Mostrando resultados por Editor "SAGA Egmont" en Espías y Políticos

Lubji Hoch escapes from the Nazis, moves to Berlin and changes his name to Richard Armitage. After a successful career in the British Army, he takes over a struggling newspaper and with unrivalled ruthlessness begins building his media empire. Meanwhile, Keith Townsend, the son of a millionaire and Oxford educated, returns to Australia from London to take over his father's newspaper with similar ambitions. As both men move their quest for power to the world stage, they realise they are more than a match for one another's brilliance and ambition.

Separated at birth by a desperate nurse who loses a millionaire's son to cot death, twin boys grow up without any knowledge of the other. Nat Cartwright lives with his middle-class birth parents and grows up to becomes a war hero in the Vietnam War before returning home to run for office in the Republican party. Fletcher Davenport becomes the only son of the millionaire couple. After graduating from Yale, he builds a reputation as a prolific criminal defence lawyer before he too delves into politics as a Democrat.

Connor Fitzgerald is the CIA’s most deadly assassin. On the brink of his retirement, he is sent to Russia for one last hit. Except this isn’t just another job. After a fall out between the CIA and the White House over the assassination of a prominent Colombian politician, his boss is now using the Russian Mafia to cover her tracks. Fitzgerald is not going to St Petersburg to kill, he’s going to die. A page-turning, political thriller about espionage and betrayal by the acclaimed British writer, Jeffrey Archer.

The fate of Rome, and thousands of lives, rests on the shoulders of one man. After murdering his brother, and taking the position of Emperor for himself, Caracalla orders a brutal purge of the supporters of Geta. Meanwhile, Caracalla’s ally Marcellus is captured by Syrian warriors. They wish to use his son, Avitus, as a puppet emperor to affirm a new Eastern Empire. Caracalla orders Silus to track down and rescue Avitus, rumoured to be Caracalla’s child.

An intense novel of war at the Roman frontier. On the Empire's Northern border trouble is stirring. For decades the barbarians have been at the gates. Now, facing threats from within as well as outside, the Emperor is provoking war. When his friend Atius goes missing in Germania, Imperial Assassin Silus is sent into the heart of the battle-torn region.

An old enemy, a new threat, and a secret that could tear the world apart. Hostage negotiator Ethan Munroe is called urgently to a developing crime scene. A serial killer is holding a young girl hostage, and, inexplicably, demands his attendance. Events quickly spiral out of control, and the security of Ethan's life is stripped away, as he is thrown headlong into a perilous world of deception, espionage and danger, lurking deep within the shadows of political power.

At least one battalion of flame-throwers is swinging around like a pack of crazy wild boars. Long, flaming red tongues of fire are hissing from the towers, charring every living thing. From the GPU-prison stream shoals of red prisoners. A barrage of incredible dimensions is hammering down behind the Germans. It seems like the Russians have guessed that they are pondering an escape and want to stop it with an impenetrable wall of fire, spreading as far as the eye can see.

Barbie and her friends star as world-class gymnasts who are recruited as top-secret spies! Powerful gems have been stolen, and it’s up to Barbie and her friends to use their dazzling disguises, high-tech glitter gadgets, and trusty teamwork to stop a notorious jewel thief.

There is a nuclear weapon in the hands of the Vatican City’s deadliest enemy. And time is running out to stop an attack... Marco Venetti, the only man the Pope trusts, is on the hunt for a traitor. He is willing to do anything to protect the church, and the man at its heart. Even if it means getting blood on his hands... But when Marco finds him, the traitor reveals terrifying new information: the name of a Russian mafioso with a grudge against the Vatican and possession of a nuclear bomb. If Marco doesn’t work with him, the consequences will be deadly.

Jeder weiß, dass Frank Machianno, 62, ein gesetzestreuer Bürger ist, mit seinem Angelladen und seinem Surfbrett praktisch nicht wegzudenken vom Strand von San Diego. Kaum einer weiß, dass er einmal Präsidenten die Hand geschüttelt hat - und jeden beseitigt, der der italienischen Mafia ein Dorn im Auge war. Denn Frank war Frankie Machine, der gnadenloseste Mafiakiller der Westküste. Jetzt gibt es jemanden, den es nicht die Bohne interessiert, dass Frank längst im Ruhestand ist. Jemanden, der seinen Tod will, um jeden Preis. Das Problem: Die Liste der möglichen Verdächtigen ist verdammt lang.

War is dangerous in itself but when someone is at war with themselves at the same time, it becomes even more dangerous. Within two weeks of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, four men of Boat Troop, B Squadron, 22 SAS, are on the islands too. It is the mission of these four men to gather vital intelligence, with Argentine patrols everywhere. The rest of B Squadron are tasked with a suicide mission -- an attack on the Argentine airbase in the mainland. In charge is a man unafraid to risk the lives of his men in search of greater personal glory.

1940. Dunkirk is over? Will Britain fight on or talk peace? Fugitive and Hitler admirer, Billy Houston, craves a Nazi-run Britain. Needing money and intent on burglary, it ends in murder. But he’s in luck, his victim has in his possession the entire anti-invasion plans for Southern Britain, this while Armistice talks are slated to take place on the Isle of Wight. A desperate Billy makes contact with Rudi Graebner, a German naval officer and spy embedded in the Spanish Embassy. The two have nothing in common - they instinctively take a dislike to each other and trust is at a premium.

Bloody partisan fights rage in the Balkans. Grenades rain down over the streets. From the rooftops, a heavy machinegun fire strikes down on the hunting battalion. Moaning, the injured soldiers crawl for cover. Molotov cocktails explode with hollow roars, and the burning liquid splash up on humans and materiel. - Partisan, the major stutters terrified and jumps off the vehicle. Porta salutes him with an idiotic smile. - Reporting to the Major that they will probably make it hot for us!

Wenn niemandem mehr zu trauen ist... Ein tödliches Lügengeflecht scheint den Vatikan unterwandert zu haben... Gerade wurde einer seiner ältesten Freunde brutal ermordet – und jetzt steht er selbst unter Verdacht: Geschichtsprofessor Don Cavelli fühlt sich in einem Albtraum gefangen. Er lebt im Vatikan, er ist "einer von ihnen" – und doch wird er über Nacht zum Staatsfeind Nr. 1 erklärt. Ihm bleibt nichts anderes als die Flucht.

Der israelische Geheimagent und Restaurator Gabriel Allon bessert gerade ein Altarbild in Venedig aus, als die Polizei seine Hilfe verlangt: Ein krimineller Kunstsammler wurde in seiner Villa am Comer See ermordet. Ausgerechnet Gabriels Weggefährte Julian Isherwood gilt als Hauptverdächtiger. Um dessen Unschuld zu beweisen, muss Allon den wahren Täter aufspüren. Seine Ermittlungen führen ihn bis in den Nahen Osten. Dabei stößt er auf ein mörderisches Komplott von gigantischem Ausmaß - und kommt dem berühmtesten gestohlenen Gemälde der Welt auf die Spur.

Florentyna Kane on tehnyt mahdottomasta mahdollista - hänet on valittu Yhdysvaltojen ensimmäiseksi naispuoliseksi presidentiksi. Kaikki eivät kuitenkaan ole tyytyväisiä Kanen valintaan. He haluavat saada Kanen pois presidentin paikalta, hinnalla minä hyvänsä. Kun FBI joutuu iskun kohteeksi, erikoisagentti Mark Andrews selviää kuin ihmeen kaupalla. Pystyykö hän pelastamaan Florentyna Kanen hengen? "Kerrotaanko presidentille?" on Jeffrey Archerin huikean jännittävä romaani, joka jatkaa Kanen ja Abelin tarinaa.

Jede Menge Action und Spannung garantiert der Thriller "Operation Elite" des australischen Bestseller-Autors Matthew Reilly! Die Majestic-12, eine geheime Gruppierung, setzen darin im dritten Teil der Scarecrow-Reihe ein millionenschweres Kopfgeld auf 15 Personen aus, darunter auch auf Shane M. Schofield. Doch der Elite-Marine erfährt von der Verschwörung und versucht herauszufinden, wer die anderen 14 Männer auf der Abschussliste sind und warum sie umgebracht werden sollen. Eine Hetzjagd um die halbe Welt beginnt.

April 1943: Dicht an der Möhnetalsperre befindet sich ein Lager, in dem ukrainische Zwangsarbeiterinnen Waffen produzieren müssen...

In a razor-sharp legal thriller, Jack Kowalski must win two challenging trials to save his reputation and his career. Junior barrister Jack Kowalski is crushed. His client Timothy Smart appears to have committed a monstrous crime while on bail - a bail application Jack fought hard to win. When a high-profile Polish footballer is charged with rape and demands a fellow countryman represent him, Jack must overcome his guilt and get back to work.

Kalashnikov comienza con un llamamiento del Parlamento Europeo para que se capture al mayor criminal de guerra que existe, Joseph Kony, de quien se sabe que, además de asesinar, violar y esclavizar a miles de niños, los emplea como soldados de su ejército. A la vista de la impotencia de las instituciones, un pequeño grupo de eurodiputados decide contravenir las leyes que han jurado defender.