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After inheriting a farm on New Zealand’s South Island, Lewis Harding tries his best to keep it running. The financially strapped farmer is forced to forage his new land for implements, eliciting the help of his son Gary. But when they go too close to the entrance of an old deserted gold mine, catastrophe strikes in more ways then one. When Gary’s older brother, Dr. Cecil Harding, shows up at the farm, Nekenhalle, he discovers that his brother and father had gone missing.

While on assignment in England, investigative journalist Sam Cleave helps to avoid a woman being stoned to death in a Muslim residential area, leading to the killing of the men who stoned her. Rescuing the woman, he had no idea what kind of world he had just invaded. Thinking nothing of it, Sam returns to Scotland. Only when the bodies of the men are taken to the local morgue, do the medical examiners realize that the corpses are part of a sect that all share the same sigil tattooed on them.

When a member of the Order of the Black Sun asks for assistance in rescuing a relative, David Purdue finds himself going undercover to infiltrate a criminal organization that is in search of the Seven Cities of Gold. Under completely new aliases and surrounded by dangerous enemies led by a leader with a love of poisons, Purdue and his colleagues find themselves entangled in a game of deception where one wrong word could expose them. Through fiery battles and thrilling chases, Purdue may find that the Seven Cities of Gold are not exactly what he expected.

John Henry “Doc” Holiday and the rest of “The President’s Dozen” (plus one) race into the breach once again, undaunted by the deadliest odds they’ve ever faced. Their mission is to hunt down “The Keeper” and a man calling himself Nostradamus “The Father of Time”, whose scrolls reputedly contain a secret that could rock the entire world.

Belgian physicist Dr. Jacobs learns that an infamous version of the Einstein Equation, thought to have been destroyed, had been discovered by billionaire genius David Purdue. Knowing how deadly the equation’s application would be, he tries to contact Purdue to warn him, but Purdue is frantically busy trying to solve the equation. Little does Purdue know that the Order of the Black Sun is using him to solve the equation for them, to set the ball rolling on a terrible experiment that could cause mass scale destruction.

David Purdue spent many adventures facing off against the secret society, the Order of the Black Sun, and has finally defeated them. Now, taking up leadership of the order and redirecting their resources to be used for good rather than evil, he is hopeful for the future. When evidence of the lost tomb of Genghis Khan is unearthed, Purdue puts together a team of new recruits and old veterans to take part in the first big expedition for the new Order of the Black Sun.

Dr. Nina Gould was expecting a break from her expeditions with the Order of the Black Sun but fate seems to have other plans when an offer from Egypt sends her and her long-time associate, David Purdue, on an expedition to unearth the long-lost tomb of Cleopatra. Unfortunately, Cleopatra was not laid to rest alone, having been buried with her lover Mark Antony - a famous Roman that catches the attention of the nefarious Third Triumvirate.

When a watery threat makes its presence known, demanding the return of one of David Purdue's artifacts, he sends one of his closest allies, Sam Cleave, to embark on a voyage to set things right, where he must contend with old grudges, a very different partner, and the sea itself. Meanwhile, Purdue continues to investigate the Order of the Black Sun's mysterious new enemy, but it may be Dr. Nina Gould who finds the answers that Purdue is looking for....

When a Mayan temple mysteriously starts appearing in parts of the world that it shouldn't be, David Purdue leaps at the chance to investigate the strange place. However, as the conflict between Purdue and the Order of the Black Sun reaches a boiling point, the temple may become a battlefield in a war that will change everything....

Dr. Nina Gould has always been fascinated by the history of Ancient Rome, but never expected to have to deal with it so directly. When an old scroll points in the direction of the fabled lost sword of Julius Caesar, Nina embarks on a search to recover the weapon, but learns that finding the sword might not be as easy as she hoped. A trio of masked thieves have targeted the museums of Rome and now have their sights set on Nina and her expedition.

David Purdue has only just started to rebuild his broken life, aided by the fact that his enemies believed he was dead. However, unknown to him, the truth has been revealed, and now putting Purdue down for good has become the Order of the Black Sun's primary objective. As the chase begins and Purdue finds himself facing a dangerous weapon, he must overcome his old nemesis, lethal assassins, and an ancient curse that threatens to kill him at any moment if he isn't careful.

Der Auftakt einer neuen Serie um die junge Archäologin Dr. Nora Kelly und FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson vom Besteller-Duo Preston & Child. Ein hochspannender Mix aus Indiana-Jones-Archäologie, einer wahren geschichtlichen Begebenheit und einem atemberaubenden Spannungsplot.

Nur einer kann den ebenso wahnsinnigen wie eiskalt berechnenden Diogenes Pendergast aufhalten, ein grausames Verbrechen zu begehen...

Aloysius Pendergast erzählt eine schaurige Geschichte aus seiner Kindheit: Im Viertel gab es einen unheimlichen Mann, der als eine Art grausame Variante der Zahnfee die Kinder in Angst und Schrecken versetzte. Um ihn zu besänftigen, brachten die Kinder ihm ihre ausgefallenen Milchzähne als Opfer dar. Pendergast überzeugte seinen jüngeren Bruder Diogenes davon, diesem augenscheinlichen Ammenmärchen keinen Glauben zu schenken und mit dem Brauch zu brechen...

Nur nicht den Kopf verlieren, heißt es für Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast und Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta: In New York treibt ein Serienkiller sein Unwesen, der die Köpfe seiner Opfer als Trophäen behält. Doch er hinterlässt kaum verwertbare Spuren, und die Ermordeten scheinen nichts gemeinsam zu haben - außer Geld, Macht und keinerlei Skrupel. Geht im Big Apple ein Rächer um? Eine Welle der Hysterie stürzt die ganze Stadt ins Chaos. Mittendrin Pendergast und D'Agosta, die kaum einen Schritt weiterkommen und nicht ahnen, dass die Motive des Killers finsterer sind als die neun Kreise der Hölle.

The Order of the Black Sun series leads the listener on a roller-coaster ride in search of a legend. Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, the Order of the Black Sun series is a thrilling listen for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue.

When a secret lab in Antarctica suddenly goes down in an incredible explosion, Olivia starts suspecting a cover-up. She soon discovers that something is taken from the lab, something that will tip the scale of world domination, should it get into the wrong hands. It isn’t long before Olivia discovers to whom those fabled “wrong hands” belong - the Knights Templar. The Templars lose the Holy Grail after taking it from its hiding place in the Antarctic secret lab, but they are determined not to lose it again. They send a ruthless assassin to get it back.

Die Stadt wird von einer Mordserie an Obdachlosen beunruhigt, deren Leichen man in den Schächten und Kanälen tief unter den Straßen Manhattans auffindet. Lieutenant D'Agosta und der FBI-Agent Pendergast wittern einen Zusammenhang und kommen dem grauenvollen Geheimnis näher: The Devil's Attic heißt der Ort, ein Tunnelsystem Stockwerke unter den Höhlen und Stollen der Obdachlosen, wo blutgierige reptilienartige Wesen ihr Leben fristen und ihre Mordzüge Richtung Erdoberfläche vorbereiten.

When a recent recruit to the new Order of the Black Sun absconds with items from the secret society's vault, David Purdue launches a pursuit to reclaim their stolen artifacts and to stop the thief from unearthing a long buried secret of Leonardo Da Vinci. With his friend Dr. Nina Gould and the Black Sun's curator, Elijah Dane, by his side, Purdue embarks on a chase that takes them from the crowded exhibits of the Louvre museum to the very sky itself.

L'inspecteur Pendergast, du FBI, est appelé en Georgie, où des corps sont découverts vidés de leur sang. En proie à la panique, les habitants craignent le retour d'une créature qu'on croyait n'appartenir qu'à la légende : le Vampire de Savannah.