Alistair MacLean

Sobre la sólida roca de un acantilado, cerca de las costas de Turquía, la pequeña isla de Keros acoge al ejército nazi. Allí se alza la inexpugnable fortaleza de Navarone, cuyos cañones, famosos por su mortal precision, cierran el paso de sus aguas a cualquier barco que se atreva a navegar el mar Egeo que la rodea.Sobre el habilidoso y temerario capitan Keith Mallory recae la mision de liderar a un pequeño comando con la mision de escalar el peligroso precipicio de Navarone, silenciar de una vez por todas sus cañones y rescatar a los mas de mil soldados aliados alli apresados. Es, a priori, una mision suicida, pero Mallory, junto con Miller y Andrea, conforman un equipo eficaz y letal y preferiran morir antes que rendirse en el intento. Porque son conscientes de que una de las ofensivas mas importantes de la guerra descansa en sus manosEmocionante de principio a fin, es esta la aventura de unos hombres que no se doblegan, de unos soldados dispuestos a morir los unos por los otros; una historia de camaraderia, honor, suspense y accion como pocas.

A timeless classic of modern-day piracy from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th centurys greatest writers of action and suspense an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put to sea again, to escort a vital supply convoy heading for Murmansk. As they head deep into the frozen waters they are faced not only with the fierce arctic weather, but a swarm of airborne attacks, German ships, then the feared U-boats, all hellbent on destroying the convoy. With each day threatening another sudden attack, and increasing hardships aboard the frozen ship, Ulysses suffers greater damage trying to protect the other vessels. And soon the journey becomes a tense and deadly game of cat and mouse between the crippled cruiser and her silent pursuers.

An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recover a defected scientist goes disastrously wrong a classic early Cold War thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Doctor Jennings, a noted scientist in possession of a precious secret, has gone over to the Soviet Union. It is Michael Reynolds mission to get him back. To penetrate behind the Iron Curtain and reach his quarry will be difficult enough, especially with the fearsome Hungarian Secret Police watching his every move. Then, from inside that terrifying organisation, comes the offer of help the question is: can it be trusted?

The classic tale of terrorism, where a criminal fanatic is hell-bent on blasting San Francisco into the ocean, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Earthquake country, said the Professor. San Francisco is geologically and seismologically a city that waits to die. Los Angeles is ringed by earthquake centres seven massive quakes so far. We have no idea where the next, the monster, will hit until a criminal fanatic kidnaps a nuclear scientist and builds his own atomic bombs. If exploded on Californias fault lines they could trigger off the mightiest earthquake of them all killing half its population and dumping the entire city of San Francisco into the sea. Goodbye California

The classic tale of espionage set in Cold War Europe, where the worlds greatest circus acrobat must break into an impenetrable fortress, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Bruno Wildermann of the Wrinfield Circus is the worlds greatest trapeze artist, a clairvoyant with near-supernatural powers and an implacable enemy of the East European regime that arrested his family and murdered his wife. The CIA needs such a man, and recruits Bruno for an impossible raid on the impreganble Lubylan fortress, where his family is held. Under cover of a circus tour, Bruno prepares to return to his homeland. But before the journey even begins a murderer strikes twice. Somewhere in the circus there is a communist agent with orders to stop Bruno at any cost

The gripping tale of sabotage at sea, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. In the heart of the Aegean Sea, a luxury yacht is on fire and sinking fast. Minutes later, a four-engined jet with a fire in its nose-cone crashes into the sea. Is there a sinister connection between these two tragedies? And is it an accident that the Ariadne, a NATO spy ship, is the only vessel in the vicinity the only witness? Only Commander Talbot of the Ariadne can provide the answers as he uncovers a deadly plot involving drugs and terrorism leading to the heart of the Pentagon.

A classic novel of ruthless revenge set in the steel jungle of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico and on the sea bed below it. A sunken DC-3 lying on the Caribbean floor. Its cargo: ten million, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold ingots, emeralds and uncut diamonds guarded by the remains of two men, one woman and a very small boy. The fortune was there for the taking, and ready to grab it were a blue-blooded oilman with his own offshore rig, a gangster so cold and independent that even the Mafia couldnt do business with him and a psychopathic hired assassin. Against them stood one man, and those were his people, those skeletons in their watery coffin. His name was Talbot, and he would bury his dead but only after he had avenged their murders.

Sobre la sólida roca de un acantilado, cerca de las costas de Turquía, la pequeña isla de Keros acoge al ejército nazi. Allí se alza la inexpugnable fortaleza de Navarone, cuyos cañones, famosos por su mortal precision, cierran el paso de sus aguas a cualquier barco que se atreva a navegar el mar Egeo que la rodea.Sobre el habilidoso y temerario capitan Keith Mallory recae la mision de liderar a un pequeño comando con la mision de escalar el peligroso precipicio de Navarone, silenciar de una vez por todas sus cañones y rescatar a los mas de mil soldados aliados alli apresados. Es, a priori, una mision suicida, pero Mallory, junto con Miller y Andrea, conforman un equipo eficaz y letal y preferiran morir antes que rendirse en el intento. Porque son conscientes de que una de las ofensivas mas importantes de la guerra descansa en sus manos...Emocionante de principio a fin, es esta la aventura de unos hombres que no se doblegan, de unos soldados dispuestos a morir los unos por los otros; una historia de camaraderia, honor, suspense y accion como pocas.

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. An airliner crashes in the polar ice-cap. In temperatures 40 degrees below zero, six men and four women survive. But for the members of a remote scientific research station who rescue them, there are some sinister questions to answer the first one being, who shot the pilot before the crash?

On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cooks successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLeans absorbing story of one of Britains great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one. When James Cook was hacked to death by Hawaiian islanders on 14 February 1779, he was already considered the greatest explorer of his age. Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion for new horizons, he became the greatest combination of seaman, explorer, navigator, and cartographer that the world had ever known. He still is. He had driven himself mercilessly, and his men likewise, and yet the surgeons mate on the Resolution was able to write: In every situation he stood unrivalled and alone; on him all eyes were turned; he was our leading star, which at its setting left us involved in darkness and despair. Between 1768 and 1779, Captain Cook circumnavigated the globe three times in voyages of discovery that broke record after record of exploration, endurance, and personal achievement. He explored and charted the coasts of New Zealand, landed in Botany Bay, explored the Pacic, mapped its islands, and travelled further south than any man before him; he explored the Great Barrier Reef and travelled thousands of miles north to tackle the North-West Passage. He excelled in all aspects of his craft and inspired in his men an affection for him and an enthusiasm for his undertakings that provoked constant loyalty and unfailing endeavour in frequently savage conditions. Alistair MacLean presents a graphic and lively account of this great explorer, his three amazing voyages and the adventures that befell him, his crews, and his ships in lands that until he sailed were in many cases unknown. Cooks life was a resounding success and the story of it is a thrilling exemplification of his own description of himself as a man who had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before, but as far as it was possible for man to go.

The tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set in Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEARED BLACKMAILThe mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britains hand. SUBTERFUGEThe Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang to sabotage the FFFs plan. DISASTERIf van Effen fails and the FFF get control of the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.

Four classic tales of adventure at sea, from the master of action and suspense, available for the first time in this e-bundle. Discover why Alistair MacLean was the most popular thriller writer of his generation in these four classic stories of the sea, from the treacherous frozen seas of the north Atlantic, to the warmer but no less deadly waters of the Caribbean and Mediterranean. San Andreas For a British hospital ship sailing deadly U-boat patrolled Norwegian waters, a nightmare of violence and betrayal has begun, a nerve-shredding game of sabotage in which an unknown traitor among the crew holds all the cards and who is determined to drive the San Andreas into the enemys hands. The Golden Rendezvous For Johnny Carter, Chief Officer on the SS Campari, the luxury cruise begins badly before getting much worse. Mounting tension on the ship explodes into violence as modern-day pirates move in for the kill. But this is no mere hijacking. Their target is a fortune in gold bullion; and their weapon is a nuclear time-bomb Seawitch The massive oil-rig is the hub of a great empire and the pride of its ruthless billionaire owner, Lord Worth. Worth cares about only two things: Seawitch and his two daughters. One man knows this: John Cronkite, troubleshooter for the worlds top oilmen and Worths former victim. Cronkite wants revenge and during one terrifying week Worths world will explode. Santorini In the Aegean Sea a luxury yacht is on fire; minutes later a four-engine jet crashes into the sea. Is there a connection, and is it an accident that a NATO ship is the only witness? Only Commander Talbot can provide the answers as he uncovers a deadly plot involving terrorism and drugs which leads him right to the heart of the Pentagon.

Four classic tales of adventure in the frozen north, from the master of action and suspense, available for the first time in this e-bundle. Discover why Alistair MacLean was the most popular thriller writer of his generation in these four classic stories of the frozen north a deadly military submarine mission in the Arctic Ocean, a murder mystery in the darkness of the Polar night, a terrorist-induced plane crash in Iceland, and high-stakes sabotage in the pipelines of the Alaskan oil fields Night Without End An airliner crashes in the polar ice-cap 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The ten survivors seek refuge at a remote scientific research station In temperatures 40 degrees below freezing. But which of them killed the pilot before the crash, and why? Ice Station Zebra The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting in the ice floes north of the Arctic Circle. But the orders do not say that the fire was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer Bear Island A film crew sails north to a barren Arctic island with a killer on board. As passengers and crew start dying, a wartime graveyard of ships and men explodes in violence once more Athabasca Two of the most important oil fields in the world have been sabotaged: one in Canada, the other in Alaska. As targets fall, a deadly and efficient enemy is intent on causing the utmost destruction.

A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense. The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice floes of the Arctic Ocean, and somehow locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle. But the orders do not say what the Dolphin will find if she succeeds that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer.

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.The guns of Navarone, huge and catastrophically accurate, embedded atop an impregnable iron fortress in the Mediterranean Sea.Twelve hundred British soldiers trapped on a nearby island, with no hope of rescue from Allied ships, waiting to die.Keith Mallory, world-famous mountaineer, skilled saboteur. His mission: to lead a small team of misfits and silence the guns forever.Reaching the island and scaling the sheer cliffs undetected will be hard enough; defeating the German forces and destroying the massive guns all but impossible. And as for getting out alive when there may be a traitor in the team