Bücher von Douglas Preston

FBI Special Agent Pendergast faces his most powerful and deadly opponent in the latest instalment in Preston & Child's bestselling series.

Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, GA.

A body is discovered, without its head - two killers are on the loose. A pair of killers requires a team of equally talented investigators. Luckily both Vincent D'Agosta and Special Agent Pendergast are back in town.

The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child. In Colorado near the Cheyenne Mountains, a team of topflight engineers venture on an ambitious cross country ski trip, using their newly invented outdoor equipment. The strapping group of young people are having the adventure of their lives - skiing, laughing, playing in the snow, and mugging for the camera. But when the gang was expected to arrive back from their trip - no one ever returned. Nora's excavation skills and Corrie's investigative talents are put to the test as they try to uncover what happened to the promising skiers on this cold and isolating mountain. But as more speculations and theories come to light, they fear this may be the hardest case to crack yet.Praise for Preston and Child'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life.' DAVID BALDACCI 'White-hot bestselling suspense. Simply brilliant!" LISA GARDNER

Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in a thrilling blend of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense.

After Pendergast is presumed dead from a supernatural encounter, his bodyguard Proctor is the only one who can chase a kidnapper across international waters and into the deadly unknown.A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCEAfter a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead.A SHOCKING RETURNSick with grief, Pendergast's ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive--only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past.AN INTERNATIONAL MANHUNTProctor, Pendergast's longtime bodyguard, springs to action, chasing Constance's kidnapper through cities, across oceans, and into wastelands unknown.BUT IN A WORLD OF BLACK AND WHITE, NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMSAnd by the time Proctor discovers the truth, a terrifying engine has stirred-and it may already be too late . . .

When a straightforward murder case spirals out of control, Pendergast and his ward investigate an ancient witches' colony in a sleepy New England town where a terrible evil awaits . . . A secret chamber.A mysterious shipwreck.A murder in the desolate salt marshes.A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated.Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene, travels to the quaint seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to investigate the theft of a priceless wine collection. But inside the wine cellar, they find something considerably more disturbing: a bricked-up niche that once held a crumbling skeleton. Pendergast and Constance soon learn that Exmouth is a town with a very dark and troubled history, and this skeleton may be only the first hint of an ancient transgression, kept secret all these years. But they will discover that the sins of the past are still very much alive. Local legend holds that during the 1692 witch trials in Salem, the real witches escaped, fleeing north to Exmouth and settling deep in the surrounding salt marshes, where they continued to practice their wicked arts. Then, a murdered corpse turns up in the marshes. The only clue is a series of mysterious carvings. Could these demonic symbols bear some relation to the ancient witches' colony, long believed to be abandoned?A terrible evil lurks beneath the surface of this sleepy seaside town-one with deep roots in Exmouth's grim history. And it may be that Constance, with her own troubled past, is the only one who truly comprehends the awful danger that she, Pendergast, and the residents of Exmouth must face . . .

Wie stoppt man einen Serienkiller, der seit 100 Jahren tot ist? Im 21. Abenteuer-Thriller der Bestseller-Autoren Preston & Child um FBI Special Agent Aloisius Pendergast geht es weit in die Vergangenheit zurück - buchstäblich! Nach außen ist Constance Green eine ebenso kluge wie bildhübsche Mittzwanzigerin - doch das Mündel von Special Agent Pendergast ist 140 Jahre alt! Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts ermordete Pendergast wahnsinniger Vorfahre, der Serienkiller Dr. Enoch Leng, nicht nur die Geschwister von Constance, er führte auch düstere Experimente an der jungen Frau durch, die sie bis heute nicht mehr altern lassen. Als Constance nun eine Möglichkeit findet, durch die Zeit zurückzureisen und Leng erneut entgegenzutreten, ergreift sie diese sofort. Doch ihr waghalsiger Plan könnte direkt in eine Falle führen. Im New York der Gegenwart muss Agent Pendergast alles daran setzen, Constance vor ihrer Vergangenheit zu retten ... Mit den schlafraubend spannenden, actionreichen Thrillern um Kult-Ermittler Aloisius Pendergast landen Douglas Preston und Lincoln Child nicht nur in den USA regelmäßig auf den Bestseller-Listen. Die abenteuerliche Thriller-Reihe ist auf Deutsch in folgender Reihenfolge erschienen: Relic - Museum der Angst Attic - Gefahr aus der Tiefe Formula - Tunnel des Grauens Ritual - Höhle des Schreckens Burn Case - Geruch des Teufels Dark Secret - Mörderische Jagd Maniac - Fluch der Vergangenheit Darkness - Wettlauf mit der Zeit Cult - Spiel der Toten Fever - Schatten der Vergangenheit Revenge - Eiskalte Täuschung Fear - Grab des Schreckens Attac - Unsichtbarer Feind Labyrinth - Elixier des Todes Demon - Sumpf der Toten Obsidian - Kammer des Bösen Headhunt - Feldzug der Rache Grave - Verse der Toten Ocean - Insel des Grauens Bloodless - Grab des Verderbens Death - Das Kabinett des Dr. Leng

In den Straßen von Savannah tauchen Leichen auf, die vollkommen blutleer sind. Kein Wunder, dass eine alte Legende plötzlich nicht nur wohligen Grusel verursacht: Geht tatsächlich der »Vampir von Savannah« um? Die FBI-Agents Pendergast und Coldmoon stoßen bald auf einen Zusammenhang mit einer nie aufgeklärten Flugzeugentführung aus dem Jahr 1971. Was sie nicht ahnen: Hinter beiden Fällen steckt etwas, das unfassbar viel böser ist als ein Vampir ...

"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, broke the story of an extraordinary mass grave of animals killed by the asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, and explored what lay hidden in the booby-trapped Money Pit on Oak Island. When he hasn't been co-authoring bestselling thrillers featuring FBI Agent Pendergast, Preston has been writing about some of the world's strangest and most dramatic mysteries. The Lost Tomb brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present"--

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they cross paths with New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and now his greatest foe.AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Astoundingly, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins: New York City in the late 1800s. She leaps at the chance to return…although it means leaving the present forever.A DESPERATE OPPORTUNITY Constance sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother. But along the road to redemption, Manhattan’s most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng, lies in wait, ready to strike at the slightest provocation.UNIMAGINABLE ODDS Meanwhile, in contemporary New York, Pendergast feverishly searches for a way to reunite with Constance—but will he discover a way back to her before it’s too late?

Was ist noch blutgieriger als ein Vampir?Brandheiße Action trifft eiskalte Spannung im 20. Abenteuer-Thriller mit Kult-Ermittler Aloisius Pendergast, dem berühmtesten Special Agent des FBI.In den Straßen von Savannah im Süden der USA tauchen Leichen auf, die vollkommen blutleer sind. Kein Wunder, dass eine alte Legende der Stadt plötzlich nicht nur wohligen Grusel verursacht: Geht etwa tatsächlich der »Vampir von Savannah« um?Special Agent Pendergast und sein Partner Agent Coldmoon werden mit dem bizarren Fall betraut und erkennen bald, dass es einen Zusammenhang mit einer nie aufgeklärten Flugzeug-Entführung aus dem Jahr 1971 gibt. Doch weder Pendergast noch Coldmoon ahnen, dass hinter beiden Fällen etwas steckt, das unfassbar viel böser ist als ein Vampir. Und längst ist nicht mehr sicher, ob die FBI-Agents Jäger oder Gejagte sind.»Pendergast [ist] eine Mischung aus Holmes und Bond [...].«Frankfurter Neue Presse über den Pendergast-Thriller »Labyrinth - Elixier des Todes«Die Abenteuer-Thriller mit Special Agent Aloisius Pendergast sind in folgender Reihenfolge erschienen:1. Relic - Museum der Angst2. Attic - Gefahr aus der Tiefe3. Formula - Tunnel des Grauens4. Ritual - Höhle des Schreckens5. Burn Case - Geruch des Teufels6. Darc Secret - Mörderische Jagd7. Maniac - Fluch der Vergangenheit8. Darkness - Wettlauf mit der Zeit9. Cult - Spiel der Toten10. Fever - Schatten der Vergangenheit11. Revenge - Eiskalte Täuschung12. Fear - Grab des Schreckens13. Attac - Unsichtbarer Feind14. Labyrinth - Elixier des Todes15. Demon - Sumpf der Toten16. Obsidian - Kammer des Bösen17. Headhunt - Feldzug der Rache18. Grave - Verse der Toten19. Ocean - Insel des Grauens20. Bloodless - Grab des Verderbens

Wissenschaft - Action - Horror: ein mitreißender Science-fiction-Thriller von Amerikas Meisterduo Preston & ChildBei einer Expedition in die Antarktis ging vor sechs Jahren ein riesiger Meteorit über Bord. Noch immer liegt er dort in eisiger See auf dem Meeresgrund. Eli Glinn, der Chef von Effective Engineering Solutions (EES), drängt auf eine schnelle Lösung. Er möchte damit nicht zuletzt seine Schuld an der Havarie damals begleichen, bei der über hundert Menschen ums Leben kamen und er selbst schwer verletzt wurde.Die Zeit drängt: Das Objekt hat sich inzwischen als Alien-Lebensform entpuppt, als Samenkapsel, aus der ein riesenhaftes Gewächs mit Fangarmen geworden ist, das offenbar eine Invasion der Erde im Sinn hat. Um das zu verhindern, rüstet Glinn eine Expedition an die Eisgrenze aus. An Bord des hypermodernen Forschungsschiffs "Batavia" ist auch Agent Gideon Crew. Als Nuklearexperte soll er die Vernichtung des Aliens ins Werk setzen, das mit einer unterseeischen Atombombe getötet werden soll. Ein hoch riskanter Plan ..."Eine absolute Tour de force." David Baldacci

Nach dem Tod seiner geliebten Frau Helen hat Aloysius Pendergasts Leben jeglichen Sinn verloren. Einsam und vor Trauer ganz krank, verweigert er jeden Kontakt zur Außenwelt. Erst als in New York ein perfider Killer Pendergast eine geheime Nachricht zukommen lässt, wendet sich dieser wieder dem Leben zu und ermittelt mit unerbittlicher Härte.

»Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie haben sich in einer Höhle verirrt. Es ist dunkel und kalt. Die Taschenlampe haben Sie verloren. Sie müssen raus hier, egal wie, und tasten sich am Boden entlang, als Ihre Hand plötzlich etwas Warmes findet. Vor Schreck weichen Sie zurück - um gleich noch einmal zu fühlen, was es sein könnte ... «In einer Kleinstadt geschehen grausame Morde. Sie erinnern an Indianermythen und ein historisches Massaker. Viele glauben, dass die Geister der Toten zurückgekehrt sind, um Rache zu nehmen. Special Agent Pendergast verfolgt eher irdische Spuren: die Gen-Experimente an Mais, mit deren Hilfe die Stadt zu neuer Blüte kommen soll, scheinen außer Kontrolle geraten zu sein. Oder steckt doch noch etwas ganz anderes dahinter?

Vor tausenden von Jahren hat im amerikanischen Südwesten ein mysteriöser Indianerstamm Straßen gebaut und Städte errichtet, bis diese Kultur auf rätselhafte Weise zusammenbrach. Der Hauptort, die goldene Stadt Quivira, verschwand für immer. Die Expedition, die das Geheimnis aufdecken soll, kämpft nicht nur gegen Hitze und Wüstensand - ihr Gegner ist das Böse an sich.Eine hochbrisante Mischung aus Archäologie, Technik, Horror und Spannung.

The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Codex" returns with a shocking tale of scientific revelation and apocalyptic terror. Millions of years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs and also left something behind that now threatens to destroy all life on Earth.

"NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is designing a probe which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare, one of the methane seas of Titan. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. As the probe is being tested at Goddard, things go awry, and an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in the probe, a powerful, self-modifying AI called 'Dorothy, ' flees into the Internet"--Provided by publisher.

Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson return in the new thriller from international bestsellers Preston and Child. When a pair of skeletons are discovered at the Roswell landing site, the truth will be even stranger than the conspiracy it hides behind.

When a team of archaeologists is savagely massacred in the Amazon Basin, all that survives are several boxes of relics and plant specimens. When the relics finally find their way to a museum in New York there are strange repercussions.

In Douglas Preston's Impact, Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world.A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater.A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the data missing.High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars... and it appears to have been activated.Sixty hours and counting.

BEYOND THE ICE LIMITThat thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now...With these words begins Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth.Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite--the largest ever discovered--from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic waters and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left paralyzed.But this was not all. The tragedy revealed something truly terrifying: the meteorite they tried to retrieve was not, in fact, simply a rock. Instead, it was a complex organism from the deep reaches of space.Now, that organism has implanted itself in the sea bed two miles below the surface-and it is growing. If it is not destroyed, the planet will be doomed. There is only one hope: for Glinn and his team to annihilate it, a task which requires Gideon's expertise with nuclear weapons. But as Gideon and his colleagues soon discover, the "meteorite" has a mind of its own-and it has no intention of going quietly...

After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead. Sick with grief, Pendergast's ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive--only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past. Proctor, Pendergast's longtime bodyguard, springs to action, chasing Constance's kidnapper through cities, across oceans, and into wastelands unknown.And by the time Proctor discovers the truth, a terrifying engine has stirred-and it may already be too late .

When a wild chimpanzee dies giving birth, Dr Hugo Archibald decides to raise the orphaned infant chimp alongside his human children. Jennie quickly captures the hearts of everyone she meets. This novel encourages us to take a closer look at the species that shares 98 per cent of our DNA and ask ourselves: what does it mean to be human?

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A medical mystery. A journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle and a stunning archaeological discovery.

'Greetings from the dead,' declares Maxwell Broadbent in the videotape he left behind after his mysterious disappearance. A notorious treasure hunter and tomb robber, Broadbent accumulated over half a billion dollars' worth of priceless art, gems and artefacts before vanishing - along with his entire collection - from his mansion in New Mexico.As a final challenge to his three sons, Broadbent has buried himself and his treasure somewhere in the world, hidden away like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. If the sons wish to claim their fabulous inheritance, they must find their father's carefully concealed tomb.The race is on, but among the treasures is an ancient Mayan codex that may hold a secret far more important than the wealth of riches around it, and the brothers aren't the only ones in pursuit.

NASA is building a probe to be splashed down in the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn's great moon, Titan. It is one of the most promising habitats for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, but the surface is unstable and dangerous, requiring the probe to be outfitted with artificial intelligence software. Melissa Shepherd, a brilliant programmer, has developed 'Dorothy', a powerful, self-modifying AI whose potential is both revolutionary and terrifying. When miscalculations lead to a catastrophe during testing, Dorothy flees into the internet.Former CIA agent Wyman Ford is tapped to help track down the rogue AI. As Ford and Shepherd search for Dorothy, they realize that her horrific experiences in the wasteland of the Internet have changed her in ways they can barely imagine. And they're not the only ones looking for the wayward program: the AI is also being pursued by a pair of Wall Street traders who want to capture her code and turn her into a high-speed trading bot.Traumatized, angry, and relentlessly hunted, Dorothy devises a plan. As the pursuit of Dorothy converges on a deserted house on the coast of Northern California, Ford faces the question: is rescuing Dorothy the right thing? Is the AI bent on saving the world . . . or on wiping out the cancer that is humankind?