BOHEMIA, 1741On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place. Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady is being laid to rest. But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones - lest she rise again to prey upon her victims ...VENICE, 2010Holidaying in the world's most beautiful city, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis...

An Englishwoman is found dead in a house near Rome.Her distraught husband enlists the help of his closest friend, Chris Bronson, who discovers an ancient inscription on a slab of stone above their fireplace. It translates as 'Here Lie the Liars.'But who are the liars? And what is it they are lying to protect?Pursued across Europe, Bronson uncovers a trail of clues that leads him back to the shadowy beginnings of Christianity; to a chalice decorated with mysterious s...

AN ANCIENT CODEA clay tablet covered in ancient writing is found by an English couple in Morocco. A day later they are dead, killed in a car crash. But where is the relic they died to protect?A SINISTER SECRETDetermined to uncover a secret that's endured for two millennia, Chris Bronson follows a trail of clues that lead him from the hustle of a Moroccan souk to the deserted caves of Qumran; from the sinister echoes of a water-fille...

AD 72: A band of warriors march across a mountainous wasteland. Only they know what they carry. And once they've reached their destination, they must all die to protect it.AD 2010: In a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside a piece of ancient parchment has been found. Written in arcane code is the answer to a mystery that has explosive implications.Enter Chris Bronson. Determined to solve the mystery that has pu...

An extraordinary discovery. An ancient mystery. The race of their lives.When his old friend, Angela, invites him out to her archaeological dig in the Iraqi desert, Chris Bronson is expecting a relaxing few days and an overdue catch-up. But when they arrive at the site they find her colleagues slaughtered and a recent discovery defaced.Their only clue is an incomplete inscription, which holds the key to uncovering the truth ...

AN OLD ENEMYPoland, 1945. A special Evacuation Kommando arrives at the Wencleslas Mine, site of the Nazis' most secret weapon development project. A device known as Die Glocke is removed from the subterranean factory, loaded on to a transport aircraft and spirited out of war-ravaged Europe. No witnesses are left alive.A DESIRE FOR REVENGELondon, today. Chris Bronson is working undercover for the Metropolitan Police. What begins as a routine investigation in...

FROM THE PUBLISHERS THAT BROUGHT YOU DAN BROWNFor thousands of years we guarded it. But now it has been found. This could be the end - for us; for our organisation; for the world. You must destroy it, and those who have taken it.An ancient object is discovered in a Cairo souk. Hours later, the market trader who sold it is tortured to death. As the bodies begin to pile up, a request for help is sent to British Museum historian Angel...

Was it really an iceberg that sunk the Titanic? Or is that just what they want you to think?On Sunday 15 April 1912, the 'unsinkable' RMS Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage to New York. But the truth is quickly suppressed.On board she carries three men scheming to create a new military alliance between the USA and Germany. Their goal war with Great Britain and the destruction of the British Empire. Alex Tremayne and his American co...

An ancient secret means the difference between life or death in this chilling thriller.When the body of a poetry professor is found tortured in a deserted barn outside Florence, Inspector Perini is assigned to the case.No murder of passion, it is clearly a professional job. When, hours later, thieves break into Dante's cenotaph, it seems the two crimes may be connected by some missing verses from the 'Divine Comedy'.They could conta...

The world's most sacred and mysterious object and a race for survival... The brilliant new thriller from global bestseller James BeckerIn Ethiopia, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis are on the hunt for the Ark of the Covenant. But it looks like their luck is running out. Until, that is, a new avenue springs open in southern France.Meanwhile, the Vatican is getting worried. Their best people are tracking the Ark, but so is a my...

A corrupt government, a deadly killer on the loose and only one man standing in their way.Seconded to the FBI, British policeman Steven Hunter is assigned to a bizarre case too complex for the local police. A body is discovered with a human femur driven through the top of its skull. Hunter must find out who killed them, and why.But someone high-up doesn't want the case solved. Facing the deadliest test of his career, Hunter must stay one st...

A priceless relic and a monster that will do anything to get hold of it.In the summer of 1888, a killer is about to rampage through East London. But what are the real motives behind the murders?Police Commissioner Charles Warren has in his possession an ancient artefact of incredible value, and unknowable danger. Discovered on a mission to Jerusalem, he smuggled the relic back to England, never imagining the peril he would place himself in,...