http://www.lybrary.com/index.php?cPath=425 Copyright © 2010 Lybrary.comPRAISE FOR CHRISTOPHER REICH FROM SOME OF HIS FAMOUS FANS<p>"Christopher Reich is at the top of his game." —David Baldacci<p>"Christopher Reich is one of my favorite suspense writers." —James Patterson<p>"Christophhttp://www.lybrary.com/rules-betrayal-p-79670.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rules-betrayal-p-79670.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT When an experiment with population control works too well, and the planet is decimated, seven broken people are united by a supernatural bond in a modern day Eden. Most on the island are fully aware of this prison disguised as an oasis. Unfortunately, Jimmy is on the mainland, desperate to get back, in a post-apocalyptic stand-off, fighting for his survival and that of his unborn child. Back on the island, Jacob stares at the ocean through his telescope and plots his escape, reluctant to aid the cause. Marcy tries to hide from her past sexual escapades that may be her saving grace. X sits in his compound, a quiet, massive presence, trapped in his body by ancient whispers and yet free in spirit to visit other places and times. Roland, the angry, bitter son of Marcy is determined to leave, and sets out on his own. Watching over it all is Assigned, the ghost in the machine. And coming for them, to exact revenge, and finish the job that the virus started, is Gordon. He just landed on the island and he has help. Transubstantiate is a neo-noir thriller, filled with uncertainty at every portal, and jungles infiltrated with The Darkness. Vivid settings, lyrical language, and a slow reveal of plot, motivation, past crimes and future hope collide in a showdown that keeps you guessing until the final haunting words.http://www.lybrary.com/transubstantiate-p-79665.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/transubstantiate-p-79665.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Who is killing Atlanta's doctors? Wolf's Paw is a powerful novel about revenge and how one man lets it take over his life. Rogue intelligence agent Aaron Ryan is a loner and borderline sociopath who has been working in covert operations for a governmental intelligence agency. As such, he is accustomed to using violence and terror as a means to achieving an end. He is fast approaching burnout, when his only living relative, his beloved stepmother, dies under suspicious circumstances. Ryan is convinced there's been a cover-up of medical malpractice and sets out to investigate. He uses all the skills he's learned over the years as a covert agent to identify, target and then mete out justice to each doctor involved in his stepmother's care. One of those in his sights is Neill Proctor, a surgeon in the plastic surgery department of Emory Hospital. He and his wife, Sharon, also a doctor, are South African immigrants, living and working in Atlanta. In a strange twist of fate, Proctor and Ryan crossed paths over 15 years earlier in the killing fields of Angola, where Ryan was an undercover agent and Proctor was a prisoner of war. Rather than simply murder Proctor, Ryan decides to seduce the doctor's wife, so he can deprive Proctor of her love, as Ryan has been deprived of familial love. Author Tristan de Chalain lives in Auckland, New Zealand, where he is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. He is working on his next novel.http://www.lybrary.com/wolfs-paw-p-79414.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/wolfs-paw-p-79414.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT 15 Tales of Darkness Lie Within this Thrilling Collection of Horrific Adventure / The Magic Man comes when you least expect him. Give him what he wants and he'll grant you your heart's desire, but are you prepared to pay the price? / A mother of two is en route to take her kids to the babysitter's when darkness envelops her car and covers the world in black and gray. / No matter how many times Sharon tries to beat the Spinning Room, someone always dies, unless she can find a way to conquer this tower of terror once and for all. / Jimmy learns plenty about his life when he encounters an evil version of himself in his car's rearview mirror. / A trip out to the family cabin is not what it seems and cigarette-loving Robert is granted the chill of his life. / It's dinner at the Michaels's Estate and Terrance Michaels must face the truth of what goes on beneath his house's roof. / Father Haldo has heard every sin imaginable. He just wasn't prepared to enter Booth 2 for this particular round of confessions. / Imagine waking up surrounded by damp soil only to find yourself in a room with half-buried bodies, faces sticking out from the dirt, and mysterious creatures called Benders. That's exactly what happens to Gary Smith when he finds himself in a place under the earth. / Bernie Calhoun knows nightmares, and the one he had about the Man in the Woods when he was a boy still haunts him to this day. To make matters worse, he realizes he might have brought something back with him into the real world long ago. / These tales and more await you within. Gathering material spanning a decade, A.P. Fuchs shares his nightmares.http://www.lybrary.com/magic-plus-tales-terror-p-79398.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/magic-plus-tales-terror-p-79398.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT In 1980, President Carter's chances of re-election were destroyed by the failure of the mission to rescue the hostages held in Iran. In the aftermath, the Iranians claimed to have discovered nine US bodies at the desert location where the mission disintegrated into chaos and tragedy, while the US authorities stated that only eight men were missing. Years later, an English monk - once an intelligence officer in Northern Ireland, whose life was torn apart by a disastrous undercover operation that led to his parents' murder - receives a US tycoon's deathbed confession that he was part of a sinister and successful conspiracy to sabotage the rescue. Dom Clement is dragged back into the world of threats and violence that he hoped to have left behind , with the original conspirators bent on keeping the plot and its murderous legacy buried by any means necessary. Who organised the greatest political coup of the 20th century, and what is the identity of that ninth man found dead in the Iranian desert? The Carter Conspiracy weaves a web of ingenious and utterly believable fiction around true historical factshttp://www.lybrary.com/carter-conspiracy-p-79378.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/carter-conspiracy-p-79378.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT <B>"Of those writing spy novels today, Daniel Silva is quite simply the best." </B> <BR> -<I>The Kansas City Star</I.<p><B>"The perfect book for fans of well-crafted thrillers ... the kind of page- turner that captures the reader from the opening chapter and doesn't let go." </B> <BR> -<I>The Associated Press</I><p><B><I>Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and assassin, returns in a spellbinding new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. </I></B><p>Over the course of a brilliant career, Daniel Silva has established himself as "the gold standard" of thriller writers (<I>Dallas Morning News</I>) who "has hit upon the perfect formula to keep espionage-friendly fans' fingers glued to his books, turning pages in nearly breathless anticipation" (<I>BookPage</I>). But now, having reached "the pinnacle of world-class spy thriller writing" (<I>The Denver Post</I>), Silva has produced his most extraordinary novel to date-a tale of greed, passion, and murder spanning more than half a century, centered on an object of haunting beauty.<p><B><I>Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for ... </I></B><p>Determined to sever his ties with the Office, Gabriel Allon has retreated to the windswept cliffs of Cornwall with his beautiful Venetian-born wife Chiara. But once again his seclusion is interrupted by a visitor from his tangled past: the endearingly eccentric London art dealer, Julian Isherwood. As usual, Isherwood has a problem. And it is one only Gabriel can solve.<p>In the ancient English city of Glastonbury, an art restorer has been brutally murdered and a long-lost portrait by Rembrandt mysteriously stolen. Despite his reluctance, Gabriel is persuaded to use his unique skills to search for the painting and those responsible for the crime. But as he painstakingly follows a trail of clues leading from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires and, finally, to a villa on the graceful shores of Lake Geneva, Gabriel discovers there are deadly secrets connected to the painting. And evil men behind them.<p>Before he is done, Gabriel will once again be drawn into a world he thought he had left behind forever, and will come face to face with a remarkable cast of characters: a glamorous London journalist who is determined to undo the worst mistake of her career, an elusive master art thief who is burdened by a conscience, and a powerful Swiss billionaire who is known for his good deeds but may just be behind one of the greatest threats facing the world.<p>Filled with remarkable twists and turns of plot, and told with seductive prose, <I>The Rembrandt Affair</I> is more than just summer entertainment of the highest order. It is a timely reminder that there are men in the world who will do anything for money.http://www.lybrary.com/rembrandt-affair-p-79369.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/rembrandt-affair-p-79369.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Jack Sloan played his cards right, took the money and ran. Only now it seems he may not have run far enough. Set in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, this riveting novel is a story of murder and revenge, with a cast of characters that drive the plot forward, until the climactic end. In search of a peaceful life on a 26-acre ranch in the mountains, Jack instead finds himself embroiled in a con that may leave him and those he cares for most with a loss far greater than money. The action and intrigue grows as Jack wrestles with a ruthless assortment of bunko artists like Mattie Helms, who is beautiful, intelligent, and unscrupulous; and her goon, Irvin MacSwain: a psychotic, drug-using alcoholic killer who enjoys his work far too much. As Jack tries to reconcile his own killer instincts with his new life, betrayal and murder wait for him and his friends at every turn-but will the actions of one man help save the good guys in the end? Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves delivers a powerful punch that engages the reader until the last page. Author Larry Seeley and his wife live twenty miles north of Santa Fe in a valley at 6000 feet between the Jimez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. He is currently writing a sequel to Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves.http://www.lybrary.com/gypsies-tramps-thieves-p-79236.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/gypsies-tramps-thieves-p-79236.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT A thrilling and startling novel from the author of the international bestseller The Genesis Secret When David Martinez, a young lawyer, receives an ancient map from his dying grandfather, the mysteries of his past begin to open up before him. The map leads David into the heart of the dangerous Basque mountains, where a genetic curse lies buried and a frightening secret about the Western world's past is hidden. Meanwhile, London journalist Simon Quinn may have found his big break. A wealthy, elderly woman has been murdered in the most horrific fashion, and another homicide soon follows. Both victims came from villages in the Basque region, both were interred at a top-secret Nazi camp, both have been silenced for what they know about the experiments conducted on the Basques, the Jews, and a dwindling mystical tribe of pre-Caucasian locals called Cagots. From the North Sea islands to the Arizona desert, from the graveyards of the Basque countryside to the heart of colonial Africa, Martinez's and Quinn's quests intersect to reveal the shocking roots of racial persecution, human violence, and war. The Genesis Secret-already in its fourth hardcover printing and appearing on several bestseller lists-immediately established Tom Knox as a searing, brilliant new voice in commercial fiction. The Marks of Cain dares to raise the bar even higher and promises to be an even greater success.http://www.lybrary.com/marks-cain-novel-p-79097.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/marks-cain-novel-p-79097.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Torture.<br>Ghost detainees.<br>And a massive cover-up that continues even today.<p>This is the propulsive thriller that only former CIA operative turned bestselling novelist Barry Eisler could write.<p>Marooned in a Manila jail after a bar fight fatality, black ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander, Colonel Scott Horton, who explains the price of Ben's release: Find and eliminate Daniel Larison, a rogue operator from Ben's unit who has stolen ninety-two torture tapes from the CIA and is using them to blackmail the U.S. government.<p>But other players are after the tapes, too, and to find Larison, Ben will have to survive CIA hit teams, Blackwater mercenaries, and the long reach of the White House. He'll also have to find a way to handle Paula Lanier, a smart, sexy FBI agent who has her own reasons for wanting the tapes and is determined to get them before Ben does. With the stakes this high, everyone has an angle&mdahttp://www.lybrary.com/inside-novel-p-78925.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/inside-novel-p-78925.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Paul Rice returns to Lanark, Wisconsin to help his friend, Police Chief Thayer, with another murder that has all the earmards of a ritual killer he thought was dead. When he arrives in town, he finds that Durie House, which he burned to the ground a year age, is very much visible at night with lights burninig in all its windows, lights that only he and Thayer can see. The more he digs into the recent murder, the deeper the trail goes back, all the way to Egypt and the ancient papyrus text of a high priesst who specialized in bringing back the dead. Along the twisting trail, he encounters a knowledgeable Brother Janus, a member of a brotherhood, called the Philo, that dates back to the time of Christ, and keeps watch over the earth's evil gates of entry. From him, Rice discovers that he was long ago chosen for the very task he is now pursuing, and that he has a centuries old link to four beautiful women who now protect him from the snares of Black Magic, and the dead that are brought back for one purpose - to eliminate him. More murders occur that take on a different ritulistic bent than the first one where victims are now chosen using a death list, one that has his friend, Thayer's name on it. Everything points Rice toward a centuries old score that needs to be settled with an old, deadly foe, who is backed with the power of the Lord of the Flies himself.http://www.lybrary.com/the-chosen-p-78609.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-chosen-p-78609.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT A romance! Yes! But not the usual domestic. This is a tale of boardrooms, business and the perseverance of a young woman in a male dominated environment. The setting is the world of ships and the sea with overtones of major criminal fraud.<p>Jane Ashton, single mother of a teenage daughter, is employed as a personal assistant, PA, to a wealthy business tycoon, a John Skirton. They are close associates, a working friendship which has matured over several years and provides Jane with an above average income and an exceedingly comfortable lifestyle. Her daughter is at a private school and their home environment in Rochester is a well appointed apartment. Her security of employment appears unexpectedly threatened and then her future prospects are altered in a dramatic fashion. She becomes involved in a Shipping Company and seafaring, opening new and exciting experiences. She is to meet an older man who may become her romantic interest for many years. It is not an easy relationship as their particular personal histories create problems in trust and belief for their joint future together. Jane's daughter, Anne, has an important role within the evolving scene. The circumstance of an only child in a single parent family and her own personal experiences earlier and subsequent to her Mother's first steps in this burgeoning romantic liaison.<p>A collision between cargo freighters offshore from Beachy Head in the English Channel occurring some twelve years before the period of the storyline features significantly in the romantic saga as does the earlier business activities of Jane's employer mentor.http://www.lybrary.com/tortelloni-account-p-78607.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/tortelloni-account-p-78607.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Leading a comfortable and hedonistic existence on the French Riviera as a bank manager sounds good. Indeed it is. Unless of course you get greedy and start laundering money for a Serbian warlord.<p>Lucas Watt works for a Swiss bank in Nice, living life to the full with copious amounts of wine , a generous selection of beautiful women and an income which is supplemented with modest private deals on the side. But fate conspires to throw a Serbian warlord in his path, Vuk Racik, a ruthless and horrifically violent man with a trunk of dirty money which he wants Lucas to launder for him. Lucas' easygoing lifestyle is rapidly transformed into a nightmare as he and his assistant try to pull off the deal and pocket a million dollars of commission.<p>While Lucas slowly loses control of events and flounders in alcohol and misgivings, several other people are drawn into the turmoil surrounding his deal, notably a young Bosnian Muslim who has a particular loathing for Vuk and a burning desire for revenge. His sister, equally devastated by her past in Bosnia, comes to his aid in trying to track down and kill Vuk. Both have to contend with Vuk's diabolical strength and intelligence together with his psychopathic side-kick, Thomas.<p>George, Lucas' brother, recently installed on the Côte d'Azur looks on with incredulity and dismay as the cocktail of events, coincidences, dicey deals and violent "accidents" leads to an explosive denouementhttp://www.lybrary.com/riviera-terminus-p-78602.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/riviera-terminus-p-78602.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT The rich man had to have Her at all costs. His daughters hated Her because he loved Her more. From the time they were children the Burma Girl came between them and their cruel father. Capable of creating hatred, jealousy and resentment there was only one question left to ask. Would the Burma Girl destroy them all in the end?http://www.lybrary.com/burma-girl-p-77162.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/burma-girl-p-77162.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT A stunning sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera!" Years after the events in the original Leroux novel, Desdemona Valerius uses Christine's tale of the Opera ghost to fake her death and flee from a dangerous man. Her actions reunite the de Chagny family with Erik, The Phantom of the Opera. Relationships are reborn and love struggles to triumph as they seek to escape a madman with the power to destroy them all. Unlike other Phantom sequels and retellings "Midnight Secrets" is not influenced by the Webber play or film. It is a direct sequel to Leroux's tale, examining the history of the Valerius family who raised Christine in the original novel. It is a brilliant and imaginative work which promises to satisfy and dares you to journey further into the deep recesses of the Phantom's dark romantic saga....http://www.lybrary.com/midnight-secrets-p-76976.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/midnight-secrets-p-76976.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT What would you do if you found out you were never human? What would you do if you found out you had special powers, could see the future and would never die? What would you do if you realized that because of your unique abilities that you would never marry, have children and grow old among friends and family? Phaedra is a young woman who learns she will have to deal with all these things. She is blessed with watching history; but cursed never to be a part of it. For if she exposes her secrets, she will become the hunted, because men never forgive creatures who are better than they are...http://www.lybrary.com/biliiant-wynde-p-76975.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/biliiant-wynde-p-76975.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT A girl, pushed by a voice nobody can explain, falls in love with a quiet artist hiding a secret in his attic...a ghost, fueled by centuries of rage, finds a foothold of power in the heart and talent of an innocent....a succubus, a lover in death - a black widow, finds a new puppet to revitalize her passions....a rogue vigilante, whose path is a trail of blood, gore, and mayhem, stalks the father of his madness...and a boy - the artist, the innocent, the puppet - who nobody understands...all together entangled in a bizarre story of love, death, and power from beyond the grave. Brace yourself for the ultimate supernatural thriller, told in whispers...
<p>Grave Whispers.http://www.lybrary.com/grave-whispers-p-76974.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/grave-whispers-p-76974.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Thirty years ago, a depraved assault during a Halloween costume ball shattered a young woman's mind, turning her into a brutal mass murderer. Dressed in her rival's blood-soaked wedding gown, the legend of the Butcher Bride was born. Now, decades later, everyone who enters the Silas Mansion will encounter a frightening spirit ravenous to satisfy perverse appetites. Death is the only escape. Here comes The Bride...http://www.lybrary.com/butcher-bride-p-76973.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/butcher-bride-p-76973.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT A group of young Animal Liberation Front activists perform a raid on an animal testing lab outside of Ventura, California, not knowing that the facility, Caladine, is a secret government testing ground for bio-engineered fighting hybrids. One of the few to survive the bloodbath, now confined to a psychiatric institution, tells the tale of that night to a gifted psychologist, whose expertise lies within schizophrenic disorders. Where all have failed, she must succeed in unlocking the truth of what happened during a night hidden away in bloodshed and carnage. But, neither the doctor nor the patient realize a far more sinister truth awaits; a truth which says they are being manipulated by the scheming head of the ward, a man who keeps patients as playthings in a basement asylum. By the time they find out these motives of monsters, it is too late for the both of them. A tale of madness becomes their reality. In the end -- to hunt the world's most horrific evil, you'll need to keep your eyes open and look within.http://www.lybrary.com/human-nature-p-76972.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/human-nature-p-76972.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT Author of an extraordinary string of <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novels, Dale Brown is the undisputed master of the aerial techno-thriller. Filled with explosive adventure, unforgettable characters, and authentic technology set against political scenarios so real they often anticipate world events, each of Dale Brown's novels is a major event. Now he returns to the airspace only he can truly call his own, in a blockbuster novel about a world on the brink of World War III and a new generation of brash young heroes...<p>Patrick McLanahan is back. The veteran navigator-bombardier and brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force has been sent to a B-1B Lancer unit in Nevada to develop and train a tactical strike unit designed to seek out and destroy enemy missiles. He has his pick of the most aggressive Type A personalities in the flying game, though it may take years to pull this bunch of mavericks together to fight as a team.<p>Then time runs out. The fragile peace in Asia ishttp://www.lybrary.com/battle-born-p-76737.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/battle-born-p-76737.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT After nearly fifteen years in a childless marriage, Michael Brace and his beautiful wife, Suzanne, live separate lives under the same roof. Suzanne suffers crippling headaches and is haunted by childhood memories of her father and the bloodlines of mental illness. Michael, meanwhile, sleeps on the couch, hiding in the shadows of his wealthy family and thinking about the novel he has always wanted to write. In a twisted desire for revenge against both her father and her husband, Suzanne sets in motion a patient, complicated plan of deception, sacrifice, and death which places her husband at the center of a brutal murder investigation. And when Michael becomes the prime suspect, he must turn to his family, his friends, and his neighbors-all of whom have lost faith in him long ago- to escape a lifelong sentence for a crime he did not commit. With spare prose and shrewd insight, Hollon explores the intertwined relationships of family and community in the face of an unthinkable crime, and illuminates the fine line between destruction and salvation.http://www.lybrary.com/point-fracture-p-76726.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/point-fracture-p-76726.htmlSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT