Douglas Preston

Pendergastin yllättävä paluuFBI:n erikoisagentti Pendergastin oletetaan kuolleen. Murheen murtamaan Riverside Driven kartanoon tunkeutuu varjo menneisyydestä, joka kaappaa agentin suojatin Constance Greenen. Pendergastin henkivartija Proctor on ainoa, joka voi auttaa. Hän jahtaa kidnappaajaa läpi kaupunkien, mannerten ja valtamerten kohti tuntematonta suojapaikkaa. Constancen puolesta pelkäävä Proctor ei voi aavistaakaan, että Pendergast on yhä elossa ja kamppailee oman vapautensa puolesta...” Vetävää jännitystä, täydellinen mysteeri - Preston & Child ovat edelleen lajinsa parhaimmistoa.” - Suspense Magazine

Crimen, canibalismo, una expedici n maldita y un misterio enterrado en el tiempo. Preston y Child inauguran una irresistible serie que mezcla arqueolog a, historia, crimen y suspense. La joven arque loga Nora Kelly recibe una extraordinaria propuesta: liderar un equipo en busca del llamado «Campamento perdido de la expedici n Donner. Su misterio se remonta a 1847, cuando un grupo de pioneros qued atrapado en las monta as de California y se perdi su pista hasta que algunos fam licos supervivientes pudieron salir del desierto, delirando sobre hambre, asesinatos... y canibalismo. Ahora, el sorprendente hallazgo del diario de una de las v ctimas que contiene una enigm tica descripci n del campamento promete ser la pista definitiva para localizarlo. Nora acepta dirigir una expedici n para revelar sus secretos tanto tiempo enterrados, pero, una vez en las monta as, se da cuenta de que este es solo el primer paso en una espeluznante aventura. Porque a medida que descubren antiguos huesos y monedas de oro, la verdad que sale a la luz es mucho m s impactante y extra a que el mero canibalismo. Y cuando esos horrores del pasado conducen a nueva violencia en el presente, la novata agente del FBI Corrie Swanson es asignada al caso... solo para descubrir que su primera investigaci n bien podr a ser la ltima. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned a terrible place in American history when they became snow-bound in the California mountains in 1847, their fate unknown until the first skeletonized survivors stumbled out of the wilderness, raving about starvation, murder-and cannibalism. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it-to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, however, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear. For as they uncover old bones, they expose the real truth of what happened, one that is far more shocking and bizarre than mere cannibalism. And when those ancient horrors lead to present-day violence on a grand scale, rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson is assigned the case...only to find that her first investigation might very well be her last.

From New York Times bestsellers Preston and Child, archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson are tasked with the mysterious deaths of two people found at a site where a UFO allegedly crashed decades before. Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal--to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job. Nora's excavation immediately uncovers two murder victims buried at the site, faces and hands obliterated with acid to erase their identities. Special Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned to the case. As Nora's excavation proceeds, uncovering things both bizarre and seemingly inexplicable, Corrie's homicide investigation throws open a Pandora's box of espionage and violence, uncovering bloody traces of a powerful force that will stop at nothing to protect its secrets--and that threatens to engulf them all in an unimaginable fate.

The new Agent Pendergast thriller. In this time-travel adventure, Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene must contend with an infamous Victorian serial killer in New York City.

How can you stop a serial killer who has been dead for a hundred years? The nail-biting new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Agent Pendergast series. FBI Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast always wants to protect his protegee Constance Greene from harm. But, against all odds, Constance has found a way to travel back in time. Heading to New York City in the late 1800s, Constance returns to the century of her birth to embark on a dangerous quest: stopping the era's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng, from bringing his nefarious plans to fruition. If Constance can stop Dr. Leng, she can finally prevent the events that led to the shocking deaths of her sister and brother... but can she survive herself, when up against one of the cleverest and most evil men of his age? Meanwhile, in present-day New York, Agent Pendergast is desperate to reunite with Constance before she gets stuck in the past forever... but can he find a way to reach before it's too late? 'Simply brilliant!' Lisa Gardner on Preston and Child

New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return with their new thriller featuring fan favourites Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson. When a billionaire invites her to lead his excavation of the infamous Roswell landing site, Nora Kelly, now jobless, reluctantly agrees to visit. When preliminary scans of the area reveal a suspected Native American burial site, Nora takes a closer look. But this is no indigenous burial site. It's a crime scene. Nora uncovers two dead bodies, one with a bullet hole in its skull. Dead bodies mean this is a case for the FBI, and Nora knows just the person to investigate: Special Agent Corrie Swanson. As Corrie and Nora dig deeper into the mystery, they will uncover more questions than answers. And the truth they seek will be even stranger than the conspiracy it hides behind... Reviewers on Diablo Mesa:'Down-to-earth action tackles an otherworldly mystery in this devilishly plausible yarn.' Kirkus

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they cross paths with New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and now his greatest foe. AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Astoundingly, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins: New York City in the late 1800s. She leaps at the chance to return...although it means leaving the present forever. A DESPERATE OPPORTUNITY Constance sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother. But along the road to redemption, Manhattan's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng, lies in wait, ready to strike at the slightest provocation. UNIMAGINABLE ODDS Meanwhile, in contemporary New York, Pendergast feverishly searches for a way to reunite with Constance--but will he discover a way back to her before it's too late?

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they cross paths with New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and now his greatest foe. AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Astoundingly, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins: New York City in the late 1800s. She leaps at the chance to return...although it means leaving the present forever. A DESPERATE OPPORTUNITY Constance sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother. But along the road to redemption, Manhattan's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng, lies in wait, ready to strike at the slightest provocation. UNIMAGINABLE ODDS Meanwhile, in contemporary New York, Pendergast feverishly searches for a way to reunite with Constance--but will he discover a way back to her before it's too late?

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, GA. A fabulous heist: On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305--Portland to Seattle--with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night...and into history. A brutal crime steeped in legend and malevolence: Fifty years later, Agent Pendergast takes on a bizarre and gruesome case: in the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, bodies are found with no blood left in their veins--sowing panic and reviving whispered tales of the infamous Savannah Vampire. A case like no other: As the mystery rises along with the body count, Pendergast and his partner, Agent Coldmoon, race to understand how--or if--these murders are connected to the only unsolved skyjacking in American history. Together, they uncover not just the answer...but an unearthly evil beyond all imagining.

Amerikanskie pisateli Na odnom iz kurortnykh ostrovkov u poberezhja Floridy po pljazhu brodjat turisty v poiskakh krasivykh rakovin. No na etot raz more vynosit na bereg nechto uzhasnoe: bolee sotni obrubkov chelovecheskikh nog v odinakovykh botinkakh. K rassledovaniju speshno podkljuchajut spetsialnogo agenta FBR Aloizija Pendergasta, i pered nim vyrastaet samaja slozhnaja i neobjasnimaja problema v ego karere. Kto mog sovershit takoe zhutkoe i masshtabnoe prestuplenie? Gde eto proizoshlo? Zakljuchenie patologoanatoma tolko dobavljaet voprosov. Vskore Pendergast ponimaet, chto kto-to iz operativnoj gruppy slivaet informatsiju. Kakie-to moguschestvennye sily protivodejstvujut emu, ne davaja dobratsja do istiny... Vpervye na russkom! Perevodchik: Krylov G.

V gorodke zolotoiskatelej, zaterjannom sredi gor shtata Nju-Meksiko, zaderzhan chernyj kopatel, pytavshijsja izvlech na svet mumifitsirovannye chelovecheskie ostanki. Rassledovanie obstojatelstv smerti neizvestnogo poruchajut spetsialnomu agentu FBR Korinne Svenson, ona zhe, v svoju ochered, obraschaetsja za pomoschju k arkheologu Nore Kelli. Vid mumii svidetelstvuet o tom, chto etot chelovek umer v strashnykh muchenijakh, a rjadom s telom obnaruzhen starinnyj zolotoj krest, otdelannyj dragotsennymi kamnjami. A esli eto sokrovische iz togo legendarnogo klada, chto sprjatan v gorakh indejtsami-pueblo v epokhu ispanskoj kolonizatsii? Otvet na etot vopros znal tolko mertvyj... No kto on takoj, udastsja li ustanovit ego lichnost? Pochemu ostanki izluchajut silnuju radiatsiju? Zatsepki est, no chem blizhe k istine, tem bolshe strannykh smertej... Vpervye na russkom! Perevodchik: Osipova A.

"Privet s togo sveta!" - zajavljaet Maksvell Brodbent na videokassete, kotoruju on ostavil troim synovjam, prezhde chem ischeznut vmeste s kolletsiej redkikh proizvedenij iskusstva, dragotsennostej i artefaktov. Legendarnyj okhotnik za sokrovischami, Brodbent reshil pokhoronit sebja zazhivo v drevnej grobnitse, no ee mestonakhozhdenie ne ukazal. Esli synovja zhelajut poluchit skazochnoe nasledstvo, oni dolzhny otyskat mogilu ottsa. Itak, na kartu postavleno polmilliarda dollarov - v etu summu otsenivaetsja kollektsija. No poistine nesmetnoe bogatstvo mozhet prinesti vladeltsu odin iz eksponatov - tak nazyvaemyj kodeks majja, rukopis, v kotoroj opisyvajutsja lekarstvennye sredstva ot smertelnykh boleznej. Bratja otpravljajutsja v dalnij put poodinochke, ne podozrevaja, chto koe-kto esche zhelaet pribrat k rukam kollektsiju Brodbenta. Gonka v dzhungljakh Tsentralnoj Ameriki nachinaetsja... Perevodchik: A. Sokolov

Amerikanskie pisateli Na odnom iz kurortnykh ostrovkov u poberezhja Floridy po pljazhu brodjat turisty v poiskakh krasivykh rakovin. No na etot raz more vynosit na bereg nechto uzhasnoe: bolee sotni obrubkov chelovecheskikh nog v odinakovykh botinkakh. K rassledovaniju speshno podkljuchajut spetsialnogo agenta FBR Aloizija Pendergasta, i pered nim vyrastaet samaja slozhnaja i neobjasnimaja problema v ego karere. Kto mog sovershit takoe zhutkoe i masshtabnoe prestuplenie? Gde eto proizoshlo? Zakljuchenie patologoanatoma tolko dobavljaet voprosov. Vskore Pendergast ponimaet, chto kto-to iz operativnoj gruppy slivaet informatsiju. Kakie-to moguschestvennye sily protivodejstvujut emu, ne davaja dobratsja do istiny... Perevodchik: Krylov G. A.

Novoe oformlenie knigi "Pochemu s toboj tak trudno. Kak ljubit ljudej s nevrozami, depressiej i bipoljarnym rasstrojstvom". V 31 god u Dzhuli Fast diagnostirovali bipoljarnoe rasstrojstvo, s kotorym na tot moment vremeni ona zhila uzhe 14 let. Otsutstvie neobkhodimykh lekarstv, nezdorovye otnoshenija v seme, problemy s rabotoj i denezhnye trudnosti chut ne slomili ee, no preodolev ikh, ona otkryla dlja sebja novyj istochnik vdokhnovenija. Perezhityj opyt pozvolil ej stat vostrebovannym spetsialistom v oblasti psikhicheskogo zdorovja i avtorom mezhdunarodnykh bestsellerov. V etoj knige ona v pervuju ochered obraschaetsja k ljudjam, stradajuschim ot posledstvij dannogo zabolevanija, i ikh partneram. Ee tsel - pomoch preodolet krizisnye situatsii v otnoshenijakh i najti balans mezhdu zabotoj o blizkom cheloveke i samom sebe. Predlagaemyj kompleksnyj podkhod k lecheniju pozvolit uprostit ezhednevnye slozhnosti i vzjat simptomy rasstrojstva pod kontrol. Iz etoj knigi vy uznaete: - kak vovlech partnjora v rabotu nad vashimi otnoshenijami i ego sostojaniem; - kak vesti sebja v periody obostrenij i kak ikh predotvraschat; - za chto ne stoit vinit vashego partnjora, a za chto on dolzhen otvechat sam; - kak pozabotitsja o sebe v takikh otnoshenijakh; - pochemu brat na sebja vsju otvetstvennost - ne luchshaja strategija.

En una carrera contrarreloj para descubrir el misterio de varios pies encontrados flotando en el golfo de M xico, el agente Pendergast se enfrenta al m s inexplicable desaf o de su carrera. Un desconcertante crimen con docenas de v ctimas. Para horror de la tranquila ciudad de Sanibel, en Florida, docenas de zapatos de aspecto corriente aparecen flotando a merced de la marea frente a sus costas. Cuando llegan hasta la playa, se descubre que cada uno esconde un pie humano toscamente cercenado en su interior. Un horrible enigma sin soluci n aparente. Obligado a interrumpir sus vacaciones, el agente Pendergast accede a rega adientes a visitar la escena del crimen y, pese a sus reticencias, se ve r pidamente atrapado por el incomprensible misterio. Con un oc ano de posibilidades por delante, nadie est seguro de lo que pudo haber sucedido ni de cu l es el origen de los pies. Y hay una pregunta que se necesita responder con desesperaci n: est n todav a vivas las v ctimas? Un reto irresistible para una mente brillante. Pronto Pendergast se percata de que se enfrenta a un desaf o a n m s complejo y sorprendente de lo que podr a haber imaginado... y a un poderoso enemigo con un s dico plan. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors: Racing to uncover the mystery of several severed feet found floating in the Gulf of Mexico, Agent Pendergast is faced with the most inexplicable challenge of his career. A startling crime with dozens of victims. Appearing out of nowhere to horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida, dozens of identical, ordinary-looking shoes float in on the tide and are washed up on the tropical beach--each one with a crudely severed human foot inside. A ghastly enigma with no apparent solution. Called away from vacation elsewhere in the state, Agent Pendergast reluctantly agrees to visit the crime scene--and, despite himself, is quickly drawn in by the incomprehensible puzzle. An early pathology report only adds to the mystery. With an ocean of possibilities confronting the investigation, no one is sure what happened, why, or from where the feet originated. And they desperately need to know: are the victims still alive? A worthy challenge for a brilliant mind. In short order, Pendergast finds himself facing the most complex and inexplicable challenge of his career: a tangled thread of evidence that spans seas and traverses continents, connected to one of the most baffling mysteries in modern medical science. Through shocking twists and turns, all trails lead back to a powerful adversary with a sadistic agenda and who--in a cruel irony--ultimately sees in Pendergast the ideal subject for their malevolent research.

Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet in this unmissable time-warping supernatural thriller from the New York Times bestselling authors. A legendary heist. A brutal crime. A case like no other. Fifty years ago, Flight 305 was hijacked en route from Portland to Seattle. The hijacker, D. B. Cooper, collected a ransom of $200,000 and disappeared into the night, never to be seen again. In the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, a worrying spate of bodies has been found completely drained of blood. Locals fear the infamous Savannah Vampire has returned – or prompted a dangerous copycat. Faced with such an unusual case, the local police have no choice but to call in the FBI. Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast and his partner, Agent Coldmoon, will have to race to understand how these gruesome murders are connected to the only unsolved skyjacking in American history. Together, they uncover not just the answer... but an unearthly evil beyond all imagining.'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci on Preston and Child