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Nel settembre del 1939, alla vigilia della seconda guerra mondiale, un idrovolante di linea lascia l'Inghilterra diretto verso gli Stati Uniti. A bordo vi è una coppia di aristocratici nazisti, un ladro di gioielli, uno scienziato braccato, due agenti dell'FBI con un pericoloso ricercato, una coppietta in fuga d'amore e un'ambigua principessa russa. Tutti hanno qualcosa da nascondere, tutti si aspettano qualcosa da questo volo, ma saranno pochi quelli che riusciranno a realizzare i propri progetti mentre per tutti gli altri non ci sarà possibilità di scampo.

Het eeuwige vuur is, met zijn setting in een van de meest turbulente en revolutionaire periodes in de Europese geschiedenis, een van Folletts spannendste en meest ambitieuze boeken ooit. Geknipt voor zowel nieuwe lezers als voor trouwe fans van de Kingsbridge-saga, die begon met de bestsellers Pilaren van de aarde en Brug naar de hemel.

Das Haus Pilaster, eine der angesehensten Bankiersfamilien Londons, wird insgeheim von der schönen Augusta beherrscht. Rücksichtslos treibt sie ihre ehrgeizigen Pläne voran, die schon bald das Finanzimperium ins Wanken bringen. Wird es Hugh Pilaster gelingen, den drohenden Ruin des Bankhauses abzuwenden und damit sein Lebensglück und das vieler anderer Menschen zu retten?

Jane, a brave and sensual Englishwoman, is caught in a deadly romantic triangle between rival spies Ellis and Jean-Pierre. Love, hatred, and deception sweep them from terrorist conspiracies in Paris to full-tilt guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan.

Jane, jeune étudiante anglaise qui vit à Paris, découvre que l'homme de sa vie, un Américain du nom d'Ellis, n'est pas le poète sans le sou qu'il prétend être, mais un agent de la CIA. Par dépit, elle épouse Jean-Pierre, un jeune médecin idéaliste comme elle, qui l'emmène en Afghanistan. Ils vivent là en soignant les résistants dans la Vallée des Lions, au cœur du Panshir. Mais Jean-Pierre n'est pas le médecin dévoué que l'on croit.

His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Henry Faber, a coldly professional killer and Germany's most feared deep-cover agent in Britain. His task: to discover the Allies' plans for D-Day and get them to Germany at all costs. It's a task he undertakes with customary relish and ruthlessness - until he encounters Storm Island and a woman named Lucy.

Juin 1941. Le ciel appartient à Hitler. La plupart des bombardiers anglais tombent sous le feu ennemi. Comme si la Luftwaffe parvenait à détecter les avions... Les Allemands auraient-ils doublé les Anglais dans la mise au point de ce nouvel outil stratégique : le radar ? Winston Churchill, très préoccupé par la situation, demande à ses meilleurs agents d'éclaircir l'affaire dans les plus brefs délais. Harald, jeune Danois de dix-huit ans décidé à se battre contre l'occupant germanique, a trouvé une installation allemande ultrasecrète.

È la vigilia di Natale in Scozia quando, in un paesaggio trasfigurato dalla neve e dal ghiaccio, scatta l'allarme rosso nel laboratorio farmaceutico Oxenford, vicino a Glasgow. Nonostante i sofisticatissimi sistemi di sorveglianza, qualcuno è riuscito a sottrarre dall'area protetta due fiale del micidiale virus Madoba -2, una pericolosissima variante dell'Ebola, per cui lo staff del laboratorio sta cercando un antidoto. Il dipartimento di Difesa americano, che ha fatto grossi investimenti sul progetto, non nasconde la sua preoccupazione.

Set during the outbreak of the Second World War, Night over Water is a feat of storytelling from the best-selling master of the historical thriller, Ken Follett. On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain has declared war, a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southampton to board the largest, most luxurious airliner ever built.

Fritz y Helen esperan pasar unas tranquilas vacaciones en la granja de su tío Grigorian junto a su primo Tubs. Pero acabarán a ¡diecisiete años-luz en el espacio! Los gemelos y su primo han sido elegidos para resolver la disputa entre las poderosas facciones que rivalizan por controlar el misterioso planeta de los gusanos. Todos están seguros de que esos tres terrícolas serán imparciales como para dar una solución justa al conflicto; y para ello su tío les da unos poderes intuitivos especiales.

Midden in de hete woestijn van de Sahara achtervolgen twee geheim agenten een machtige groep terroristen. Met elke stap die ze zetten riskeren ze hun leven. In China vecht een hoge regeringsfunctionaris met grote ambities voor zichzelf en zijn land tegen de communistische oudgedienden in de regering, die China – en naaste militaire bondgenoot Noord-Korea – een bepaalde richting op willen sturen.

Em 1770, a invenção da máquina de fiar inaugura uma nova era na indústria da tecelagem. Na Inglaterra, um governo despótico está determinado a fazer do país um poderoso império comercial. No entanto, ao mesmo tempo que a capacidade de produção se multiplica, os perigosos equipamentos recém-inventados tornam alguns empregos obsoletos e destroem famílias.

It is 1944 and weeks before D-day. The Allies are disguising their invasion plans with a phony armada of ships and planes. Their plan would be ruined if an enemy agent found out...and then The Needle - Hitler’s prize undercover agent, a cold and professional killer - does just that. Hunted by MI5, he leads a murderous trail across Britain to a waiting U-boat. But he hasn't planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there.

Triple is the story of the most successful espionage coup - and best-kept secret - of this century. This taut espionage thriller comes from master of the genre, Ken Follett. It is 1968. Israeli intelligence has learned that Egypt, with Soviet help, will develop atomic bombs within months - an untimely end for the young nation unless a source of uranium for Israeli bombs can be had in complete secrecy. Impossible, of course, unless someone as improbable as the plan can be found to steal it.

As the decisions made in the corridors of power bring the world to the brink of oblivion, five families from across the globe are brought together in an unforgettable tale of passion and conflict during the Cold War. When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene.

Londra 1914: l'impero britannico sta vivendo la sua ultima estate. La Germania si prepara alla guerra e l'Inghilterra cerca disperatamente alleati. Entrambe hanno bisogno della Russia. Lord Walden e Winston Churchill pianificano un'alleanza con lo zar, ma un uomo si infiltra in Inghilterra, deciso a lasciare un segno nella storia. E la polizia non ha molto tempo per scoprire chi può mettere l'Inghilterra in ginocchio.

Tag med Ken Follett til 1100-tallets England, hvor borgerkrigen raser, og befolkningen lider under skiftende regenter og brutale herremænd. I den lille by Kingsbridge kæmper driftige mænd og kvinder for at gøre byen til en travl handelsby og bygge en mægtig katedral, mens stærke kræfter gør, hvad de kan for at spænde ben for dem. "Jordens søjler" udkom i 1989 og har solgt mere end 25 millioner eksemplarer på verdensplan. I 2007, næsten 20 år efter, kom den længe ventede fortsættelse "Uendelige verden", og lige nu skriver Ken Follett på en opfølger til de to populære middelalderromaner, som efter planen skal udkomme i efteråret 2017.

Filled with startling twists, Whiteout is the ultimate knife-edge drama from Ken Follett - an international best-selling author who is in a class of his own. As a blizzard whips down from the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus.

Dies ist die ungekürzte Hörbuchfassung des spannenden Thrillers von Ken Follett...

Mehr als ein Thriller - Ken Folletts neuester, actiongeladener Roman führt tief in die Verstrickungen unserer globalisierten Welt und stellt die Frage "Was wäre, wenn..." "Eine fesselnde Geschichte, und nur allzu realistisch" - Lawrence H. Summers, ehemaliger US-Finanzminister. In der Sahara folgen zwei Geheimdienstagenten der Spur mächtiger Drogenschmuggler. Sie riskieren ihr Leben - und ihre Karriere. Nicht weit entfernt macht sich eine junge Witwe mit Hilfe von Schleusern auf den Weg nach Europa. Als sie sich gegen Übergriffe verteidigen muss, hilft ihr ein Mitreisender.