AN ANCIENT MYSTERY KEPT HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES. UNTIL NOW.Can the fortune of a 14th-century Bishop and secrets hidden in the vaults of the Vatican lead to the location of a fabled lost city? Join Quinn and Ted as they are thrust into another archaeological adventure to uncover one of the greatest secrets of human history.Less than two years after their traumatic first encounter with the shadow organisation known as Sigma, Quinn and Ted become entangled in their web of manipulation once more.Tasked with recovering a lost treasure once sought by Pope Innocent VI and stolen by 14th-century pirates, the recurrence of a strange symbol points to the possible existence of the lost city of Atlantis. As past and present collide, the hunt for the truth becomes more sinister when paths cross with a mysterious cult.With their lives hanging in the balance, Quinn and Ted become pawns in a battle between ancient rites and modern ambitions. Deciphering cryptic clues with the help of newfound allies, they must navigate a perilous journey from shipwrecks to the depths of the Vatican's hidden vaults in a race against time to uncover the truth and escape with their lives.The Atlantis Idol is the exciting second instalment in the Sigma Files archaeological thriller series.

A deadly thrill ride featuring the "refreshingly amoral" Parker, "a thief who always gets away with the swag" (Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly).The hunter becomes prey, as a heist goes sour and Parker finds himself trapped in a shuttered amusement park, besieged by a bevy of local mobsters, in Slayground. There are no exits from Fun Island. Outnumbered and outgunned, Parker can't afford a single miscalculation. He's low on bullets and making it out alive is a long shot—but, as anyone who's crossed his path knows, no one is better at playing higher stakes with shorter odds.Praise for Richard Stark and Slayground"Energy and imagination light up virtually every page, as does some of the best hard-boiled prose ever to grace the noir genre." —Publishers Weekly"The caper novel, the story of a major criminal operation from the point of view of the participants, has no better practitioner than Richard Stark." —Anthony Boucher, The New York Times Book Review"Gritty and chillingly noir . . . [Stark] succeeds in demonstrating his total mastery of crime fiction." —Booklist"The Parker novels . . . are among the greatest hard-boiled writing of all time." —Financial Times

"Powered by relentless pacing and a story line abounding in subterfuge, treachery and subversion . . . [a] Ludlumesque page-turner." —Publishers WeeklyBestselling thriller writer Jack Higgins calls Tom Gabbay, "John le Carré with a witty ironic edge." In The Tehran Conviction, the acclaimed author of The Berlin Conspiracy and The Lisbon Crossing sends Agent Jack Teller to Iran during two equally volatile times in the nation's recent history: on the eve of a CIA-sponsored coup in1953, and in 1979, the year of the infamous Islamic revolution. Denver's Rocky Mountain News advises you to, "add [Gabbay's] name to the must-read list of thriller writers." Read The Tehran Conviction and see why."Told against the background of a real-life CIA coup, The Tehran Conviction mixes historical fact with vivid storytelling in ways that will delight readers of both." —Stephen Kinzer, New York Times–bestselling author of All the Shah's Men

The greatest moment in Roman history, from the perspective of the man who could have had it all. Julius Caesar is dead. Mark Antony, his second in command, is surely also in the sights of the assassins. But for Antony, where there is danger, there is opportunity. Can he seize the chance, and replace Caesar as Rome's undisputed ruler? The portents are good until a young man by the name of Octavian appears, claiming to be Caesar's heir The months and years that follow are a time of shifting alliances, betrayals and score settling. Above all, Antony must fulfil his vow to avenge Caesar and destroy his killers, Brutus and Cassius, while also stopping Rome from falling apart... Perfect for fans of S.J.A. Turney and Conn Iggulden.

Historian Cameron Thorne knows as much about the lost Templar treasure as anyone. Which makes him an ideal test subject in an macabre plot to download knowledge into a supercharged Artificial Intelligence model with an eye toward locating the treasure. Under hypnosis and truth serum, Cam has no choice but to cooperate. But he doesn't expect the model to link the missing treasure to obscure Biblical passages hinting at visitation by ancient aliens. Nor does he expect the model to attempt to destroy his life.Based on actual historical sources, and illustrated.Publishers Weekly says of the author, "BRODY DOES A TERRIFIC JOB OF WRAPPING HIS RESEARCH IN A FAST-PACED THRILL RIDE."This is a stand-alone novel with recurring characters. The books in this series can be read in any order.