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The offer – $20 billion split between four leading scientists on alternative energies to purchase and then squash their research lines, which include the recent discovery of a powerful new energy source capable of replacing mankind’s reliance on fossil fuels. There’s no doubt their discovery is worth ten times that much. But will any one of them live if they refuse? At the same time, the greatest technological advancement in warfare since the creation of the Atomic bomb has been discovered, and is being offered to the highest bidder.

Pax West, a former CIA Ghost with no past and no future, alights an Amtrak train in Portland, Oregon. He wasn’t there long before a detective arrests him for the murder of a local woman. The detective says he has him on CCTV. The woman was his niece, making this personal. The usual judicial rules didn’t apply as far as he was concerned. Pax was thrown into Oregon State Penitentiary. It was a mistake, but it would get cleaned up in the morning. Inside, Pax witnessed another inmate – Elliot Brooks – getting beaten up. It was an uneven fight.

In East Antarctica, a team of scientists drilled a hole in the Vostok ice sheet to take a sample of the subterranean lake 2.2 miles below the surface. It was the deepest drill ever performed through ice anywhere in the world.

En 1562, Michel de Nostradamus lideró una expedición hacia el corazón del hostil Desierto de Barbary, hoy conocido como el Sahara. Sin saber con que se iban a encontrar, el pequeño grupo se adentró en el vasto desierto en busca de un milagro. En la actualidad, la Dra. Zara Delacroix solicita la ayuda de Sam Reilly para investigar un libro que ella cree que fue enterrado en el Sahara siglos atrás, con el propósito de proteger a la humanidad de una gran catástrofe. Este antiguo manuscrito era conocido como El Libro de Nostradamus...

Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military leaders of all time, conquering vast realms from Syria, to Persia, and as far east as Taxila, India. In the process, he stripped his enemies of their immense riches. By the time of his death, he had accumulated the greatest wealth on Earth. Legend has it, fearing assassination, Alexander had his gold minted into Gold Staters, coins bearing his likeness, before having his most trusted men transport them to a secret location. Now Sam and Tom are on the hunt to find it, and there is much more at stake than mere wealth...

Maritime salvage expert Sam Reilly is flown in to find out what went wrong, and how to re-float the ocean-going behemoth. Something about the accident just doesn’t seem right…. In Sudan, a team of archaeologists exploring the ancient tombs buried within the Pyramids of Meroë discover one of the greatest archaeological hauls since King Tutankhamun’s tomb was uncovered in the Valley of the Kings.

During Operation Desert Storm, Major William Harrison led a team of Special Forces on a secret mission to capture Haidar Kamel, a ruthless arms dealer. The operation revealed a treasure trove of dangerous weapons, along with a series of strange artifacts from the ancient world. One of the most unlikely discoveries was a small bronze medallion. They named it the Medallion of Petra, and somehow, it was much more dangerous and valuable than anyone could have ever imagined…

In 1829 the Spanish slave ship, Midas, left Mendiland (modern-day Sierra Leone) headed for the Americas. During the Atlantic crossing, the slaves revolted, taking control of the ship. Midas became a pirate vessel, attacking Spanish slavers and merchants alike. In the present day, while hunting for the Midas, Sam Reilly learns of an escalating number of mysterious deaths, superstitiously whispered to be the fault of Medusa’s Curse, and the only clue to stopping it is deciphering a Greek myth thousands of years in the making.

In the dead of night, a decrepit, unmarked motor yacht drifts into the medieval port of Vernazza, Italy. The run-down vessel forms a jarring contrast to the pastel colored tower homes and terraced vineyards surrounding the natural harbor along the coast of Cinque Terre. Less than fifty yards away, a man wakes up on board a small rowboat, covered in blood. Lying next to him is a woman with two – execution style – bullet holes to her forehead. In his right hand he holds a small suitcase. Tucked into his pocket is a Russian built Makarov semiautomatic handgun – with two rounds missing.

In AD 980 a Viking fleet, banished from their native Greenland, sailed west across a savage and icy sea. After making the perilous journey, they found a world abounding with lush meadows, rivers teeming with salmon, and wild grapes so suitable for wine that they called the region Vinland. But there was something else they discovered. They weren’t the first Europeans to make the treacherous journey.

On board Phoenix Airlines Flight 318, Andrew Goddard awakens to discover the cockpit empty and all the passengers unconscious. In the Colorado Monarch Mountains, an old gold miner discovers a fiendish stone mask sealed inside an obsidian chamber. Sam Reilly has just three weeks to find out how the two unlikely events are connected, and the secret behind it might change everything we thought we knew about humanity.

Only a handful of people know what destroyed the ancient Atlanteans, whose very existence is a secret that they will kill to protect. Unfortunately, the very same catastrophe that destroyed that once proud civilization is drawing near once more.

In 1974, local farmers outside Xi'an, China, discovered an army of more than 8,000 life-sized ancient terracotta warriors buried in a series of pits. Historians believed that the warriors were placed there to guard the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. The historians were wrong. The Terracotta Army was there to prevent the evil buried within from ever surfacing again. Now Sam Reilly must disentangle fact from fiction, and discover what ancient danger has been uncovered…and if there is any way to stop it.

In the Pacific Ocean, a Silicon Valley magnate vacationing on his luxury motor yacht Carpe Diem, stumbles across a floating island of pumice. Two weeks later, the motor yacht returns to its home port in San Diego on autopilot – but when it arrives, nobody disembarks. Sam Reilly and his team are called in to investigate what happened on board Carpe Diem. But what at first appears to be a simple boating accident soon turns into a deadly game of international intrigue – sending America and Russia racing toward each other on an unavoidable collision course.

Dans l'océan Pacifique, un magnat de la Silicon Valley en vacances sur son yacht de luxe Carpe Diem tombe par hasard sur une île flottante de pierre ponce. Deux semaines plus tard, le yacht revient à son port d'attache à San Diego en pilote automatique, mais à son arrivée, personne ne débarque. Sam Reilly et son équipe sont appelés pour enquêter sur ce qui s'est passé à bord du Carpe Diem. Mais ce qui semble au premier abord être un simple accident de navigation se transforme rapidement en un jeu mortel d'intrigues internationales, précipitant les États-Unis et la Russie vers...

En 1829, le navire négrier espagnol, Midas, a quitté le Mendiland (l’actuelle Sierra Leone), chargé d’esclaves, de canons et de mousquets, en direction des Amériques. Pendant la dangereuse traversée de l’Atlantique, les esclaves se sont révoltés et ont pris le contrôle du navire. Au cours des années qui ont suivi, Midas est devenu un navire pirate, attaquant indifféremment négriers et marchands espagnols, jusqu’au jour où le capitaine renégat et son équipage ont décidé de retourner en Afrique avec leur butin. On n’a plus jamais revu le Midas. De nos jours, alors ...

Extreme weather conditions are wreaking havoc on the world, and baffled scientists are unable to discover the cause. The most powerful hurricane in history approaches New York, while at the same time atmospheric rivers flood Las Vegas. Wildfires spread through Canada, and Europe is wracked by powerful earthquakes. Most bizarre of all: a tempestuous mass of dark, foreboding sky seems to be spreading across the globe. In Arizona, an astronomer tries to decipher the hidden message inside a thirteen-thousand-year-old megalithic stone, which just might hold the key to everything.

Le Dernier Dirigeable Un dirigeable disparu depuis longtemps avec une cargaison meurtrière. . . En 1939, un dirigeable secret quitta l'Allemagne dans la nuit noire, emportant avec lui les personnes les plus influentes de l'époque et leurs biens les plus précieux. Parmi eux, l'un de ces objets était aussi dangereux qu'inestimable. Le dirigeable ne rejoignit jamais sa destination. À notre époque, Sam Reilly, ancien dépanneur des Marines, découvre un indice manquant sur le dirigeable perdu, déclenchant une violente chasse au trésor contre les hommes les plus dangereux et impitoyables...

An ancient shipwreck. A pyramid half a mile below the sea. And a puzzle that must be solved before it destroys humanity. More than 200 years ago, the Emily Rose became shipwrecked on the southern coast of Australia. The survivors were forced to walk nearly a thousand miles through the unexplored land to reach the only established settlement, Sydney Cove. Hundreds of miles into their journey they discovered something strange. Something that couldn’t possibly exist.

Un dirigible perdido hace mucho tiempo con un cargamento mortal. . . En 1939, un dirigible secreto partió de Alemania en la oscuridad de la noche cargado con algunas de las personas más influyentes de su época, cada cual con sus posesiones más valiosas. Entre ellas, una tan peligrosa como invaluable. El dirigible nunca llegó a su destino. En la actualidad, el ex marine Sam Reilly descubre una pista sobre el dirigible perdido, lo que desencadena una violenta búsqueda del tesoro contra los hombres más peligrosos y despiadados del mundo actual. . . . . . y el tiempo se agota.