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The murder of a research scientist in Georgia sends Lang Reilly on a worldwide chase to uncover secrets that could upset the balance of power in the Middle East--and unleash a weapon more powerful than a nuclear bomb. Original.
The murder of a friend leads Lang Reilly on a frantic search for answers from ancient caves in Germany to the secret catacombs beneath the Vatican.
Jason Peters is an operative for a private organization that handles missions too politically risky for U.S. intelligence agencies. When he gains possession of a laptop linked to unexplained murders, his trail will lead him to ancient ruins in Sicily, Greece, and beyond to uncover a plot to use recently unearthed secrets to change history. Original.
While investigating his sister's murder in Paris, American attorney Lang Reilly discovers a map in a painting that leads to the long-hidden secrets of the Knights Templar--secrets that could shatter Christianity. Original.
"It was a gala evening to celebrate the find of the century - previously unknown Gospels containing startling revelations. But before the parchments could be revealed, shots rang out in the British Museum and the Gospels - along with Lang Reilly's friend - were taken. An ancient and mysterious organization will gladly kill anyone who comes close to the parchments, but Lang can't be intimidated. The more his life is threatened, the more determined he is to find the truth behind?" --P. 4 of Cover.
This is the first book to center labor unions as actors in American environmental policy.
One man stands between the United States and a conspiracy that threatens Western civilizationDIV/divDIVThough not on the government payroll, Jason Peters kills for Uncle Sam. NARCOM is a private corporation that does what the CIA doesn’t have the nerve to do, and Peters is its best operative—until the job gets the best of him. He completes his last mission and happily retires to Italy, swearing to his girlfriend that he’s through with his deadly past. He has just settled into a peaceful life when NARCOM comes knocking./divDIV /divDIVA contractor for the organization has been shot while on assignment in Iceland, and refuses to talk to anyone but Peters. NARCOM convinces the ex-agent to go, swearing it will be a quick, fact-finding mission. But behind this simple assignment lurks a massive environmental conspiracy, and Peters quickly finds there is no one he can trust other than himself./divDIV/divDIV/divDIV/div
In the year 88 BC, King Mithradates of Anatolia died suddenly after an apparent poisoning. His son, Prince Mithradates, then disappeared for seven years into the woods where he collected hemlock plants and other deadly poisons. Upon his return, he shared a fatal meal with his mother and brother. Mithradates, who ultimately became King, somehow left the meal unharmed. In modern-day Turkey, a young boy endures a bite from a venomous viper. His doctor reports that the child experienced no ill effects and suggests the existence of a universal immunity in his blood, possibly as a descendant of Mithradates. And then the battle over his blood sample begins, attracting vigilantes who will stop at no...
When a missing ancient manuscript is discovered in Rome, Lang Reilly sets out on a dangerous quest to London, Prague, and Rome to find those who would rather kill him than have him reveal its frightening contents. In the secret archives of the Vatican, an ancient Tibetan document has remained hidden to everyone but the highest authorities in the Catholic Church. Those authorities had long ago disposed of the Cathars, the religious sect who’d once attempted to spread the document’s heresies of reincarnation. Centuries later, a young boy’s bizarre flashbacks as an Auschwitz prisoner threaten to prove the document’s theory of reincarnation, shattering the faith of millions around the wo...
Join the family, or ohana, as they farm taro for poi to prepare for a traditional luau celebration with a poetic text in the style of The House That Jack Built. Now available in paperback. "This is the land that's never been sold, where work the hands, so wise and old, that reach through the water, clear and cold, into the mud to pick the taro to make the poi for our ohana's luau." Acclaimed illustrator and animator Kenard Pak's light-filled, dramatic illustrations pair exquisitely with Ilima Loomis' text to celebrate Hawaiian land and culture. The backmatter includes a glossary of Hawaiian terms used, as well as an author's note. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A Booklist Editor's Choice