Guy Carson, a brilliant researcher at GeneDyne, is delighted when he is transferred to Mount Dragon, the company's high-security genetic engineering lab, until he discovers that scientists there have concocted a killer virus that threatens all humankind.

After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before his eyes, Special Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across the country and into Mexico. But then, things go terribly, tragically wrong; the kidnappers escape; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his New York apartment and shuts out the world.
But when a string of bizarre murders erupts across several Manhattan hotels--perpetrated by a boy who seems to have an almost psychic ability to elude capture--NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta asks his friend Pendergast for help. Reluctant at first, Pendergast soon discovers that the killings are a message from his wife's kidnappers. But why a message? And what does it mean?
When the kidnappers strike again at those closest to Pendergast, the FBI agent, filled anew with vengeful fury, sets out to track down and destroy those responsible. His journey takes him deep into the trackless forests of South America, where he ultimately finds himself face to face with an old evil that-rather than having been eradicated-is stirring anew... and with potentially world-altering consequences.
Confucius once said: 'Before you embark on a journey of revenge, first dig two graves.' Pendergast is about to learn the hard way just how true those words still ring.

In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are thirty-six bodies all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago. While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city. The nightmare has begun. Again.

A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.
A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.
Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.
Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon.

A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.
A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.
Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.
Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon.

Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers-a chase that takes him from the wild moors of Scotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous of Louisiana-he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he is stunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder.

Peeling back the layers of deception, Pendergast realizes that the conspiracy is deeper, goes back generations, and is more monstrous than he could have ever imagined-and everything he's believed, everything he's trusted, everything he's understood . . . may be a horrific lie.

Quel ricordo lo avrebbe inseguito ovunque. Ogni giorno della sua vita. Gideon ha solo dodici anni quando il padre, un matematico al servizio del governo americano, viene freddato sotto il suo sguardo impotente. Una raffica di proiettili sparati dalla polizia contro quell'uomo disarmato, ma ritenuto colpevole di alto tradimento, annienta il professor Melvin Crew, distrugge la sua reputazione e mette a repentaglio il futuro della sua famiglia. Dieci anni dopo, sul letto di morte, la madre rivela a Gideon una verità troppo a lungo taciuta: suo padre era innocente, ed è stato assassinato perché, in piena guerra fredda, era a conoscenza di segreti scomodi per l'Agenzia per la sicurezza degli Stati Uniti. 'Pareggia i conti' gli sussurra la donna. È la vendetta l'unica eredità di Gideon, una missione quasi impossibile, dato che il file che dimostra l'innocenza di Melvin Crew sembra scomparso nel nulla. Ma Gideon non ha fretta: ha tutta la vita davanti per trovare il mandante della esecuzione del padre. E negli anni si prepara con cura, laureandosi al MIT e diventando un genio del calcolo della probabilità e un maestro nell'arte della contraffazione e della manipolazione. Ma quando finalmente la sua vendetta sta per compiersi, il destino lo viene a cercare di nuovo. Perché qualcuno ha studiato ogni sua mossa, e ora è deciso a fare di lui un agente molto speciale...

Durante una battuta di caccia nelle Highlands scozzesi, l'agente speciale dell'FBI Aloysius Pendergast viene colpito da una fucilata, inaspettata e lancinante quanto la rivelazione che l'accompagna: sua moglie Helen, che anni prima Pendergast aveva visto morire con i propri occhi, in realtà è ancora viva. A premere il grilletto - e a mettere in dubbio in un solo, terribile istante tutto ciò che Pendergast ha sempre creduto sul conto della moglie - è Judson, fratello della stessa Helen. E adesso, mentre col petto intriso di sangue sprofonda nelle sabbie mobili che lo circondano, Pendergast guarda Judson dritto negli occhi, e giura vendetta. Ma non può esserci vendetta senza verità. E così Aloysius, miracolosamente scampato alla morte, si mette a indagare, deciso a chiarire ogni dettaglio di una storia che man mano si fa sempre più intricata. Finché, pezzo dopo pezzo, dalle strade di New York alle paludi della Louisiana, il mistero di Helen si chiarisce, svelando i contorni di un complotto dalla portata storica e sconvolgente.

Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere... and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall. As more bodies are discovered - their only connection the bizarre but identical manner of death - the world begins to wonder if the Devil has, in face, come to collect his due. Teaming with Police Officer Vincent D'Agosta (The Relic), Agent Pendergast is determined to solve this case that appears to defy everything except supernatural logic.

Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief


GIDEON'S SWORD


At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down.

At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him.

Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful.

But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade.

For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .

Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers-a chase that takes him from the wild moors of Scotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous of Louisiana-he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he is stunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder.

Peeling back the layers of deception, Pendergast realizes that the conspiracy is deeper, goes back generations, and is more monstrous than he could have ever imagined-and everything he's believed, everything he's trusted, everything he's understood . . . may be a horrific lie.

Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers-a chase that takes him from the wild moors of Scotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous of Louisiana-he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he is stunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder.

Peeling back the layers of deception, Pendergast realizes that the conspiracy is deeper, goes back generations, and is more monstrous than he could have ever imagined-and everything he's believed, everything he's trusted, everything he's understood . . . may be a horrific lie.



COLD VENGEANCE

Nothing is what it seems.

When the fading farm community of Medicine Creek, Kansas, is terrorized by a series of disturbing murders by a killer who displays his victims, FBI agent Pendergast discovers a link between a moonshine operation and an unsolved killing from more than 150 years earlier. First time in unabridged audio.

A hair-raising collection of adventure stories that's so big and enthralling if you open it you may never be seen again: enter at your own risk.

 

Everyone loves adventure, and Otto Penzler has collected the best adventure stories of all time into one mammoth volume. With stories by Jack London, O. Henry, H. Rider Haggard, Alastair MacLean, Talbot Mundy, Cornell Woolrich, and many others, this wide-reaching and fascinating volume contains some of the best characters from the most thrilling adventure tales, including The Cisco Kid; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Bulldog Drummond; Tarzan; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Conan the Barbarian; Hopalong Cassidy; King Kong; Zorro; and The Spider. Divided into sections that embody the greatest themes of the genre—Sword & Sorcery, Megalomania Rules, Man vs. Nature, Island Paradise, Sand and Sun, Something Feels Funny, Go West Young Man, Future Shock, I Spy, Yellow Peril, In Darkest Africa—it is destined to be the greatest collection of adventure stories ever compiled.

 

Featuring:

Lawless open seas

Ferocious army ants

Deadeyed gunmen

Exotic desert islands

Feverish jungle adventures

 

Including:

The story that introduced The Cisco Kid

The complete novel of Tarzan the Terrible

First of a new 3-book arc featuring Agent Pendergast.

Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned the loss of his beloved wife, Helen, who died in a tragic accident in Africa twelve years ago.

Today, he discovers she was murdered.

Tomorrow, he will learn her most guarded secrets, leaving him to wonder: Who was the woman I married? Why was she murdered? And, above all . . . Who murdered her?

FEVER DREAM

Revenge is not sweet: It is essential.

Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief

GIDEON'S SWORD

At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down.

At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him.

Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful.

But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade.

For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .

Introducing Gideon Crew: trickster, prodigy, master thief

GIDEON'S SWORD

At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down.

At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him.

Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful.

But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade.

For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning . . .

Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation. Margo must once again team up with police lieutenant D'Agosta and FBI agent Pendergast, as well as the brilliant Dr. Frock, to try and solve the puzzle. The trail soon leads deep underground, where they will face the awakening of a slumbering nightmare.

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human...But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who - or what - is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre?

Investigating a series of savage murders that disrupt a massive new exhibition at the New York Museum of Natural History, graduate student Margo Green finds a clue in a failed Amazonian expedition.

Il tempo della verità è arrivato, per l'agente Aloysius Pendergast. Sono passati dodici lunghi anni da quel tragico incidente in Africa, quando lui e Helen, giovani sposi, stavano dando la caccia al Dabu Gor, un gigantesco leone dalla criniera rosso sangue mangiatore di uomini. Di fronte all'animale, però, Helen aveva mancato il colpo, e in un attimo da predatrice si era trasformata in preda. Impotente e disperato, Aloysius l'aveva vista morire davanti ai suoi occhi. Ma quando, a distanza di anni, nella dimora di famiglia in Louisiana, Pendergast imbraccia il lucile con cui Helen aveva sparato quel maledetto giorno, viene alla luce un dettaglio inquietante: l'unico proiettile rimasto è caricato a salve. Sua moglie non aveva sbagliato il colpo: non aveva mai sparato davvero. È chiaro che Helen è stata assassinata. Inizia così per il geniale agente dell'FBI, in coppia con il tenente del NYPD Vincent D'Agosta, l'indagine più difficile che abbia mai affrontato. Perché questa volta la posta in gioco è una sola: la vera identità di sua 'moglie. A guidare Pendergast in un vorticoso e inquietante viaggio nel suo passato, la misteriosa ossessione che Helen gli ha sempre tenuto nascosto: un virus sconosciuto e mortale che precipita le sue vittime nel cuore oscuro della follia. Con 'L'isola della follia' ritorna l'agente Aloysius Pendergast in un thriller teso che si muove sull'ambiguo confine tra giustizia e vendetta.