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The electrifying new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author, Simon Toyne. Only one boy can see the darkness. Only one man can save him from it. `Perfect for fans of Lee Child' Sun

The much anticipated final instalment in the bestselling conspiracy thriller trilogy by Simon Toyne, author of SANCTUS: 'Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse. For all fans of Dan Brown.AFTER THE RISE, COMES THE FALL.The forbidden Citadel at the heart of the ancient Turkish city of Ruin opens its gates for the first time in history. Why now, after centuries of secrecy?A deadly disease has erupted within, and threatens to spread beyond its walls. Infected charity worker Gabriel Mann may hold the cure - but can one dying man stop an epidemic?Without him, former journalist Liv Adamsen is vulnerable, surrounded by strangers in the desert oasis that is her new home. Liv, however, has far bigger concerns than just her own life...In the USA, newly qualified FBI Agent Joe Shepherd investigates the disappearance of NASA's most senior professor. Is it a vanishing act, an abduction, or something darker? Shepherd's investigation approaches a powerful conspiracy with global reach, and profound consequences.For them all, this much is clear: something big is coming. Something that will change everything. But will it be a new beginning or the End of Days?

Forensics expert Laughton Rees hunts an unusually clever killer who appears to be staging murder scenes just for her in this twisty new psychological thriller by the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy.How do you catch a killer if the victim doesn't exist?A glamorous woman is murdered in her ultra-luxurious London mansion and her husband goes missing. But according to public records, neither of them exists.The only leads police have are several objects arranged around the woman's body, including a set of keys and a book called How to Process a Murder by Laughton Rees--a book that appears to have helped the killer forensically cleanse the crime scene.Laughton Rees is an academic who doesn't usually work live cases after the brutal murder of her mother as a teen left her traumatized and emotionally scarred. But the presence of her book at this scene draws her unwillingly into the high-profile investigation and media circus that springs up around it. As the dark objects found beside the body lead her closer to the victim's identity, a dangerous threat to Laughton and her daughter emerges, as well as painful memories of her past related to the man she has always blamed for her mother's death: John Rees, Laughton's father, the current Metropolitan Chief Commissioner and a man she has not spoken to in twenty years.Laughton's family was destroyed once and she built herself a new one. Now, she has to face her darkest fears and help catch a killer before this one is destroyed too.

Only one boy can see the darkness.Only one man can save him from it.In Cordes, France, an elderly tailor is murdered in his shop, and the killer leaves a cryptic message scrawled on the wall: Finishing what was begun . . .Solomon Creed has been searching for the tailor, hoping the old man might provide a clue to his true identity, but he arrives in Cordes too late and finds nothing but the alarming crime scene. He discovers that the tailor had a list of names, survivors from a notorious Nazi death camp, who might also know who Solomon really is. The old man died to protect this list. Now his granddaughter, Marie-Claude, has it, and her life is in immediate danger.Solomon convinces Marie-Claude and her young son, Léo, to go on the run. Their only weapons are Solomon's abilities, Marie-Claude's determination to discover the truth, and Leo's unusual synesthesia, which enables him to see colors instead of emotions that reveal the true intentions of those around him. What begins as a small-town murder becomes a breathless race against time to unearth a devastating secret dating back to the darkest days of the war.

Top-shelf writers aren't made?they're born, and you can tell in two pages when you've found one. Simon Toyne has got the gift.? GREG ILESHOW DO YOU SAVE A MAN WHO'S ALREADY DEAD . . . ?In Redemption, Arizona, people gather to bury a man who died in a tragic accident, but the occasion is disrupted by a thunderous plane crash.Sheriff Garth Morgan speeds toward the accident, nearly hitting a man running down the road with no shoes and no memory. The only clue to his identity is his name: Solomon Creed. Solomon knows only that he's here to save a man he has never met . . . a man who was buried that very morning.Miles away, three men scan the skies for a plane carrying an important package. They suspect something is wrong, and that the man who has sent them will demand a heavy price if the package has been lost.To uncover his real identity, Solomon must expose the truth behind the death of the man he is there to save. But there are men who are prepared to call on the darkest forces to prevent Solomon from succeeding.

Hunted. Hounded. Haunted.She is the most important person in the world. She is The KeyJournalist Liv Adamsen has escaped from the highly secretive Citadel at the heart of the ancient city of Ruin and now lies in isolation, staring at hospital walls as blank as her memory. Despite her inability to recall her past, something strange is stirring within her. She feels possessed by a sen-sation she can't name and plagued by whispers only she can hear: "KuShiKaam," the key.To others the meaning is clear. For a mercenary operating in the Syrian Desert, a man known only as "the Ghost," Liv may hold the key to one of history's most powerful secrets. For the brotherhood of monks in the Citadel?now cursed by a terrible plague?her return to Turkey may be the only way to ensure their survival. And for a powerful faction in Vatican City, her very existence threatens the success of a desperate plan to save the church from ruin.At the center of events that defy explanation and hunted by someone she believes might be trying to kill her, Liv turns to the only person she can trust?a foundation worker named Gabriel Mann. Together they must elude capture and journey to the place where all life began. From New York to Rome to the deserts of the Middle East, worlds collide in a race to uncover a revelation dating from the creation of man in this electrifying follow-up to the international bestseller Sanctus.

When a cyber-attack at NASA's flight center in Maryland disables the Hubble space telescope and the Nobel prize-winning scientist in charge disappears, the only clues left are a cryptic countdown clock and a chilling message displayed on the missing man's computer: Mankind Must Look No Further.FBI Agent Joe Shepherd discovers a note in the scientist's handwriting that reads "end of days" as well as further evidence linking the attack to strange events eight months earlier: an explosion at the Citadel, an ancient monastery in Turkey; a viral outbreak that occurred in its wake; and the disappearance of a journalist named Liv Adamsen and ex-special forces operative Gabriel Mann.Shepherd's investigation leads him to the secrets at the very edge of the universe and also into his own past as the countdown clock continues. But what is the "end of days" and what does it really mean for mankind?will it be Revelation or Devastation?

THE CERTAINTIES OF THE MODERN WORLD ARE ABOUT TO BE BLOWN APART BY A THREE THOUSAND YEAR-OLD CONSPIRACY NURTURED BY BLOOD AND LIES ... A MAN THROWS HIMSELF TO HIS DEATH FROM THE OLDEST INHABITED PLACE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, A MOUNTAINOUS CITADEL IN THE HISTORIC TURKISH CITY OF RUIN. THIS IS NO ORDINARY SUICIDE BUT A SYMBOLIC ACT. AND THANKS TO THE MEDIA, IT IS WITNESSED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD. BUT FEW UNDERSTAND IT. FOR CHARITY WORKER KATHRYN MANN AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS IN THE KNOW, IT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. THE COWLED AND SECRETIVE FANATICS THAT LIVE IN THE CITADEL SUSPECT IT COULD MEAN THE END OF EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BUILT - AND THEY WILL KILL, TORTURE AND BREAK EVERY LAW TO STOP THAT. FOR LIV ADAMSEN, NEW YORK CRIME REPORTER, IT BEGINS THE NEXT STAGE OF A JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF HER OWN IDENTITY. AND AT THAT JOURNEY S END LIES A DISCOVERY THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING ... SANCTUS IS AN APOCALYPTIC CONSPIRACY THRILLER LIKE NO OTHER - IT RE-SETS THE BAR FOR EXCITEMENT AND FASCINATION, AND MARKS THE DEBUT OF A MAJOR TALENT IN SIMON TOYNE. एक कडवी संघटना आहे. टर्कीमधील रुइन या ऐतिहासिक शहराजवळच्या डोंगराळ भागात ती अत्यंत गुप्तपणे राहते आहे. त्या संघटनेच्या लोकांना सँक्टस असे संबोधले जाते. एका सँक्टस या संघटनेचा क्रूर चेहरा पाहिल्यानंतर तिथून निसटतो. या भूतलावरील सर्वांत जुन्या मानवी संस्कृतीच्या अधिष्ठानस्थळाच्या सर्वोच्च स्थानावरून स्वत ला मृत्यूच्या खाईत झोकून देतो. प्रसारमाध्यमांच्या मेहेरबानीने ही घटना सगळं जग पाहतं. धर्मादाय संस्थेसाठी काम करणारी कॅथरीन मान आणि काही मोजक्या माहीतगार लोकांसाठी मात्र; ते प्रदी&

Conspiracy thrillers don't come any bigger or better than THE KEY - from the author of the bestselling thriller debut of 2011, SANCTUS: 'Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse.Hounded. Haunted. Hunted. She is the most important person in the world. She is The Key.In the ancient Turkish city of Ruin, American journalist Liv Adamsen lies in an isolation ward staring at walls as blank as her memory.She knows she entered the monumental Citadel at the heart of Ruin but can remember only darkness. Something strange is stirring within her, whispering that she is 'the key'. But the key to what?For the Ghost, a mercenary operating in the Syrian Desert, Liv could unlock one of mankind's most potent secrets. For the brotherhood in the Citadel - now cursed by a terrible plague - her return is the only way to ensure their survival. And for a powerful faction in Rome, she threatens the very future of the Catholic Church.Hunted across continents and caught up in events that defy explanation, Liv turns to the only person she trusts - a charity worker named Gabriel Mann. Together their paths lead to a shocking discovery - one that will tear them apart and change the world forever...

The bestselling thriller debut of 2011 the apocalyptic conspiracy thriller that has set the world alightaREVELATION OR DEVASTATION?The certainties of the modern world are about to be blown apart by a three thousand year-old conspiracy nurtured by blood and lies aA man throws himself to his death from the oldest inhabited place on the face of the earth, a mountainous citadel in the historic Turkish city of Ruin. This is no ordinary suicide but a symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is witnessed by the entire world.But few understand it. For charity worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others in the know, it is what they have been waiting for. The cowled and secretive fanatics that live in the Citadel suspect it could mean the end of everything they have built and they will kill, torture and break every law to stop that. For Liv Adamsen, New York crime reporter, it begins the next stage of a journey into the heart of her own identity.And at that journey's end lies a discovery that will change EVERYTHING aSANCTUS is an apocalyptic conspiracy thriller like no other it re-sets the bar for excitement and fascination, and marks the debut of a major talent in Simon Toyne.

HOW CAN HE SAVE A MAN WHO IS ALREADY DEAD?'A fast-moving thriller that makes for an exhilarating read. Perfect for any fans of Lee Child' SUN'Compelling, vivid and profound' PETER JAMES'Who is Solomon Creed? He's the hero of an epic new series of thrillers. Simple as that' MARK BILLINGHAMA PLANE CRASHES IN THE ARIZONA DESERT.When Solomon Creed emerges from the wreckage he remembers just one thing: that he must save a man in danger.A DEATH THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.In the nearby town of Redemption, Holly Coronado buries her young husband. A terrible accident, or something more sinister?ONLY ONE MAN CAN EXPOSE THE TRUTH.When Solomon finds Holly, his search becomes a quest for the truth - and a race to expose a terrifying secret, hidden for generations, that could silence a town forever.