七万年前,原始人类在濒临灭绝的严峻情况下勉强幸存,七万年后,拥有先进文明与高端科技的人类又再一次面临灭绝危机……瘟疫虽然有了最终的解药,伊麻里组织却依旧进逼着全世界,阿瑞斯更是引爆了遍布在南极洲周围的水雷,融化的古代冰层形成一场大洪水,迅速侵袭世界各地。此时,凯特跟大卫收到一组来自外层空间的加密信号,他们知道这段信号是阻止伊麻里的关键,必须尽快解开密码,于是,一行人穿过传送门来到了亚特兰蒂斯的烽火系统……随着亚特兰蒂斯记忆拼图的逐渐完成,人类世界起源的面纱即将揭开,过去与现在相互角力,的结局,人类将何去何从?
With The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and his other belovednovels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks hasgiven voice to our deepest beliefs about the power of love. Now hebrings us the long-awaited follow-up to The Notebook-a story of anordinary man who goes to extraordinary lengths to win back the loveof his life... After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face apainful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife,Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely hisfault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and AllieCalhoun, and their fifty-year love affair (originally recounted inThe Notebook), Wilson himself is a man unable to express his truefeelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at theoffice, leaving the responsibility of raising their children toJane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinkingabout leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this:His love for Jane has only grown over the ye
Fifteen years ago in Boston, Kate Summers made a bargain:she became the mother of a perfect, beautiful newborn baby, and shepromised she would never breathe a word about the adoption toanyone. Now Kate has built a good life for herself and her son,Jon, in a small town in Oregon. She has almost forgotten her fearthat he will somehow be taken away. Then Daegan O'Rourke arrives intown and strikes up a friendship with her and Jon. Daegan has hisown past to hide - one with shocking ties to hers. Someone issearching for Kate and her son and is willing to go to any lengthsto claim him. And the one man Kate is tempted to trust hasdangerous secrets that could change her world forever. Soon, thepast Kate thought she could outrun will explode, unearthing alegacy of lies and treachery and a fury powerful enough tokill.
Book De*ion About Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Dean Koontz's Frankenstein is the collective title of a series ofnovels co-written by Dean Koontz. Though technically of the mysteryor thriller genres, the novels also feature the trappings ofhorror, fantasy, and science fiction. From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerfulreworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you thinkyou know the legend, you know only half the truth. Here is themystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of… Dean Koontz's City of the Night They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humansever created—and they must be destroyed. But not even VictorHelios—once Frankenstein—can stop the engineered killers he’s setloose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Now theonly hope rests in a one-time “monster” and his all-too-humanpartners, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison.Deucalion’s centuries-old hi
andquot; Michener is America's best writer, and he proves itonce again in CENTENNIAL.andquot; THE PITTSBURGH PRESSA stunningpanorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration ofour country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of theAmerican past that only bestselling author James Michener couldbring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migratingwhite men and women, the cowboys, and the foreigners, it is a storyof trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, andhunters--all caught up in the dramatic events and violent conflictsthat shaped the destiny of our legendary West.
The Chinese vice-premier has been brutally slain by alegendary assassin. World leaders ask the same fearful questions: Why has Jason Bourne come back? Who is paying him? Who is thenext to die? But U.S. officials know the shocking truth: There is no Jason Bourne. The name was created as cover for DavidWebb on his search for the notorious killer Carlos. Someone elsehas taken the Bourne identity--and unless he is stopped, the worldwill pay a devastating price. So Jason Bourne must live again. Onceagain, Webb must utilize his lethal skills--because once again,like a nightmare relived, the woman he loves is suddenly torn fromhis life. To find her, trap his own impostor, and uncover anexplosive secret plan, Webb must lauch a desperate oddyssey intothe espionage killing fields. But this time, survival will not beenough. This time Bourne must reign supreme.
First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.
When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteerfireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks tosave lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bringhimself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years,Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leavesas soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts tobecome truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southerntown, single mother Denise Holton's car skids off the road. Theyoung mom is with her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severelearning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything.Taylor McAden finds her unconscious and bleeding, but does not findKyle. When Denise wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to bothof them: Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, the connectionbetween Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that thisrescue will be different from all the others, demanding far morethan raw physical courage. It will lead him to the
In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced. A Clash Of Kings A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of t
It was as if I had privately discovered life on another planet,or a paralldl universe where life was at once fecognizably similar but entirely different.I can't tell you how exciting it waw.Insofar as I had accumulatde any expectations of Australia at all in the intervening years,I had thought of it as a kind of a lternative southern California,a place of constant sunshine and the cheerful vapidity of a beach lifestyle,but wish a slightly British bent-a sort of Baywatch wish cricket.
The Lost Symbol is the long awaited sequel to Dan Brown's TheDa Vinci Code . The Da Vinci Code was an international phenomenonwith 81 million copies in print worldwide. In Britain it was eventhe best-selling Paperback ever. The filming was also a hugesuccess. Since May 2009, is Angels and Demons worldwide intheaters. In his new book, The Lost icon again Robert Langdon is the hero.Readers will cheer again from the first page of Robert Langdon,when they accompanied him on an exciting journey of discovery fullof surprises - and all in just 12 hours time for action. DanBrown's talent for storytelling interwoven with historicalelements, codes and intrigue make the new thriller once again atrue "Paget Uri. This novel was a strange and wonderful trip," Dan Brown himselfsays "The result of five years of research into a 12-hour actionwas to weave and stimulating challenge. Robert Langdon's lifestrides definitely faster than my own.
No one conducts a more chilling, suspenseful, thoroughlyengrossing tour through the winding corridors of criminal behaviorand the secret chambers of psychopathology than Jonathan Kellerman,the bestselling “master of the psychological thriller” (People).Now the incomparable team of psychologist Alex Delaware andhomicide cop Milo Sturgis embark on their most dangerous excursionyet, into the dark places where risk runs high and blood runscold. It’s a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve andMichaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish onthe way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of themare found in the remote mountains of Malibu -battered and terrifiedafter a harrowing ordeal at the hands of a sadistic abductor. The details of the nightmarish event are shocking and brutal: Thecouple was carjacked at gunpoint by a masked assailant andsubjected to a horrific regimen of confinement, starvation andassault. But before long, doubts arise a
Tender and tragic, set against the turbulent backdrop of wartime Britain, The Night Watch is the extraordinary story of fbur Londoners: Kay, who wanders the streets in mannish clothes, restless and searching... Helen, who harbours a troubling secret... Viv, glamour girl, recklessly loyal to her soldier lover.., and Duncan, an apparent innocent, struggling with demons of his own. Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit liaisons and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, this is an astonishing novel.
Total Heat Sidney Archer has the world. A husband she loves. Ajob at which she excels and a cherished young daughter. Then, as aplane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes.And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust. TotalDanger Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global,the world's leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give hisfamily the best of everything, Archer has secretly entered into adeadly game. He is about to disappear-leaving behind a wife whomust sort out his lies from his truths, an accident team that wantsto know why the plane he was ticketed on crashed, and a veteran FBIagent who wants to know it all...
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
Donna Leon has topped European bestseller lists for more thana decade with a series of mysteries featuring clever CommissarioGuido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to uncover thethreads of a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integritywhile maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption,and intrigue. In "A Noble Radiance" a new landowner is summonedurgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentallyunearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, buta ring found nearby proves to be a first clue that reopens aninfamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's mostaristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel theclues and find his way into both the heart of patrician Venice andthat of a family grieving for their abducted son.
With several Hollywood Heinlein adaptations about to belaunched (including "Starship Troopers" by the director of "TotalRecall"), this SF superstar is shining brighter than ever. Tocelebrate his success, Del Rey is reissuing the author's classicworks back into the forefront, beginning with "The Door intoSummer", the story of a modern-day--and future-time--Rip VanWinkle.
Detective Alex Cross is called to the scene of aperfectly-executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s mostcorrupt: a dirty congressmen and a scheming lobbyist. Next, theelusive marksman begins picking off other crooked politicians,sparking a blaze of theories--is the marksman a hero or a roguevigilante? Alex and Bree are busy with their wedding plans, but as the dateapproaches, the spree of killings demands all of Alex's attention,and the couple is forced to put the ceremony on hold. The case explodes and Max Siegel from the FBI battles Alex forjurisdiction. As Alex juggles the sniper, the wedding, and thestruggle with Siegel, he receives a call from his deadliestadversary, Kyle Craig. After years of silence, the Mastermind isback to his old tricks and will not relent until he has eliminatedCross--and his family--for good. With a supercharged blend of suspense, action, and deception,Cross Fire is James Patterson's most exciting Alex Cross novelever.
This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons。For starters:it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past。It also plays out a fantasy many of us have entertained:what would it be like to look those people up again。tell them how much they meant to us。 maybe even resume the mentorship? Plus。we meet Morrie Schwartz——a one of a kind professor。whom the author describes as looking like a cross between a biblical prophet and Christmas elf。And finally we are privy to intimate moments of Morrie’s final days as he lies dying from a terminal illness。Even on his deathbed。this twinkling-eyed mensch manages to teach us all about living robustly and fully。Kudos to author and acclaimed sports columnist Mitch Albom for telling this universally touching story with such grace and humility。 作者简介: MITCH ALBOM iS the author ofthe internationa
Let's Call It "The Turn of the Phillips-Head Screw" I was happily working on a novel titled What the Night Knows, thepremise of which was already described on various web-sitepostings, when an idea for a ghost story slammed into me with asmuch force as an exuberant 60-pound golden retriever playingbowl-dad-off-his-feet. When I picked myself up from my officefloor, I didn't need a sticky roller to remove the dog hair from myclothes, but the story I had been working on was entirely Swifferedout of my head to make room for the ghost story. After alerting myeditor and my publisher of my intentions, I put aside What theNight Knows and set to work enthusiastically on the new idea. Over the next few months, as the manu* pages piled up, Ioccasionally sent lists of possible titles to my editor and mypublisher, and they sent lists of titles to me. None of us likedthe same title. We didn't argue. We just quietly declined to beenthusiastic about one another's suggestions. We are a genteelbunch. The only one of us to wa
In this collection of five Christmas-themed stories, belovedauthor Mary Balogh brings together tales of love, marriage,friendship, loneliness, and healing. Includes four Balogh holidayclassics, "The Star of Bethlehem," "The Best Gift," "PlayingHouse," and "No Room At the Inn," as well as "A Family Christmas,"which is only available in this anthology.
Faking her own death to escape her murderous husband, RainieHall takes refuge in the rural community of Crystal Falls, whereshe finds work as a bookkeeper on a horse ranch run by dangerouslygood-looking Parker Harrigan. But as their initial attractionblossoms, Rainie fears she can never escape retribution from theman who has sworn to kill heraand that her mere presence couldjeopardize everything the Harrigan family holds dear.