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Damian Lucas is a Robin Hood conman, specialising in taking money from corrupt companies and donating the proceeds to museums and libraries. One step away from danger at all times, he's currently hiding from the Russian Mob and furious industrialists, each with valid reasons for hunting him. But, when Richard Evans, a onetime mentor and family friend is found dead in Deptford beside the last known resting place of Christopher Marlowe, Damian is sent a message from beyond the grave that sends him on a treasure hunt across England

Lucas Fournier is only serious about one thing: hockey. The league's fun-loving charmer, Luc is always up for a good prank or a great lay, and he has no intention of settling down. But being traded to the Carolina Cold Fury - and to play alongside his big brother, Max - is no joke. With another title in sight, the last thing Luc wants is to let his new teammates down. To succeed, Luc will need to keep his head in the game and the most...er, demanding member of his anatomy in check. But when temptation hits, Luc hits back harder.

Captured in the last year of the Civil War, Lucas Cain becomes a POW in the infamous Andersonville prison. There he learns how to survive the cruelty of the Confederate guards, and the perfidy of a few who are prisoners themselves. When the war ends, Lucas and almost 1,500 others crowd aboard the riverboat Sultana, which has a capacity of just under 400 passengers. After an unforeseen event occurs, Lucas finds himself further adrift.

Kriminalkommissar Dan Maschke wird bei einem Polizeieinsatz lebensgefährlich verletzt. Er überlebt den Anschlag gerade so, verliert aber seinen linken Unterschenkel. Sein Freund und Kollege Luca Leone, der dem originalen Casanova für gewöhnlich alle Ehre macht, stellt aufgrund der Geschehnisse plötzlich fest, dass er eigentlich andere Gefühle für seinen Kollegen hegt. Er überspielt seine Zuneigung, kann damit überhaupt nicht umgehen und flüchtet sich in die Arme seiner aktuellen Freundin Francesca.

Vuelve Roberto Martínez Guzmán, el autor de la novela más leída en la historia de Amazon.es, con un thriller excitante que no podrás soltar.

Knox has been paid to do a job - not an unusual thing in his world. A former SAS soldier, now a man with elite skills for hire. But what he didn't foresee was the deep, tangled web of deceit, lies and danger that lay ahead. It should have been easy - watch over the daughter of a billionaire. Protect her and take out any threat before they killed their target. Simple, but simple in his line of work rarely turned out that way. Knox will need all his skill and wits in this fast-paced adventure.

Well, hello there! I see you are interested in learning about our young lad Luke. Oh? You’d like to know who is speaking to you first? It is I, the grand Apollo! You know, the god of music, prophecies, sometimes the sun, etcetera, etcetera! Glad to make your acquaintance! I am… currently trapped in Hell’s prison. Can you believe it!? This really annoying demon named Shax tricked me. He had poor Hephaestus lure me out into the open. I still practically scorched half his body, but the blasted demon managed to knock me out!

Picardie, France, 1964, the exclusive Clos du Lac sanitarium: A man is discovered standing in the therapy pool. But he's not there for his health; someone has chained him to the bottom and left him to die very, very slowly. Inspector Lucas Rocco believes it's an unusual and elaborate method of execution. But nobody seems to have heard or seen anything, the staff are resolutely unhelpful - or dead - and ministry officials sent from Paris to 'assist' attempt to impede Rocco's efforts to find answers.

Simon Emerson is a regular, suburban, out-of-work 30-something guy. But then he is mortally injured in a terrorist bombing on the London Underground. Afterward, he discovers he has superhuman abilities. Simon quickly transforms from a nobody to the most powerful person on the planet.

Morgana and Unwin have kidnapped the world leaders in a diabolically evil plan that will put the lives of everybody on Earth at risk. With Simon stuck sixty-five million years in the past, they might just win. Simon must get home. But first, he must travel through time and space. On his journey, he meets new friends and new enemies and, confusingly, old friends he has met before but not for the first time – Huh!

Durch einen Sturm werden alle Flüge gestrichen. Der Filmstar Gian-Luca Garcia und die Regisseurin Louisa Bell haben dasselbe Ziel, spontan entscheiden sie sich für einen gemeinsamen Roadtrip ... und schon bald fliegen die Fetzen. Die beiden könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein, und so entbrennt zwischen ihnen ein Wortgefecht nach dem anderen. Doch das Auto ist nicht das Einzige, was sie sich auf der Fahrt zum wohl herausragendsten Projekt des Jahres teilen müssen: Wegen eines Fehlers bei der Buchung bleibt ihnen nur ein Hotelzimmer - und ein einziges Bett.

Vor zehn Jahren habe ich Damiano De Luca das Herz gebrochen, mit falschen Versprechungen, die ich nie einlöste.

File-sharing thief and gas station employee Lucas Parks is more than he seems. As a young man making money to help care for his couch potato parents while illegally downloading movies every night at the gas station, he unexpectedly learns that he is the progeny of the mysterious time-traveler, Doctor Zoo. After barely rescuing Lucas from a viral download attack, the notorious Baud hunter Cowboy Dan whisks him away to help him heal from a growing Baud infection.

Shortly after arriving in the new city of Constantinople in the fourth century AD, Tontorix and Diaecus are enticed into the Roman army for the secret purpose of converting military officers from the cult of Mithras to Christianity. Assigned to serve in present-day Cologne, Germany, they come into direct and perilous conflict with the Ripuarian Franks and Alemanni along the border of the Rhine River and must decide how far they will go to achieve their objective.

After surviving the Battle of Cape Ecnomus in 256 BC, Tontorix and Diaecus relocate to Phoenicia where they assimilate themselves into the culture by learning the language, adopting new names, and joining the lucrative purple dye manufacturing business.

When the apocalypse comes knocking, don’t be afraid to slam the door in its face. Unusual storms are becoming so frequent that they no longer count as unusual. James Black, a young man living in the Midwest, watches as the storms grow to titanic proportions and evacuations begin. Panic becomes widespread, the government loses its grip, and the evacuations are called off. James does what any strong, intelligent, and unattached man would do...He hides. All of his plans blow up in his face when he helps a young woman named Emma.

Haunted by the memory of the SULTANA riverboat disaster, where he witnessed countless lives perish, Deputy U.S. Marshal Lucas Cain reunites with his old friend, Jim Barnes, now living as a small rancher. When Jim's livelihood is shattered by the ruthless theft of two hundred cows, Lucas pledges to recover the stolen herd.

First introduced in Vaughan's A Rambling Man, Lucas Cain is back in the saddle, searching for some peace of mind and some solace after the loss of his wife and newborn child. He has continued his traveling from town to town, an itinerant lawman focused on capturing the bad guys for whatever amount is on the wanted papers for them. Local sheriffs and marshals, though initially wary of him, come to love him because does what he does without pay—other than the reward money.

A wealthy and ruthless South American drug lord is eliminating the competition with designer drugs, murder, and shamanistic powers. He is a Brujo Negro, a practitioner of ancient black arts. His chemists are creating the ultimate addicting drug; a single dose and you are addicted forever. One man, Dr. Lucas Forge, a former forensic psychologist, scout/sniper, and now an 'off-the-books' Spec Ops operative, and his team of multi-talented Spec Ops agents are the only ones who stand in his way.

Cabo San Lucas looked to be a great getaway. Until bodies started falling off roofs. The Judge found himself caught amongst shifting loyalties as police and politicians scrambled to hide corruption reaching to the highest levels of Cabo society.