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Acre, 1291. Als de stad brandt onder de hevige aanval van de mannen van de sultan, hijst de Falcon Temple de zeilen, een groepje ridders met zich meevoerend en een geheimzinnige kist die hen door de Grootmeester van de Orde is toevertrouwd. Maar het schip verdwijnt zonder een spoor achter te laten. New York, heden. Vier als tempeliers uitgedoste ruiters bestormen het openingsgala van een tentoonstelling gewijd aan de Schatten van het Vaticaan, en stelen tijden een bloedige, gewelddadige overval een middeleeuwse decoder. Voor FBI-agent Sean Reilly en archeologe Tess Chaykin is dit nog maar het begin van een dodelijk kat-en-muisspel met meedogenloze moordenaars, waarbij ze binnen de kortste tijd drie continenten aandoen, op zoek naar de laatste rustplaats van de Falcon Temple en de sleutel tot een eeuwenoud mysterie...

Zesentwintig auteurs drukken elk hun stempel op het verhaal en bouwen de spanning op naar een explosieve finale. Wanneer Christopher Thomas, curator van het McFall Art Museum in San Francisco, wordt vermoord en zijn lijk in een ijzeren maagd in een Berlijns museum wordt gevonden, is zijn vrouw Rosemary de hoofdverdachte. Ze wordt berecht, veroordeeld en geëxecuteerd. Tien jaar later is ex-rechercheur Jon Nunn ervan overtuigd dat men de verkeerde ter dood heeft gebracht. Hij wil iedereen die aanwezig was tijdens de nacht dat Christopher stierf, bijeenroepen om de waarheid te achterhalen. Maar de moordenaar stelt alles in het werk om ervoor te zorgen dat het verleden begraven blijft... Met medewerking van: David Baldacci (Introduction) Jeff Abbott Lori Armstrong Sandra Brown Thomas Cook Jeffery Deaver Diana Gabaldon Tess Gerritsen Andrew F. Gulli Peter James J.A. Jance Faye Kellerman Raymond Khoury John Lescroart Jeff Lindsay Gayle Lynds Philip Margolin Alexander McCall Smith Michael Palmer T. Jefferson Parker Matthew Pearl Kathy Reichs Marcus Sakey Jonathan Santlofer Lisa Scottoline R.L. Stine Marcia Talley

Eminent scientist Dr Ralph Padley is dying - and he knows it's time to finally tell the truth. Padley has a dark secret, which, if it got out, would have deadly consequences. But there are powerful men who will stop at nothing to silence him. FBI Special Agent Reilly has an agenda of his own. For months he has sought the man who kidnapped and brainwashed his five-year-old son. But that man is a ghost - a highly protected CIA official with no name and no identity, and who may have links to Reilly's own father. Watched, manipulated, and framed for crimes he didn't commit, Reilly becomes a fugitive, making it next to impossible for him to uncover the truth about his past while protecting the family he loves. He's left with no choice but to risk everything to unearth secrets that would shake the country to its core - if he's ever allowed to get that far.

Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin, heroes of Raymond Khoury's bestselling Templar thrillers, return in an edge-of-your-seat story that reaches from the present day back to 1800s Mexico-and possibly beyond. What if there was an herb, previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America, capable of inducing an experience so momentous it might shake the very foundations of Western civilization? What if powerful forces on both sides of the law got wind of that herb, and launched a violent, uncompromising pursuit to be the first to exploit it? And what if FBI agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend, Tess Chaykin, were, unknowingly, the only two people who could keep the lid on this existential Pandora's box, one that's capable of destabilizing the world? In Raymond Khoury's million-copy-selling Templar novels, Sean and Tess traveled the globe to unravel ancient mysteries with present-day ramifications. In "The Devil's Elixir," Sean and Tess find themselves in a race-against the clock, against drug kingpins, and even against the DEA-to merge two divergent trails, one several hundred years old, the other as current as a heartbeat, which together may lead humanity to the brink of annihilation. Packed with the nonstop suspense and unexpected twists Raymond Khoury's fans delight in, "The Devil's Elixir" is destined for bestseller lists everywhere.

Siberia, 1916. A mine turns into a bloodbath when its miners attack each other, savagely and ferociously. Minutes later, two men - a horrified scientist and infamous Russian mystic Rasputin - hit a detonator, blowing up the mine to conceal all evidence of the carnage. New York, present day. FBI agent Sean Reilly is tasked with a new, disturbing case. A Russian embassy attache seems to have committed suicide by jumping out of a fourth-floor window. The apartment's owners have gone missing, while a faceless killer roams New York City, leaving a trail of death in his wake. Reilly's investigation uncovers a deadly search for a mysterious device with origins reaching back to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia and which, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on the modern world.

Raymond Khoury, a bestselling author known for his thrilling novels, has captivated readers with titles such as The Last Templar and The Sanctuary. His works, translated into 40 languages, often blend historical intrigue with modern suspense. Before his writing career, Khoury had diverse experiences as an architect, investment banker, and screenwriter, contributing to acclaimed series like Spooks. Notably, The Last Templar originated from a screenplay he penned a decade earlier, showcasing his talent for storytelling across different mediums.

In this thrilling sequel to "The Last Templar," FBI agent Sean Reilly navigates the Vatican's secret archives to rescue Tess Chaykin from a vengeful terrorist. The narrative intertwines with a historical siege in 1203 Constantinople, where Templars steal explosive secrets that could change everything.

A remote shelf in the Arctic circle. A small TV crew is braving the harsh conditions to film the breaking off of a major ice shelf - yet another nail in the planet's eco-coffin. Then someone calls out, pointing at something up in the sky overhead. The camera pans up and they look up to see a blazing symbol clear, burning high over the bleak, deserted terrain. Thus begins a series of strange events worldwide as the mysterious sign appears over the sites of conflict, natural disasters and terrorist atrocities. What can it portend? The world is wracked with both fear and hope. Suddenly, all this is focused onto one man. An obscure monk who recognises the symbol from the past and understands what it means for the future of humanity. But as he becomes the most sought-after man on the planet, the questions have to be asked: could this be the real deal? Or the most elaborate fake in world history? And - either way - what happens to the world now?

Portugal, 1705. In the dungeons of a Templar castle, a dying old man bequeaths an ancient, half-burnt book to his young inquisitor. Keeping one step ahead of those who would kill to wrench the book's secret from his hands, the inquisitor turns his back on his calling and sets off on an impossible journey to complete the old man's quest. Baghdad, 2003. A military unit makes a horrifying discovery: a hidden state-of-the-art lab, where dozens of men, women and children have died. The scientist they were hunting is believed to be working on a bio weapons programme. But the man known only as the hakeem - the doctor - has escaped, taking with him the startling truth about his work ...

1916. Dans une mine de Sibérie, les ouvriers se mettent subitement à s'entretuer. Quelques minutes plus tard, deux hommes, dont le fidèle confident du tsar, Raspoutine, font sauter la mine, enterrant ainsi toute trace du carnage. De nos jours. Un diplomate russe est défenestré à Manhattan, depuis l'appartement d'un couple apparemment sans histoire, les Sokolov. Une course contre la montre s'engage alors entre Sean Reilly, du FBI, les services secrets russes et la CIA, pour retrouver le couple porté disparu et éviter qu'une technologie terrifiante, remontant à la Russie impériale, et utilisée pendant la guerre froide ne tombe entre de mauvaises mains.