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Nelson Richard DeMille

    23. srpen 1943 – 17. září 2024

    Nelson DeMille is a master of the suspenseful thriller, known for his intricate plots and sharp, often darkly humorous, dialogue. He crafts narratives that delve into the complexities of power, deception, and the human psyche, often set against vivid, atmospheric backdrops. His distinctive voice and ability to blend high-stakes action with compelling character studies have solidified his reputation as a significant voice in contemporary fiction.

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    • At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military suspense, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille. Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor team up for their toughest assignment yet as they are dispatched to Camp Hayden to investigate the death of Major Roger Ames, the chief scientist in charge of the top-secret war games being conducted between a platoon of Army Rangers and a fleet of "lethal autonomous weapons." Brodie and Taylor find themselves at ground zero of the next generation of warfare, and must untangle the complex web of alliances, animosities, and secret agendas among the men and women of the isolated facility. In a place cut off from the world and exposed to the harsh desert elements, everyone is a suspect-from the zealous camp commander who pushes his men to the limit, to the Rangers slipping into madness due to isolation, grueling training, and rampant abuse of performance-enhancing drugs, to the late Major Ames's own research colleagues. Brodie and Taylor must uncover layers of deception to find the hidden hand behind the murder of Major Ames, and the real purpose of the activities at Camp Hayden and its terrifying arsenal of next-generation weapons.

      The Tin Men2025
    • In Berlin, a body is discovered, leading to a conspiracy where all sides are compromised. From bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, this gripping narrative follows Special Agents Brodie and Taylor as they investigate the murder of CID Special Agent Harry Vance, a skilled counterterrorism agent found dead in a park within the city's Arab refugee community. While authorities suspect Islamic terrorism, Brodie and Taylor sense deeper complexities at play. Unraveling Vance's motives for being in Berlin, they confront the contradictions of modern Germany, from Cold War remnants to the rise of neo-Nazi sentiments. As both German and American officials monitor their investigation, a new danger arises from American intelligence, wary that the agents might uncover sensitive information about U.S. clandestine operations linked to their past mission in Venezuela. Brodie and Taylor soon realize that Vance's murder is just the beginning of a more sinister plot, and they must race against time to solve the mystery and prevent impending disaster.

      Blood Lines2023
    • ***The brand new, unmissable John Corey novel from America's Greatest Living Thriller Writer.*** 'Bottom line, if a man is known by his enemies, I'm one helluva guy.' Former anti-terrorist cop John Corey is NYU - New York Unemployed - and watching his back, ever more convinced his past will soon catch up with him. Then a new opportunity comes calling, and with it, plenty of trouble . . . A series of bodies has been found along a beach close to his home and he can no longer deny that a serial killer is on the loose, and no one seems able to find the culprit. Is the failure to find the perpetrator a result of the department's oversight? Is it due to the fact the victims are prostitutes? Or is it something darker? Could the killer be someone on the inside? John Corey must root out friend and foe in this dazzling thriller, which features his trademark snark, matched by brilliant investigative skills, and the masterful plot twists that are a signature of the American thriller legend Nelson DeMille.

      The Maze2022
      3,5
    • *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* This “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) thriller features a brilliant and unconventional Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their pursuit of the Army’s most notorious deserter. Captain Kyle Mercer of the elite Delta Force vanished in Afghanistan, with a video from his Taliban captors making headlines. The situation was unclear: Had Mercer deserted before capture? A second video confirmed he had willfully disappeared, raising alarms about the trained assassin and keeper of classified intelligence. A year later, Mercer is spotted in Caracas, Venezuela, by an old Army buddy, prompting top military officials to assign Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor from the Criminal Investigation Division to retrieve him—preferably alive. Brodie faces challenges not only from the mission's complexity and his partner’s inexperience but also from their undeniable chemistry and his growing suspicion that Taylor may be reporting to the CIA. With its ripped-from-the-headlines appeal, exotic locale, and signature twists and humor, this marks the beginning of a thrilling new series from the #1 New York Times bestseller and his award-winning screenwriter son.

      Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor Series - 1: The Deserter2019
      4,1
    • Daniel „Mac“ MacCormick má fajn život. Pětatřicetiletý veterán americké armády žije poklidným životem na Key West na Floridě a živí ho člun Maine. Sukničkář Mac má všechno – kromě peněz na opravu své milované lodi. Pak za ním přijde právník z Miami, jakýsi Carlos, s neodolatelnou nabídkou: dostane 2 miliony dolarů, když dopluje do Havany a přiveze 60 milionů dolarů z Castrovy skrýše. Tyhle peníze kdysi patřily rodině krásné kubánsko-americké ženy jménem Sara Ortega. A Mac ví, že z něj bude buď bohatý muž nebo mrtvola...

      Kubánská aféra2018
      3,3
    • The Cuban Affair

      • 448 stránek
      • 16 hodin čtení

      Daniel 'Mac' MacCormick has a good life. Aged thirty-five and a decorated US Army veteran, he whiles away his life in stunning Key West, Florida, running a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat The Maine. A ladies' man and rule-breaker, Mac has it all, apart from the money to hold on to his beloved boat. Then Mac is approached by a hotshot Miami lawyer called Carlos with an apparently irresistable offer: a fee of 2 million to run the boat into Havana and smuggle out 60 million from a stash hidden from the Castro government - cash once owned by the family of a beautiful Cuban-American woman named Sara Ortega. With the political 'Cuban Thaw' underway, it's only a matter of time before someone finds the stash. But Mac knows if he accepts this job, he'll walk away rich ... or not at all

      The Cuban Affair2017
      3,8
    • Detektiv John Corey má za úkol sledovat ruského „diplomata“ Vasilije Petrova, který je ve skutečnosti členem ruské zpravodajské služby. Je jasné, že má na americkém území nějaký plán, ať už jde o nevinné setkání na párty nebo o tajnou misi. Čas běží a Corey se snaží zjistit, co se chystá. Ve Francii roku 1916, během první světové války, se Sofie Léfevreová snaží ochránit svou rodinu, zatímco její manžel Édouard bojuje na frontě. Když je pověřena obsluhou německých oficírů, její bezpečí je ohroženo. Po setkání s novým komandantem, který se zamiluje do jejího portrétu, musí Sofie učinit rozhodnutí, které ovlivní její život na dlouhá desetiletí. Julia, zdrcená smrtí své sestry, se snaží zjistit pravdu o jejím úmrtí a ponoří se do temného světa internetových chatů. Její pátrání ji zavádí na scestí a ohrožuje vše, co má ráda. Učitel Tom Mitchell najde tučňáka v ropné skvrně a rozhodne se ho zachránit. Po jeho ošetření se tučňák odmítá vrátit do oceánu, a tak ho Tom vezme do prestižní internátní školy. Tučňák Juan Salvado se stává maskotem a trenérem plavání, mění životy všech kolem sebe.

      Zářivý anděl / Dívka, kterou jsi opustil / Druhý život / Co mě naučil tučňák2017
      3,4
    • John Corey Novel: Radiant Angel

      • 352 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Prescient and chilling, DeMille's #1 New York Times bestselling novel takes us into the heart of a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs. After a showdown with the notorious Yemeni terrorist known as The Panther, John Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task Force and returned home to New York City, taking a job with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Although Corey's new assignment with the DSG-surveilling Russian diplomats working at the U.N. Mission-is thought to be "a quiet end," he is more than happy to be out from under the thumb of the FBI and free from the bureaucracy of office life. But Corey realizes something the U.S. government doesn't: The all-too-real threat of a newly resurgent Russia. When Vasily Petrov, a colonel in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service posing as a diplomat with the Russian U.N. Mission, mysteriously disappears from a Russian oligarch's party in Southampton, it's up to Corey to track him down. What are the Russians up to and why? Is there a possible nuclear threat, a so-called radiant angel? Will Corey find Petrov and put a stop to whatever he has planned before it's too late? Or will Corey finally be outrun and outsmarted, with America facing the prospect of a crippling attack unlike anything it's ever seen before?

      John Corey Novel: Radiant Angel2016
    • Zářivý anděl

      • 362 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Po střetu s nechvalně proslulým jemenským teroristou známým Panter odešel John Corey od protiteroristické operační skupiny a vrátil se domů do New Yorku, kde přijal zaměstnání u Diplomatické dozorovací služby. Ta je sice považována za „oázu klidu“, Corey je ovšem rád, že se vymanil z moci FBI a její ubíjející byrokracie. Zároveň si nicméně uvědomuje něco, čeho si nejvyšší americké kruhy dosud nevšímají: velice akutní hrozbu představovanou novým rozmachem Ruska. Sledování ruského špeha Vasilije Petrova, kryjícího se za diplomatickou funkci při OSN, zdánlivě představuje pouze další rutinní úkol, když však Petrov záhadně zmizí z večírku ruského oligarchy na Long Islandu, nabere operace dočista jiný spád. Co a proč Rusové chystají? Podaří se ruského špióna najít a zastavit, než bude pozdě? Nebo Corey konečně narazil na soupeře, kterému nestačí? Schyluje se k nejničivějšímu útoku, jaký kdy Amerika zažila... DeMillův mrazivý a prorocký román proniká pod povrch nové studené války... a v hledáčku teroristů se znovu ocitá Manhattan.

      Zářivý anděl2015
      3,8
    • The Quest

      • 458 stránek
      • 17 hodin čtení

      Mankind's greatest mystery lies in wait... Civil war rages in Ethiopia. A priest waits to die in a parched prison cell; he has not seen daylight for four decades. But then a mortar shell hits the compound, and the prisoner and his secret are free. Two reporters and a beautiful photographer save this wounded man, who tells them something too incredible to believe: the location of the Holy Grail. Thus begins an impossible quest that will pit them against murderous tribes, deadly assassins, fanatical monks, and ultimately, themselves. The Quest is a breakneck search for an ancient legend amid a dangerous jungle war - and no one's coming out unscathed.

      The Quest2013
      3,3