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The time has come for Cassiopeia Vitt to sell her ancestral home. It sits on a Spanish bluff by the Mediterranean Sea, and bears the name Casa de Hace Mucho Tiempo, House of Long Ago. Trapped inside its walls are memories from a time when Cassiopeia was growing from a rebellious adolescent into a thoughtful young woman - regretful times when she often found herself estranged from her parents. Also inside, are 15 paintings, each one a masterpiece, together representing an investment in the 10s of millions of euros - her father’s private art collection - which she intends to donate.

For over a decade, Cassiopeia Vitt has been building an authentic French castle, using only materials and techniques from the 13th century. But when a treasure is unearthed at the construction site - an ancient book of hours - a multitude of questions are raised, all pointing to an ancient and forgotten religious sect.

Four United States presidents have been assassinated—in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963—each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time. But what if those presidents were all killed for the same reason: a clause in the United States Constitution—contained within Article 1, Section...

Ein verschwundenes Gemälde, ein religiöser Geheimbund und eine Jahrtausende alte Verschwörung! Nicholas Lees Job ist so einzigartig wie die Artefakte, die er beschützt: Für die UNESCO bewahrt er das kulturelle Erbe der Welt vor Kriminellen. Doch als ein Teil des weltberühmten Genter Altarbilds zerstört wird, führt ihn die Spur ausgerechnet in ein Nonnenkloster. Noch ahnt Lee nicht, was auf ihn zukommt, aber die Verschwörung reicht bis in die höchsten Kreise des Vatikans. Wieso sollte das Kunstwerk zerstört werden?

In this audiobook, Steve Berry and Macmillan Audio team up again to bring listeners an expanded, annotated Writer's Cut edition of The Bishop's Pawn. This Writer's Cut edition features fascinating behind-the-scenes commentary read by the author. Critically-acclaimed and award-winning narrator...

Tragedy has found Cassiopeia Vitt. The woman she admires most, Esmerelda Fontana, has been brutally murdered. Then Cassiopeia’s castle rebuilding project is viciously attacked and people are hurt. Are the two incidents related? The answer comes when her old friend, Nicodème L’Etoile, is threatened and she finds herself drawn into a tangled web of revenge that leads straight to the person she loves the most. Cotton Malone. And his life will depend on what she does next.

Ekaterinburg, Russia: July 16, 1918. Ten months have passed since Nicholas II’s reign was cut short by revolutionaries. Tonight, the White Army advances on the town where the Tsar and his family are being held captive by the Bolsheviks. Nicholas dares to hope for salvation. Instead, the...

"Brick is a masterful narrator, raising the tension in the action scenes while keeping the listener engaged in the slower historical segments." — AudioFile Magazine In this audiobook, Steve Berry and Macmillan Audio team up again to bring listeners an expanded, annotated Writer's Cut edition...

After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder - blackmail that both the United States and Russia want, but for vastly different reasons. The price of admission to that auction is one of the relics, so Malone is first sent to a castle in Poland to steal the Holy Lance, a 1,000-year-old spear sacred to not only Christians but to the Polish people.

Un voyage palpitant à travers les secrets les mieux gardés de la Russie. 1584 : Ivan le Terrible vient de mourir. Les circonstances de sa mort restent mystérieuses, tout comme l'endroit où repose son corps. Sa légendaire collection de livres rares, composée de manuscrits hérités des bibliothèques de Constantinople et d'Alexandrie, demeure, elle aussi, introuvable. 2024 : Luke Daniels, l'élève de Cotton Malone, est envoyé par la CIA en Russie afin de localiser un agent porté disparu après avoir essayé de monter un réseau d'informateurs en Ukraine.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Cotton Malone adventure involving a flaw in the United States Constitution, a mystery about Abraham Lincoln, and a political issue that’s as explosive as it is timely—not only in Malone’s world, but in ours September 1861: All is not as it seems. With...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This Cotton Malone adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense. Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at...

A family’s secret, a ruthless fanatic, and a covert arm of the American government—all are linked by a single puzzling possibility: What if everything we know about the discovery of America was a lie? What if that lie was designed to hide the secret of why Columbus sailed in 1492? And what...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This Cotton Malone adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense. Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at...

As a special bonus, this audiobook download also includes a recording of the short story, The Admiral’s Mark, read by Scott Brick. He was called by many names—Columb, Colom, Colón—but we know him as Christopher Columbus. Many questions about him exist: Where was he born, raised, and...

50 avant J.-C. : la bibliothèque d'Alexandrie, qui renferme plus de 700 000 volumes, est de loin la plus grande collection de manuscrits religieux, philosophiques et scientifiques de son époque. Elle va soudainement disparaître sans laisser de traces, dans des circonstances qui demeurent, aujourd'hui encore, mystérieuses. 2007 : Cotton Malone, ex-agent du département de la Justice américain, a repris à Copenhague ses activités d'expert en manuscrits lorsque son fils est kidnappé par une mystérieuse organisation.

1118 : Jérusalem, Terre sainte. Neuf chevaliers créent un ordre militaire, les " Pauvres Chevaliers du Christ ". Le roi Baudoin II leur cède une partie de son palais, bâti sur les ruines du Temple de Salomon. Ils deviennent les " chevaliers du Temple ", puis les " Templiers ". 1307 : Jacques de Molay, grand maître des Templiers, est arrêté sur ordre de Philippe le Bel. Il garde le silence sur le trésor des Templiers. 2006 : Cotton Malone, ex-agent du département de la Justice américaine, et son amie Stéphanie, entrent en possession de documents liés au fameux trésor.

Fatima, Portugal : la Vierge apparaît à la jeune Lúcia et lui confie trois secrets. Les deux premiers sont rendus publics. Mais rien ne filtre concernant le troisième, jusqu'à ce que le Vatican en livre une " version officielle ". Rome, Vatican : le souverain pontife envoie son homme de confiance, monseigneur Michener, en Roumanie afin de transmettre un message confidentiel à un vieux prêtre. Michener découvre que celui-ci est le traducteur du troisième secret. Dès lors, il devra faire preuve de toute son habileté pour déjouer la conspiration qui le guette et échapper à ceux qui veulent à tout prix garder cachée la terrible vérité.

Quel est le secret des sœurs-servantes de Saint-Michel, société secrète liée aux toutes premières heures du christianisme ? 1209, Sud-Ouest de la France. En charge de la croisade contre l'hérésie cathare, les Dominicains poursuivent dans l'ombre un autre objectif : en finir avec une société secrète, les sœurs-servantes de Saint-Michel, dépositaire depuis plusieurs siècles de mystérieuses reliques liées aux premières heures du christianisme. 1428, Pyrénées. L'Espagne est occupée par les musulmans.

Explosive in both its pace and its revelations, The Third Secret is a remarkable international thriller. Bestselling author Steve Berry tackles some of the most controversial ideas of our time in a breakneck journey through the history of the Church and the future of religion. Fatima, Portugal...