Nelson DeMille Ordre des livres (chronologique)

At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military suspense, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille. Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor team up for their toughest assignment yet as they are dispatched to Camp Hayden to investigate the death of Major Roger Ames, the chief scientist in charge of the top-secret war games being conducted between a platoon of Army Rangers and a fleet of "lethal autonomous weapons." Brodie and Taylor find themselves at ground zero of the next generation of warfare, and must untangle the complex web of alliances, animosities, and secret agendas among the men and women of the isolated facility. In a place cut off from the world and exposed to the harsh desert elements, everyone is a suspect-from the zealous camp commander who pushes his men to the limit, to the Rangers slipping into madness due to isolation, grueling training, and rampant abuse of performance-enhancing drugs, to the late Major Ames's own research colleagues. Brodie and Taylor must uncover layers of deception to find the hidden hand behind the murder of Major Ames, and the real purpose of the activities at Camp Hayden and its terrifying arsenal of next-generation weapons.

In Berlin, a body is discovered, leading to a conspiracy where all sides are compromised. From bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, this gripping narrative follows Special Agents Brodie and Taylor as they investigate the murder of CID Special Agent Harry Vance, a skilled counterterrorism agent found dead in a park within the city's Arab refugee community. While authorities suspect Islamic terrorism, Brodie and Taylor sense deeper complexities at play. Unraveling Vance's motives for being in Berlin, they confront the contradictions of modern Germany, from Cold War remnants to the rise of neo-Nazi sentiments. As both German and American officials monitor their investigation, a new danger arises from American intelligence, wary that the agents might uncover sensitive information about U.S. clandestine operations linked to their past mission in Venezuela. Brodie and Taylor soon realize that Vance's murder is just the beginning of a more sinister plot, and they must race against time to solve the mystery and prevent impending disaster.

***The brand new, unmissable John Corey novel from America's Greatest Living Thriller Writer.*** 'Bottom line, if a man is known by his enemies, I'm one helluva guy.' Former anti-terrorist cop John Corey is NYU - New York Unemployed - and watching his back, ever more convinced his past will soon catch up with him. Then a new opportunity comes calling, and with it, plenty of trouble . . . A series of bodies has been found along a beach close to his home and he can no longer deny that a serial killer is on the loose, and no one seems able to find the culprit. Is the failure to find the perpetrator a result of the department's oversight? Is it due to the fact the victims are prostitutes? Or is it something darker? Could the killer be someone on the inside? John Corey must root out friend and foe in this dazzling thriller, which features his trademark snark, matched by brilliant investigative skills, and the masterful plot twists that are a signature of the American thriller legend Nelson DeMille.

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* This “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) thriller features a brilliant and unconventional Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their pursuit of the Army’s most notorious deserter. Captain Kyle Mercer of the elite Delta Force vanished in Afghanistan, with a video from his Taliban captors making headlines. The situation was unclear: Had Mercer deserted before capture? A second video confirmed he had willfully disappeared, raising alarms about the trained assassin and keeper of classified intelligence. A year later, Mercer is spotted in Caracas, Venezuela, by an old Army buddy, prompting top military officials to assign Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor from the Criminal Investigation Division to retrieve him—preferably alive. Brodie faces challenges not only from the mission's complexity and his partner’s inexperience but also from their undeniable chemistry and his growing suspicion that Taylor may be reporting to the CIA. With its ripped-from-the-headlines appeal, exotic locale, and signature twists and humor, this marks the beginning of a thrilling new series from the #1 New York Times bestseller and his award-winning screenwriter son.

Daniel „Mac“ MacCormick má fajn život. Pětatřicetiletý veterán americké armády žije poklidným životem na Key West na Floridě a živí ho člun Maine. Sukničkář Mac má všechno – kromě peněz na opravu své milované lodi. Pak za ním přijde právník z Miami, jakýsi Carlos, s neodolatelnou nabídkou: dostane 2 miliony dolarů, když dopluje do Havany a přiveze 60 milionů dolarů z Castrovy skrýše. Tyhle peníze kdysi patřily rodině krásné kubánsko-americké ženy jménem Sara Ortega. A Mac ví, že z něj bude buď bohatý muž nebo mrtvola...

Daniel 'Mac' MacCormick has a good life. Aged thirty-five and a decorated US Army veteran, he whiles away his life in stunning Key West, Florida, running a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat The Maine. A ladies' man and rule-breaker, Mac has it all, apart from the money to hold on to his beloved boat. Then Mac is approached by a hotshot Miami lawyer called Carlos with an apparently irresistable offer: a fee of 2 million to run the boat into Havana and smuggle out 60 million from a stash hidden from the Castro government - cash once owned by the family of a beautiful Cuban-American woman named Sara Ortega. With the political 'Cuban Thaw' underway, it's only a matter of time before someone finds the stash. But Mac knows if he accepts this job, he'll walk away rich ... or not at all

Detektiv John Corey má za úkol sledovat ruského „diplomata“ Vasilije Petrova, který je ve skutečnosti členem ruské zpravodajské služby. Je jasné, že má na americkém území nějaký plán, ať už jde o nevinné setkání na párty nebo o tajnou misi. Čas běží a Corey se snaží zjistit, co se chystá. Ve Francii roku 1916, během první světové války, se Sofie Léfevreová snaží ochránit svou rodinu, zatímco její manžel Édouard bojuje na frontě. Když je pověřena obsluhou německých oficírů, její bezpečí je ohroženo. Po setkání s novým komandantem, který se zamiluje do jejího portrétu, musí Sofie učinit rozhodnutí, které ovlivní její život na dlouhá desetiletí. Julia, zdrcená smrtí své sestry, se snaží zjistit pravdu o jejím úmrtí a ponoří se do temného světa internetových chatů. Její pátrání ji zavádí na scestí a ohrožuje vše, co má ráda. Učitel Tom Mitchell najde tučňáka v ropné skvrně a rozhodne se ho zachránit. Po jeho ošetření se tučňák odmítá vrátit do oceánu, a tak ho Tom vezme do prestižní internátní školy. Tučňák Juan Salvado se stává maskotem a trenérem plavání, mění životy všech kolem sebe.

Prescient and chilling, DeMille's #1 New York Times bestselling novel takes us into the heart of a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs. After a showdown with the notorious Yemeni terrorist known as The Panther, John Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task Force and returned home to New York City, taking a job with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Although Corey's new assignment with the DSG-surveilling Russian diplomats working at the U.N. Mission-is thought to be "a quiet end," he is more than happy to be out from under the thumb of the FBI and free from the bureaucracy of office life. But Corey realizes something the U.S. government doesn't: The all-too-real threat of a newly resurgent Russia. When Vasily Petrov, a colonel in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service posing as a diplomat with the Russian U.N. Mission, mysteriously disappears from a Russian oligarch's party in Southampton, it's up to Corey to track him down. What are the Russians up to and why? Is there a possible nuclear threat, a so-called radiant angel? Will Corey find Petrov and put a stop to whatever he has planned before it's too late? Or will Corey finally be outrun and outsmarted, with America facing the prospect of a crippling attack unlike anything it's ever seen before? Please note: Radiant Angel is published in the UK under the title A Quiet End.

De eerste verhalenbundel waarin 9 spannende verhalen gebundeld zijn van de allerbeste auteurs uit de internationale wereld, allemaal rondom het thema "boek".

From the dusty archives of the Vatican to the overgrown jungles of Ethiopia, a motley crew of four begin a deadly search for the Holy Grail. Two reporters, a cameraman and a mercenary soldier are caught in the center of an Ethiopian civil war. When they save a wounded prisoner who escapes from a bombed out prison, they hear the most amazing account of the location of Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Thus begins their Quest - a deadly adventure that pits them against murderous tribesmen, assassins, fanatical Coptic monks and, ultimately against themselves. In the best DeMille tradition, The Quest takes the reader on a heart-pounding, exciting ride where good ultimately triumphs - but at a steep price.

It's one of the most dangerous and volatile countries in the world: Yemen. A Middle Eastern hotbed of corruption and insurgency and the perfect training ground for Islamic terrorists When FBI agents John Corey and Kate Mayfield are assigned to overseas posts in Sana'a, Yemen's capital city, they are tasked with hunting down the high-ranking Al Qaeda operative responsible for the USS Cole bombing. This man, known as The Panther, is wanted for terrorist acts and multiple murders and the US government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost. As latecomers to a deadly game, John and Kate don't know the rules, the players or the score. What they do know is that there is more to their assignment than meets the eye - and that the hunters are about to become the hunted. In an action-packed and terrifying race to take down one of the most ruthless men alive, Nelson DeMille reunites readers with his charismatic hero John Corey - the sixth novel from the series.

1) Nelson DeMille - Lev: Obávaný terorista Asád Chálil řečený Lev, jinak též stroj na zabíjení, je zpátky. Proklouzl do Spojených států, aby dokonal svůj zvrhlý akt pomsty. Jako první se v jeho smrtícím hledáčku ocitá agent Federální protiteroristické zvláštní služby John Corey a jeho žena Kate. 2) Patrick Taylor - Námluvy na irském venkově: Mladý doktor Barry Laverty z irské vesničky Ballybucklebo se souží láskou. Jeho starší kolega, staromládenecký doktor O’Reilly, naopak prožívá druhé jaro. Ani jeden z doktorů však nemá čas pitvat své srdce, neboť venkovská ordinace je rušné místo. 3) Simon Beckett - Volání hrobu: Lidská zrůda Jerome Monk, který zmasakroval několik dívek, se rozhodl spolupracovat s policií a ukázat jí místa na dartmoorském vřesovišti, kam pohřbil své oběti. K vyzdvižení mrtvol je přizván forenzní antropolog David Hunter, jenže akce neprobíhá podle předpokladů… 4) Nicholas Sparks - Bezpečný přístav: Do ospalého jižanského městečka Southportu se přistěhovala mladá žena. Pronajala si omšelou chatku, kterou si svépomocí zvelebila, všude chodí pěšky, protože nemá auto, a je krásná, smutná a hlavně tajemná. Místním lidem vrtá hlavou, jaké tajemství skrývá.

Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work. Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he drew from Poe's poetry while researching one of his books. Stephen King reflects on Poe's insight into humanity's dark side. Jan Burke recalls her childhood terror during late-night reading sessions. Tess Gerritsen, Nelson DeMille, and others remember the classic B-movie adaptations of Poe's tales. And Laurie R. King complains about how Poe stole all the good ideas . . . or maybe just thought of them first. Powerful and timeless, In the Shadow of the Master is a celebration of one of the greatest literary minds of all time.

After John's wife killed her Mafia don lover, John set out on a sailboat journey around the world. Ten years later he comes home ... and people from his life begin resurfacing, in a web of seduction and betrayal, intent on exacting revenge.

Prepare to meet the most seductively female and shockingly fatal femme fatales, brought to you by seventeen of today’s finest authors of mystery and suspense fiction. Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short, sizzling masterpieces filled with thrilling tales that showcase how sexy and fierce the 'gentler sex' can be. In 'Third Party', a party girl takes you on a wild ride through the Paris night, while Nelson DeMille's 'Rendezvous' plunges you into a Vietnam jungle where the deadliest scourge is a woman. Elmore Leonard introduces a Depression-era teenage gun moll in 'Louly and Pretty Boy', who loves Pretty Boy Floyd more than robbing filling stations. Lorenzo Carcaterra's 'A Thousand Miles from Nowhere' features a smart blonde seeking slow-simmered vengeance, and Michael Connelly's 'Cielo Azul' reveals how a nameless woman found dead in Los Angeles can be the most lethal prey. Other riveting tales include a scorned lover claiming an old fling's heart, a mysterious woman offering a tempting suicide pact, and a she-demon rising from the grave. These and many other bad girls cast their criminal spells through the powerful voices of Joyce Carol Oates, John Connolly, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffrey Deaver, and more, in stories as irresistible as the anti-heroines that blaze through their pages.

Wanneer rechercheur Maggie Bei op een winternacht een dodelijke misdaad rapporteert, wéét inspecteur Jonathan Stride dat zij in de problemen zit. Maggie verbergt een verschrikkelijk geheim. En haar zwijgen wordt steeds verdachter. Maggie is niet de enige die geheimen heeft. Een jonge vrouw, die dol was op bizarre seksuele spelletjes, is verdwenen. Ze heeft een cryptische boodschap achtergelaten: Ik weet wie het is. Stride probeert een web van geweld en voyeurisme te ontsluieren, maar iemand is bereid moorden te plegen om dat te verbergen. Samen met zijn geliefde, politieagente Serena Dial, jaagt Stride op een chanteur die alle smerige geheimen van de stad kent. Zelfs die van Maggie...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille comes a suspenseful new novel featuring Detective John Corey and an all-too-plausible conspiracy to detonate a nuclear bomb in two major American cities. Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--an informal men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to gather with old friends, hunt, eat, drink, and talk off-the-record about war, life, death, sex and politics. But one Fall weekend, the Executive Board of the Custer Hill Club gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11 and what America must do to retaliate. Their plan is finalized and set into motion. That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is reported missing. His body is soon discovered in the woods near the Custer Hill Club's game reserve. The death appears to be a hunting accident, and that's how the local police first report it, but Detective John Corey has his doubts. As he digs deeper, he begins to unravel a plot involving the Custer Hill Club, a top-secret plan known only by its code name: Wild Fire. Racing against the clock, Detective Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, find they are the only people in a position to stop the button from being pushed and chaos from being unleashed.

On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 exploded off the coast of Long Island. Five years later, the crash has been attributed to a mechanical malfunction. But for John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield, both members of the elite Anti-Terrorist Task Force, the case is not closed.

Zkrácené verze nejlepších románů současných světových autorů v jedné antologii. Svazek obsahuje čtyři romány a je vyváženou kombinací akčního příběhu plného napětí, příběhu s detektivní zápletkou, příběhu ze života a v neposlední řadě také příběhu, v nichž hraje hlavní roli láska a mezilidské vztahy.

Když letadlo mířící na newyorské letiště neodpovídá kontrolní věži, znamená to, že něco není v pořádku. Na jeho palubě totiž cestuje v doprovodu dvou agentů CIA nebezpečný terorista Asad Chalíl. V tuto chvíli John Corey z protiteroristické zvláštní služby ještě netuší, že ho místo rutinního úkolu čeká nebezpečné pronásledování muže zcela oddaného svému poslání. Chalíl Lev. Tento muž mnoha tváří pronásleduje svou kořist lstivě a mazaně. Jaké tajemství ho pojí s jeho oběťmi?

L'un des 58 000 soldats américains tombés au champ d'honneur pendant la guerre du Vietnam aurait-il été victime d'un meurtre ? C'est en tout cas ce qu'affirme une mystérieuse lettre. Retourner sur place et retrouver l'auteur de la troublante missive vingt-neuf ans après les faits, sans même savoir s'il est vivant : pour Paul Brenner, ancien enquêteur de l'armée américaine, c'est exclu. Il a pris sa retraite et ne veut plus entendre parler ni d'homicides ni du Vietnam, où il a connu l'enfer en 1968. Mais pourquoi ses ex-supérieurs s'intéressent-ils tant à cette histoire ancienne ? Piqué par la curiosité, Paul s'envole pour Hô Chi Minh-Ville, ex-Saigon. Il est loin d'imaginer quelles embûches l'attendent dans ce pays en plein bouleversement, dans lequel il a perdu l'innocence de sa jeunesse...

15 avril 1986 : les États-Unis lancent un raid contre une base militaire libyenne. Parmi les rares survivants, Asad Khalil, protégé du colonel Kadhafi... Depuis, celui qu'on appelle le Lion n'a plus qu'un objectif : exécuter l'implacable vengeance d'Allah en éliminant tour à tour les huit hommes qui ont pris part à ce bombardement, et celui qui en a donné l'ordre : l'ancien président de la première puissance mondiale. Le Lion ne tarde pas à mettre les États-Unis à feu et à sang. Face à lui, un ex-flic de la criminelle, fort en gueule et tête brûlée : John Corey, de la force antiterroriste. Même dans les bas-fonds de New York, qu'il a écumés pendant des années, Corey n'a jamais rencontré une telle violence, une telle sauvagerie. Pour terrasser le Lion, il va devoir inventer une stratégie très personnelle qui n'est guère du goût des têtes pensantes du FBI et de la CIA... Traduit dans 20 pays, La Vengeance du Lion a été n° 1 pendant 15 semaines sur les listes de best-sellers du New York Times et de Publishers Weekly.

Román vypráví příběh bývalého důstojníka americké armády, který musí po letech čelit obvinění, že se během vietnamské války podílel na masovém vraždění.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů různých žánrů od světových autorů. Jednotlivé tituly jsou doplněny stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích. Svazek obsahuje tyto díla: Nelson DeMille : Nebezpečný ostrov Ewan Clarkson : Let orlovce Ken Follett : Třetí dvojče Elaine Kaganová : Něčí dítě

Goldküste/Der Seerosenteich/Die Stunde des Zorns/Rafael - bk502; Verlag "Das Beste"; Nelson DeMille/Christian Pfannenschmidt/Joseph Finder/Wolfgang Lechner; Paperback; 1999

Les meurtres de Tom et Judy Gordon viennent secouer la tranquillité de la paisible communauté de Long Island. Au Centre de recherches de Plum Island, la rumeur dit que ces deux jeunes et brillants scientifiques, si gentils, mettaient au point de terribles armes bactériologiques, et qu'ils auraient tenté de vendre une découverte capitale à un laboratoire étranger. Est-ce une raison pour les tuer, les faire taire ? En tout cas la CIA et le FBI en sont convaincus...

Wanneer het lichaam van een zwarte marineofficier wordt gevonden in de machinekamer van een oorlogsschip dat buiten gebruik is, komt een twee jaar oude moord aan het licht.

Dramatický zápas mezi izraelskými mírovými vyjednavači a arabskými teroristy. Teroristé se snaží zničit cestující proto, aby zabránili možnému mírovému urovnání konfliktu mezi Židy a Araby. Ačkoliv je román především akční, nechybí mu ani rozměr morální a politický.

Keller betrachtete die Straße und versuchte, seinen Geist zu leeren. Er wünschte sich, alles von vorne zu beginnen, aber die Ereignisse der letzten Tage traten wie halbverwischte Kreidemarken auf einer Tafel hervor. Er konnte keine zufriedenstellende Antwort finden. Jedes Mal, wenn er versuchte, wie ein Polizist über einen Kriminalfall nachzudenken, wurde ihm klar, dass er der Gejagte war. Jedes Mal, wenn er versuchte, wie ein flüchtiger Verbrecher zu denken, wurde ihm klar, dass er ein Polizist war, mit einer Mission zu erfüllen.

The Cold War is over, and Keith Landry, one of the nation's top intelligence officers, is forced into early and unwanted retirement. Restless, Landry returns to Spencerville, the small Midwestern town where he grew up. The place has changed in the quarter century since Landry stepped off his front porch into the world, but two important people from his past are still there. The first is Annie Prentis, his school sweetheart and college lover. The second is Cliff Baxter, the high school bully, Landry's rival, and now the police chief of Spencerville and the jealous and possessive husband of Annie Prentis. They're all about to come together again -- and rip Spencerville apart with violence, vengeance, and renewed passion.

Als de dochter van een Amerikaanse generaal vermoord blijkt krijgt een militaire rechercheur drie dagen om de dader te vinden.

A man in monk's robes, The Hammer of God, is butchering women to cleanse the world of witches. Sergeant Joe Ryker is committing every sin in the book to purge New York of killers.

La capitaine Ann Campbell est diplômée de West Point et fille du légendaire général "Fighting Joe" Campbell. Elle est la fierté de Fort Hadley jusqu'à ce qu'un matin, son corps soit retrouvé, nu et ligoté, sur le champ de tir. Paul Brenner, membre de l'unité d'enquête secrète d'élite de l'Armée, est chargé de cette affaire politiquement explosive. Associé à Cynthia Sunhill, spécialiste des agressions sexuelles avec qui il a eu une liaison tumultueuse et vouée à l'échec, Brenner découvre combien de personnes étaient impliquées de manière sexuelle, émotionnelle et dangereuse avec la "fille dorée" de l'Armée. Il réalise également que les uniformes impeccablement repassés et les codes d'honneur militaires cachent une corruption aussi répugnante que la vie secrète choquante d'Ann Campbell.

In den Wäldern von Borodino/Chico/Jeder Tag zählt/Die Bären und ich - bk994; Verlag Das Beste; Nelson DeMille/Elizabeth Webster/Richard M. Stern/Robert F. Leslie; Paperback; 1990

By the author of By the Rivers of Babylon, Word of Honour and The Charm School, this novel deals with the seductiveness of evil. It features a top lawyer and his wife, whose lives are changed forever by their new next-door neighbour Frank Bellarosa, a top Mafia don.

#1 New York Times bestselling author, Nelson DeMille, delivers an explosive thriller of international intrigue and high-voltage political tension set in contemporary Russia.On a dark road deep inside Russia, a young American tourist picks up a most unusual passenger a U.S. POW on the run with an incredible secret to reveal to an unsuspecting world. The secret concerns "The Charm School," a vast and astounding KGB conspiracy that stands poised against the very heartland of America. Arrayed against this renegade power of the Soviet state are three Americans: an Air Force officer, who will fly one last covert mission into the center of a mad experiment; an embassy liaison, who will have her hopes for a saner superpower balance brutally tested; and the chief of the CIA's Moscow station, who will find his intricate dance of destiny and death reaching its devastating conclusion.

Read the gripping story of a Vietnam vet whose secret past threatens his family, career, and honor, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and is "a true master" (Dan Brown). He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But sixteen years ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There, in 1968, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity-and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Not the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personal sense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past--and set him free.

For forty years Western intelligence agents have known a terrible secret: the Russians have a mole - code-named Talbot - inside the CIA. At first Talbot is suspected of killing European agents. Then a street-smart ex-cop uncovers a storm of espionage and murder on the streets of New York, while in a Long Island suburb a civic demonstration against the Russian mission masks a desperate duel of nerves and wits. Engineered by Talbot, a shadow world of suspicion and deceit is spilling onto the streets - leading to a new Soviet weapon and a first-strike war plan threatening the foundations of American government. For the U.S., time is running out. For Talbot, the time is now...

St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act -- the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face a booby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church. The hostages face death. Flynn faces his own demons, in an electrifying duel of nerves, honor, and betrayal....

Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane.

German poet Heinrich Heine was bedridden with a debilitating illness for the last eight years of his life, during which time he reassessed many of his previous views on life. By the Rivers of Babylon examines the changes in his thinking about history, philosophy, and religion during that period and shows how those changes are reflected in his later poetry. Roger Cook offers an analysis of Heine's vehement renunciation of the Hegelian ideas that had shaped his earlier conception of history. Refuting accepted opinions that this shift in thought was a displaced opposition to social developments, Cook contends that these late writings represent Heine's consistent rejection of idealist philosophy and reveal Heine's new understanding of poetry's role as a transmitter of myth. Cook shows how Heine transcended the boundaries of European culture and Judeo-Christian religion by aligning his work with alternative cultures on the margins of society.