 April 1940. By terms of the Soviet Nazi Nonaggression pact, the two dictatorships divided the helpless nation of Poland. Now, the Russians are rounding up enemies of the state in their occupation zone, but one essential target slips away. Dr. Sebastian Kapsky had spent years working with Walter Riedel and Werner von Braun in the early days of rocket science, but as a man with a conscience he refused to continue when he saw the perversion of their work by the Nazis. That makes him the most knowledgeable person about German superweapons outside of Germany.