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 inspiration for the film starring Kathy Bates and JenniferJason Leigh.
Nora Roberts brings her acclaimed Irish trilogy to a closewith this tale of a woman whose dreams of riches lead her to theheart's greatest treasure.
The partners at Finley Figg often refer to themselves asa “boutique law firm.” Boutique, as in chic, selective, andprosperous. Oscar Finley and Wally Figg are none of these things.They are a two-bit operation of ambulance chasers who bicker likean old married couple. Until change comes their way—or, moreaccurately, stumbles in. After leaving a fast-track career andgoing on a serious bender, David Zinc is sober, unemployed, anddesperate enough to take a job at Finley Figg. Now the firm is ready to tackle a case that could make thepartners rich—without requiring them to actually practice much law.A class action suit has been brought against Varrick Labs, apharmaceutical giant with annual sales of $25 billion, allegingthat Krayoxx, its most popular drug, causes heart attacks. Wallysmells money. All Finley Figg has to do is find a handful ofKrayoxx users to join the suit. It almost seems too good to be true. . . and it is.
Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, The AmazingAdventures of Kavalier and Clay, sprang from an early passion forthe derring-do and larger-than-life heroes of classic comic books.Now, once more mining the rich past, Chabon summons the rollickingspirit of legendary adventures-from The Arabian Nights to AlexandreDumas to Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories-in awonderful new novel brimming with breathless action, raucous humor,cliff-hanging suspense, and a cast of colorful characters worthy ofScheherazade's most tantalizing tales. They're an odd pair, to besure: pale, rail-thin, black-clad Zelikman, a moody, itinerantphysician fond of jaunty headgear, and ex-soldier Amram, agray-haired giant of a man as quick with a razor-tongued witticismas he is with a sharpened battle-ax. Brothers under the skin,comrades in arms, they make their rootless way through the CaucasusMountains, circa A.D. 950, living as they please and survivinghowever they can-as blades and thieves for hire and as pra
The inspiration for the major motion picture starring BradPitt and Cate Blanchettaplus eighteen other stories by the belovedauthor of "The Great Gatsby" IN THE TITLE STORY, a baby born in1860 begins life as an old man and proceeds to age backward. F.Scott Fizgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called hisera aa generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought,all faiths in man shaken.a Perhaps nowhere in American fiction hasthis aLost Generationa been more vividly preserved than inFitzgeraldas short fiction. Spanning the early twentieth-centuryAmerican landscape, this original collection captures, withFitzgeraldas signature blend of enchantment and disillusionment,America during the Jazz Age.
When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs. Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose. Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible. But there are other more sinister forces at Sara Laughs - and Kyra can feel them too....
Ben Richards is out of work and out of luck.Hiseighteen-month-old daughter is sick,and neither Ben nor his wifecan afford to take her to a doctor. For a man from the poor side oftown with no cash and no hope,there's only one thing to do: becomea con-testant on one of the Network's Games,shows where you can winmore money than you've ever dreamed of--or die trying. Now Ben'sgoing prime-time on the Network's highest-ratedviewer-participation show. And he's about to become prey for themasses
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 story, you know only half the truth. Get ready for themystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of… Dean Koontz's Prodigal Son Every city has secrets. But none as terrible as this. His name isDeucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, asleight-of-reality artist who’s traveled the centuries with asecret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks thestreets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for thehumanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson O’Connor iscool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks
Following the death of their eldest son, Ellie and TuckerGrant divorce and gradually make the transition into separatelives. But their two sons Zach and Kody are convinced that theirparents are still meant to be together. The brothers hatch a planto run away from home into the Oregon wilderness. Surely Ellie andTucker will come to their rescue--and their senses.
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of themworldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, NoStars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; DumaKey; Lisey's Story; Cell; and the last threenovels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song ofSusannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfictionbook On Writing is also a bestseller. In 2003, he wasawarded the National Book Foundation Medal for DistinguishedContribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the GrandMaster Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Mainewith his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous--and the potential for destruction unimaginable. In a nonde* office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, “the Campus” is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies--and three men are about to cross its radar. The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI ag
Come close, children, and see the living crocodile. A vintage '54 Buick Roadmaster. At least, that's what it looks like ...There is a secret hidden in Shed B in the state police barracks in Statler, Pennsylvania. A secret that has drawn troopers for twenty years - terrified yet irresistibly tempted to look at its chrome fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system. Young Ned Wilcox has started coming by the barracks: mowing the lawn, washing the windows, shovelling snow; it's a boy's way of holding on to his father - recently killed in a strange road accident by another Buick. And one day Ned peers through the windows of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers. He deserves answers. And the secret begins to stir ...
In this unforgettable classic novel by #1 "New York Times"bestselling author Tami Hoag, the promise of a new love isimperiled by the secrets of the past. In the charming seaside townof Anastasia, California, Faith Kincaid is looking to start overafter her bruising divorce from powerful, corrupt senator WilliamGerard. But the past still haunts her. As she prepares to testifyagainst her ex at his high-profile bribery trial, the federalgovernment is watching her every move. They've even sent a specialagent, Shane Callan, to protect her. Faith doesn't think she needsa bodyguard--especially one as physically formidable as Shane. Buthe refuses to take no for an answer. Soon the two are sharingsecrets and the simmering attraction between them shows signs ofsizzling out of control. But as Faith learns, Shane's not a foreverkind of guy--unless she can convince him to undergo a major changeof heart.
First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond ... then came the 'suicide' that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat ... a suspicious death in a locked gun-room ... a million dollar bond robbery ... the curse of a pharoah's tomb ... a jewel robbery by the sea ... the abduction of a Prime Minister ...the disappearance of a banker ...a phone call from a dying man ...and, finally, the mystery of the missing will. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot! 'A capital collection ... ingeniously constructed, and told with an engaging lightness of style.'Literary Review. 作者简介: Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime.Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in 100 foreign languages.She is the most widely publiShed author of all time and in any language,outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare.She is the author of 80 crime novel and short story
The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelationafter revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called "Odessa"...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of Riga.."of ayoung German journalist tumed obsessed avenger.......and,ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish theworldwide power of SS mass murderers and to carry out Hitler'schilling "Final Solution."
Gertrude Atherton was born in San Francisco in 1857, and died in 1948. She eloped at the age of nineteen, took up writing against her husband's wishes, and after his death became a protegee of Ambrose Bierce, whose influence can be seen here in those stories, The Dead and the Countess, Death and the Woman and The Striding Place, which have an overtly supernatural element. The Striding Place was rejected by one editor as 'far too gruesome', but was in Atherton's view 'the best short story I ever wrote'. Elsewhere, The Greatest Good of the Greatest Number, The Tragedy of a Snob, and A Monarch of a Small Survey the psychological takes precedence over the supernatural. And in The Bell in the Fog (reminiscent of The Turn of the Screw, and dedicated to Henry James) the supernatural and psychological combine to brilliant effect: an angelic child bears a striking resemblance to an old portrait. Is she a reincarnation of her ancestor? And will she turn out as unangelic in adulthood as that distant ancestor turne
1348.The Black Death is sweeping through Europe.In Florence,plague has carried off one hundred thousand people.In their Tuscan villas,seven young women and three young men tell tales to recreate the world they have lost,weaving a rich tapestry of comedy,tragedy,ribaldry and farce.Boccaccio's Decameron recasts the storytelling heritage of the ancient and medieval worlds into perennial forms that inspired writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare down to our own day.Boccaccio makes the incredible believable,with detail so sharp we can look straight into the lives of people who lived six hundred years ago.His Decameron hovers between the fading glories of an aristocratic past-the Crusades,the Angevins,the courts of France,the legendary East-and the colourful squalor of contemporary life,where wives deceive husbands,friars and monks pursue fleshly ends,and natural instincts fight for satisfaction.Here are love and jealousy,passion and pride-and a shrewd calculation of profit and loss which heralds the rise of a dynami
Agatha Christie's audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina's frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple conducted a very different investigation -- into human nature.
Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has neverbeen so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job.Kate Danielsmay have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but she's still knee-deepin paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone tohire her. Starting her own business has been more challenging thanshe thought it would be-now that the Order is disparaging her goodname, and many potential clients are afraid of getting on the badside of the Beast Lord, who just happens to be Kate's mate.So whenAtlanta's premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for help with avampire on the loose, Kate leaps at the chance of some paying work.Turns out this is not an isolated incident, and Kate needs to getto the bottom of it-fast, or the city and everyone dear to hermight pay the ultimate price.
FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded foryears, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has neverforgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideouscrimes--and apparently he has not forgotten her. Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too--from the widowof an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his tiesto the hunt for the Poet make Bosch dig deep. Arriving at aderelict spot in the California desert where the feds areunearthing bodies, Bosch joins forces with Rachel. Now the two areat odds with the FBI...and squarely in the path of the Poet, whowill lead them on a wicked ride out of the heat, through thenarrows of evil, and into a darkness all his own...
An odd, amusing and still provocative fantasy. The narrator is aSquare who lives in a world of two dimensions, and whose vision ofa third gets him into grave trouble with the authorities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition ofthis title.