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'Harris's novels about the Roman statesman Cicero, are perfect audiobook material.' 50 best audiobooks, Daily Mail 'Masterful' Sunday Times 'Gripping and accomplished' Guardian 'Truly gifted, razor-sharp' Daily Telegraph Ancient Rome teems with ambitious and ruthless men. None is more brilliant...

When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history.

From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of...

Marcus Tullius Cicéron n'est alors qu'un jeune avocat, sans fortune ni famille affluente, amis avec des rêves de grandeur. Il ne vise pas moins que l'Imperium, la plus haute fonction de l'état. Mais, doté uniquement de ses talents d'orateur, comment avancer dans le monde ?

Imperium . . . Conspirata . . . and now Dictator—the long-awaited final volume of Robert Harris’s magnificent Ancient Rome Trilogy At the age of forty-eight, Cicero—the greatest orator of his time—is in exile, separated from his wife and children, tormented by his sense of failure, his...

Conspirata is “a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport,” raves The New York Times. As he did with Imperium, Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance. On the eve of...

From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of...

Sie ist ein Tabu. Er hat keine. Es gibt ein Mädchen. Wunderschön. Beliebt. Fake. Und meine Besessenheit. Mein Untergang. Wahrscheinlich meine Verdammnis. Hält mich das auf? Interessiert es mich? Nein und nein. Es gibt eine Grenze zwischen Richtig und Falsch. Moralisch und unmoralisch.

Steven Drokharis has built an empire that stretches across the United States and around the world. He seems unstoppable - a force of nature and a creature of wrath. But now, he’ll have to deal with something deadlier than enemies...Dragonsoul allies. Exiled from America and on the run, Steven and his escort of beautiful women will have to unravel the secrets of the past to save their future.

The Skaintz Imperium was eradicated from the backwater planet of Garm, but at great cost. The population of the world was decimated within weeks, and Garm will never be the same. At least humanity can breathe easily knowing that the mysterious aliens are all dead.... But are they? Using their natural form of communication, Skaintz radio signals did chirrup and click, however briefly. Transmissions in their ancient language now spread at the speed of light in a growing sphere.

Death awaits the curious! Out along the rim of the galaxy hangs a loose configuration of some 60 stars known as the Faustian Chain. This whorl of sparkling suns is rich in planets and occupies an irregular volume of space some 20 light years in diameter. From an external viewpoint, the Chain presents a colorful display of plasma-streams, luminous nebulae and sparkling pinpoints of light.

Dieses Hörbuch ist nichts für schwache Nerven und wird erst ab 16 Jahren empfohlen!

After centuries in stasis, a lost task force returns home. Arriving from the infinite void the surviving ships discover that the Imperium lies in ruin. The Homeworld itself is destroyed, and nothing lives in the Ancestral System except an infestation of unknown bipedal beings - creatures soft, red of blood and warm of flesh.... When you colonize a planet, make sure the owners aren't coming back.... MECH is the story of a new Earth colony built upon the ancient Homeworld of a civilization presumed (incorrectly) to be long dead.

Bourne is back! Im Hinterzimmer eines Hongkonger Nachtlokals werden fünf Leichen aufgefunden. Einer der Ermordeten ist der Vizepräsident der Volksrepublik China. Doch warum hat der Killer mit dem Finger den Namen "Bourne" in die Blutlache gemalt?

Die Kleinstadt Rockwell steht unmittelbar vor einer schrecklichen Katastrophe. Das leibhaftige Böse hat sich in der beschaulichen Ortschaft im Herzen von Maine eingenistet und gewinnt zusehends an Kraft. Dunkle Vorzeichen verdichten sich, ohne dass jemand etwas gegen das drohende Unheil unternimmt. Letzten Endes nehmen zwei kleine Jungen, Andy und Charlie, als Einzige den Kampf gegen das Böse auf. Dabei ahnen sie nicht, welche schrecklichen Opfer sie bringen müssen, um an ihr Ziel zu gelangen.

Was wäre, wenn die fähigsten deutschen Offiziere den Krieg nach Ihren Vorstellungen geführt hätten? Tauchen Sie ein in eine packende Geschichte, die von einem alternativen Krieg erzählt. Autor Hermann Weinhauer, bekannt für seine nervenzerfetzenden Frontberichte, legt mit "Imperium Germanicum" eine Alternativweltgeschichte der Extraklasse vor. Seine Serie vereint gekonnt die Genres Polit-Thriller und Kriegsroman, wenn Weinhauer die wohl spannendste aller Fragen beantwortet.