In a thrilling masterwork that will make you rethink your perceptions of life & death New York Times bestselling author James Rollins takes you to the edge of medicine genetics & technology revealing the next evolutionary leap forward: immortality. Galilee 1025. Infiltrating an ancient citadel a Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure long hidden within the fortress's labyrinth: the Bachal Isu
- the staff of Jesus Christ
- a priceless icon that holds a mysterious & terrifying power that promises to change humankind for ever. A millennium later Somali pirates hijack a yacht off the coast of the Horn of Africa kidnapping a young pregnant American woman. Commander Gray Pierce is enlisted for a covert rescue mission into the African jungle. The woman is no rich tourist: she's Amanda Gant-Bennett daughter of the U.S. president. Suspicious that the kidnapping masks a far more nefarious plot Gray must confront a shadowy cabal which has been manipulating events throughout history...and now challenges the current presidency. Halfway around the world a firebombing at a fertility clinic in South Carolina exposes a conspiracy that goes back centuries...a scheme that lies within our genetic code. With time against them SIGMA must race to save an innocent unborn baby whose very existence raises questions about the nature of humanity asking: Could you live forever? Would you live forever?

...

Bloodline" is the new Dick Francis novel from bestseller Felix Francis. When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare an accomplished & successful jockey comes in third he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character? That night Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel.. .or so it seems. Devastated by her death & almost overcome with guilt Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all...? Felix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend Dick Francis with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis Novels " Dead Heat" " Silks" " Even Money" & " Crossfire" with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010 but his work will live on through Felix. " Gamble" was Felix's first solo Dick Francis Novel. Praise for the Dick Francis novels: " The Francis flair is clear for all to see". (" Daily Mail"). " The novel confirms Francis' seat at the head of crime fiction". (" Racing Post"). " From winning post to top of the bestseller list time after time". (" Sunday Times"). Felix trained as a physicist & spent seventeen years teaching A level physics before taking on the role as manager to his father & then as author. He lives in Oxfordshire." ...

When a dead body is found in a North London flat it seems like a straightforward domestic murder until a bloodstained sliver of X-ray is found clutched in the dead womans fist
- & it quickly becomes clear that this case is anything but ordinary. DI Thorne discovers that the victims mother had herself been murdered fifteen years before by infamous serial killer Raymond Garvey. The hunt to catch Garvey was one of the biggest in the history of the Met & ended with seven women dead. When more bodies & more fragments of X-ray are discovered Thorne has a macabre jigsaw to piece together until the horrifying picture finally emerges. A killer is targeting the children of Raymond Garveys victims. Thorne must move quickly to protect those still on the murderers list but nothing & nobody are what they seem. Not when Thorne is dealing with one of the most twisted killers he has ever hunted...
...

From Felix Francis bestselling author of Gamble" & co-author (with Dick Francis) of " Even Money" & ' Crossfire" comes " Bloodline" the latest Dick Francis novel. Set in the cut-throat world of horse racing " Bloodline" is a pacy thriller packed full of suspense mystery & intrigue. When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare an accomplished & successful jockey comes in third he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character? That night Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel.. .or so it seems. Devastated by her death & almost overcome with guilt Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all...? Packed with all the hair-raising suspense & excitement readers know & love from Dick Francis " Bloodline" cements Felix Francis' reputation as a master of thriller-writing. " The Francis flair is clear for all to see". (" Daily Mail"). " Spare efficient & unflashy.. .inexorably draws you in". (" Daily Telegraph"). " From winning post to top of the bestseller list time-after-time". (" Sunday Times"). Felix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend Dick Francis with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis novels " Dead Heat" " Silks" " Even Money" & " Crossfire" with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010 but his work will live on through Felix. " Boodline" is Felix's second solo Dick Francis novel; " Gamble" was his first." ...

Bloodline is the new Dick Francis novel from bestseller Felix Francis. When Mark Shillingford commentates on a race in which his twin sister Clare an accomplished & successful jockey comes in third he can't help but be suspicious. As a professional race-caller he knows she should have won. Did she lose on purpose? Was the race fixed? Why on earth would she do something so out of character? That night Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions but she storms off after an explosive argument. It's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a London hotel.. .or so it seems. Devastated by her death & almost overcome with guilt Mark goes in search of answers. What led Clare to take her own life? Or was it not suicide at all...? Felix Francis is the younger son of thriller-writing legend Dick Francis with whom he co-wrote the four most recent Dick Francis Novels Dead Heat Silks Even Money & Crossfire with Felix taking an increasingly greater role in the writing. Sadly Dick died in February 2010 but his work will live on through Felix. Gamble was Felix's first solo Dick Francis Novel. Praise for the Dick Francis novels: The Francis flair is clear for all to see". (Daily Mail). " The novel confirms Francis' seat at the head of crime fiction". (Racing Post). " From winning post to top of the bestseller list time after time". (Sunday Times). Felix trained as a physicist & spent seventeen years teaching A level physics before taking on the role as manager to his father & then as author. He lives in Oxfordshire." ...

This is the breath-taking second title in Katy Morans Bloodline" series. The Ghost is the fastest most cunning young criminal in Constantinople. Skilled at lying & deceit he has the power to twist the minds of men bending them to his will. He is both invisible & invincible. Or at least he thinks so
- till the day his father returns from the desert. A ruthless barbarian assassin Essa is not pleased to discover that his wild son Cai has become the citys most notorious thief. But sinister forces are moving against Cai & he finds himself captive on a trading ship. The Ghost no longer he is now a slave. But luck has not deserted him completely
- the ship is bound for Britain the home his barbarian parents fled long ago. When he becomes a slave to Wulfhere prince of Mercia Cai soon discovers that his Anglish masters know more about his family than he does
- what secrets have his mother & father been keeping from him? As Cai sharpens his skills of subterfuge & persuasion war threatens & he must choose: will he use his phenomenal talents for good or evil?"


...

Bloodlines" is a new series from " Vampire Academy" author Richelle Mead. Sydney protects vampire secrets
- & human lives. Sydney
...

Stefan & Damon Salvatore are now vampires & must deal with the consequences of their fate. They escape their small hometown of Fell's Church which is overrun with vampire hunters & travel to New Orleans. While Stefan revels in his powers Damon continues to mourn the loss of Katherine the beautiful vampire that turned them both. But New Orleans offers temptations & dangers. Stefan falls in love with another human & his willpower is tested to the limit. Damon ends up captured by an evil sadistic vampire hunter. Stefan knows that he must save his brother but will it cost him his new love? ...

Calla has always welcomed war. But now that the final battle is upon her theres more at stake than fighting. Theres saving Ren even if it incurs Shays wrath. Theres keeping her brother safe even if hes been branded a traitor. Theres proving herself as the packs alpha & ridding the world of the Keepers magic once & for all. & then theres deciding what to do & who to love when the war ends. If Calla makes it out alive that is. ...

India the 1940s: a time of political turmoil & violence; a country on the verge of its tryst with destiny. Ross Monroe is a boxer a Catholic & an Anglo-Indian. Throughout his youth Ross is sustained by a single dream: to box his way to Olympic victory -- until a devastating betrayal by an Englishman sends him into exile & an obsession which will change his life for ever. In present-day England Owen Monroe aspiring novelist is writing the story of his fathers life in an attempt to avoid confronting the problems in his own. But family chronicle turns to amateur sleuthing when a chance discovery provides a clue to the whereabouts of his fathers long-lost enemy. The quest that follows takes Owen through the secrets of the Monroe past & into a love affair he could never have thought possible... ...