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Brimstone |
Behind the gates of a fabulous Hamptons estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast comes
upon the carnage of a gruesome crime: one that recalls the legendary horrors that befall those who
make a Faustian pact with the devil. Surrounded by the choking stench of brimstone, the smoldering
remains of art critic Jeremy Grove are found in a locked, barricaded attic next to a hoofprint singed
into the floorboards.
Unable to resist a case that defies all but supernatural logic,
Pendergast reunites with police officers Vincent D'Agosta (Relic) and Laura Hayward (Reliquary) to
search for a more earthly explanation. But their investigation soon takes them from the luxury estates
of Long Island and penthouses of New York City to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the
Italian countryside, where thirty years ago four men conjured up something unspeakable. . .
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Crimson Shore |
A secret chamber. A mysterious shipwreck. A murder in the desolate salt marshes.
A seemingly straightforward
private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated.
Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene, travels to the quaint seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to investigate the
theft of a priceless wine collection. But inside the wine cellar, they find something considerably more disturbing: a bricked-up niche that
once held a crumbling skeleton.
Pendergast and Constance soon learn that Exmouth is a town with a very dark and troubled history, and
this skeleton may be only the first hint of an ancient transgression, kept secret all these years. But they will discover that the sins of the
past are still very much alive. Local legend holds that during the 1692 witch trials in Salem, the real witches escaped, fleeing north to
Exmouth and settling deep in the surrounding salt marshes, where they continued to practice their wicked arts.
Then, a murdered corpse
turns up in the marshes. The only clue is a series of mysterious carvings. Could these demonic symbols bear some relation to the ancient witches'
colony, long believed to be abandoned?
A terrible evil lurks beneath the surface of this sleepy seaside town-one with deep roots in
Exmouth's grim history. And it may be that Constance, with her own troubled past, is the only one who truly comprehends the awful danger that
she, Pendergast, and the residents of Exmouth must face . . . |
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Gideon Crew Series |
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Ice Limit |
*On a desolate island off the southern coast of Chile, an incredible discovery is
made: a gigantic meteorite, the largest ever found, entombed in the earth for millions of years. Half
a world away, billionaire entrepreneur Palmer Lloyd decides he must have it as the centerpiece of
his grandiose new museum. He is willing to pay any price--in dollars and in lives. Getting it back to
New York poses a particular challenge: It will be the heaviest object ever moved by humankind.
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Beyond the Ice Limit |
That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now...
With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most
dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth.
Five years ago, the mysterious and
inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite--the largest ever discovered--from a remote
island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters
and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left paralyzed.
But this was not all. The tragedy revealed something truly terrifying: the meteorite they tried to retrieve was not, in fact, simply a rock. Instead, it
was a complex organism from the deep reaches of space.
Now, that organism has implanted itself in the sea bed two miles below the surface-and it is
growing. If it is not destroyed, the planet will be doomed. There is only one hope: for Glinn and his team to annihilate it, a task which requires Gideon's
expertise with nuclear weapons. But as Gideon and his colleagues soon discover, the "meteorite" has a mind of its own-and it has no intention of going
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The Pharaoh Key |
"I just want to be crystal clear about this: if it has value, we're gonna steal it. Are you with me?"
Effective Engineering
Solutions has been inexplicably shut down and the head of the company, Eli Glinn, has all but vanished. Fresh off a diagnosis that gives him only months
to live, Gideon Crew is contacted by one of his coworkers at EES, Manuel Garza, who tells him the two have mere hours to collect their belongings before
the office closes forever. After years of dedicated service and several high-risk missions, theirs seems like the most ignoble of terminations-until
Gideon and Garza happen upon an incredible discovery.
After centuries of silence, a code-breaking machine at EES has cracked the long-awaited
translation of a centuries-old stone tablet, the Phaistos Disc, that dates back to an otherwise completely unknown, ancient civilization. The mysteries
of the message itself hint at incredible treasures, and perhaps even a world-altering secret. No one remains at EES to take on this most remarkable
mission but Gideon and Garza. The two agree to solve the mystery of the disc's message and split the spoils: the perfect parting gift their employer
doesn't know he has given.
What lies at the end of the trail may save Gideon's life-or bring it to a sudden, shocking close. As Gideon and Garza
soon discover, some missions are more dangerous than others. But as Gideon has proved again and again, there's no such thing as too great a risk when
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Individual Novels |
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Riptide |
*For generations, treasure hunters have tried to unlock the deadly puzzle known as
the Water Pit: a labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycombs the heart of a small island off the
coast of Maine. Reputed to be the hiding place of pirate treasure, the Water Pit possesses an
inexplicable ability to kill those who venture into it, from professionals to innocent explorers. The
most comprehensive, high-tech expedition ever assembled has come to Maine and to Dr. Malin Hatch,
owner of the island. While the treasure hunters have their reasons for mounting this assault - $2
billion in gold - Hatch has his own motives to join them. For Hatch, whose brother died on Ragged
Island thirty years before, the only escape from the curse is through the black swirling waters and
bloodstained chambers of the Pit.
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