Steve Berry Livres

Dans cette nouvelle aventure de Cotton Malone, un dossier secret d'un espion soviétique de la Seconde Guerre mondiale refait surface, contenant des informations susceptibles de réécrire l'histoire et d'influencer les élections nationales en Allemagne, modifiant ainsi le paysage politique européen. Deux candidats se disputent le poste de Chancelier : un patriote ayant servi pendant seize ans et un usurpateur attisant la haine nationaliste. Tous deux cachent des secrets, mais un seul connaît la vérité sur l'autre. Leur affrontement repose sur les événements d'un jour fatidique — le 30 avril 1945 — et ce qui s'est passé dans le Fürherbunker à Berlin. Adolf Hitler et Eva Braun y sont-ils morts ? Martin Bormann a-t-il réussi à s'échapper ? Plus important encore, où sont passés des milliards de richesses nazies à la fin de la guerre ? Les réponses à ces questions détermineront qui sera le prochain Chancelier. De la mystérieuse région lacustre chilienne aux mesas dangereuses d'Afrique du Sud, et enfin dans les voûtes secrètes de Suisse, Cotton Malone découvre la vérité sur les destins de Hitler, Braun et Bormann, révélations qui pourraient transformer l'Europe et exposer le mystère connu sous le nom de toile du Kaiser.

1865, Washington. Un étrange édifice, surnommé le Château, est en feu. Un homme, Angus Adams, risque sa vie pour sauver des flammes une clé et un journal. 2017, Tennessee. Alex Sherwood, sénateur, est retrouvé mort après une chute accidentelle. L'ex-président des États-Unis, Danny Daniels, proche de Sherwood, apprend que celui-ci enquêtait sur une société secrète, les Chevaliers du Cercle d'or. 2017, Arkansas. Cotton Malone est en mission pour le musée national de l'Histoire américaine. Des documents codés retrouvés dans les archives font état d'une expédition secrète menée en 1909, visant à dissimuler un mystérieux trésor, lié à l'ordre des Chevaliers du Cercle d'or. Cotton va devoir résoudre une énigme d'autant plus captivante qu'elle touche au plus près sa famille et ses origines...

What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer leads to total political chaos. After being shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone finds himself in a survival fight against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose deep-seated animosity toward the United States stems from his loyalty to the former Soviet Union. Before escaping, Malone discovers Zorin and another ex-KGB officer, a sleeper agent still active in the West, are heading to Washington D.C. with Inauguration Day just hours away. A flaw in the Constitution and a problematic presidential succession act create the perfect storm for disaster, which Zorin plans to exploit. Armed with a weapon from the Cold War, believed to be a myth, he prepares to launch an attack, aided by a shocking secret from the archives of America’s oldest fraternal organization—the Society of Cincinnati. This group once provided military strategy to presidents, including plans for invading Canada. In a high-stakes race that begins in the frozen landscapes of Russia and culminates at the White House, Malone must confront not only Zorin but also a crippling fear that threatens everything he holds dear.

Le Double Eagle 1933 est une pièce d'or rarissime, inestimable. Mais en quoi peut-il bien intéresser le Ministère de la Justice Américain ? Engagé par ce dernier - et plus précisément la Division Magellan, sa branche secrète - à remonter ce trésor d'une épave cubaine, Cotton Malone ignore encore dans quel marécage il vient de plonger. Car ce qu'il remonte à la surface tire ses ramifications dans les plus sordides des coulisses du FBI. L'heure des règlements de comptes a sonné... De conspirations occultes en révélations explosives : Cotton Malone défie l'histoire officielle !

In July 1918, as the White Army approaches Ekaterinburg, hope flickers for Nicholas II and his family held captive by the Bolsheviks. However, their fate is sealed with a cold execution. Fast forward to present-day Moscow, where Atlanta lawyer Miles Lord, fluent in Russian and knowledgeable about its history, is in the city for a significant event: the selection of a new tsar from Nicholas II's distant relatives, a decision influenced by powerful Western businessmen. Miles's task is to conduct a background check on the favored candidate, but his mission takes a dangerous turn when gunmen target him in a city plaza. As he races across continents, pursued by sinister forces, Miles's initial focus on survival shifts after an encounter with a mysterious Russian. This conversation leads him to explore Rasputin's writings, igniting his curiosity about the fate of the last tsar's family. Accompanied by Akilina Petrov, a sympathetic Russian circus performer, Miles deciphers a cryptic message from Rasputin, suggesting that the tragic night of the Romanovs may not be the end of their story—and that one of them might have survived. The implications of this revelation could change the future of Russia and Miles's own life.

Whitehall Palace, 1547. Après un règne marqué par six mariages et un schisme religieux, Henri VIII, deuxième monarque de la maison Tudor, est sur son lit de mort. Quelques heures avant d'expirer, il confie à sa dernière femme un inestimable secret. Londres, 2010. Le vol d'archives précieuses dans différents lieux historiques est suivi par la profanation de la crypte de la chapelle royale du château de Windsor, où repose le corps d'Henri VIII. Cotton Malone, de passage en Angleterre, se retrouve mêlé à cette affaire. Le contenu d'un mystérieux manuscrit crypté, écrit par un proche de la reine Elisabeth, dernière des Tudors, devient bientôt le centre de toutes les investigations...

50 avant J.-C.: la bibliothèque d'Alexandrie, qui renferme le savoir de toute l'humanité, disparaît aussi soudainement que mystérieusement. 1948, Palestine : Georges Haddad, fils d'un érudit et combattant palestinien, reçoit la visite d'un étrange individu porteur de secrets, un Gardien. 2007, Copenhague : Cotton Malone, retraité du département de Justice américain, pensait pouvoir profiter de sa boutique de livres anciens. Mais une mystérieuse organisation kidnappe son fils et lui donne 72 heures pour retrouver Georges Haddad. Malone doit, s'il veut sauver son fils, affronter tous les dangers pour retrouver Haddad, dont la connaissance des écrits disparus depuis plus de 2000 ans pourrait bien bouleverser la face du monde...

Un employé du Trésor américain a dérobé de mystérieux documents relatifs à un secret d’état qui, s'il était révélé, risquerait de changer la face du monde. Cotton Malone, alors en mission à Venise, est sollicité pour les récupérer. Et il n'est manifestement pas le seul à vouloir mettre la main sur les fameux papiers... Des mystères des Pères fondateurs des États-Unis jusqu'à une énigmatique entrevue clandestine entre Franklin Roosevelt et son secrétaire d’État au Trésor, une nuit de 1936, en passant par les signes ésotériques cachés dans les symboles les plus connus de l'Amérique, Cotton Malone va aller de révélation en révélation...

Lincoln (1809-1865), Garfield (1831-1881), McKinley (1843-1901) et Kennedy (1917-1963): quatre présidents américains, quatre assassinats a priori sans rapport, et pourtant... Afin de venir en aide à l'une de ses amies, Cotton Malone se rend aux Etats-Unis, sans se douter de ce qu'il est sur le point d'y découvrir : l'existence d'une société secrète, fondée lors de la Révolution américaine, adoubée par George Washington, et qui, depuis lors, n'a cessé ses mystérieuses activités. À l'origine du secret, et peut-être de l'assassinat de quatre présidents américains, les pages manquantes du rapport d'une intrigante séance du Sénat survenue en 1793. Des pages dissimulées dans un endroit dont les coordonnées sont cachées derrière le fameux, et inviolable, "Code Jefferson "...

Set in the near future, the story introduces Jakob Volkner—Pope Clement XV—a German "caretaker pope" elected as John Paul II's successor at nearly 80. Three years into his papacy, Clement begins to express skepticism about papal infallibility and the Church's strict dogma, making unusual requests of his secretary, Monsignor Colin Michener, an Irish-born priest struggling with celibacy. Clement frequently visits a guarded section of the Vatican archives and sends Michener to Romania to find an elderly cleric who translated three cryptic prophecies from the Virgin Mary to children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. While these secrets are believed to be fully disclosed, Michener questions this after Clement's shocking suicide. He embarks on a perilous quest for truth, following a twisted trail of clues and religious forecasts from Rome to Bosnia and Germany, alongside his former lover, journalist Katerina Lew. However, revealing any new secrets will pit Michener against doctrinal conservatives, led by Cardinal Alberto Valendrea, the Vatican's Italian secretary of state, who is determined to succeed Clement as Vicar of Christ, even if it means inventing new sins and disregarding a 900-year-old prediction of doom for the next pope.

An 1000, Aix-la-Chapelle. Otto III découvre dans le tombeau de Charlemagne un étrange manuscrit crypté. 1935, Allemagne. Mandaté par Himmler pour faire des recherches sur les racines de la langue allemande, l'expert Oberhauser découvre un ouvrage similaire. 2008. Afin de faire la lumière sur la mort mystérieuse de son père, Cotton Malone se penche sur l'énigme de ces deux manuscrits.--[Memento]

In New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s latest Cotton Malone adventure, the arrogant greed of politics comes face-to-face with the weight of history. One by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi , the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder—blackmail that both the United States and Russia want, but for vastly different reasons. The price of admission to that auction is one of the relics, so Malone is first sent to a castle in Poland to steal the Holy Lance, a thousand-year-old spear sacred to not only Christians but to the Polish people, and then on to the auction itself. But nothing goes as planned and Malone is thrust into a bloody battle between three nations over a secret that, if exposed, could change the balance of power in Europe. From the tranquil canals of Bruges, to the elegant rooms of Wawel Castle, to the ancient salt mines deep beneath the earth outside Krakow, Malone is caught in the middle of a deadly war—the outcome of which turns on something known as the Warsaw Protocol.

Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American Secret Service agent with assassins on his heels. Narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight, the two journey to the secluded estate of Malone’s friend Henrik Thorvaldsen. The wily Danish tycoon has uncovered the insidious plans of the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. But Thorvaldsen also harbors a hidden agenda—a vendetta—that will force Malone to choose between friend and country, past and present. Starting in Denmark, moving to England, and ending up in the storied streets and cathedrals of Paris, Malone is forced to match wits with a terrorist for hire and to plunge into a desperate hunt for Napoleon’s legendary treasure, lost for two hundred years. It’s a breathless game of duplicity and death, all to claim a prize of untold value. But at what cost? From the Paperback edition.

1118, Jérusalem, Terre sainte. Neuf chevaliers créent un ordre militaire, les « Pauvres Chevaliers du Christ ». Le roi Baudoin II leur cède pour résidence une partie de son palais, bâti sur les ruines du Temple de Salomon. Ils deviennent les « chevaliers du Temple », puis les « Templiers ». 1307 : Jacques de Molay, le grand maître de l'ordre des Templiers, est arrêté sur ordre de Philippe le Bel et livré à l'Inquisition. Il garde le silence sur le déjà célèbre trésor des Templiers. 2006 : Cotton Malone, ex-agent du département de la Justice américaine, et son amie Stéphanie, entrent en possession de documents troublants relatifs à la nature du trésor des Templiers. Commence alors une quête à la fois historique, érudite et périlleuse, qui les mènera à Rennes-le-Château, coeur du mystère.

In this gripping adventure, a flaw in the U.S. Constitution intertwines with a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln and a politically charged issue relevant to both Malone’s world and ours. In September 1861, a shocking secret, passed down through presidents, lands in Lincoln's hands as the Civil War ignites. Faced with the choice of saving lives or preserving the nation, Lincoln grapples with the weight of this volatile knowledge. In the present, the discovery of the remains of Mormon pioneers in Utah sparks a political clash between the White House and a powerful senator, while an investigation into an elder of the Mormon church unfolds. Meanwhile, a Justice Department agent has gone missing in Denmark, captured by a zealot driven to fulfill a prophet’s vision. Cotton Malone, now a bookseller in Denmark, is thrust back into danger when a call from his former boss sends him racing to rescue an informant with vital intelligence. As he navigates a high-speed boat chase, Malone finds himself embroiled in a conflict that traces back over two centuries to the Founding Fathers. From Copenhagen to Salzburg and the mountains of Utah, Malone confronts a conspiracy linked to the Civil War, risking everything to uncover the truth about Lincoln and the future of the United States.

Sud de la France. Cassiopée Vitt s'est lancée dans la rénovation d'un château du XIIIe siècle. Lors des travaux, on trouve dans une tranchée une mystérieuse boîte en or, ornée de la croix du Languedoc. À l'intérieur, un manuscrit enluminé, écrit en occitan, que tout semble relier aux Cathares. Alors qu'une société secrète est prête à tout pour mettre la main sur celui-ci, Cassiopée s'engage dans une course contre la montre pour en déchiffrer les énigmes. Bientôt, elle découvre que ses pages dissimulent une carte cryptée, qui va la mettre sur la piste du secret le mieux gardé des cathares. Après Cotton Malone, héros des romans de Steve Berry, c'est au tour de sa comparse Cassiopée Vitt d'occuper le devant de la scène. De Carcassonne à Montségur, en passant par Toulouse, les auteurs nous entraînent ici dans un voyage palpitant, entre histoire, religion et ésotérisme, sur les traces des cathares.

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest adventure featuring Cotton Malone, who unravels a World War II mystery involving the legendary lost treasure known as Yamashita's Gold, valued at billions. In 1945, Japan concealed vast amounts of gold and stolen valuables in booby-trapped underground caches across the Philippines. By 1947, some of this treasure was recovered by the U.S. government, which classified the assets and secretly integrated them into the Black Eagle Trust. In the present day, retired Justice Department operative Cotton Malone is in Switzerland on a simple errand for a friend. However, the situation escalates into violence, thrusting him into a conflict between the world's oldest bank and the CIA, directly tied to the Black Eagle Trust. As he navigates this perilous landscape, Cotton encounters a woman from his past who reappears with explosive secrets related to bitcoin, which is being weaponized for an impending assault on global financial systems. Faced with dire consequences, Cotton must act, but each of his moves seems misguided. His journey takes him from the banking halls of Luxembourg to the secret vaults of Switzerland, and ultimately into the treacherous mountains of southern Morocco, where he confronts the elusive Atlas Maneuver.

Former government operative Cotton Malone teams with old heartthrob Cassiopeia Vitt on a dangerous mission to retrieve a priceless Chinese lamp from the third century B.C.E.

A pacy international thriller with a historical twist, from the New York Times bestselling author.

In this thrilling new adventure Nicholas Lee, UNESCO's on-the-ground investigator for its Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO), finds himself in the middle of a religious crusade between a secret order of paramilitary nuns and the Vatican itself.[Bokinfo]

A family’s secret, a ruthless fanatic, and a covert arm of the American government are linked by a puzzling possibility: What if everything we know about the discovery of America is a lie? What if this lie conceals the real reason Columbus sailed in 1492, and what if this 500-year-old secret could violently reshape the modern political landscape? Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan has reported from global hotspots, but after a fraudulent story from the Middle East ruins his career, he lives in virtual exile, haunted by the truth of his sabotage by an unknown enemy. As he contemplates ending his torment, fate intervenes with an enigmatic stranger who compels him to act, drawing the attention of the Magellan Billet, a secret corps of the U.S. Justice Department. Sagan becomes embroiled in an international incident that threatens to shake Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem. Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, unsure of who to trust, Sagan is forced to journey through Vienna, Prague, and the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, where his survival depends on rewriting everything we know about Christopher Columbus. Don’t miss the short story “The Admiral’s Mark” and a sneak peek of the new novel, The King’s Deception, included at the end.

A deadly race for the Vatican's oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's latest international Cotton Malone thriller.

An anthology of twenty-five previously unpublished works includes contributions by such favorite genre authors as Stephen Coontz, Alex Kava, and Karin Slaughter, and a selection of up-and-coming writers.

“A winner . . . combines the pace and style of Brown’s Da Vinci Code and the densely plotted espionage of Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon novels.”—The Florida Times-Union Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, but her life takes a dark turn when her father dies under strange circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about one of the greatest treasures ever made by man. Forged of the exquisite gem, the Amber Room inexplicably disappeared sometime during World War II. Determined to solve its mysteries, Rachel takes off for Germany with her ex-husband, Paul, close behind. Before long, they’re in over their heads. Locked into a treacherous game with professional killers, Rachel and Paul find themselves on a collision course with the forces of greed, power, and history itself. Praise for The Amber Room “Compelling . . . adventure-filled . . . a fast-moving, globe-hopping tale.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Magnificently engrossing . . . pure intrigue, pure fun.”—Clive Cussler “Thrilling . . . fast-paced, highly entertaining.”—Baton Rouge Advocate

Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ - a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries, now worth in the trillions of dollars. But collecting that debt centers around what happened to the famed Medici of Florence - a family that history says died out, without heirs, centuries ago. Two more things also hang in the balance. Who will become the next prime minister of Italy, and who will be the next pope. Finding answers to all three proves difficult until Cotton realizes that everything hinges on when, and if, the Medici return.

Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone is drawn into a complex investigation involving Cardinal Jason Richter, suspected of bribery and theft, at the request of Stephanie Nelle from the Vatican. The situation escalates when a Swiss Guardsman is murdered and a killer targets both Malone and the cardinal. Their quest leads them to a 16th-century document, the Pledge of Christ, executed by Pope Julius II, which reveals a massive debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries and now worth trillions. As Malone traces the debt to the Medici family of Florence—historically believed to have died out—he realizes that the stakes are even higher, involving the future prime minister of Italy and the next pope. The investigation takes him from a serene village in Germany to the historic city of Siena, known for its Palio horse race, and through the iconic piazzas, churches, and crypts of Florence. Each step uncovers crucial answers, all hinging on the potential return of the Medici. Readers praise the author for expertly blending history and fiction into a thrilling narrative, highlighting the captivating mix of intrigue, adventure, and historical context.

Rachel Cutler elismert bírónő, jó feleség és gyermekeit féltő anya. Egy nap édesapja rejtélyes körülmények között életét veszti, és a családi hagyatékban Rachel egy titokzatos névre bukkan: borostyánszoba. Rachel az igazság nyomában Németországba utazik, és mit sem sejtve belesétál a kémek, műkincstolvajok és bérgyilkosok csapdájába, amely mögött egy kegyelmet nem ismerő hatalom áll, aki világuralomra tör. A drágakövekből megalkotott borostyánszoba az egyik legnagyszerűbb műalkotás, amit ember valaha készített. A nácik 1941-ben szerezték meg a műkincset, de amikor a Szövetségesek elkezdték a bombázásokat, a borostyánszobának nyoma veszett, és azóta sem látta senki. Most azonban két férfi brutális hajszát indít a rejtélyes kincs megszerzéséért...

Set in a small, picturesque North Carolina town, #1 international bestselling author Charlie Donlea’s debut suspense novel tells the haunting story of a murdered law school student, the reporter assigned to her story—and the intimate connection that comes when the living walk in the footsteps of the dead… “A gem of a mystery, fast-paced and suspenseful.” —Catherine Coulter, # 1 New York Times bestselling author on Summit Lake No suspects. No persons of interest. Just a girl who was alive one day and dead the next. Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake, nestled in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, is that kind of place. But two weeks ago, Becca Eckersley, a first-year law student and daughter of a powerful attorney, was brutally murdered there. Now the town is reeling with grief, and the police are baffled. At first, investigative reporter Kelsey Castle thinks of the assignment as a fluff piece. But the savagery of the crime, and the efforts to keep it quiet, hint at something far more sinister than a random attack by a stranger. As Kelsey digs deeper, despite danger and warnings, she feels a growing connection to the dead girl. And the more she learns about Becca’s friendships, her love life—and her secrets—the more convinced she becomes that walking in Becca’s footsteps could lead her out of her own dark past…

More than 30 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning authors offer heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises. Authors include Lee Child, James Siegel, James Rollins, Eric van Lustbader, F. Paul Wilson and Christopher Reich.

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