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Dark destiny. When Steadman agreed to investigate the disappearance of a young Mossad agent, he had no idea he would be drawn into a malevolent conspiracy. Neo-Nazi cultists are bent on unleashing an age-old unholy power on an unsuspecting world-power rising out of a demonic relic from man's dark primal past to threaten humanity with horror beyond any nightmare. James Herbert was one of Britain’s greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction.

Policeman, soldier and spy, Morgan and his fellow operatives are the faceless strangers who serve the greater good - the means to justify the end. When an intelligence agent is brutally murdered and the president of a small African country is put in danger, Morgan is sent in on his first solo mission. His cover is to evacuate a group of aid workers, with the help of the beautiful but distant Arena Halls, before the country is swept by civil war. But his true mission is much darker.

Frankreich, La Rochelle, 1941. Es ist ein Höllentrip auf Leben und Tod, dem die U-Boot-Mannschaft der U 96 auf ihrer Feindfahrt ausgesetzt ist. Kapitänleutnant Kaleun und seine Besatzung werden erbarmungslos von feindlichen Zerstörern gejagt. Sie geraten in schwerste Unwetter, werden von Flugzeugen bombardiert und versenken feindliche Schiffe. Viele von ihnen sind unerfahren, die Schrecken des Krieges sind ihnen fremd.

Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019: Ongoing clashes between Ukrainian nationalists and pro-Russian activists make this city a deadly destination. However, Matt Latham - Australian foreign correspondent and reluctant spy for ASIS (Australia's secret service) - isn't too picky with the work he accepts, as long as the money is right. When offered a lucrative assignment to interview a reclusive Russian billionaire in Kharkiv, he jumps at the chance. But an explosion at the club where they were to meet leaves Matt hospitalised and his interpreter, Katya Fomina, dead.

Alex Morgan - policeman, soldier and spy for Intrepid, the black ops division of Interpol - commits to the toughest mission of his career, and his chances of survival are slimmer than ever. Sent deep into the shadows of Europe’s criminal underbelly, Morgan’s mission is to overthrow an oligarch and bring a spy in from the cold. But his target is closer than he knows. As old friends reemerge, it becomes clear that the very heart of Morgan’s black ops division faces destruction, and trust, it seems, is little more than a commodity to be bought and sold.

His orders are simple: ‘The safety catch is off. Return that girl to her family and drag those bastards back to justice. Dead or alive. It makes no difference to me.’ Alex Morgan - policeman, soldier and spy for Intrepid, the black ops division of Interpol - is on the hunt for Serbian war criminals. But these guys were never going to let it be that simple. An assassination attempt is made on the presiding judge of the international tribunal. Days later, the judge’s daughter vanishes in mysterious circumstances.

Der junge Kommissar Sturm im brodelnden Berlin der Swinging Fifties. Im September 1957, kurz nach der Eröffnung der neuen Kongreßhalle, wird ein amerikanischer Journalist ermordet. Besonders brisant: Der Ermordete, der in Deutschland geboren ist, hatte auf Einladung der deutschen Regierung an den Feierlichkeiten teilgenommen. Der junge ungestüme Kommissar Jo Sturm wird auf den Fall angesetzt. Doch leider behindert sein Vorgesetzter seine Arbeit ständig. Und dann scheint sich auch noch die CIA brennend für seine Ermittlungen zu interessieren. Ein packender Kriminalroman in Zeiten des Kalten Krieges.

Ruth lever et stille og roligt liv som enlig mor og underviser. Men en dag beslutter hendes mor, Sally Gilmartin, at betro hende en hemmelighed. Moren giver datteren et manuskript, hvor hun fortæller sin livshistorie. Den respektable, ældre enke er ikke den, som Ruth, og alle andre, hidtil har troet. Hun er født Eva Delectorskaja, er russisk emigrant som i 1939 blev rekrutteret til den hemmelige, britiske efterretningstjeneste.

Caroline Kayser arbejder for et olieselskab i København. Fra Nairobi indløber en melding om, at medarbejdere på selskabets afdeling dér er involveret i voldtægt af landsbypiger. Caroline sendes til Kenya for at kvæle anklagerne og redde sit firmas omdømme. Løser hun ikke opgaven, bliver hun fyret. Men hvor langt er hun villig til at gå? Kan hun vende det blinde øje til mord, voldtægt og korruption?

Hamburg nach 9/11. Ein muslimischer Terrorverdächtiger ist die Schlüsselfigur im gnadenlosen Wettlauf internationaler Geheimdienste...

Alex Morgan - policeman, soldier and spy for Intrepid, the black ops division of Interpol - is hunting the Night Witch, the head of a shadowy criminal empire spanning the four corners of the globe. When Morgan is sent to China to shadow Intrepid's newest agent, Elizabeth Reigns, he soon discovers she's been sold out and the triads are after their pound of flesh. With Reigns in his corner, Morgan must find a way through a complex labyrinth of scattered connections and corporate takeovers to find the real Night Witch, and crush an empire built on trading in human life.

Skrupellose Saboteure wollen den Mars-Flug der Androklus-Rakete verhindern. Der französische Geheimdienst hat einen Tipp bekommen, dass ein anonymer Auftraggeber eine Klimaanlage bauen ließ, die sich beim Abschuss der Mars-Rakete automatisch abschaltet. Das würde den sicheren Tod des Astronauten bedeuten. In letzter Sekunde greift Lennet ein - der fähige, junge Geheimagent des FND.