Adrius Stilia, a traumatized legionnaire, returns to his native region as a veteran and tries to build a life as a grape grower. After a difficult start, life seems to smile at him more and more until the moment he is suspected of a brutal robbery murder.In the great basilica on Vaticanus, in front of Peter's tomb, the dying victim called his name. He is forced to travel to Vaticanus to prove his innocence. There he becomes involved in a series of enigmatic murders of which every m...

Despite the manipulation, corruption and violence, Erik and his friends manage to make O- an increasingly better company. A lot is being produced, the complex is becoming greener and the people who work there have well-paid jobs and good prospects.Because the Gruppo still control the press and local government, they risk a new attack via the media. That too fails because O- views on production and ethics are gaining more and more support, more and more people see what is happening ...

Erik Schmidt inherits a house and four hundred hectares of farmland in Apulia. Carlo Mengozzi, the friend of his previously deceased father, leaves him this property.But there is more, behind the house is a workshop with state-of-the-art equipment. This also includes a partially developed plan to set up a special production process that starts with agriculture. When Erik accepts the inheritance, he must give shape to a dream of his father and Carlo Mengozzi. He also must adopt Chou...

Mechanical engineer, Karin Dregmans is sent to Solomo, a small island off the coast of Rio. The island is being converted into the first production unit of the huge oil and gas field "Carioca". On the island, she discovers that she has been selected for this task for different reasons than she has been led to believe. She must seduce a scientist who suffers from paraphilia. However, it goes beyond seduction, her employer turns out to be a dangerous organization.She soon becomes inv...

Claudius Merovatius, who is now called "Coninc Clodio", allows Adrius and Grundelo to do their research in his area. Their discovery in an abandoned monastery brings them to a mysterious temple dedicated to Mithras, a forbidden cult revived by an unknown priest.Adrius is not a Christian, on the battlefield he discovered that praying did not help, and he regularly shows his unbelief to decanus Grundelo. He no longer has a problem with that and together they notice that there is more...

According to the press, “O-“, the company of Eric and his partners, is a state-of-the-art foreign company that turns beautiful Apulia into a desert with its robots. The growing enmity of some residents also turns against Erik personally, he is and remains an unworldly "foreigner" who often says incomprehensible things and speaks poor Italian. His enemies do not shy away from any form of intimidation and when the mistreatment and killing begins, Erik is confronted with manipulation and fals...

"…an old-fashioned, romantic tale of two star-tangled lovers...but also a paean to artisanal work, food, friendship and family…Trigiani is a master of palpable and visual detail." — Washington PostBeloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her career—a breathtaking epic romance and multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again...

Bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a relentless thriller that brings her readers face-to-face with fear itself. In this terrifying novel, a psychic special agent finds herself caught up in a tangled web of secrets, lies . . . and evil.Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood. Even more frightening, she didn’t remember what happened the night before. In fact, she barely remembered the previous three weeks.An ex-...

Memory, morality, and immortality merge in this "haunting and lyrical triumph" from the bestselling author of Schismatrix Plus ( Time).In the late twenty-first century, technology has lengthened lifespans far beyond what was once medically possible. Existence itself has become relatively easy—if boring. In this futuristic paradise, ninety-four-year-old Mia Ziemann longs for something different and undergoes a radical new treatment that restores bo...

Dream house . . . or bad dream?When the Kings move from L.A. to a secluded small town, fifteen-year-old Xander is beyond disappointed. He and his friends loved to create amateur films . . . but the tiny town of Pinedale is the last place a movie buff and future filmmaker wants to land.But he, David, and Toria are captivated by the many rooms in the old Victorian fixer-upper they moved into--as well as the heavy woods surrounding the house.They soon discover there's ...

A man who strives for pure rationality and control finds himself at the mercy of fate, in a "novel that speaks tellingly of loneliness, love, and despair" ( Booklist).Walter Faber, engineer, is a man for whom only the tangible, calculable, verifiable exists. He is devoted to the service of a purely technological world. His associates have nicknamed him Homo Faber—"Man the Maker."But during a flight to South America, Faber succumbs to what he calls ...

A Nazi plot, a Missing diamond, and Rare Elephants under threat. Geologist Sam Harris has her work cut out in this trio of standalone, full-length adventure novels.Follow the adventures of Sam Harris where her postings to remote and dangerous countries lead to adventure mystery and intrigue. Can she overcome corruption, cultural clashes and violence to come out on top?If you like classic character-driven adventures with a gutsy heroine, complex twists and h...