James Becker

From the publishers that brought you Dan Brown. For thousands of years we guarded it. But now it has been found. This could be the end - for us; for our organisation; for the world. You must destroy it, and those who have taken it. An ancient object is discovered in a Cairo souk. Hours later, the market trader who sold it is tortured to death. As the bodies begin to pile up, a request for help is sent to British Museum historian Angela Lewis. Angela travels to Spain with her ex-husband, undercover police officer Chris Bronson. There they discover the key to the greatest secret in the history of Christianity. Their only problem is deciphering it before they are brutally murdered like those before them...

Boulder, Colorado - El reloj atómico ha avanzado exactamente 666 años. Algunos sugieren que el cambio horario tiene connotaciones bíblicas o satánicas.La lanza del destino, formada a partir del árbol de la vida y usada para atravesar el costado de Cristo, estuvo a lo largo de la historia en manos de hombres tan poderosos como Constantino, Carlomagno o Adolf Hitler. Ahora, las fuerzas del mal han de encontrar la antigua reliquia para utilizar de nuevo su poder con el fin de poner en funcionamiento su Proyecto Hades. A menos que Cotten Stone, la hija de un angel, pueda hallar la forma de evitarlo, se desencadenara una anarquia global sin precedentes que afectara a todos los hombres, mujeres y niños de la Tierra.

QUIENQUIERA QUE TENGA EN SU PODER LA LANZA DEL DESTINO ALBERGA EN SUS MANOS EL PORVENIR DEL MUNDO.Boulder, Colorado - El reloj atómico ha avanzado exactamente 666 años. Algunos sugieren que el cambio horario tiene connotaciones biblicas o satanicas.La lanza del destino, formada a partir del arbol de la vida y usada para atravesar el costado de Cristo, estuvo a lo largo de la historia en manos de hombres tan poderosos como Constantino, Carlomagno o Adolf Hitler. Ahora, las fuerzas del mal han de encontrar la antigua reliquia para utilizar de nuevo su poder con el fin de poner en funcionamiento su Proyecto Hades. A menos que Cotten Stone, la hija de un angel, pueda hallar la forma de evitarlo, se desencadenara una anarquia global sin precedentes que afectara a todos los hombres, mujeres y niños de la Tierra."El proyecto Hades"es una arrebatadora mezcla de antiguos mitos de la cristiandad y ultima tecnologia. No vas a poder dejar de leer.Gregg LoomisTanto por su calidad narrativa como por su trama de infarto, esta es una novela que hara disfrutar a los entusiastas de los thrillers con trasfondo religioso, en la linea de los bestsellers de Dan Brown.Library JournalMuchos autores tratan de conseguir el perfecto thriller. Se necesita una gran premisa de base, un ritmo vertiginoso y per...

On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady isbeing laid to rest But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones - lest she rise again to prey upon her victims ...

Bohemia, 1741 On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place. Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady is being laid to rest. But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones - lest she rise again to prey upon her victims ...Venice, 2010 Holidaying in the world's most beautiful city, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis discover a desecrated tomb. Inside it is a female skeleton and an arcane diary dating back hundreds of years. Written in Latin, it references a scroll that will provide an 'answer' to an ancient secret. Soon corpses of young women, all killed in the same ritualistic manner, start appearing throughout the city. And when Angela disappears, Bronson knows that he must find her before she too is slaughtered. But Bronson's hunt for Angela leads him back to the Island of the Dead, and into a conspiracy more deadly than he could ever have imagined (...)

An Englishwoman is found dead in a house near Rome, her neck broken. A tragic accident - or murder? Her distraught husband enlists the help of his best friend, ex police-man Chris Bronson, who discovers, chiselled into the stone above their fireplace, an ancient inscription that translates as 'Here Lie Liars'. But who are the liars?

An extraordinary discovery. When his old friend, Angela, invites him out to her archaeological dig in the Iraqi desert, Chris Bronson is expecting a relaxing few days and an overdue catch-up. But when they arrive at the site they find her colleagues slaughtered and a recent discovery defaced. An ancient mystery. Their only clue is an incomplete inscription, which holds the key to uncovering the truth behind a centuries-old secret. With unknown assassins hot on their heels, Chris and Angela are forced into a desperate hunt across the globe for the final piece of the puzzle. And if they don't find it first, the consequences could be fatal ...The race of their lives.

Una mujer inglesa es hallada muerta en una casa cerca de Roma. Su consternado marido recurre a la ayuda de su mejor amigo, Chris Bronson, quien descubre una antigua inscripción sobre una losa de piedra de la chimenea. La traduccion de la inscripcion es: Aqui yacen los mentirosos . Pero ¿quienes son los mentirosos? ¿Mienten para proteger algo? Buscando por Europa, Bronson destapa una serie de pistas que lo remontan a los oscuros inicios de la cristiandad; a un caliz decorado con simbolos misteriosos; a un codigo secreto oculto junto a un pergamino... Y a una conspiracion mortifera que, en caso de ser revelada, hara que los cimientos del mundo moderno se tambaleen.

Año 72: Un grupo de guerreros atraviesa un yermo montañoso. Solo ellos saben lo que transportan, y harán el mayor de los sacrificios para proteger su secreto.Año 2010: Angela Lewis se encarga de hacer el inventario de las pertenencias del fallecido Oliver Wendell-Carfax, asesinado en su mansion de la campiña inglesa. En el proceso, encuentra una serie de jarras de ceramica y en una de ellas se halla un antiguo pergamino con datos sobre la vida de Jesus de Nazaret. Es el primer testimonio de este tipo que ve la luz desde el Antiguo Testamento.Angela y su exmarido, el inspector de policia Chris Bronson, emprenden la busqueda de una reliquia de incalculable valor, pero el asesino de Wendell-Carfax les pisa los talones.

El detective Chris Bronson es enviado a Marruecos a investigar las misteriosas muertes de dos turistas. Allí comienza a seguir una serie de pistas que le conducirá desde un bullicioso mercado marroqui a las deserticas cuevas de Qumran; desde los ecos siniestros de un tunel completamente inundado bajo la ciudad de Jerusalen, hasta una fortaleza azotada por el viento, cuyo nombre significa muerte.Amenazado a cada paso por un grupo de peligrosos individuos que tienen sus propios planes, se ve envuelto en un misterio que lleva sin resolver desde tiempos biblicos, pues la piedra que debe encontrar es mas antigua y mucho mas mortifera de lo que nunca habria podido imaginar.

Una mujer inglesa es hallada muerta en una casa cerca de Roma. Su consternado marido recurre a la ayuda de su mejor amigo, Chris Bronson, quien descubre una antigua inscripción sobre una losa de piedra de la chimenea. La traduccion de la inscripcion es: Aqui yacen los mentirosos. Pero ¿quienes son los mentirosos? ¿Mienten para proteger algo?Buscando por Europa, Bronson destapa una serie de pistas que lo remontan a los oscuros inicios de la cristiandad; a un caliz decorado con simbolos misteriosos; a un codigo secreto oculto junto a un pergamino... Y a una conspiracion mortifera que, en caso de ser revelada, hara que los cimientos del mundo moderno se tambaleen.

In a crumbling mansion, deep in the English countryside, a wooden crate has been discovered, nailed shut and covered in dust.Deep inside it a dozen sealed pottery jars lie packed in straw.Hidden in one jar an ancient scroll, inscribed in Hebrew, details the final resting place of the Messiah.Is the scroll referring to the Christian Messiah? And could. as the scroll suggests, his body still be entombed in a remote cave high in the Himalayas?There is only one way to find out. As Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis race to uncover one of the greatest mysteries of all time, it soon becomes clear...

An ancient code: A clay tablet covered in ancient writing is found by an English couple in Morocco. A day later they are dead, killed in a car crash. But where is the relic they died to protect? A sinister secret: determined to uncover a secret that''s endured for two millennia, Chris Bronson follows a trail of clues that lead him from the hustle of a Moroccan souk to the deserted caves of Qumran; from the sinister echoes of a water-filled tunnel under the city of Jerusalem to a windswept fortress whose name spells death. A deadly chase for the truth: threatened on every side by violent extremists, Bronson is plunged into a mystery rooted in biblical times. For the stone he must find is older and far more dangerous than he could ever have imagined.

A UNO LO MUEVE EL DINERO. AL OTRO, LAS IMPLICACIONES PARA LA CRISTIANDAD. AMBOS ESTÁN DISPUESTOS A MATAR POR EL SECRETO DEL MESÍAS. Año 72: Un grupo de guerreros atraviesa un yermo montañoso. Solo

AD 72: A band of warriors march across a mountainous wasteland. Only they know what they carry. And once theyve reached their destination, they must all die to protect it.AD 2010: In a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside a piece of ancient parchment has been found. Written in arcane code is the answer to a mystery that has explosive implications.Enter Chris Bronson. Determined to solve the mystery that has puzzled scholars and thinkers for nearly two millennia, he embarks on a journey to one of the most remote and hostile parts of the world. But someone is following him.Someone desperate to protect the centuries-old secret. And who is far more dangerous than he could ever have imagined...

AN OLD ENEMYPoland, 1945. A special Evacuation Kommando arrives at the Wencleslas Mine, site of the Nazis most secret weapon development project. A device known as Die Glocke is removed from the subterranean factory, loaded on to a transport aircraft and spirited out of war-ravaged Europe. No witnesses are left alive.A DESIRE FOR REVENGELondon, today. Chris Bronson is working undercover for the Metropolitan Police. What begins as a routine investigation into a group of hooligans vandalising sites in North West London, takes a very sinister turn when Bronson discovers the attacks are being masterminded by a Far Right group.A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF FEARWhat if the prototype for a devastating new form of super-weapon survived the end of the war? What if sixty years later it has been perfected? Now imagine an old enemy who has been hiding in the shadows and is still fighting a war most thought had ended with the fall of Hitler. Chris Bronson has less than ten days to stop the biggest and most destructive terror attack the world has ever seen.

BOHEMIA, 1741On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place. Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady is being laid to rest. But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones - lest she rise again to prey upon her victims ...VENICE, 2010Holidaying in the worlds most beautiful city, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis discover a desecrated tomb. Inside it is a female skeleton and an arcane diary dating back hundreds of years. Written in Latin, it references a scroll that will provide an answer to an ancient secret.Soon corpses of young women, all killed in the same ritualistic manner, start appearing throughout the city. And when Angela disappears, Bronson knows that he must find her before she too is slaughtered. But Bronsons hunt for Angela leads him back to the Island of the Dead, and into a conspiracy more deadly than he could ever have imagined ...

FROM THE PUBLISHERS THAT BROUGHT YOU DAN BROWNFor thousands of years we guarded it. But now it has been found. This could be the end for us; for our organisation; for the world. You must destroy it, and those who have taken it.An ancient object is discovered in a Cairo souk. Hours later, the market trader who sold it is tortured to death. As the bodies begin to pile up, a request for help is sent to British Museum historian Angela Lewis. Angela travels to Spain with her ex-husband, undercover police officer Chris Bronson. There they discover the key to the greatest secret in the history of Christianity. Their only problem is deciphering it before they are brutally murdered like those before them...