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High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

Con men and killers, aliens and zombies, priests and soldiers – just some of the characters that kill and thrill in this compelling collection of gun-toting, double-crossing, back-stabbing, pulse-pounding stories. Jeffrey Deaver investigates the suspicious death of a crime-writer in 'The Plot'; Karin Slaughter's grieving widow takes revenge on her dying ex-husband in 'Cold, Cold Heart'; Stephen Coonts discovers a flying saucer in the depths of the ocean in 'Savage Planet' and John Lescroat's secret field agent finds himself caught up in a complex game of cat-and-mouse in 'The Gate Conundrum'. Handpicked by world number one Lee Child, celebrity authors and stars of the future are brought together, writing brand-new stories, especially commissioned for this must-have collection. Whether you're reading today's bestseller or tomorrow's phenomenon, grisly horror or paranoia thriller, historical suspense or supernatural crime, one thing's for certain. You'll be thrilled to the core.

In his first-ever collaboration, bestselling author James Rollins combines his skill for cutting-edge science and historical mystery with award-winning novelist Rebecca Cantrell's talent for haunting suspense and sensual atmosphere in a gothic tale about an ancient order and the hunt for a miraculous book known only as . . . 

An earthquake in Masada, Israel, kills hundreds and reveals a tomb buried in the heart of the mountain. A trio of investigators—Sergeant Jordan Stone, a military forensic expert; Father Rhun Korza, a Vatican priest; and Dr. Erin Granger, a brilliant but disillusioned archaeologist—are sent to explore the macabre discovery, a subterranean temple holding the crucified body of a mummified girl.

But a brutal attack at the site sets the three on the run, thrusting them into a race to recover what was once preserved in the tomb's sarcophagus: a book rumored to have been written by Christ's own hand, a tome that is said to hold the secrets to His divinity. The enemy who hounds them is like no other, a force of ancient evil directed by a leader of impossible ambitions and incalculable cunning.

From crumbling tombs to splendorous churches, Erin and her two companions must confront a past that traces back thousands of years, to a time when ungodly beasts hunted the dark spaces of the world, to a moment in history when Christ made a miraculous offer, a pact of salvation for those who were damned for eternity.

Here is a novel that is explosive in its revelation of a secret history. Why do Catholic priests wear pectoral crosses? Why are they sworn to celibacy? Why do the monks hide their countenances under hoods? And why does Catholicism insist that the consecration of wine during Mass results in its transformation to Christ's own blood? The answers to all go back to a secret sect within the Vatican, one whispered as rumor but whose very existence was painted for all to see by Rembrandt himself, a shadowy order known simply as the Sanguines.

In the end, be warned: —until now.

Орден сангвинистов подошел к финальной части операции, направленной на спасение человечества от вечного мрака и господства темных сил. Трое Избранных – Рун Корца, Джордан Стоун и Эрин Грейнджер – узнали, где на Земле сокрыт Первый Ангел, призванный уничтожить зло. Но, чтобы добраться до этого места, им понадобится собрать сложнейшую головоломку и подобрать ключ к ангельской темнице. Да и что будет потом, хранителям Кровавого Евангелия неизвестно. Никто из них не знает, чего ожидать от пробужденного создания. Ведь это… сам Люцифер!

In a masterpiece of supernatural mystery and apocalyptic prophecy, bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell bring to a thunderous conclusion their epic trilogy of novels set between the worlds of shadow and light, between salvation and damnation, where the very gates of Hell must be shattered to discover the true fate of humankind in…

Blood Infernal

As an escalating scourge of grisly murders sweeps the globe, archaeologist Erin Granger must decipher the truth behind an immortal prophecy, one found in the Blood Gospel, a tome written by Christ and lost for centuries: With the Apocalypse looming and the very barriers of our world crumbling, Erin must again join forces with Army sergeant Jordan Stone and Father Rhun Korza to search for a treasure lost for millennia, a prize that has already fallen into the hands of their enemy.

But the forces of darkness have crowned a new king, a demon named Legion, who walks this Earth wearing many faces, whose reach is beyond measure, where even the walls of the Vatican fall before him. To have any hope of saving the world, Erin must discover the truth behind man's first steps out of the Garden of Eden, an event wrapped in sin and destruction, an act that damned humankind for eternity.

The search for the key to salvation will take Erin and the others across centuries and around the world, from the dusty shelves of the Vatican's secret archives to lost medieval laboratories, where ancient alchemies were employed to horrific ends. All the while, they will be hunted across the breadth of the globe, besieged by creatures of uncanny skill and talent. As clues are slowly dug free from ancient underground chapels or found frozen in icy caverns high in the mountaintops, Erin will discover that the only hope for victory lies in an impossible act, one that will not only destroy her, but all she loves. To protect the world, Erin must walk through the very gates of Hell and face the darkest of enemies, the adversary of humankind, the very serpent in the garden. She must confront Lucifer himself.

With , the first novel in the Order of the Sanguines series, James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell breathtakingly combined science, myth, and religion and introduced a world where miracles hold new meaning and the fight for good over evil is far more complicated than we ever dreamed. And now, in this epic conclusion to the Sanguines trilogy, , they take us to the very pit of Hell itself, making us peer into the abyss and face our greatest fears, answering the ultimate question:

Сильное землетрясение в районе древней израильской крепости Масада обнажило неизвестное захоронение, сокрытое в недрах горы. На осмотр находки прибыли трое специалистов – сержант спецназа США Джордан Стоун, священник из Ватикана Рун Корца и археолог Эрин Грейнджер. Захоронение оказалось частью подземного храма с таинственным саркофагом. Сохранившиеся знаки свидетельствовали о том, что некогда здесь была спрятана священная книга. По легенде, Иисус Христос начертал ее собственной кровью, заключив в ней тайну своей божественности…

Бывший спецназовец-разведчик Такер Уэйн и его верный боевой товарищ, пес-следопыт Кейн, только что уволились из армии – и теперь наслаждаются заслуженным отдыхом в столице Венгрии Будапеште. Но правду говорят, что нельзя так просто оставить жизнь, полную приключений, рано или поздно приключения сами тебя найдут… Случайно Такер заметил на улице перепуганную девушку, за которой следили три подозрительных типа, явно вооруженные. Такер заговорил с девушкой, и та, почувствовав в Уэйне и Кейне своих защитников, открыла отставному сержанту невероятную древнюю тайну о несметных сокровищах. Долгие годы они считались утерянными; лишь девушке и ее отцу известно, что это не так, и они знают, где их искать. И обладание этой тайной грозит ей неминуемой и мучительной смертью. А теперь – и двум бывшим армейским «волкодавам»…

Впервые на русском языке! Новое произведение Джеймса Роллинса, являющееся предысторией романа «Линия крови»!

Земетресение в Масада, Израел, убива стотици и разкрива гробница, изсечена в сърцето на планината. Трима изследователи, военният криминолог сержант Джордан Стоун, отец Рун Корза от Ватикана и блестящата като учен, но лишена от житейски илюзии археоложка д-р Ерин Грейнджър, са изпратени да изследват зловещата находка — подземно светилище, в което има разпънато мумифицирано тяло на малко момиче.

Безмилостна атака срещу обекта ги принуждава да побягнат и да се впуснат в надпревара за онова, което някога е било пазено в саркофага в гробницата — книга, за която се говори, че е написана от ръката на самия Христос, и която пази тайните на Неговата божественост. Но врагът, който ги преследва, е необичаен — сила на древно зло, водено от невъобразимо амбициозен и коварен лидер.

Ерин и двамата ѝ спътници преминават през рушащи се гробници и великолепни църкви, за да се изправят срещу неприятел, съществуващ от хиляди години, още по времето, когато мерзки зверове са ловували в тъмнината на света до момента, когато Христос е направил чудодейното си предложение за спасяване на прокълнатите за вечни времена.