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Midsummer’s Eve. Bonfires dot the English countryside and flicker in the ancient Forest of Dean as costumed revelers dance and drink the night away. But when the sun rises, a local girl, Maddie Friar, has vanished, last seen heading to a party in a forest commune called “The Clearing.” Her sister Adele reports her missing but the local police say Maddie was a known party girl and probably ran off with some boy, or maybe the “Cinderman” got her, referring to a local legend of a forest spirit said to haunt the woods in search of a lost daughter.

A glamorous woman is murdered in her ultra-luxurious London mansion and her husband goes missing. But according to public records, neither of them exists. The only leads police have are several objects arranged around the woman’s body, including a set of keys and a book called How to Process a Murder by Laughton Rees—a book that appears to have helped the killer forensically cleanse the crime scene.

A man climbs a cliff face in the oldest inhabited place on earth, a mountain known as the Citadel, a Vatican-like city-state that towers above the city of Ruin in modern-day Turkey. But this is no ordinary ascent. It is a dangerous, symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is an event witnessed by the entire world.

Journalist Liv Adamsen has escaped from the highly secretive Citadel at the heart of the ancient city of Ruin and now lies in isolation, staring at hospital walls as blank as her memory. Despite her inability to recall her past, something strange is stirring within her. She feels possessed by a sensation she can't name and plagued by whispers only she can hear: "KuShiKaam", the key. Worlds collide in a race to uncover a revelation dating from the creation of man in this electrifying follow-up to the best seller Sanctus.

When a cyber-attack disables the Hubble telescope and the Nobel Prize-winning scientist in charge disappears, the only clues left behind are a cryptic countdown clock and a chilling message displayed on the missing man's computer: Mankind Must Look No Further. Newly appointed FBI agent Joe Shepherd, with degrees in astrophysics and computer science, is uniquely qualified to handle the investigation. He discovers a note in the missing scientist's handwriting that reads "end of days." But what does it really mean for humankind?

On a windy hilltop in the town of Redemption, Arizona, people have gathered at an old cemetery to bury a local man who died in a tragic accident. But the occasion is suddenly disrupted by a thunderous explosion several miles away. A plane has crashed, pouring a pillar of black smoke into the air. As Sheriff Garth Morgan speeds toward the accident, he nearly hits a man running down the road, with no shoes on his feet and no memory of who he is or how he got there.

An explosive apocalyptic conspiracy thriller from a major new British talent that will set the world alight…REVELATION OR DEVASTATION?The certainties of the modern world are about to be blown apart by a three thousand year-old conspiracy nurtured by blood and lies …A man throws himself to his death from the oldest inhabited place on the face of the earth, a mountainous citadel in the historic Turkish city of Ruin. This is no ordinary suicide but a symbolic act.

LA FE DE LA HUMANIDAD ESTÁ EN LAS MANOS DE UNA SOLA MUJER. La periodista Liv Adamsen ha escapado de la altamente secreta Ciudadela en el corazón de la antigua ciudad de Ruin y ahora yace aislada, mirando las paredes del hospital, tan blancas como su memoria. A pesar de su incapacidad para recordar el pasado, algo extraño se mueve dentro de ella. Se siente poseída por una sensación que no puede definir y la acosan susurros que solamente ella escucha: "KuShiKaam", La Llave.

One secret could destroy a family. One lie could save them. The brilliant prequel to The Boy Who Saw, a gripping thriller from Sunday Times best seller Simon Toyne, featuring the enigmatic Solomon Creed. Solomon Creed is an outsider with an unknown past, travelling through a remote part of Texas. He doesn’t look for trouble - but trouble finds him. At a roadside diner, he runs into a worn-down family whose ancestral land and home is about to be auctioned. But when Solomon suspects it’s worth a lot more than they think, he decides to take things into his own hands.

A wealthy woman is found brutally murdered in the locked fortress of her London mansion. Surrounding her are four mysterious objects, including a book on forensics by Dr Laughton Rees. As a teenager, Laughton’s life was destroyed after witnessing her mother’s brutal murder. Now a mother herself and forensic analyst, she is an expert on how to read crime scenes–but never works live cases.

El desenlace de la trilogía que ha cautivado a miles de lectores en todo el mundo. Las señales son inequívocas: el momento de la verdad se acerca. ¿Será el fin del mundo o el comienzo de una nueva era? No te pierdas la tercera entrega de una trilogía que rebosa acción, misterio, enigmas religiosos y mucho, mucho suspense. El FBI investiga un caso muy extraño: la NASA ha perdido el control del telescopio Hubble, que ahora apunta hacia la Tierra. En todas las pantallas del centro de control solo hay un mensaje: "la humanidad no debe buscar más lejos".

Śmierć jednego człowieka może zagrozić odwiecznemu spiskowi. Dzięki odwadze jednej kobiety skrywany od lat sekret wyjdzie na jaw. Czy ludzkość znajdzie w sobie siłę, by stawić czoła prawdzie? Co kryje w sobie tajemnica Sanctusa? Pośrodku tureckiego miasta Ruina wznosi się najstarsze ludzkie siedlisko – monumentalna Cytadela. Pewnego dnia z jej szczytu rzuca się mężczyzna. Nie jest to zwykłe samobójstwo, lecz symboliczny akt. Dzięki mediom ogląda go na żywo cały świat. Tylko nieliczni rozumieją znaczenie tego aktu. Dla Kathryn Mann i garstki wtajemniczonych to znak, na który od dawna czekali.

The second book in an electrifying new thriller series from Sunday Times best-selling author Simon Toyne. Only one boy can see the darkness. Only one man can save him from it. 'Finishing what was begun.' These are the words written in blood beside the body of an elderly tailor who has been tortured and murdered in the ancient town of Cordes. He leaves behind a cryptic message for his granddaughter and her son, Leo - one that puts them in immediate danger.

Conspiracy thrillers don’t come any bigger or better than The Key – from the author of Top 5 Bestseller Sanctus: ‘Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse Hounded. Haunted. Hunted. She is the most important person in the world. She is The Key. In the ancient Turkish city of Ruin, American journalist Liv Adamsen lies in an isolation ward staring at walls as blank as her memory.

Something deadly lurks in the forest around Cinderfield. Locals put the unusually high number of disappearances down to transients or runaways; some even blame the Cinderman, a figure of local legend rumoured to haunt the woods looking for unsuspecting victims. Forensic specialist Laughton Rees doesn’t believe in monsters. Already investigating the area’s history of missing women, news of the latest ‘runaway’ Maddie Friar brings her to Cinderfield to find out the truth.

A cyber-attack on NASA’s deep space search for the origins of the universe destroys the program and delivers a grave warning: Mankind Must Look No Further. Rookie FBI Agent Joseph Shepherd has the unique skills needed to investigate the breach. But he’s also hiding a secret of his own.…Former New York crime reporter Liv Adamsen’s life has led her from the Turkish city of Ruin to an abandoned oil field in the Syrian Desert. An oasis grows around her new home but the desert is a hostile place, and danger draws ever closer. Charity worker Gabriel Mann abandoned Liv to protect her from the disease that is killing him. But this terrible plague, born in Ruin’s ancient Citadel, has already started to spread.

Who is Solomon Creed? The first in an electrifying new high-concept series from Sunday Times best-selling author of Sanctus, Simon Toyne. A plane crash in the Arizona desert. An explosion that sets the world on fire. A damning pact to hide an appalling secret. And one man bound to expose the truth. He is Solomon Creed. No one knows what he is capable of.

Decenas de turistas asisten atónitos a la escena: uno de los monjes del antiquísimo y enigmático monasterio conocido como La Ciudadela sube a lo alto de la montaña, forma con su cuerpo la figura de una cruz en T y se lanza al vacío. Para algunos, es la señal que llevaban décadas esperando para entrar en acción. Para el agente Arkadian, el comienzo del caso más extraño de su vida.

Die Welt hält den Atem an, als sie dank CNN Zeuge von etwas Unglaublichem wird: Auf der Bergzitadelle von Trahpah steht ein menschliches Kreuz...

Révélation ou apocalypse ? Depuis l'aube de l'humanité, la Citadelle, fort du nord de la Turquie, abrite des communautés de moines, dont l'ordre des Sancti, les " soutanes vertes ". Après avoir été initié à leurs mystérieux sacrements, un jeune moine s'échappe du monastère pour se jeter du haut de la montagne. La scène est filmée par un touriste et projetée sur les chaînes de télévision du monde entier. C'est le début d'une lutte à mort entre la communauté des Sancti et celle des Mala, pour qui l'heure de la prophétie a sonné.