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Fatima, Portugal : la Vierge apparaît à la jeune Lúcia et lui confie trois secrets. Les deux premiers sont rendus publics. Mais rien ne filtre concernant le troisième, jusqu'à ce que le Vatican en livre une " version officielle ". Rome, Vatican : le souverain pontife envoie son homme de confiance, monseigneur Michener, en Roumanie afin de transmettre un message confidentiel à un vieux prêtre. Michener découvre que celui-ci est le traducteur du troisième secret. Dès lors, il devra faire preuve de toute son habileté pour déjouer la conspiration qui le guette et échapper à ceux qui veulent à tout prix garder cachée la terrible vérité.

Luke Daniels, l'ami et élève de Cotton Malone, est en Belgique. La raison de sa présence ? Un appel à l'aide aussi mystérieux que pressant d'une de ses amies, Jillian Greenfield Stein. Depuis que le grand-père de celle-ci, ancien militaire en poste à l'Otan, a évoqué sur son lit de mort une mystérieuse organisation, Kronos, la vie de celle-ci est en danger. Traqués par des tueurs surentraînés, Jillian et Luke vont mener une enquête qui va les placer au centre d'un incroyable complot.

50 avant J.-C. : la bibliothèque d'Alexandrie, qui renferme plus de 700 000 volumes, est de loin la plus grande collection de manuscrits religieux, philosophiques et scientifiques de son époque. Elle va soudainement disparaître sans laisser de traces, dans des circonstances qui demeurent, aujourd'hui encore, mystérieuses. 2007 : Cotton Malone, ex-agent du département de la Justice américain, a repris à Copenhague ses activités d'expert en manuscrits lorsque son fils est kidnappé par une mystérieuse organisation.

Une nouvelle enquête de Cotton Malone. 2023 : Cotton Malone visite le château de Herrenchiemsee, près de Munich. Construit sur une île, celui-ci a été conçu sur le modèle de Versailles par Louis II de Bavière, admirateur passionné de Louis XIV. Si l'édifice est inachevé, il renferme néanmoins de nombreux mystères. Cotton l'apprend à ses dépens lorsque, au milieu de sa visite, un individu lui tire dessus avant de s'emparer d'un livre dissimulé dans le compartiment caché d'un bureau en marqueterie.

La nouvelle enquête de Cotton Malone, le héros culte de Steve Berry, sur les traces d'un trésor perdu converti en cryptomonnaie. L'or de Yamashita fascine les chasseurs de trésors du monde entier. Butin de guerre de l'armée impériale japonaise dérobé dans toute l'Asie du Sud-Est durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il aurait été dissimulé dans des galeries souterraines de l'archipel des Philippines. Mythe ou réalité ? Le trésor n'a rien d'une légende.

1118 : Jérusalem, Terre sainte. Neuf chevaliers créent un ordre militaire, les " Pauvres Chevaliers du Christ ". Le roi Baudoin II leur cède une partie de son palais, bâti sur les ruines du Temple de Salomon. Ils deviennent les " chevaliers du Temple ", puis les " Templiers ". 1307 : Jacques de Molay, grand maître des Templiers, est arrêté sur ordre de Philippe le Bel. Il garde le silence sur le trésor des Templiers. 2006 : Cotton Malone, ex-agent du département de la Justice américaine, et son amie Stéphanie, entrent en possession de documents liés au fameux trésor.

Quel est le secret des sœurs-servantes de Saint-Michel, société secrète liée aux toutes premières heures du christianisme ? 1209, Sud-Ouest de la France. En charge de la croisade contre l'hérésie cathare, les Dominicains poursuivent dans l'ombre un autre objectif : en finir avec une société secrète, les sœurs-servantes de Saint-Michel, dépositaire depuis plusieurs siècles de mystérieuses reliques liées aux premières heures du christianisme. 1428, Pyrénées. L'Espagne est occupée par les musulmans.

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was, and its true nature could change the modern world.

When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in 1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret. As general and emperor, he had stolen immeasurable riches from palaces, national treasuries, and even the Knights of Malta and the Vatican. In his final days, his British captors hoped to learn where the loot lay hidden. But he told them nothing, and in his will he made no mention of the treasure. Or did he?

Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives to lead the life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: "You have something I want. You're the only person on earth who knows where to find it. If I don't hear from you, you will be childless." His ex-wife confirms that their teenage son has been kidnapped, and it becomes clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want: the lost library of Alexandria.

The tomb of China’s First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, has remained sealed for more than 2,000 years. Though it’s regarded as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, the Chinese government won’t allow anyone to open it. Why? That question is at the heart of a dilemma faced by former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone, whose life is shattered when he receives an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address.

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest installment in his wildly popular Cotton Malone series, in which Cotton must solve a five hundred year-old mystery—now in development as a streaming series. Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century...

Four United States presidents have been assassinated - in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963 - each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time. But what if those presidents were all killed for the same reason: a clause in the United States Constitution - contained within Article 1, Section 8 - that would shock Americans? This question is what faces former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone in his latest adventure. When a bold assassination attempt is made against President Danny Daniels in the heart of Manhattan, Malone risks his life to foil the killing....

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution legalized federal income tax, but what if there were problems with the 1913 ratification of that amendment? Secrets that call into question decades of tax collecting. There is a surprising truth to this possibility—a truth wholly entertained by Steve Berry, a top-ten New York Times bestselling writer, in his new thriller, The Patriot Threat.

"Brick is a masterful narrator, raising the tension in the action scenes while keeping the listener engaged in the slower historical segments." — AudioFile Magazine In this audiobook, Steve Berry and Macmillan Audio team up again to bring listeners an expanded, annotated Writer's Cut edition...

Ekaterinburg, Russia: July 16, 1918. Ten months have passed since Nicholas II’s reign was cut short by revolutionaries. Tonight, the White Army advances on the town where the Tsar and his family are being held captive by the Bolsheviks. Nicholas dares to hope for salvation. Instead, the...

Locating Alexander the Great's final resting place, unknown to this day, remains a tantalizing goal for archaeologists and treasure hunters - as well as a cunning despot with the single-minded desire to surpass Alexander as history's ultimate conqueror. Cotton Malone, former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer, learns from his friend, Cassiopeia Vitt, that a suspicious blaze was part of a campaign of arson masking a diabolical plan to find Alexander's grave - and a miraculous serum.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This Cotton Malone adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense. Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at...

Explosive in both its pace and its revelations, The Third Secret is a remarkable international thriller. Bestselling author Steve Berry tackles some of the most controversial ideas of our time in a breakneck journey through the history of the Church and the future of religion. Fatima, Portugal...

From New York Times bestselling authors Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood comes an action-packed adventure: in the waning days of the Cold War, Luke Daniels embarks on a quest in search of the legendary library of Ivan the Terrible—the unlikely key to ending a looming threat orbiting two hundred...