New Releases by Steve Berry

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution legalized federal income tax, but what if there were problems with the 1913 ratification of that amendment? Problems that call into question decades of tax collecting, and could even bring down the US economy. There is a surprising truth to this possibility - a truth wholly entertained by Steve Berry, a top-ten New York Times bestselling writer, in his new thriller, The Patriot Threat. His protagonist, Cotton Malone, once a member of an elite intelligence division within the Justice Department known as the Magellan Billet, is now retired. But when his former-boss, Stephanie Nelle, asks him to track a rogue North Korean who may have acquired some top secret Treasury Department files-the kind that could bring the United States to its knees-Malone is vaulted into a harrowing twenty-four-hour chase that begins on the water in Venice and ends in the remote highlands of Croatia. With appearances by Franklin Roosevelt, Andrew Mellon, and a curious painting that still hangs in the National Gallery of Art, Steve Berry''s trademark mix of history and suspense is 90% fact and 10% exciting speculation.

Born in the foothills close to the Himalaya Steve Berry had from an early age an urge to become a traveller, an adventurer, an explorer, and until the age of thirty-eight years he tried hard to satisfy two opposing forces. Half of him wanted to find a satisfactory career path while the other half wanted to be free and specifically explore the Himalaya. In the end he found a compromise to satisfy both needs. In 1987 with his climbing friend Steve Bell he founded Himalayan Kingdoms, a travel company specialising in trekking and expedition holidays. This book is a collection of stories from his early expeditions to the Himalaya prior to 1987. There are tales of encounters with bears, escapes from avalanches, summit successes and failures, love stories mystical connections, Himalayan storms, near death accidents, raw travel across the Indian sub-continent, and grapples with bureaucracy. It is told warts and all. It starts with tales of youthful naivety in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, progresses to what Steve describes as his best ever adventure, the first British ascent of Nun, 7,135m/23,410ft, in Kashmir, and finishes with the truth of what happened on the failed attempt to climb Bhutan''s highest peak, Gangkar Punsum, 7550m/24,770ft. Of Straight Up Steve says: ''I just really wanted people to enjoy reading of our adventures the way they were.''

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Cotton Malone adventure involving a flaw in the United States Constitution, a mystery about Abraham Lincoln, and a political issue that’s as explosive as it is timely—not only in Malone’s world, but in ours September 1861: All is not as it seems. With these cryptic words, a shocking secret passed down from president to president comes to rest in the hands of Abraham Lincoln. And as the first bloody clashes of the Civil War unfold, Lincoln alone must decide how best to use this volatile knowledge: save thousands of American lives, or keep the young nation from being torn apart forever? The present: In Utah, the fabled remains of Mormon pioneers whose nineteenth-century expedition across the desert met with a murderous end have been uncovered. In Washington, D.C., the official investigation of an international entrepreneur, an elder in the Mormon church, has sparked a political battle between the White House and a powerful United States senator. In Denmark, a Justice Department agent, missing in action, has fallen into the hands of a dangerous zealot—a man driven by divine visions to make a prophet’s words reality. And in a matter of a few short hours, Cotton Malone has gone from quietly selling books at his shop in Denmark to dodging bullets in a high-speed boat chase. All it takes is a phone call from his former boss in Washington, and suddenly the ex-agent is racing to rescue an informant carrying critical intelligence. It’s just the kind of perilous business that Malone has been trying to leave behind, ever since he retired from the Justice Department. But once he draws enemy blood, Malone is plunged into a deadly conflict—a constitutional war secretly set in motion more than two hundred years ago by America’s Founding Fathers. From the streets of Copenhagen to the catacombs of Salzburg to the rugged mountains of Utah, the grim specter of the Civil War looms as a dangerous conspiracy gathers power. Malone risks life, liberty, and his greatest love in a race for the truth about Abraham Lincoln—while the fate of the United States of America hangs in the balance. Praise for Steve Berry and his Cotton Malone series “In Malone, [Steve] Berry has created a classic, complex hero.”—USA Today “Malone, a hero with a personal stake in the proceedings, is a welcome respite from the cold, calculating superspies who litter the genre.”—Entertainment Weekly “Steve Berry gets better and better with each new book.”—The Huffington Post “Savvy readers . . . cannot go wrong with Cotton Malone.”—Library Journal “Berry raises this genre’s stakes.”—The New York Times “I love this guy.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child

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Featuring the signature character of New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry, the Cotton Malone novels fuse page-turning suspense and fascinating historical insight into one heart-stopping thriller after another. “In Malone, Berry has created a classic, complex hero.”—USA Today A former Justice Department operative who can’t seem to stay out of trouble, Cotton Malone has crisscrossed the globe on electrifying quests. With the smart and sexy Cassiopeia Vitt by his side, Malone faces down the world’s deadliest terrorists, assassins, and con men—and unravels some of history’s most legendary and iconic mysteries along the way. Now in one exclusive eBook bundle are the first eight novels of Steve Berry’s extraordinary series: THE TEMPLAR LEGACY THE ALEXANDRIA LINK THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT THE PARIS VENDETTA THE EMPEROR’S TOMB THE JEFFERSON KEY THE KING’S DECEPTION Also includes the eBook novella The Tudor Plot as well as an excerpt from Steve Berry’s ninth Cotton Malone novel, The Lincoln Myth! Praise for Steve Berry and his Cotton Malone novels “Steve Berry gets better and better with each new book.”—The Huffington Post “Berry has become the king of intrigue. You don’t just read a Steve Berry novel. You live it.”—James Rollins “Berry raises this genre’s stakes.”—The New York Times “I love this guy.”—#1 internationally bestselling author Lee Child “Malone, a hero with a personal stake in the proceedings, is a welcome respite from the cold, calculating superspies who litter the genre.”—Entertainment Weekly “Richly detailed and fantastically suspenseful, this thriller grips the reader for a wild literary ride that continues until the very last page.”—Tucson Citizen, on The Templar Legacy “Bigger than life . . . The reader will be engaged from the first page, thrilled by the story, entertained by the characters, and spellbound by the author’s sheer bravado. A must for high-adventure thriller fans.”—Booklist, on The Venetian Betrayal “[An] amazing blend of suspense and history . . . [Readers] cannot go wrong with Cotton Malone.”—Library Journal, on The Paris Vendetta “A superbly paced novel of mystery and adventure . . . [Berry’s] love of history resonates throughout this lively and imaginative tale.”—The Denver Post, on The Jefferson Key “A Dan Brown-ian secular conspiracy about the Virgin Queen driving nonstop international intrigue.”—Kirkus Reviews, on The King’s Deception

Die Wahrheit über die Entdeckung Amerikas wird die Welt verändern ... Der preisgekrönte Journalist Tom Sagan deckt in seinen Artikeln unbequeme Wahrheiten aus Brennpunktregionen der Welt auf. Doch als seine Reportage aus dem Nahen Osten als Fälschung angeprangert wird, verliert er über Nacht alles. Was er nicht beweisen kann: Er wurde gezielt sabotiert. Gerade als Sagan dem Ganzen ein Ende setzen will, wird der amerikanische Nachrichtendienst auf ihn aufmerksam. Und plötzlich ist Sagan in eine hoch brisante verdeckte Ermittlung verstrickt, die alles verändern könnte, was die moderne Welt über die Entdeckung Amerikas zu wissen glaubt ...

Opravdu jste si mysleli, že už byla všechna tudorovská tajemství odhalena? Bývalý agent Cotton Malone se na vlastní kůži přesvědčil, že cesta do pekla je dlážděna dobrými úmysly. Původně jen chtěl vzít syna na prázdniny do Dánska, ale nedokázal odmítnout přátelskou službu své bývalé nadřízené: slíbil ji, že s sebou vezme také patnáctiletého kapsáře Iana a na londýnském letišti ho předá policii. Po přistání se z údajných policistů stanou únosci a oba chlapci zmizí. Zoufalý Malone pochopí, že se znovu nedobrovolně zapletl do vysoké zpravodajské hry - tentokrát ovšem nejde jen o geopolitickou moc, ale také o šokující tajemství z tudorovských dob, které by mohlo otřást současnou podobou Británie. Co když skutečně existuje dokument, který by Angličany přinutil opustit Severní Irsko? Co když skutečně lze napadnout legitimitu poslední tudorovské královny Alžběty I.? Odpovědi na tyto otázky zajímají především CIA, která jich hodlá zneužít k vydírání britské vlády. Do čela tajné operace Královský klam je jmenován Blake Antrim, který ovšem při plnění úkolu sleduje i své osobní, ryze sobecké cíle... Zoufalý Malone se tak ve snaze o záchranu života unesených chlapců sám ocitá ve smrtící smyčce, z níž vede jen jediná cesta: zmocnit se klíče k pravdě a zabránit děsivým důsledkům, které by dávné tajemství mělo na současný svět.

Ein geheimer Code. Ein gnadenloser Agent. Eine unerbittliche Jagd. Als Geheimagent Cotton Malone in ein New Yorker Hotel bestellt wird, ahnt er nicht, dass er in eine Falle tappt. Nur knapp kann er ein Attentat auf den Präsidenten verhindern und ist plötzlich gefangen in der Verschwörung einer gefährlichen Geheimorganisation. Sie kennt nur ein Ziel: unbegrenzte Macht. Der Schlüssel dazu liegt in einem chiffrierten Dokument aus dem Unabhängigkeitskrieg. Und Malone weiß, dass er es in seinen Besitz bringen muss, um diejenigen aufzuhalten, die zu allem bereit sind. Eine erbarmungslose Jagd durch eine korrupte Welt beginnt ...

Een meedogenloze, militante joodse miljardair en een Jamaicaanse crimineel gaan op zoek naar de verborgen schat van Columbus op Jamaica.

Journalist Tom Sagan wil de leugen ontrafelen die wij Christoffel Columbus noemen. Tom reist naar Wenen, Praag en Jamaïca en krijgt één kans zijn reputatie te redden. Tom Sagans glansrijke journalistieke carrière glipt tussen zijn vingers door als een van zijn stukken doelbewust wordt aangemerkt als een leugen. Het lukt hem niet zijn onschuld aan te tonen en als kort daarna ook zijn huwelijk strandt, stort hij in. Een onbekende, die beweert zijn vijanden te kennen, geeft hem een nieuwe koers. Tom reist naar Wenen, Praag en Jamaïca en krijgt één kans zijn reputatie te redden. Hiervoor moet hij de leugen ontrafelen die wij Christoffel Columbus noemen. De boeken van Steve Berry zijn een must voor de fans van Dan Brown!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This Cotton Malone adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense. Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department, Malone agrees to escort a teenage fugitive back to England. But after he is greeted at gunpoint in London, both the fugitive and Gary disappear, and Malone learns that he’s stumbled into a high-stakes diplomatic showdown—an international incident fueled by geopolitical gamesmanship and shocking Tudor secrets. At its heart is the Libyan terrorist convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, who is set to be released by Scottish authorities for “humanitarian reasons.” An outraged American government objects, but nothing can persuade the British to intervene. Except, perhaps, Operation King’s Deception. Run by the CIA, the operation aims to solve a centuries-old mystery, one that could rock Great Britain to its royal foundations. Blake Antrim, the CIA operative in charge of King’s Deception, is hunting for the spark that could rekindle a most dangerous fire, the one thing that every Irish national has sought for generations: a legal reason why the English must leave Northern Ireland. The answer is a long-buried secret that calls into question the legitimacy of the entire forty-five-year reign of Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, who completed the conquest of Ireland and seized much of its land. But Antrim also has a more personal agenda, a twisted game of revenge in which Gary is a pawn. With assassins, traitors, spies, and dangerous disciples of a secret society closing in, Malone is caught in a lethal bind. To save Gary he must play one treacherous player against another—and only by uncovering the incredible truth can he hope to prevent the shattering consequences of the King’s Deception. Don’t miss Steve Berry’s novella The Tudor Plot and an excerpt from The Lincoln Myth in the back of the book. Praise for The King’s Deception “A Dan Brown-ian secular conspiracy about the Virgin Queen driving nonstop international intrigue.”—Kirkus Reviews Praise for Steve Berry “Berry raises this genre’s stakes.”—The New York Times “I love this guy.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child “Forget Clancy and Cussler. When it comes to this genre, there is simply no one better.”—The Providence Journal

«Steve Berry è il re della suspense. I suoi romanzi non si leggono, si vivono.» James Rollins «Berry possiede un talento unico: quello di rendere i misteri della Storia attuali e pieni di fascino.» The New York Times «Steve Berry è uno dei miei autori preferiti. I suoi romanzi sono una miniera inesauribile di storie elettrizzanti, personaggi indimenticabili e curiosità archeologiche sorprendenti. Leggeteli, non ve ne pentirete.» Glenn Cooper «Lo adoro!» Lee Child Washington, 30 gennaio 1835. Un uomo si fa largo tra la folla, punta una pistola al petto del presidente Andrew Jackson e preme il grilletto. Per fortuna, l''arma s''inceppa e l''attentatore viene assicurato alla giustizia: dagli interrogatori, risulta subito che si tratta di uno squilibrato, convinto di essere il re d''Inghilterra. Eppure il suo gesto non è stato un raptus di follia: quell''uomo, in realtà, era stato plagiato da una mente acuta e perversa? New York, oggi. Una raffica di proiettili si abbatte sull''ingresso dell''Hotel Cipriani, mancando per un soffio il presidente Daniels, appena sceso dalla sua limousine blindata. Benché la reazione dei servizi segreti e dell''FBI sia istantanea, Daniels preferisce affidare l''indagine sull''accaduto a Cotton Malone, un ex agente del dipartimento di Giustizia, perché è l''unica persona di cui si possa fidare: quel viaggio a New York era infatti top secret e quindi nell''entourage del presidente degli Stati Uniti si nasconde un traditore. Malone dovrà smascherarlo prima che possa colpire di nuovo, e soprattutto dovrà risalire agli uomini che hanno guidato la sua mano. Uomini che hanno fatto del ricatto e dell''inganno una ragione di vita, che hanno stretto un giuramento di sangue fin dai tempi della Dichiarazione d''Indipendenza, che si sono passati il testimone per oltre duecento anni e che adesso stanno per rovesciare l''ordine mondiale?

Část Berryho románu se odehrává v Praze! Nikdo neví, kde se narodil, kde vyrůstal a jaké měl vzdělání. Neexistuje žádný jeho věrohodný portrét. Byl zkušený námořník a zdatný navigátor, ale jeho legendární činy nezaznamenal žádný očitý svědek. Dokonce i jeho hrob je obestřen tajemstvím. Nazývali ho mnoha jmény, ale většina lidí ho zná jako Kryštofa Kolumba. Váže se k němu mnoho otázek, ale na žádnou neznáme spolehlivou odpověď. A pak je tady největší ze všech záhad... Investigativní novinář Tom Sagan píše tvrdé a otevřené články z nejkrizovějších oblastí světa. Když se však ukáže, že jeho reportáž z válkou zmítaného regionu je podvrh, ocitne se Saganova pověst v troskách. Od té chvíle žije v jakémsi virtuálním exilu, pronásledován špatnými rozhodnutími i šokující pravdou, kterou nemůže dokázat: že jeho profesní krach byl úmyslnou sabotáží kohosi jiného. Zachariáš Simon má zevnějšek učence, zanícení fanatika a Saganovu dceru. Teď už mu chybí jen jedno: klíč k záhadě staré pět století, která by mohla zásadně ovlivnit i současný svět. A ten klíč mu může opatřit jedině jeho nesmiřitelný nepřítel Tom Sagan...

From the creators of the TV Cream website and the authors of ''TV Cream Toys'' comes ''The Great British Tuck Shop'', a colourful, witty, irreverent and nostalgic encyclopedia of all the sweets and crisps of your youth.

Many questions about Christopher Columbus exist. But now there''s an exciting new novel that challenges the notions about the discovery of America in a story of mysterious strangers, sabotage, and a dangerous international game.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Four presidents of the United States have been assassinated—in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963—each murder seemingly unrelated. But what if those presidents were all killed for the shocking same reason: a clause contained in the United States Constitution? This is the question faced by former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone. When President Danny Daniels is nearly killed in the heart of Manhattan, Malone risks his life to foil the murder—only to find himself at odds with the Commonwealth, a secret society of pirates first assembled during the American Revolution. Racing across the nation and taking to the high seas, Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt must break a secret cipher originally possessed by Thomas Jefferson, unravel a mystery concocted by Andrew Jackson, and unearth a document forged by the Founding Fathers themselves—one powerful enough to make the Commonwealth unstoppable. Don’t miss Steve Berry’s short story “The Devil’s Gold” and an excerpt from The King''s Deception in the back of the book.

Cotton Malone battles a group of families whose influence dates back to U.S. Constitution and who seek to crack a code devised by Thomas Jefferson himself in their quest for power.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he’s shocked to see Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman who’s saved his life more than once, being tortured at the hands of a mysterious man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact she’s asked you to keep safe. The only problem is, Malone doesn’t have a clue what the man is talking about, since Cassiopeia has left nothing with him. So begins Malone’s most harrowing adventure to date—one that offers up astounding historical revelations, pits him against a ruthless ancient brotherhood, and sends him from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam then on to one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world: the tomb of China’s First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, which has inexplicably remained sealed for more than two thousand years—its mysteries about to be revealed. BONUS: This edition contains a Cotton Malone Dossier, an excerpt from Steve Berry''s The Columbus Affair, and a short story by Steve Berry, The Balkan Escape.

In 1941 stalen de Duitsers vier wandpanelen, uit amber gehouwen uit het paleis in St. Petersburg. Jaren later gaat een echtpaar ernaar op zoek aan de hand van een aantal cryptische aanwijzigen. Voor fans van Dan Brown: De amberzaal van Steve Berry. Vier wandpanelen, geheel uit amber gehouwen en schitterend bewerkt, vormen samen de Amberzaal. In 1941 zijn de panelen door de Duitsers gestolen uit het Catharinapaleis in Sint Petersburg en vervoerd naar Koningsberg. In april 1945 zijn de panelen spoorloos verdwenen en nooit meer teruggevonden. Het rustige en prettige leven van rechter Rachel Cutler wordt danig verstoord wanneer haar vader, die de verschrikkingen van de Tweede Weredoorlog heeft overleefd, onder verdachte omstandigheden overlijdt. Hij laat cryptische aanwijzingen achter over een levenslang bewaard geheim, over iets wat de Amberzaal heet. Rachel vertrekt samen met haar ex-man Paul naar Europa om de waarheid rond haar vaders leven en dood te achterhalen. En daar raken ze al snel verwikkeld in een verraderlijk spel met als inzet... de Amberzaal. Steve Berry is de auteur van De Amberzaal, Het derde gebeim, De Romanov voorspelling en De erfenis van de Tempeliers. Steve Berry is jurist en woont en werkt in Georgia, Verenigde Staten.

Copenhague – Ámsterdam – Venecia – Samarcanda, 7 días, el plazo para cambiar el curso de la historia. El mundo se enfrenta a la mayor amenaza biológica de la historia. Una sola mujer posee el arma definitiva para erradicar a sus enemigos.Y un solo hombre conoce la clave para desactivarlos y acabar con las grandes pandemias que asuelan el planeta. Ambos carecen de moral y a la vez ambos comparten su talón de Aquiles: la ambición sin límite. ¿Podrán detenerlos dos hombres y dos mujeres a quienes sólo mueve el deseo de justicia y equidad? En el año 323 a. J.C. murió Alejandro Magno, el hombre que había logrado acaparar más poder que ningún otro. En la actualidad, una mujer dominada por su deseo de emular al gran conquistador busca lo que él se llevó a la tumba: el secreto de su poder.

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.

NEW YORK TIMES BESETSELLER • “Those who relish suspense in the Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the series.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told that his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic. But what he now learns stuns him: His father’s sub was a secret nuclear vessel lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica. Twin sisters Dorothea Lindauer and Christl Falk are also determined to find out what became of their father, who died on the same submarine–and they know something Malone doesn’t: Inspired by strange clues discovered in Charlemagne’s tomb, the Nazis explored Antarctica before the Americans. Now Malone discovers that cryptic journals penned in “the language of heaven,” conundrums posed by an ancient historian, and his father’s ill-fated voyage are all tied to a revelation of immense consequence for humankind. As Malone embarks on a dangerous quest with the sisters, he will finally confront the shocking truth of his father’ s death and the distinct possibility of his own.

Twee kardinalen strijden om een geheim rond de mysterieuze verschijningen van Maria om genoeg macht te vergaren om de nieuwe paus te worden.

“[Steve Berry] has a genuine feel for the factual gaps that give history its tantalizing air of the unknown.”—The New York Times Book Review After narrowly escaping incineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum, Cotton Malone—former Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer—learns from his friend, the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was neither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of a campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design, buildings across Europe are being devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. Born from the ashes is a new Eastern European nation whose ruthless leader will soon draw Cotton into an intense geopolitical chess game against a shadowy cabal of power brokers. The prize lies buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great—in a tomb lost to the ages for more than two thousand years. Trekking from Denmark to Venice to Central Asia, Cotton and Cassiopeia are determined to solve an ancient puzzle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people—depending on who finds the lost tomb first. “There’s nothing tastier than a globe-spanning mystery. . . . Berry’s books excel at bringing out fascinating tidbits of history.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch