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After centuries of destruction, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever in this thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Templar.
Portugal, 1705. In the dungeons of a Templar castle, a dying old man bequeaths an ancient, half-burnt book to his young inquisitor. Keeping one step ahead of those who would kill to wrench the book's secret from...
Portugal, 1705. In the dungeons of a Templar castle, a dying old man bequeaths an ancient, half-burnt book to his young inquisitor. Keeping one step ahead of those who would kill to wrench the book's secret from...
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Sandsea trilogy volume 1
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"Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land--at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan's oldest son...
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It's 1925 and the treasure-hunting scene is a man's world. Irene Blum is passed over for the curator position at a Seattle museum but is not willing to accept defeat. Irene comes into possession of a map believed to lead to a set of copper scrolls the tell the lost history of Cambodia's ancient Khmer civilization. Irene travels from Seattle to Shanghai to the Cambodian jungles in search of the lost scrolls and encounters several other adventurers...
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Ben Walker novels volume 2
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2019.
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New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden's chilling exploration of what happens when the original Pandora's Box is discovered in an ancient subterranean city, stirring international conflict and exposing the archaeological team to curses, whispers, and the terror of a legendary plague. In one ancient variation on the myth of Pandora's Box, there were two jars, one for Pandora and one for her sister, Anesidora. One contained all the blessings...
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In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that--if he can find it--would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences...
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Oregon files volume 11
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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[2016]
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English
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"The new Oregon Files adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation's accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA so they can track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer. It is only after...
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Olivia Brannon knows her goals are unconventional. As a young woman in Regency England, her best bet--according to society--is to marry well and secure a steady future for herself. But Olivia has never been interested in convention. She'd prefer to follow in her deceased father's footsteps and journey to foreign lands in search of rare and valuable antiquities. Eager to make a name for herself in the antiquities world, Olivia jumps at an invitation...
9) The Godstone
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"Fenra Lowens has been a working Practitioner, using the magic of healing ever since she graduated from the White Court and left the City to live in the Outer Modes. When one of her patients, Arlyn Albainil, is summoned to the City to execute the final testament of a distant cousin, she agrees to help him. Arlyn suspects the White Court wants to access his cousin's Practitioner's vault. Arlyn can't ignore the summons: he knows the vault holds an artifact...
10) Artifact
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The discovery of a mysterious artifact in an ancient Greek tomb--an object concealing both the secret of Atlantis and an unimaginable power--leads Americans John and Claire into confrontation with Greek revolutionaries and the U.S. Secret Service.
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When Tracy Tannin, the granddaughter of a silver screen movie star, dons the girdle of Aphrodite, she becomes irresistible to all men and incredibly famous, and Hale, sent to retrieve the ancient artifact, must prove to Tracy that she is beautiful no matter what she wears.
12) Sacred ground
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Rogue angel volume 23
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In a land of subzero temperatures and snow-covered vistas, survival is a challenge. But for the Araktak--an isolated and mysterious Inuit people--this harsh tundra is their heritage. Until now. A large mining company has purchased the land, and the sacred Araktak burial site with it. But more than diamond deposits await them under the dark, icy earth....
Contracted by the mining company, archaeologist Annja Creed is to oversee the proper...
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Time's lost treasures volume 1
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"In Victorian England, Egyptologist Ami Dalton balances academic life with a covert role rescuing black-market artifacts. Oxford bachelor Edmund Price unexpectedly finds himself entangled with Ami, and as they delve into a newly acquired collection, an artifact rumored to be cursed surfaces, and they wonder if something nefarious is hiding among the shadows"--
14) Warrior
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Blades of the Rose volume 1
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"An innovative and exciting romantic adventure with just the right touch of the paranormal."—Jennifer Ashley, New York Times bestselling author
To most people, the realm of magic is the stuff of nursery rhymes and dusty libraries. But for Capt. Gabriel Huntley, it's become quite real and quite dangerous . . .
In Hot Pursuit . . .
The vicious attack Capt. Gabriel Huntley witnesses in a dark...
To most people, the realm of magic is the stuff of nursery rhymes and dusty libraries. But for Capt. Gabriel Huntley, it's become quite real and quite dangerous . . .
In Hot Pursuit . . .
The vicious attack Capt. Gabriel Huntley witnesses in a dark...
15) Scoundrel
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"[A] delightful tale of an intelligent, competent woman sharing adventure and romance with a formidable partner" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
The Blades of the Rose are sworn to protect the sources of magic in the world. But the work is dangerous—and they can't always protect their own. . .Ready For Action
London Harcourt's father is bent on subjugating the world's magic to British rule....
16) The wind dancer
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Wind Dancer trilogy volume 1
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Struggling to support her starving family in Renaissance Italy, Sanchia finds new hope in Lionello Andreas, a powerful shipbuilder.
17) Sacrifice
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Rogue angel volume 18
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Bearers of the sword
On assignment in the Philippines, archaeologist Annja Creed meets with a contact to verify some information. Easy enough. But when the man doesn't turn out to be whom he said he was, Annja finds herself handcuffed, blindfolded and kidnapped. And to make matters worse, she's a prisoner of the dreaded Abu Sayyaf, a notorious terrorist group.
Desperate to escape, Annja is able to flee after...
18) The dark city
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Relic master volume 1
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2011
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.
19) Polar quest
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Rogue angel volume 16
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Archaeologist Annja Creed reluctantly agrees to help an old colleague on a dig in Antarctica, where he has found a necklace of an unknown metal that may not have earthly origins. Once there, Annja finds that everyone is hiding something, there's no one to trust, and someone is out to kill her.
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An anonymous tip about a missing rare artifact has put antiquities investigator Daphne Amana in the line of gunfire. But giving up the investigation is unthinkable. Being protected by her ex-lover, security expert Kenji Wada? Impossible! She's used to working alone. Not to mention the fiery attraction still simmering between her and Kenji...waiting for the right moment to combust. But when a killer's dangerous game of cat and mouse unveils a nefarious...