From the ashes of war rise the secrets of its darkest hearts. . . In the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, Paris is a house divided. The triumphant Bourbons flaunt their victory with lavish parties, while Bonapartists seek revenge only to be captured and executed. Amid the turmoil, British attache and Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch and his wife, Suzanne, discover that his murdered half-sister, Princess Tatiana Kirsanova, may have borne a chil ...
In July 1861, just months after the Battle of Fort Sumter plunges the young nation into civil war, President Lincoln’s top priority is to unite the country, while Adam Quinn finds himself on the trail of a murderer . . .  On Independence Day, the citizens of Washington, DC, are celebrating as if there isn’t a war. But the city is teeming with green Union recruits while President Lincoln and his War Department are foc ...
April 13, 1861: Rebel troops are across the Potomac River, only 800 feet from the White House and President Lincoln—but a murderer is even closer . . . With the Confederate Army firing on Fort Sumter, the Civil War has begun—and an invasion of Washington, DC, from Secessionist Virginia seems imminent. As the population evacuates, the President is in desperate need of men to defend the capital. Lincoln’s trusted aide, Adam Speed Quinn, and Quin ...
March 4, 1861: On the day of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration, the last thing anyone wants is any sort of hitch in the proceedings—let alone murder! Fortunately the president has young Adam Quinn by his side . . . Lincoln’s trusted entourage is on their guard. Allan Pinkerton, head of the president’s security team, is wary of potential assassins. And Lincoln’s oldest friend, Joshua Speed, is by his side, along with Speed’s nephew, Adam Quinn—c ...
Neuss 1288. Der zum jungen Mann gereifte Marcus gerat in den Verdacht, die Reliquie des heiligen Quirinus gestohlen zu haben. Mit letzter Kraft raunt ihm der sterbende Priester, der die tatsachlichen Rauber uberrascht hat, einige ratselhafte Worte zu. Fur Marcus beginnt eine abenteuerliche Flucht, die ihn schlie?lich mitten in die Schlacht von Worringen und auf die Spur eines unglaublichen Geheimnisses fuhrt … ...
Heidelberg, 1427. Da Helenas Vater seine Schulden nicht bezahlen kann, verkauft er seine Tochter an einen Winzer als Magd. Dem Madchen widerfahrt Schreckliches auf dem Weingut und es flieht. Das Schicksal lasst Helena zur engsten Vertrauten von Prinzessin Mechthild von der Pfalz werden, und sie folgt ihr nach Stuttgart und Urach. Doch ihre Vergangenheit holt Helena ein, sie trifft eine falsche Entscheidung und die Freundschaft zu Mechthild wird ...
"Португальская находка, или Человеческие страсти"– фэнтези о занимательных и нестандартных событиях из жизни бывшего российского дипломата Егора Войнича. Неординарного человека, решившего заняться интересным, но опасным и непредсказуемым делом. Выстраивая свой бизнес и, изначально, доверяя своим московским и зарубежным партнёрам, Егор, волей случая, в Африке находит древние артефакты и рисунок знаменитого португальского архитектора. С этого моме ...
