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Paolo Scopacasa

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    The Left Hand of God
    Body Farm Novels: Carved in Bone
    The Sixth Soul
    L'Ordre du Dragon
    I Am Number Four
    • I Am Number Four

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      John Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes his name and identity. He does not put down roots. He cannot tell anyone who or what he really is. If he stops moving those who hunt him will find and kill him. But you can't run forever. So he stops in Paradise, Ohio.

      I Am Number Four
      4,0
    • L'Ordre du Dragon

      • 535pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      L'horreur du crime est indicible. Lors d'une messe dans la cathédrale de Cologne, des moines encapuchonnés interrompent brusquement l'office. Alors qu'ils abattent froidement le prêtre, les fidèles qui venaient de communier, empoisonnés, meurent dans d'atroces souffrances. Puis les assassins profanent le tombeau qui contient les saintes reliques des Rois mages, avant de fusiller les derniers survivants, laissant derrière eux un carnage indescriptible. Pour lever le voile sur ce sacrilège, le gouvernement américain réclame l'intervention de Sigma Force, un groupe d'action secrète spécialisé dans les enquêtes hautement délicates. Très vite, les agents sont confrontés à une mystérieuse société ésotérique datant du Moyen Âge et baptisée l'Ordre du Dragon, dont les sinistres intentions pourraient menacer les fondements mêmes de l'humanité. Comparé à juste titre à Tom Clancy pour la frénésie de ses scènes d'action et la précision de ses recherches scientifiques, et à Dan Brown pour ses intrigues mêlant ésotérisme et suspense, James Rollins livre un chef-d'œuvre du genre et le début d'une série passionnante mettant en scène l'équipe de choc Sigma Force.

      L'Ordre du Dragon
      3,9
    • A dark, disturbing, compulsively page-turning thriller featuring Herod, a killer of unimaginable cruelty, with an unthinkable desire London is in the grip of a barbaric serial killer, dubbed Herod by the tabloid press. Four pregnant women have been abducted in quick succession, their bodies mutilated and dumped. When a fifth pregnant woman, Julia Caton, is taken from her home in the dead of night, DCI David Rosen knows that time is running out to save her. Then Rosen gets a mysterious phone call from Father Sebastian Flint, an enigmatic priest who seems to know rather too much about the abductions. When it emerges that Father Flint was once the Vatican's leading expert on the occult, the investigation takes an increasingly disturbing turn. But it isn't until Rosen discovers the existence of an ancient text—said to be the devil's answer to the Bible—that the true horror of Herod's plan begins to unfold. Rosen is drawn inexorably to the killer's lair, where he will discover a terrible truth—that Herod's retribution is absolute, and that there are far worse things than death.

      The Sixth Soul
      3,2
    • Body Farm Novels: Carved in Bone

      A Body Farm Novel

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      On the University of Tennessee campus lies a unique site known as the "Body Farm," where human corpses are exposed to the elements to study decay for scientific and justice purposes. The scientist behind this groundbreaking facility has transformed forensic science and solved cold cases. In this gripping novel, he draws from his experiences to tell the story of a woman's corpse hidden in a cave in East Tennessee for thirty years. The cave's chemistry has mummified her body, revealing an explosive secret to renowned anthropologist Bill Brockton. While Brockton has spent his career at the Body Farm, this case presents new challenges in a remote, insular community that is suspicious of outsiders. The discovery of the young woman's remains stirs up old wounds and long-standing feuds, complicating Brockton's investigation. He faces obstacles from the county's uncooperative sheriff, his own guilt over his wife's death, and a furious medical examiner he confronts in court. This novel offers a richly atmospheric, suspenseful journey into forensic science, set against the backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains and the complexities of the human psyche. With vivid characters and unexpected twists, it marks the debut of a significant new voice in crime fiction and a remarkable work from a scientific legend.

      Body Farm Novels: Carved in Bone
      3,8
    • The Left Hand of God

      • 544pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a desolate place - a place where hope & joy aren't welcome. Most of its occupants have been brought here as young boys, against any will they might have had. One boy watches the latest arrivals. He doesn't remember anything of his former life or know anything of his future. Meet the Angel of Death.

      The Left Hand of God
      3,7
    • I sei custodi

      • 402pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Londra, XVII secolo. Un poeta, dopo anni di ricerca, trova le sette pagine mancanti e scopre la Profezia. Ma un sipario nero cala su di lui: come chi lo ha preceduto, John Milton diventa cieco. Ora deve completare un ultimo compito, il più difficile, poiché è stato scelto per difendere l'umanità dalle forze del Male: è un Custode. San Paolo, Brasile, oggi. Un'apparente tragedia colpisce una giovane popstar, morta in un incendio nel suo camerino. Tuttavia, dettagli inquietanti emergono: il corpo è carbonizzato, ma la stanza è intatta. L'agente speciale Bernadette Callahan, esperta in crimini irrisolvibili, si trova di fronte a un caso enigmatico. Gli indizi includono un simbolo satanico sul pavimento e un antico medaglione con l'immagine di san Cristoforo. Insieme al professor Sebastian LaLaurie, esperto di letteratura religiosa e occultismo, Bernadette intraprende un'indagine che la porterà su un sentiero impervio, costellato di omicidi misteriosi e riferimenti a un segreto celato nel manoscritto originale del Paradiso perduto di Milton: il segreto dei Custodi e delle sette pagine perdute della Bibbia del Diavolo.

      I sei custodi
      3,1
    • L'ultima eclissi

      La minaccia più terribile si nasconde nel profondo degli abissi

      • 446pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      San Francisco. Durante un’eclissi totale di sole, un violento terremoto scuote la città, che viene ridotta a un cumulo di macerie. Nello stesso momento l’intera costa occidentale del continente americano è colpita da una serie di calamità naturali… Okinawa. L’antropologa Karen Grace non crede ai suoi occhi: al largo del Giappone sono emerse due enormi piramidi di metallo, coperte d’iscrizioni in una lingua sconosciuta. E all’interno di una di esse viene rinvenuto un manufatto a forma di stella di un materiale sconosciuto e con proprietà sconcertanti… Oceano Pacifico. È un’emergenza nazionale quella che costringe Jack Kirkland, ex ufficiale della US Navy, a rientrare in servizio: l’Air Force One è precipitato in mare, trascinando verso una morte orribile il presidente degli Stati Uniti. Quando Jack giunge sul luogo dell’incidente si trova di fronte a uno spettacolo incredibile: nelle profondità dell’oceano, i rottami dell’aereo sono stati attirati da un gigantesco pilastro rivestito di scritte indecifrabili…

      L'ultima eclissi