"If word of this gets out, it could change the outcome of the war." Calcutta, 1943 – Blaine Phillips, an American War Department employee, goes to dinner with a French businessman he met at his tennis club. Phillips' body is found the next day, floating in a canal with a bullet in his skull. The British colonial police treat the murder as a random crime, but what they don't know is that Blaine Phillips was much more than a mere supply clerk. Now a team of deadly, highly-skilled OSS assassi...

In uns allen schlummert ein Clown. Doch wie können wir die Fähigkeit entwickeln, das Leben in ein Spiel zu verwandeln und es als Spiel begreifen? David Gilmore lädt uns ein, den Clown in uns zu entdecken. Dann spüren wir nicht nur Lebendigkeit und Freude, sondern können auch mit konkreten Lebenssituationen gelassener umgehen.

A man from Arizona buys a piece of land in the middle of a lava field while vacationing in Hawaii and returns to the island to find a deeper sense of home and build his midlife crisis tropical dream house.In this assemblage of journal entries during the trying year of construction, the author tells some of the secrets of rural Hawaii, revealing her dark underbelly. Meet the crazy neighbors in Puna's "open-air asylum," go on late night lava walks, join a lynch mob against the coqui ...

In the heart of an Atlantic superstorm, the Tahila fights to stay afloat.Amid the chaos, the ship’s collision-avoidance system blares a warning. Radar shows no ship. No signal. No lights. Just a strange silhouette beneath the waves. A searchlight is focussed into the raging sea and the crew spot something impossible: the slanted roof of a house with glass windows and solid walls… adrift in the open ocean more than a thousand miles from land.Lightning flashes – and ...

An unsolved murder. A lost artifact. A secret buried beneath the floodwaters of history…During the catastrophic Dutch flood of 1953 – the Watersnoodramp – more than 1,800 lives were lost to the fury of the North Sea. But amid the devastation, one death went unnoticed... a murder disguised by disaster.Seven decades later, a skeleton is uncovered in the silted remains of a drowned village. Clutched in its grasp lies a mysterious artifact – one that may unlock...

For centuries, legends have whispered of an extraordinary group of ancient people whose lifespans stretched two or three times longer than ordinary people. Though not truly immortal, these enigmatic individuals amassed lifetimes of unparalleled knowledge, their advancements so astonishing that they were mistaken as gods.They shaped humanity’s most extraordinary achievements: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Ming dynasty’s Treasure Ships, the lost city of Atlantis, the Pyramid of the ...

The video was everywhere – a viral sensation sweeping across social media.A golden retriever puppy in Bilbao, Spain. It was placed on a series of different rugs, its fur shifting in real time to match the colors and even the intricate patterns woven into the fabric. The internet was in a frenzy, with hundreds of thousands of comments debating whether it was an elaborate hoax, a genetic anomaly, or something else entirely.But Sam Reilly knew the truth the moment he saw it.

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 th...

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…

A forbidden past. A rising threat. A nation on the brink of isolation…In the 17th century, the Tokugawa Shogunate sealed Japan’s borders from the world – foreigners were banned, Japanese were forbidden to travel, and trade was limited to a single artificial island, Dejima, off the coast of Nagasaki. For over two centuries, the nation remained hidden… until U.S. gunboats forced it open in 1854.Now, in the present day, Sam Reilly and his wife Amira arrive in ...

Fresh from his success with the search and rescue of the USS Omega Deep, Sam Reilly was looking forward to some much-needed rest. Not everyone had the same idea though.When a panicked man with purple eyes grabs him at gunpoint and takes him hostage, Sam knows that this is more than a mere ransom opportunity; this man is scared of something...And Sam is going to have to find what it is if he wants to get out of this alive.

Books 33–37 in the Sam Reilly Action and Adventure Thriller series!33. Abyss CodexOrcas attack a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar. Pink dolphins form a mysterious bond with an isolated Amazon tribe. Deep-sea miners harvest polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Three impossible events. One hidden code. Sam Reilly must decipher it before the balance of life on Earth is changed forever.34. Caliburn’s Fight