Complex, thrilling story about the Knights Templar and their riches. Cotton and Stephanie are trying to crack a mystery that has tantalised scholars and fortune hunters through the ages, but so is someone else, someone prepared to kill to win the historic prize.

In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends 20 illustrations by Sis with Borges' 1957 compilation of 116 „strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination,“ from dragons and centaurs to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat and the Morlocks of H.G. Wells' „The Time Machine.“

A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril returns to the noble household he once served as page and is named secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule. It is an assignment Cazaril dreads, for

Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs wit ..

A compelling tale of family ties, with vivid characters and an authentic Cretan background.Through dramatic storytelling, Victoria Hislop charts the fate of four generations rent by war, illicit love, passion and leprosy, from the thirties through ..

The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix television series.This is the ..

From a bestselling author comes a saga of fidelity and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial figures in English history. It is King Alfred and his heirs who in the ninth and tenth centuries fought to secu ..

Set during the air raids, blacked-out streets, and sexual adventure of World War II London, „The Night Watch“ is „the finest achievement yet“ („Guardian“) from the bestselling author of „Fingersmith“ and „Tipping the Velvet.“

At once brutal and tender, despairing and rashly hopeful, spare of language and profoundly moving, this work is a fierce and haunting meditation on the tenuous divide between civilization and savagery, and the essential, sometimes terrifying power of filial love.

McCarthy's new play packs all the wallop of his gut-wrenching fiction. „The Sunset Limited,“ though, is not about blood and guts but about the battle for the human soul.

This Mass Market Boxed Set, is the Third Boxed Set of „The Sword of Truth "series by Terry Goodkind: The Box Set includes: "Pillars of Creation,“ 0–765–34074–7"Naked Empire," 0–765–34430–7"Chainfire," 0–765–34431–9 Book 7: „Pillars of Creation“ Seque ..

Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyon ..