Christopher Rice

Austria presenta una acusada diversidad regional, pese a que ya no es el núcleo de un imperio plurinacional. Las influencias húngaras al este, eslovenas e italianas al sur, alemanas y checas al norte hablan por si solas de la diversidad austriaca en pleno corazon de Europa. Fuera de Viena, el pais es mayoritariamente rural, apegado a las costumbres y valores tradicionales. Austria es un pais muy conservador y el pueblo, especialmente en las zonas catolicas, es muy devoto (diez fiestas nacionales son festividades de origen religioso). Es logico que los paisajes austriacos hayan servido de fuente de inspiracion a muchos compositores (Mahler, Bruckner, Strauss, Schubert, sin olvidar a Rogers y Hammerstein, de Sonrisas y lagrimas). Salzburgo es la tierra natal de Mozart y sede de un prestigioso festival musical anual. No hay que preocuparse si no consiguen entradas, ya que hay docenas de actuaciones musicales a lo largo y ancho del pais en algunos casos en espectaculares escenarios naturales como Bregenz, a orillas del Bodensee. Un prejuicio muy extendido es que Austria esta tan apegada a las tradiciones y los valores del pasado imperial que no deja espacio a la juventud y la modernidad. Nada mas lejos de la realidad. Por ejemplo, en Graz, la segunda ciudad del pais, una de cada seis personas es estudiante; eso influye en que se celebre aqui el "Otoño de Estiria", uno de los festivales de arte contemporaneo mas importantes de Europa. Austria atrae aficionados a los deportes de todo el mundo. La calidad de las instalaciones y la hospitalidad la convierten en destino preferido por los aficionados a los deportes de invierno, mientras que en verano se pueden practicar el alpinismo o el rafting. Enseguida llama la atencion la acusada personalidad de cada una de las nueve provincias de Austria. Es precisamente esa variedad lo que hace tan especial a Austria: un pais, muchas facetas.

La historia de cuatro jóvenes amigos de Nueva Orleans cuyas vidas toman direcciones drásticamente distintas cuando entran en el instituto. Meredith, Brandon, Stephen y Greg, antaño inseparables, se separarán violentamente a causa de la envidia, una pasión secreta y la rabia.

Este libro hace un repaso por las cruzadas más destacadas de la Historia y sus consecuencias más importantes. En él se cuentan datos sobre las primeras cruzadas, con las que los cristianos anhelaban recuperar los Santos Lugares que los musulmanes habian tomado. A partir del siglo XII, la palabra "cruzada" se empleo para cualquier guerra impulsada por motivos religiosos. El libro incluye un relato, testimonios, fotografias, ilustraciones y una pagina desplegable.

My name is Niquette Delongpre and on the night before my mothers forty-seventh birthday, my entire family vanished without a trace. Everyone assumed the swamp swallowed them. They were wrong . . .Deep in the swamps outside of New Orleans, Niquette Delongpre and her family uncover a well on their property - a well that has roots all the way down into the soils of the Mississippi River. A well that brings ancient things to the surface - things that should have stayed buried.When Niquette is exposed to a small parasite, it triggers in her mysterious and dangerous powers. As she tries to come to grips with these new abilities and what they might mean for her future, she realises that she is not alone. Someone else, someone who was exposed to the same mysterious parasite during a clandestine visit to the swamp, is also discovering his new talents, and hes not as nice as she is . . .

New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayouwhere three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surfacein this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller.Its been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurredand kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destructionand who alone knows the source of her very bizarreand very deadlyabilities: an isolated strip of swampland called Elysium.An accomplished surgeon, Niquettes father dreamed of transforming the dense acreage surrounded by murky waters into a palatial compound befitting the name his beloved wife gave to it, Elysium: the final resting place for the heroic and virtuous. Then, ten years ago, construction workers dug into a long-hidden well, one that snaked down into the deep, black waters of the Louisiana swamp and stirred something that had been there for centuriesa microscopic parasite that perverts the mind and corrupts the body.Niquette is living proof that things done cant be undone. Nothing will put her family back together again. And nothing can save her. But as Niquette, Ben, and Anthem uncover the truth of a devastating parasite that has the potential to alter the future of humankind, Niquette grasps the most chilling truths of all: someone else has been infected too. And unlike her, this man is not content to live in the shadows. He is intent to use his newfound powers for one reason only: revenge.

Dispatching a couple of mortal thieves was childs play, but hed gladly take itIn this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Lara Adrian and Christopher Ricealong with their popular series characters Lucan Thorne and Lillianeteam up for the first time ever.

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice comes a psychological thriller about a young woman who must try to save her brothers reputation and life when he is accused of a terrorist act she knows he could not have committed.When Megan and Cameron Reynoldss father walked out on their mother, they forged an unbreakable bond. If their father could not be there to take care of them, they would always be there to take care of each other. But life intervenes, and siblings go separate ways...until something happens to reforge that bond. At thirty, faced with disappointments in career and romance, Megan Reynolds returns to the safety of Cathedral Beach, the home of her mother, who lives among the wealthy with no money of her own. Cameron worries that his sister will lose herself around their mothers frivolous life, but Megan worries more about her brother. She worries that Camerons care-free charm, which makes him popular in both his work as a flight attendant on a luxury airline and the West Hollywood party scene he enjoys, could lead him into danger. When a bomb goes off in a high-end hotel in Hong Kong, security-camera footage appears on television showing two men escaping: one Middle Eastern and one American. Megan and her mother recognize the young American as Cameronand find that he has become enmeshed with a mysterious family of wealthy Saudis. In her desperate journey to save her brothers life, Megan uncovers a trail of secrets and intrigue that snakes from the decadent beaches of southern Thailand to the glass skyscrapers of Hong Kongand finds herself part of a dark global conspiracy that involves a member of her own family.

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice, a novel about an Iraq war vet seeking redemption and revenge when a fellow Marine is brutally murdered.John Houck became a Marine to become a hero. But his life changed when he failed to notice an explosive device that ended up maiming his captain, a respected military man who nearly sacrificed himself to save Johns life. Home from Iraq, John pays a visit to his former captain, only to discover the captain has been gruesomely murdered. John pursues a strange man he sees running from the scene, but he discovers that Alex Martin is not the murderer. Alex is, in fact, the former captains secret male lover and the killers intended next victim.A gripping story of honor and integrity, of turning failure into victory, Blind Fall is the story of two men who must unite to avenge the death of the man they both lovedone as a brother-in-arms, one as a loverand to survive.

Spring House, New Orleans: a plantation manor of money and influence. But something sinister lurks beneath the glamour of the old estate, awoken by blood and looking for revenge . . . After Caitlin Chaisson tries to take her own life in her mansions cherished gazebo, it becomes apparent that Spring Houses malevolent history wont stay hidden for long. By morning her husband has vanished without a trace and his mistress has gone mad.Nova, daughter to the groundskeeper, is determined to get to the bottom of the horrors. But she soon realises that the vengeance enacted by this sinister and otherworldly force comes at a terrible price. Some secrets are better left sleeping soundly . . . The Vines is a creepy, addictive, supernatural read for fans of Stephen King, Anne Rice and Peter StraubPraise for Christopher Rice:Christopher Rice never disappoints with his vivid people and places and masterful prose.Patricia CornwellChristopher Rice is casting his own shadows now, setting new standards for other authors. [He] has added a new wing to the Rice literary legacyHuffington PostYoull think you know your destination . . . but youll be wrong Charlaine Harris

The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary bestselling author, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war.A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became counselor and lover to some of Egypts greatest and most powerful rulers before he was awakened from centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dazzling world of Edwardian England. Having vanquished foes both human and supernatural, hes found love with the beautiful heiress Julie Stratford, daughter of Lawrence Stratford, the slain archeologist who discovered his tomb. Now, with the outbreak of a world war looming, Ramses and those immortals brought forth from the mists of history by his resurrection will face their greatest test yet. Russian assassins bearing weapons of immense power have assembled under one command: all those who loved Lawrence Stratford must die. From the glowing jewels at their necks comes an incredible supernatural force: the power to bring statues to life. As Ramses and his allies, including the immortal queens Cleopatra and Bektaten, gather together to battle these threats, Ramses reveals that the great weapon may have roots in an ancient Egyptian ritual designed to render pharaohs humble before Osiris, the god of the underworld. The resulting journey will take them across storm-tossed seas and into the forests of northern Russia, where they will confront a terrifying collision of tortured political ambitions and religious fervor held in thrall to a Godlike power. But the true answers they seek will lie beyond the border between life and death, within realms that defy the imagination of even an immortal such as Ramses the Great. In Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris, Anne Rice, revered and beloved storyteller ("queen of gothic lit, the maestro of the monstrous and the diva of the devious" --The Philadelphia Inquirer), in collaboration with her son, acclaimed bestselling novelist Christopher Rice ("a magician; a master" --Peter Straub), bring us another thrilling, seductive tale of high adventure, romance, history, and suspense. AN ANCHOR ORIGINAL

From the iconic, bestselling author of The Vampire ChroniclesRamses the Great, former pharaoh of Egypt, is reawakened by the elixir of life in Edwardian England. Now immortal with his bride-to-be, he is swept up in a fierce and deadly battle of wills and psyches against the once-great Queen Cleopatra. In this mesmerizing, glamorous tale of ancient feuds and modern passions, Ramses has reawakened Cleopatra with the same perilous elixir whose unworldly force brings the dead back to life. But as these ancient rulers defy one another in their quest to understand the powers of the strange elixir, they are haunted by a mysterious presence even older and more powerful than they, a figure drawn forth from the mists of history who possesses spectacular magical potions and tonics eight millennia old. This is a figure who ruled over an ancient kingdom stretching from the once-fertile earth of the Sahara to the far corners of the world, a queen with a supreme knowledge of the deepest origins of the elixir of life. She may be the only one who can make known to Ramses and Cleopatra the key to their immortalityand the secrets of the miraculous, unknowable, endless expanse of the universe.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Una deslumbrante nueva historia de enemistades antiguas y de pasiones actuales, por la autora de La momia -su primera novela sobre Ramsés El Maldito- y las célebres «Crónicas Vampíricas».Gracias a lo

Una deslumbrante nueva historia de enemistades antiguas y de pasiones actuales, por la autora de La momia -su primera novela sobre Ramsés El Maldito- y las célebres «Crónicas Vampíricas». Gracias a l

Questa guida raccoglie una selezione di 10 mete da non perdere per vivere al meglio un soggiorno a Madrid con piantine e spaccati che permettono di visitare in modo autonomo le principali attrattive della citta. La guida divide la citta in 6 zone del centro e una relativa agli immediati dintorni. Quasi ogni luogo citato ha un riferimento cartografico che rimanda alle cartine nei risguardi di copertina. Il volume presenta inoltre una selezione di musei, teatri, chiese, caffe e ristoranti con suggerimenti per tutte le tasche e tutte le eta.

Una deslumbrante nueva historia de enemistades antiguas y de pasiones actuales, por la autora de La momia -su primera novela sobre Ramsés El Maldito- y las célebres «Crónicas Vampíricas». Gracias a l