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World-renowned archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, former SAS soldier Eddie Chase, now lead a quiet life—the only real danger posed by their rebellious teenage daughter. Until, on a visit to a newly discovered temple, they're suddenly engulfed in a deadly hunt for an ancient weapon which threatens the entire globe. From the bustling streets of Mexico City to the mountainous jungles of Guatemala, Nina and Eddie—with daughter Gracie in tow—are the only ones who can prevent an apocalyptic evil seizing control of an unstoppable power.

For thirty years the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC Radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, a world where Sir Graham...

Nick Caine is a part-time archaeologist and full-time antiquities thief-- a looter. And a very good one, too. So good that he catches the attention of the beautiful Marie Da Vinci, who offers him the chance of a lifetime: to locate the legendary Ciudad Blanca. The lost White City. A city purportedly filled with riches beyond belief. Against his better judgment, Nick agrees to help...and soon finds himself on a trail into the unknown. And close behind is someone who will stop at nothing to beat them to the prize. Nick Caine, of course, has a few surprises up his sleeve.

Decades after his first apprentice was killed by friendly fire, Doctor Vincent Temple is returning to Egypt. He swore he would never go back, but with his old friend’s family in danger, what choice does he have? Unfortunately, he’s not the only one returning, and old enemies are creeping in from all sides. As the ancient cult grows in power, it’s going to take all the tricks Vincent has at his disposal to stop the Prince from finishing his game and destroying the world…

It is 1938, and antiques dealers Rick and Rose Sinclair come across an old journal. It tells an explorer’s tale of sighting the queen’s lost temple, but his porters forcing him to turn back, terrified by myths of the temple’s protection by giant monsters and the queen’s avaricious ghost. The Sinclairs will find that all the legends were true. The temple does exist. The treasure is still there. And it is all defended by giant creatures bent on slaughtering any who trespass. Will Rick’s cunning and Rose’s intellect be enough to survive the dangers of the temple of the queen?

A mystery wrapped in a myth about the origins of humanity. A race to find an ancient pyramid hidden in plain sight. A secret so dangerous its guardians will kill to protect it. And an ancient covenant that might save the world, or destroy it completely. In 1655 a group of explorers from the Emerald Star entered the Namibian Desert in search of an ancient relic rumored to be hidden in a secret temple. None of the crew ever returned – but stories of their mysterious demise continued to be told.

When the famous archaeologist, Alexander Albright, passed away, his son discovered an old treasure map among his father’s belongings. Prior to entering his senior year in college, Michael convinces his closest friends to join him on one last big adventure together.

In Ethiopia, anthropologist Gabe Turpin is pressed into service by a group of modern Knights Templar to find antiquity's greatest relic: the Ark of the Covenant. The society of Templars wants to rebuild the Temple of Solomon, and harness its power to transform the human spirit. Turpin and the modern Templars enter a deadly race against a secret cabal of internationalists that also wishes to possess the power of the Ark, and unleash an apocalyptic final solution in the Middle East.

The tail end of the Roaring Twenties. Harlem. Hired by controversial spiritual leader Daddy Paradise to retrieve his adult daughter who has been kidnapped, adventurer Matthew Henson does just that. Then he must safeguard the two until the firebrand can deliver a momentous speech at a mass rally. Henson must employ all his survival skills to fulfill his task - skills that kept him whole in forbidden jungles, across Asia, and in sub-zero ice storms when he first reached the North Pole.

Paul Temple erhält Besuch von einer gewissen Miss Hardwick. Diese ist die besorgte Tochter eines spurlos verschwundenen Wissenschaftlers, dessen revolutionäre Erfindung das Interesse krimineller Kräfte geweckt hat. In falschen Händen könnte sie zu einem Desaster führen. Wenig später ist die junge Frau tot. Temples Ermittlungen führen in ein schottisches Dorf. Der schreibende Detektiv findet heraus, dass ein großer Unbekannter, der sich »Z« nennt und der Anführer einer gefährlichen und skrupellosen Spionagegruppe ist, hinter allem steckt.

On the Island of the Gods, expedition leader Hiram Kane is on holiday after a long season guiding in the Peruvian Andes. When a good friend’s greed leads him to betray Bali’s most notorious gangster, their peaceful community is left shell-shocked after the six-year-old daughter of its leader gets kidnapped in a vicious and violent raid. What follows is a whirlwind race across the paradise island to rescue the girl before "The Rooster" takes his sadistic revenge, and with the waking giant of volcanic Mt. Agung threatening to destroy them all, Kane risks everything.

Wer ist der unheimliche "Marquis", dessen Gesicht niemand kennt und der hinter einer unheimlichen Mordserie in London steckt? Da Paul Temple gerade in New York weilt, bittet ihn Sir Graham Forbes, sich dort nach dem letzten Opfer zu erkundigen. Doch ehe der Detektiv die Ermittlungen beginnt, hat er schon eine Warnung des großen Unbekannten in der Hand. Paul schreckt nicht davor zurück und so wird seine Wohnung verwüstet. Die Spur führt zu einem Archäologen, der von seiner letzten Expedition etwas mitgebracht hat, das der Menschheit großen Schaden zufügen könnte.