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Seven years after a brutal encounter with the Hells Angels, two ex-lovers, Jonah Seeger and Ruby Samarodin, return to their Doukhobor religious community in the mountains of British Columbia to heal and start new lives. Jonah is a twenty-five-year-old from a disgraced family, and now injured and battling PTSD from his time as a Marine. Ruby, practically Doukhobor royalty, is a rock star with a substance use disorder. Jonah finds his mother, Sharon, still struggling with an eating disorder stemming from her terrorist upbringing in the Doukhobor splinter sect known as the Sons of Freedom. Ruby returns to Sasha, the young son she abandoned, and to her overbearing mother, Virginia, a pious pillar of the community raised to loathe the Sons of Freedom. After a heartfelt reunion between Jonah, Ruby, and Sasha, they learn that a murderous Hells Angel, Clinton Pritchard, is still obsessed with revenge for the damage Jonah caused years earlier. But when Ruby confronts Clinton about their terrible past, Clinton's brother Swanny Pritchard must choose whether to side with his brother or turn against him. Jonah and Ruby unwittingly draw their family into a final confrontation with the Hells Angels that will test longheld, pacifist Doukhobor beliefs.

Sergeant Nick Chester has dodged the Geordie gangsters he once feared, is out of hiding and looking forward to a quiet life. But gold fever is creating ill-feeling between prospectors, and a new threat lurks in the form of trigger-happy Americans preparing for Doomsday by building a bolthole at the top of the South Island.As tensions simmer in the Wakamarina valley, Nick finds himself working on a cold-case murder and investigating a scandal-plagued religious sect. When local and international events reach fever pitch, Chester finds himself up against an evil that knows no borders.

Die Themensuche für ihre Abschlussarbeit treibt die 28-jährige Eva noch in den Wahnsinn. Mit keiner Sekte ist ihr Professor einverstanden. Bei ihren Recherchen stößt die Wienerin jedoch plötzlich auf „Adolescentia Aeterna“, eine uralte Bruderschaft, deren Mitglieder angeblich Jahrhunderte alt sind. Ihre Faszination ist entfacht. Doch nur ein geheimnisvoller Fremder, kann ihr Informationen über die „Ewige Jugend“ liefern. Auch wenn sie weiß, dass sie sich vor ihm lieber in Acht nehmen sollte, zieht seine dunkle Seele sie an. Als er sie schließlich in die Geheimnisse der Bruderschaft einweiht, will sie ihm nicht glauben. Aber kann sie ihrem Schicksal wirklich entfliehen?

Follow a daring reporter in these four hard-boiled suspense mysteries from “a master of intrigue and adventure” (New York Times–bestselling author Clive Cussler). Meet Harker, an investigative reporter willing to do whatever it takes to break a story—even if it might break him first... The Harker File: A CIA agent knows the cause behind mysterious deaths in Wisconsin and Iowa—and their connection to Communist Russia. But getting the scoop means Harker will be the next to die... Dead and Paid For: A group of con men are preying on the families of US soldiers who are missing in action in Vietnam. Harker's out to uncover the truth without going missing himself... They've Killed Anna: In this Edgar Award finalist, a vast government conspiracy is hiding the dangers of nuclear energy from the public. Harker's source is about to help him break the story—when she suddenly dies. Now the journalist will need to watch his back... Kill the Reporter: Harker is helping a California senator search for his missing daughter—only to draw the ire of a religious cult hell-bent on silencing him.

Auf dem Märchenschloss Lichtenstein am Fuße der Schwäbischen Alb kommt die Schlossführerin Charlotte Friedrich spektakulär zu Tode, sie wird vom Hauptturm hinuntergestoßen. Bei ihren Ermittlungen treffen die Kommissare Magdalena Mertens und Sascha Gross auf eine Mauer des Schweigens … Wenig später wird auch der rücksichtslose Schloss­verwalter, der als einer der Verdächtigen galt, tot auf­gefunden. Ausgerechnet die neue Schlossführerin findet ihn während einer Führung eingezwängt in eine Ritter­rüstung. Der Kreis der Verdächtigen erweitert sich um eine obskure christliche Sekte, in deren Gewalt die Tochter der getöteten Schlossführerin ist. Die »wahren Jünger«, so nennen sich ihre Mitglieder, planen einen Anschlag auf den Parteitag einer rechtskonservativen Partei, den sie radikalen Muslimen in die Schuhe schieben wollen. Nun muss die Kommissarin und ihr junger Kollege sowohl den Mörder finden, als auch den perfiden Plan der Sekte durchkreuzen.

Harker uncovers a cult whose members believe in peace, love, understanding, and torture. Rudolph Franklin thinks his biggest problem is reelection. A battle with a fellow senator about military spending is getting ugly, and if he can't scrap out a victory, his career will be dead in the water. He calls Harker, a crack investigative reporter, to leak a story for him. Franklin thinks his problems are political -- until his daughter disappears. In Barbarann's bedroom, Harker finds pamphlets for the Children's Crusade, a hippy-dippy cult best known for selling buttons and hard candy on street corners. But Harker learns about the crusade's darker side -- the enforcers charged with keeping members in line, and keeping the press from asking questions. His first warning is a dead cat, hung from the ceiling of his hotel room, paw sliced off. If he crosses the Crusade again, the next paw they take will be his own.

Harker uncovers a cult whose members believe in peace, love, understanding, and tortureRudolph Franklin thinks his biggest problem is reelection. A battle with a fellow senator about military spending is getting ugly, and if he can't scrap out a victory, his career will be dead in the water. He calls Harker, a crack investigative reporter, to leak a story for him. Franklin thinks his problems are political—until his daughter disappears. In Barbarann's bedroom, Harker finds pamphlets for the Children's Crusade, a hippy-dippy cult best known for selling buttons and hard candy on street corners. But Harker learns about the crusade's darker side—the enforcers charged with keeping members in line, and keeping the press from asking questions. His first warning is a dead cat, hung from the ceiling of his hotel room, paw sliced off. If he crosses the Crusade again, the next paw they take will be his own.

A fantastic journey into a postapocalyptic world, seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl, told by a master storyteller. For fans of China Mieville and the sci-fi of Margaret Atwood and Doris Lessing.The coming of the Great Stone destroyed almost everything that used to be. But high in one remote valley, the Church of Selene has found its way back from ruin. Sister Luka and her female converts offer sacrifices to the scarred (and very close) moon that hangs over their convent. It has been this way since the Stone hit. Among the Little Sisters of Selene is 12-year-old Aurora, respected Scribe of the church. She endlessly writes down the name of the moon to keep her in the sky where she belongs. But Aurora has a secret book she keeps hidden in her Scribe's chamber and into this diary she pours out her hopes and desires. Upsetting this fragile equilibrium is Willa, a young tomboy whose flamboyant arrival threatens the hard-won status quo of the sisters'community. As Aurora and Willa inch toward friendship, insurrection grows. But when an unexpected marvel occurs in the sky, it is clear that Aurora's work as the Scribe has failed. The moon is threatening to remake the world all over again. This is the Secret Book of Sacred Things, this is Aurora's story.

The most dangerous man to cross is one who isn't afraid to die. But the most deadly is one who doesn't want to live. And Spenser has just lost the woman who made life his #1 priority.So when a religious sect kidnaps a pretty young dancer, no death threat can make Spenser cut and run. Now a hit man's bullet is wearing Spenser's name. But Boston's big boys don't know Spenser's ready and willing to meet death more than halfway.

Verloren zielen In Massachusetts gaan zes jongens een vuurgevecht aan met de FBI. Voor ze gearresteerd kunnen worden, plegen de jongens zelfmoord. Op één na, maar die weigert te praten. In Washington DC wordt het lichaam van een meisje gevonden. Het is de dochter van een senator. Ze blijkt gewurgd te zijn. Op het eerste gezicht lijken het twee afzonderlijke zaken, tot FBI-agent Maggie O'Dell ontdekt dat één naam in beide opduikt: die van Joseph Everett, een sekteleider. Toeval? Of gaat achter het charismatische uiterlijk van de Eerwaarde Everett een levensgevaarlijke psychopaat schuil? (Covertekst)

It is sometime in the near future, and the Israeli Army is about to descend upon a band of militant settlers who have proclaimed the secessionist Kingdom of Judea and Samaria. So begins this timely and brilliantly satiric novel—an all-too-real story of a modern-day Masada.The Jewish War is most particularly the story of Yehudi HaGoel (formerly Jerry Goldberg of the Bronx), the fiery and charismatic king of an extreme Zionist sect. His divine mission: to hasten the coming of the Messiah and bring about the redemption. As we follow him from his youth in New York City and the Catskills to his hilarious, illicit passage to Israel during the Six-Day War and through his campaign to claim the sacred city of Hebron (the burial place of the Jewish Patriarchs and Matriarchs), we enter into a complex and troubled world rife with ancient passions. It is a world peopled with irreconcilables: religious Zionists, ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionists, Christian fundamentalists, Arab nationalists, secular Israelis, American supporters, and implacable military officers. Among these last is General Uri Lapidot, whose career is uncannily linked to HaGoel's and who is charged with the grim and unwanted task of leading the Israeli army against the secessionist kingdom in the final showdown.By turns comic and tragic, The Jewish War is a stunning account of the struggle between political realities and historical vision, between the hope for peace and a fierce commitment to sacred, eternal truth. Written with deep authority and intense power, it brings to life haunting and universally resonant characters whose deepest yearnings are those that pursue us all.