Showing results for "The Fall" in Technothrillers

In his youth, Richard “Dodge” Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong.

Christian O’Brady was pulled into a life of crime at a young age by his con artist parents. Now making amends for his corrupt past, he has become one of the country’s foremost security experts. When a string of Southwestern art heists targets one of the galleries Christian secured, he is paired up with a gifted insurance investigator who has her own checkered past.

Pflichtmandate hatte Olga Swatschuk schon viele, doch dieses ist anders: Der neueste Mandant der jungen Rechtsanwältin ist schuldig – und ist es doch nicht. Es geht um eine Million Euro, die veruntreut wurde. Gemeinsam mit dem routinierten Privatdetektiv Alex beginnt Olga, eigene Ermittlungen anzustellen, und gerät in ein Dickicht von Bestechung und Verleumdung. In dessen Zentrum steht das Prestigeprojekt Münchens: die Sanierung des Europäischen Theaters.

Keira Miller, frisch von der FBI-Akademie, wird mit ihrem ersten Fall beauftragt. Ein brutaler Mord hat die Hauptstadt erschüttert, aber dank eines Videos, sitzt der Täter bereits in Haft. Die Sache scheint glasklar zu sein, doch die Agentin zweifelt an der Schuld des vermeintlichen Mörders. Ihre eigenen Ermittlungen führen die junge Frau schließlich immer tiefer in den Sumpf eines Hacker-Kollektives. Zusammen mit dem ehemaligen Black-Hat Steven Wong, macht sie sich auf, um den wahren Schuldigen zu fassen.

The hugely powerful and pervasive presence of the Colossus supercomputer mechanically runs Earth and its myriad operations. Managed by its creator, Dr. Charles Forbin, it is incapable of lies and void of human emotion. It is not a robot and not human. As part of its brief to enhance the human race, it runs eerie emotion research centers, authorizing acts of savagery to measure resistance and feeling. Art and abstract creation are banned, and surveillance is constant. No one is free.

High above the Adirondack Mountains, a commuter flight to New York City turns into a rolling, twisting nightmare, plunging from the sky before the crew regains control. Then, in London, a jetliner crashes into the runway, killing fifteen people. Reporter Kate Page believes something beyond mechanical—or human—error is behind the incidents that have air investigators baffled. But the mystery deepens as teams scramble to pinpoint a link between the tragedies, and Kate receives an untraceable message from someone boasting responsibility and threatening another event.

Four years after Ivy "Holly" Wood's dramatic escape from Terradox, the once-hostile romosphere's new hotel and leisure development is thriving. But while adventurous guests from all corners of the Earth marvel at the awesome wonders of the Terradox Resort's artificial environment, a deadly threat looms large. When it becomes clear that an unimaginable risk offers the only hope of preventing an unimaginable disaster, responsibility for the safety of the many innocent civilians stranded on Terradox once again falls on Holly's shoulders.

One rule. Trust no-one. John Wallace is a target. Hiding off-grid after exposing the shadowy Pendulum conspiracy, Wallace is horrified to discover he is still marked for death. There are only two people he can trust. DI Patrick Bailey is still reeling from the murder investigation that nearly cost him his life. FBI Agent Christine Ash is hunting a serial killer with a link to an unfinished case. He must find the truth. The death of a London journalist triggers an investigation that brings them back together, hurling them into the path of an unknown enemy.

Aus einem Jugendheim bei Oslo verschwindet ein siebzehnjähriges Mädchen. Einige Zeit später wird sie tot im Wald gefunden - gebettet auf Federn, umkränzt von einem Pentagramm aus Lichtern und mit einer weißen Blume zwischen den Lippen. Die Ermittlungen von Kommissar Holger Munch und seiner Kollegin Mia Krüger drehen sich im Kreis, bis der IT-Spezialist des Teams von einem mysteriösen Hacker kontaktiert wird. Der zeigt ihm ein verstörendes Video, das neue Details über das Schicksal des Mädchens enthüllt.