Luling, Texas, once known as the “Toughest Town in Texas,” gets tougher when all hell breaks loose in this second installment of the Tom Seiler mystery trilogy by Jack Grubbs. The Dryline opens with Tom Seiler helping his brother, Don, with the ?nal design of an oil extraction system potentially worth billions. When one of Don’s workers is found dead on the outskirts of Luling, a chain of events pits the brothers against a group of ruthless oilm ...
Peillon is a small town in southern France bordering the Mediterranean, the secret of its treasure hidden away deep inside its caves by the sea. It is up to the grandchildren of the general and each of the twins to uncover this secret. Though they grow up on different continents without any knowledge of each other, their destinies are undeniably intertwined, and fate brings them together to search for the lost Nazi gold. The further they delve i ...
Первый том приключенческой саги «Прогрессоры». Жизнь скромного учителя труда бесповоротно меняется после того, как он вместе с несколькими юными друзьями-детдомовцами обнаруживает в лесу таинственное нечто, открывающее временной проход в Каменный Век. Уйти, чтобы не вернуться… Попытаться направить человечество на иной путь развития… Совершая сознательный выбор, герои знают, что путь их отныне будет наполнен тяжелым трудом и неведомыми опасностям ...
Авторами книги являются Галина Фирсова и Наталья Змушко, объединившиеся под псевдонимом Наталья Галина. В основе повествования история жизни баронессы Ульрики Поссе, бабушки Наталии Николаевны Гончаровой. Российские монархи и их окружение, мятежный Кавказ и турецкие войны, Таврида и Новороссия, жизнь турецкого гарема и фрейлин императорского двора. Увлекательный сюжет, полный тайн и интриг, не оставит равнодушным читателя этого историко-авантюрн ...
From the woods where he hides with his nearly grown son Clarke and his young daughter King, ex-Army Ranger Dominick Sawyer watches Agent Charlie Basin’s flashlight beam bounce on the walls inside his cabin. Dom’s wife is missing. His post-trauma hallucinations rip at him explosively and bring him to his knees. And a local deputy sheriff is dead. When the FBI agents recede into the night, the Sawyers begin to run, across the c ...
In Mercy 6, David Bajo’s courageous new medical thriller, four people collapse dead in the same instant within a newly renovated Los Angeles hospital. Dr. Mendenhall, the woman who is head of the emergency room, isn't convinced the cause of death is a contagion. But it's in the interests of the hospital administrators — and of the world at large — for people to think that it is. If the world knew the truth t ...
British Commissioner Sanders rules the West African territories in the manner of a strict father, watching over his subjects with a combination of force and indulgence. When Sanders takes a period of leave, his kingdom falls into disarray, until order is restored with the help of the loyal chief Bosambo. ...
