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？
The deepest waters hide the darkest secrets.... When the body ofa murdered man literally falls at Elizabeth Stuart's feet, she'sable to wash away the blood--but not the terror. Unwelcomenewcomers to Still Creek, Minnesota, she and her troubled teenageson are treated with suspicion by the locals, including thesheriff. Yet nothing will stop her from digging beneath the town'splacid surface for the truth--except the killer. Running from amessy divorce, Elizabeth believed buying a small-town newspaperoffered a fresh start for herself and her son. But idyllic StillCreek, nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, hides secretsdangerous enough to push someone to commit murder. Now Elizabethmust risk everything to save herself and her son, and to unmask thekiller...before the current of evil flowing through Still Creekdrags her under. When Elizabeth Stuart searched for a quiet,peaceful home for herself and her son, Still Creek seemed perfect.Nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, this small, idyllicMinnes
In this romantic, funny, and heartwarming classic novel, #1"New York Times" bestselling author Tami Hoag poignantly capturesone eventful summer in the life of a woman facing the ultimaterelationship dilemma. It took only one look for Genna Hastings tomake up her mind about her new next-door neighbor, J. J. Hennessy.She knew his type all too well: Jared Jay Hennessy was tall andhandsome, a man who thought he was God's gift to women. From thepink flamingos dotting his front yard to the all-night boozybarbecues, he threatened to disrupt Genna's peaceful summer offfrom teaching. But beneath his carefree smile and teasing nature,J.J. was a man as serious about the future as he was about Genna.He'd come to this quiet Connecticut town to change his life, and hechallenged Genna to help him become Mr. Right. It was a challengeshe knew she'd be smart to refuse . . . and one J.J. knew shecouldn't resist.
The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At asmall-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned bytelegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed JasonBourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand thetelegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos,known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusiveterrorist. And furthermore, they know that the Jackal wants: afinal confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor ofOriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped hewould never have to do again -- assume the terrible identity ofJason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically andeconomically Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure thecunning Jackal into a deadly trap -- a trap from which only one ofthem will escape.
Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, masterthief GIDEON'S SWORD At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-classmathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideonlearned the truth: His father was framed and deliberatelyslaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avengehim. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-timemission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father'sdestruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, andsuccessful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone,who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has needof just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .
Nothing is quite as it seems. Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time. In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get 'That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French'. 'LT's Theory of Pets' will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one. And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle theblackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe findshimself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography,seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he getscaught up in. "Chandler writes like a slumming angel and invest sthe sun-blinded streets of Los Angelos with a romanticpresence."--Ross Macdonald
Strange things were happening in Drake House: A perfect roseappearing on a pillow...an antique dress materializing out ofnowhere...a mysterious spirit roaming the halls... Five years afterRachel Lindquist had left California to chase her dreams, shereturned home to care for her aging mother, only to find herselfchasing a ghost Addie Lindquist insisted a presence haunted DrakeHouse and had hired noted parapsychologist Bryan Hennessy toinvestigate, but Rachel knew better than to believe in what shecouldn't see-- or to surrender to the strong current of desirepulling her towards Bryan. Bryan had dealt with skeptics before,but convincing Rachel was the biggest challenge of his life. Theenchanting beauty had lost faith in everything that wasn'tpractical, and that included matters of the heart. As Bryan foughther reluctance to succumb to feelings she couldn't control, asecond, more sinister force began to stalk them, threatening todrive them from Drake House and from each other-- a force thatcould be banished only
A novel of startling scope and ambition, Prague depicts anintentionally lost Lost Generation as it follows five Americanexpats who come to Budapest in the early 1990s to seek theirfortune. They harbor the vague suspicion that their counterparts inPrague have it better, but still they hope to find adventure,inspiration, a gold rush, or history in the making.
Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed ina hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of NewBern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries abouttheir young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver tojustice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah's second-gradeteacher. A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarahmoved to New Bern hoping to start over. Tentatively, Miles andSarah reach out to each other...soon they are falling in love. Butwhat neither realizes is that they are also bound together by ashocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everythingthey believe in-including their love.
Herbert Mason's best-selling Gilgamesh is the most widely readand enduring interpretation of this ancient Babylonian epic. One ofthe oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epicof Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death,loss and reparations within the stirring tale of a hero-king andhis doomed friend. A finalist for the National Book Award, Mason'sretelling is at once a triumph of scholarship, a masterpiece ofstyle, and a labor of love that grew out of the poet's longaffinity with the original.
Selden Edwards, apparently, took 35 years to write this dismal piece of drivel. He started writing at age 25, but I suspect that he conceived the idea at the age of 15. How else to explain the wholly un-ironic adoption of the puerile schoolboy nickname for the main character's guru - the Venerable Haze, a.k.a. the Haze - throughout the book? On page 6, Mr Edwards employs the word 'momentarily' to mean 'in a moment' - when in fact it means 'for a moment'. I would say that if it is English teaching that he has recently retired from, then it is just as well that he has retired. Time travel, I can (only just) live with, but the plot is contrived, and the story wholly devoid of humour, takes itself far too seriously, and employs tortured coincidences to allow the hero to make his way through life in 19th Century 'fin de siecle' (he loves that term!) Vienna. I managed 36 pages of this rubbish, and then gave up in disgust. I trust that Mr Edwards, if he ever does write another novel, will again take 35 years t
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is wherehe was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as theylearn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shutshim safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when OldNick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nickhas held her captive for seven years. Through determination,ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life forJack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. Shedevises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son'sbravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just howunprepared she is for the plan to actually work. Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmaticfive-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and thelimitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executednovel about what it means to journey from one world to another.
Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way. Just don't let go of my arm . . . Unrivalled master of suspense Stephen King takes the unsuspecting reader on a fantastic journey through the dark shadows of our innermost fears. Do the dead sing? In this bumper collection of chilling tales, which includes the brilliant story adapted into the acclaimed movie The Mist, we meet: a woman who has never crossed The Reach, the water dividing her from the mainland; a gramma who only wants to hug little George, even after she is dead; an innocent looking toy with sinister powers; and a primeval sea creture with an insatiable appetite.
In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells thestory of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark andviolent past of the family into which they were born. Set in NewYork City and the lowcountry of South Carolina, the novel openswhen Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and careerare crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learningof his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the mostgifted poets of her generation, and both the cadenced beauty of herart and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to thetoo-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled officesand luxurious restaurants of New York City, Tom and SusanLowenstein, Savannah's psychiatrist, unravel a history of violence,abandonment, commitment, and love. And Tom realizes that trying tosave his sister is perhaps his last chance to save himself. Withpassion and a rare gift of language, the author moves from presentto past, tracing the amazing history of the Wingos from Wo
