New Releases by Raymond Khoury

Akko, 1291 - Mens den sidste by i Det Hellige Land faldt for de muslimske hære, flygtede en lille flok tempelriddere om bord på Tempelfalken. Med sig havde de et skrin, som for alt i verden skulle bringes til den franske stormester. Skibet nåede aldrig i havn. New York, USA nutid - Fire ryttere klædt som tempelriddere stormer en udstilling af Vatikanets skatte på Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mens de tre af ridderne skovler kostbarheder ned i deres sække, er den fjerde kun interesseret i en gammel krypteringsmaskine, og da han finder den, er det næsten som et helligt øjeblik for ham. Arkæologen Tess Chaykin og FBI-agent Sean Reilly hvirvles ind i jagten på et kodet dokument, som én mand vil gøre alt for at få ud til offentligheden, og som andre vil gå til yderligheder for at forhindre verden i at få kendskab til. »...En herlig cocktail af detektivarbejde, action, romantik og religionshistoriske spektakulationer iscenesat i spektakulære omgivelser, fra New Yorks kloakker over Vatikanet til en undersøisk middelalderby i Tyrkiet. Det er flot, og det er spændende.« - Thomas Harder, Politiken

Bagdad – 2003: En amerikansk soldat træder ind i en bunkeragtig bygning og gør en forfærdende opdagelse: Rummene er indrettet som hospitalsstuer, men det har ikke været helbredelse, folk i huset beskæftigede sig med! Libanon – nutiden: ærkæologen Evelyn kontaktes af en af sine gamle kolleger fra Irak, der skræmt fra vid og sans søger hjælp til at få asyl i USA. ‘Adgangsbilletten’ vil være et gammelt kodeks, der på omslaget viser en slange, der æder sin egen hale. Evelyn ved straks, hvilken kostelig arkæologisk artefakt, kollegaen snakker om... og det er der flere, der gør! Dagen efter mødet kidnappes Evelyn, og løsesummen er det gamle kodeks. Problemet for Evelyns datter Mia er, at moderen aldrig nåede at få kodekset, og sælgeren er som sunket i jorden. Mia får hjælp af CIA-agenten Cooper og en mystisk mand ved navn Kirkwood til at finde Evelyn, før kidnapperne gør alvor af deres trussel og sender Evelyn tilbage i smådele.

FBI-agent Sean Reilly modtager et højst uventet opkald, en desperat bøn om hjælp fra en gammel ven, han ikke har hørt fra i fem år. Uden tøven tager han af sted, men før han får set sig om, befinder han sig i et dødsensfarligt kapløb med tiden, med kidnappere, med en brutal mexicansk narkobaron og endda med sit eget lands myndigheder. Jagten er sat ind på hemmeligheden bag et stof med en så unik og kraftig effekt, at det vil kunne ryste hele den vestlige civilisations fundament. Pressen skriver: ”En forfatter i verdensklasse af rendyrkede thrillere.” – The Telegraph

1 aventure inédite pour les fans du genre et pour tous les autres ! Un projet unique dans le monde du noir et un concept simple : 2 auteurs, parmi les plus grandes voix actuelles du genre, font se rencontrer leurs héros respectifs en dehors de leurs romans et de leur cadre habituel. Cette nouvelle est issue du recueil Face à face auquel participent les auteurs suivants : Dennis Lehane vs Michael Connelly Ian Rankin vs Peter James R.L. Stine vs Douglas Preston et Lincoln Child M.J. Rose vs Lisa Gardner Steve Martini vs Linda Fairstein Jeffery Deaver vs John Standford Heather Graham vs F. Paul Wilson Raymond Khoury vs Linwood Barclay John Lescroart vs T. Jefferson Parker Steve Berry vs James Rollins Lee Child vs Joseph Finder

Empire of Lies is a sweeping thriller in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle, Fatherland, and Underground Airlines from New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury. “The best what-if thriller for a long, long time—makes you think, makes you sweat, and makes you choose, between what is and what might have been.”—Lee Child Istanbul, 1683: Mehmed IV, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is preparing to lay siege to Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire, when a mysterious visitor arrives in his bedroom—naked, covered in strange tattoos—to deliver a dangerous, world-changing message. Paris, 2017: Ottoman flags have been flying over the great city for three hundred years, ever since its fall—along with all of Europe—to the empire’s all-conquering army. Notre Dame has been renamed the Fatih Mosque. Public spaces are segregated by gender. And Kamal Arslan Agha, a feted officer in the sultan’s secret police, is starting to question his orders. Rumors of an impending war with the Christian Republic of America, attacks by violent extremists, and economic collapse have heightened surveillance and arrests across the empire. Tasked with surveying potential threats, Kamal has a heavy caseload—and conscience. When a mysterious stranger—naked, covered in strange tattoos—appears on the banks of the Seine, Kamal is called in to investigate. But what he discovers is a secret buried in the empire’s past, a secret the Sultan will do anything to silence. With the mysterious Z Protectorate one step behind, Kamal, together with Nisreen—a fierce human rights lawyer—is caught up in a race across the empire and time itself—a race that could change their world, or destroy it. Empire of Lies is being published as "The Ottoman Secret" in the UK.

''The best what if thriller for a long, long time'' LEE CHILD PARIS, 2017. 300 YEARS AFTER ALL OF EUROPE FELL TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE . . . Kamal Agha is a special investigator for the state police, forced to uphold the feared sultan''s strict regime. When a mysteriously tattooed, naked man appears by the Seine and murders a passerby, it''s up to Kamal to track him down. But it''s a trail that leads him to an astonishing secret. A secret that exposes an empire of lies - and which the sultan''s men will do anything to keep hidden. Forced on the run, Kamal knows he will be killed for what he knows - unless he dares use it to save himself. But doing so could wipe out his whole world, and everyone he ever loved along with it . . . This fast-paced adventure packed with thrills and intrigue, will appeal to fans of The Man in the High Castle. ___________ ''A sweeping and cinematic dystopian thriller that wears its smartness on its sleeve'' Independent ''Alternate histories don''t get much better than this . . . A classic of the genre'' Publishers Weekly ''An alternative history tale that will blow your mind. Thoroughly engrossing'' DAVID BALDACCI ''A thrilling tour de force. Left me in awe'' JAMES ROLLINS ''A masterpiece on a grand scale. A stellar epic'' STEVE BERRY ''A world-class writer of pure-bred thrillers'' Daily Telegraph

Reilly has tracked down the fake Professor Sharafi to Turkey. But the man is crafty, and not only does he manage to escape, he also recaptures Tess along the way. A chase begins across the hills of Cappadocia, with the FBI agent hunting down his enemy while Tess, in order to survive, does her best to follow the trail of Knight Templar Conrad and the mysterious treasure he was protecting – the one everyone thought was a threat to all of Christianity...

Reilly has tracked down the fake Professor Sharafi to Turkey. But the man is crafty, and not only does he manage to escape, he also recaptures Tess along the way. A chase begins across the hills of Cappadocia, with the FBI agent hunting down his enemy while Tess, in order to survive, does her best to follow the trail of Knight Templar Conrad and the mysterious treasure he was protecting - the one everyone thought was a threat to all of Christianity...

1203. Constantinople is besieged ... by the Christians of the 4th Crusade! Under cover of night, a small group of knights flees the doomed city. They’re taking three mysterious chests to Antioch – but never reach their destination. Nowadays, in Rome, Agent Reilly has come with a Professor Sharafi to request access to the Vatican’s archives. But once inside, he reveals that the document they’re here to consult is one that the Church doesn’t want anyone to see...

A thrilling quest to discover the fabled treasure of the Templars!

A thrilling quest to discover the fabled treasure of the Templars!

After being kidnapped by Vance and subsequently escaping, Tess is now officially part of the investigative team alongside Agent Reilly. But despite the constant danger of the lurking assassins who have already nearly killed her once, the young woman refuses to play a passive role. Her research will take her far from New York, under the protection of Sean Reilly – who is about to face a terrible crisis of faith.

Tess has gone with Vance to look for the Falcon Temple and its precious cargo, convinced that truth must prevail. Meanwhile, the Church persuades Sean to help them keep that truth hidden – at any cost. On the dark waters of the Mediterranean, in a storm so fierce it could be the very wrath of God, a merciless battle will take place for the future of the Christian faith...

A thrilling quest to discover the fabled treasure of the Templars!

Dernier acte de ce récit d''aventures qui nous entraîne sur les traces des templiers, au coeur des secrets du Vatican, à la recherche de manuscrits anciens. Ces derniers, disparus en 1203 à Constantinople, pourraient remettre en cause les fondements du christianisme ! Pour l''agent du FBI Reilly, la quête de ces textes précieux serait à l''origine de certains actes terroristes. Or, si ces documents tombaient entre de mauvaises mains, c''est l''équilibre du monde occidental qui serait menacé. Une fin particulièrement dense.

From New York Times bestselling authors Raymond Khoury and Steve Berry comes a unique and wildly original short story, published exclusively as a Kindle ebook.It''s been ten years since FBI agent Sean Reilly and retired Justice Department operative Cotton Malone got dragged around the globe on their separate Templar adventures. They''d never worked on a case together-until now.Something bizarre is afoot in London, England. "American specialists" have gone missing, and intel chatter points to a major terrorist plot in the works. And a familiar keyword links to both Reilly and Malone.The two agents are sent to London where they discover a plot that''s more personal, unusual and surprising than they could have possibly imagined (and one that may involve a couple of writerly characters new to fiction whom you might recognise). Fast, furious and funny, Shadow Tag is NOT like the Reilly and Malone thrillers you''ve grown to love. Instead, it''s something different: a playful, lighthearted read that combines reality and fiction. And we hope it''s like nothing you''ve read before.

The investigation onto the museum raid continues, but it’s a difficult one. One of the four ‘knights’ has already died in his – guarded – hospital room, and FBI Agent Reilly is unknowingly engaged in a race to find the other thieves before the mysterious assassins trying to eliminate them. Meanwhile, young archaeologist Tess Chaykin is following up the Templar lead – one that the FBI considers too far-fetched to be worth looking into...

Acre, 1291. The last Crusader city in the Holy Land is about to fall. Two Knights Templar, obeying the grandmaster’s orders, manage to escape the invading Muslim army on the order’s last ship. New York City, nowadays. During the unveiling of an exhibition of some of the Vatican’s treasures, four men disguised as Templars attack the Metropolitan Museum and steal several artefacts, including a centuries-old decoder – a loss that horrifies the Church.

Eminent scientist Dr Ralph Padley is dying - and he knows it''s time to finally reveal the truth. Padley has a dark secret, which, if it got out, would have deadly consequences. But there are powerful men who will stop at nothing to silence him. FBI Special Agent Reilly has an agenda of his own. For months he has sought the man who kidnapped and brainwashed his ten-year-old child. But that man is a ghost - a highly protected CIA official with no name and no identity. Reilly is going to have to break the law if he''s going to bring him to justice. As the stakes get higher, Reilly is framed for murder and now he has to work undercover to seek the truth and protect the family he loves. All the while, Reilly is being watched. He''s getting too close to a secret that will shake the country to its core and a conspiracy that reaches up to the highest echelons of power.

Uznávaný vědec Ralph Padley umírá a ví, že už mu zbývá jen velmi málo času na to, aby světu vyjevil pravdu. Celé roky skrýval výsledky svého lékařského výzkumu, který byl zneužit k velmi špinavým účelům. Pokud Padley promluví, aby ulevil svému svědomí, budou mít oficiální místa vskutku co vysvětlovat. Ale mistři černých operací ze CIA dobře vědí, jak umlčet nepohodlné. A tentokrát pro to udělají naprosto všechno.Ví to i Padley, a tak začne hledat prostředníka, který by si troufl jít proti tajné službě. Volba padne na Seana Reillyho – jednak proto, že je agentem mocné FBI, jednak proto, že na věci bude mít osobní zájem: konečně bude moci zjistit, jak zemřel jeho otec.Reilly už dlouho pochybuje, že otec spáchal sebevraždu. A když se mu zároveň nabízí šance dostat se na stopu záhadnému agentu Corriganovi, s nímž má nevyřízené účty z minulosti, neváhá ani na vteřinu. Vrhne se do pátrání po člověku, který dvakrát tragicky zasáhl do jeho rodinného života, ale brzy se sám stává štvancem. Šedé eminence ze zákulisí tajných služeb chtějí, aby jejich činy zůstaly navždy skryty – a jestli je cenou za dosažení tohoto cíle život agenta Reillyho, pak ať Reilly zemře... a nejraději rukou nájemného vraha.

In this unprecedented collaboration, twenty-three of the world''s favourite crime writers bring you original, co-written short stories featuring teir much loved series characters.

This short story from the anthology FaceOff pairs Raymond Khoury and Linwood Barclay—and features characters from their bestselling novels—in a one-of-a-kind thriller matchup. FBI Agent Sean Reilly (hero of Khoury’s five-million-copy bestseller The Last Templar) is tracking a criminal who is in possession of a lethal biological agent and threatening to unleash it on innocent civilians. But now Reilly has a bigger problem: his quarry, known online as Faustus, has created an explosive diversion and stolen a truck from a restaurant parking lot—and inside that truck is a teenage girl. General contractor and single dad Glen Garber (of Barclay’s 2011 bestseller The Accident) had stopped to grab a snack for his daughter Kelly when they both got caught up in the chaos in the parking lot. Thinking she’d be safest in the truck, he ordered her inside, and that was the last time he saw her. Agent Reilly must navigate the chase with nerves of steel, attempting to free Kelly Garber from the madman’s clutches without endangering thousands of lives in the process—and all with her terror-stricken father right by his side. For more exciting pairs, check out all eleven short stories in FaceOff!

Joined by Russian FSB agent Larisa Tchoumitcheva, FBI agent Sean Reilly investigates the apparent suicide of a Russian embassy attache and uncovers a deadly search for a mysterious device whose origins reach back in time to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia and which, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on the modern world.

W zimny ponury dzień roku 1916, w odkrywkowej kopalni w górach Uralu wybucha istne piekło. Górnicy w szoku zaczynają wzajemnie się atakować. Kilka chwil później, przerażony naukowiec oraz Grigorij Rasputin, zaufany powiernik cara, odpalają detonator i wysadzają kopalnię, by ukryć wszelkie dowody masakry.Współcześnie. Agent FBI, Sean Reilly nieustannie poszukuje Reeda Corrigana, szpiega CIA ds. kontroli umysłu, który jego synowi zrobił potworne pranie mózgu. Te poszukiwania zejdą jednak na dalszy plan, bo Reilly dostaje kolejną niepokojącą sprawę. Okazuje się, że attaché rosyjskiej ambasady popełnił samobójstwo, skacząc z czwartego piętra budynku w Queens. Na domiar złego, właściciele mieszkania, emerytowany rosyjski fizyk i jego żona, zaginęli. W toku śledztwa wychodzi na jaw, że samobójca może nie być tym, za kogo uważa go FBI.Rosyjska agentka służb bezpieczeństwa, Larisa Czołmiczewa, dołącza do Reilly''ego, prowadzone śledztwo w sprawie ustalenia tożsamości starca niechybnie prowadzi do niewielkiego, tajemniczego urządzenia. Konsekwencje sięgną przeszłości, a w niepowołanych rękach, to małe urządzenie może mieć druzgocący wpływ na współczesny świat. "Elektryzująca narracja to znak rozpoznawczy Khoury''ego". Steve Berry

Raymond Khoury, the international bestselling author of The Last Templar, is back with another ingenious, fast-paced thriller that straddles present-day NYC and Russia in the early 1900s—the time of the infamous Rasputin and his mysterious rise to power. FBI special agent Sean Reilly is tasked with a delicate case. A Russian diplomat seems to have committed suicide by jumping out of a sixth-floor window in Queens, New York. The apartment’s owners are missing, while a faceless killer known only as Koschey—“the Deathless”—is roaming the city and leaving a trail of death in his wake. Joined by Russian FSB agent Larisa Tchoumitcheva, Reilly’s investigation soon uncovers a deadly, desperate search for a mysterious device whose origins reach back in time to the darkest days of the Cold War and to Imperial Russia. A device that, in the wrong hands, could have a devastating impact on our world. Packed with the twists and suspense, the impeccable historical research, and the present and past story lines that Khoury’s fans have come to expect, Rasputin’s Shadow will keep readers turning pages long into the night.

Tajemný mnich a šedá eminence carského dvora. Muž, kterého bylo téměř nemožné zabít. A jehož dílo zřejmě přežilo dodnes… Píše se rok 1916. Horníky v dole na Urale náhle zachvátí podivné šílenství a navzájem se povraždí. Nikdy se bohužel nepodaří zjistit, co bylo příčinou děsivého krveprolití: než totiž stačí mrtvá těla vychladnout, neblaze proslulý důvěrník carské rodiny Grigorij Rasputin vyhodí důl do povětří. Proč vlastně prodléval v tomto nehostinném kraji? A proč mu tolik záleželo na tom, aby zlikvidoval všechny důkazy? Současnost. Agentu FBI Seanu Reillymu byl svěřen choulostivý případ: skokem z okna newyorského mrakodrapu se zabil ruský diplomat. Šlo opravdu o sebevraždu? Kam zmizel majitel bytu, bývalý učitel fyziky Leo Sokolov? A nebyl ve skutečnosti Sokolov někým docela jiným, než za koho se vydával? Zatímco Reilly hledá odpovědi na tyto otázky, New Yorkem se přelije vlna vražd a nepochopitelného, nepříčetného násilí. Také Reillymu začíná jít o život. Čelí nejen profesionálnímu zabijákovi ve službách cizí rozvědky a místním mafiím, ale i mnohem děsivější hrozbě: záhadnému přístroji, který dokáže lidi přetvořit na loutky bez vůle. Historie tohoto zařízení sahá až do carského Ruska, ovšem díky moderním technologiím se z něj stal potenciální nástroj všeobecné zkázy. A také prostředek k získání spousty peněz a neomezeného vlivu... Reillyho čeká nelítostný závod s časem: musí momentální držitele přístroje zastavit dřív, než bude nenávratně pozdě.