The tense tale of a deadly terrorist plot set in Holland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

 AMSTERDAM AIRPORT HAS DISAPPEARED

 BLACKMAILThe mass of water in its place is the work of the FFF - an Irish terrorist group who want to force Britain's hand.

 SUBTERFUGEThe Dutch call in Detective Lieutenant van Effen - feared interrogator and undercover intimate of the criminal Krakers gang - to sabotage the FFF's plan.

 DISASTERIf van Effen fails and the FFF get control of the vital dyke, either Holland will sink beneath the sea or Britain will be awash with blood.

Floodgate

Another magnificent tale of treachery at sea from a storytelling genius.

 Suddenly, just before dawn, the lights went out aboard the San Andreas. For the British hospital ship sailing the deadly, U-boat patrolled Norwegian waters, a nightmare of violence and betrayal has begun. A terrifying game of sabotage in which an unknown traitor among the crew holds all the cards.

 The red crosses on the vessel's sides spell anything but safety. For a dangerous secret has turned the ship into a priceless quarry.

 With the Captain out of action Bosun Archie McKinnon takes over. Alone in treacherous, frozen seas, her compass smashed, the San Andreas is being drawn relentlessly into the enemy's hands.

San Andreas

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

 Winter 1943, and US General Carnaby has been captured by the Nazis. He is being held in a fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. headquarters of the German Secret Service, and in his head are plans for the invasion of Normandy.

 A special team of British commandos, a US Army ranger and a female secret agent is hurriedly assembled. Their mission: parachute into the area, break in to the alpine Castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him.

 But unknown to all, there is another mission, and someone in the group is a traitor.

Where Eagles Dare

A US government official is assassinated, a list of names, all male, all German, is found and two men on the list are already dead. What is the connection? When the mission looks impossible, who do you call? UNACO.

 A young American government employee is murdered in cold blood on a London street. Her death is only the tip of a conspiracy that threatens the life of Andreas Wolff, the computer genius responsible for the security codes for ICON - the computerized criminal identification network. Malcolm Philpott, the nigmatic and powerful head of UNACO, recognizes the grave threat, and assigns his two best agents to the case.

 Sabrina Carver and Mike Graham must race from New York to London, Morocco and Berlin in their efforts to crack the lethal intrigue that threatens world security and has its roots in the final days of World War Two and the desperate plans of a dying madman.

Prime Target

The classic tale of adventure and the dark secrets of a lost city in the Brazilian jungle, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

 THE LOST CITY

 Hamilton knows the way to the ruins deep in the Brazilian jungle - and the secret they hold.

 The millionaire who calls himself Smith seeks the lost city to avenge a wrong from his hidden past.

 Their journey down the River of Death is an epic of violence and danger. But the secret that awaits them in the lost city is more dangerous still - as a legacy of theft, treachery and murder stretching back to war-torn Europe comes to a deadly climax beneath the ancient walls.

River of Death

On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one.

 When James Cook was hacked to death by Hawaiian islanders on 14 February 1779, he was already considered the greatest explorer of his age. Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion for new horizons, he became the greatest combination of seaman, explorer, navigator, and cartographer that the world had ever known. He still is. He had driven himself mercilessly, and his men likewise, and yet the surgeon's mate on the Resolution was able to write: 'In every situation he stood unrivalled and alone; on him all eyes were turned; he was our leading star, which at its setting left us involved in darkness and despair'.

 Between 1768 and 1779, Captain Cook circumnavigated the globe three times in voyages of discovery that broke record after record of exploration, endurance, and personal achievement. He explored and charted the coasts of New Zealand, landed in Botany Bay, explored the Paci?c, mapped its islands, and travelled further south than any man before him; he explored the Great Barrier Reef and travelled thousands of miles north to tackle the North-West Passage. He excelled in all aspects of his craft and inspired in his men an affection for him and an enthusiasm for his undertakings that provoked constant loyalty and unfailing endeavour in frequently savage conditions.

 Alistair MacLean presents a graphic and lively account of this great explorer, his three amazing voyages and the adventures that befell him, his crews, and his ships in lands that until he sailed were in many cases unknown. Cook's life was a resounding success and the story of it is a thrilling exemplification of his own description of himself as a man 'who had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had done before, but as far as it was possible for man to go'.

Captain Cook

Le sous-marin est un monde à part, claustrophobique, périlleux, camouflé par les masses d'eau. Les romans et récits qui composent cette anthologie nous font vivre cette expérience loin du soleil.
Ce sont des histoires de bateaux pas comme les autres - de ces monstres dont l'invention révolutionna l'art de la guerre et modifia toutes les données de la géopolitique mondiale. 
Même si l'homme aujourd'hui atteint et ratisse le fond des océans, la banalisation de cette navigation contre nature n'enlève rien au mystère et au trouble qui entourent tout ce qui se passe sous les eaux, à l'angoisse et à la fascination que tout sous-marin en plongée traîne dans son sillage.
 La catastrophe du Koursk n'est que le dernier des événements spectaculaires ou étranges survenus à des sous-marins. A travers les récits de guerre authentiques et les romans ici réunis, on a tenté d'approcher le coeur d'épopées humaines intenses où la réalité dépasse toujours la plus osée des fictions.

Dossier historique de Dominique Le Brun, illustré de dessins de François le Guern

Sous-marins : récits, romans

A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly acclaimed master of the genre.

 The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873.

 One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West. Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for the cholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board are the Governor of Nevada, the daughter of the fort's commander and a US marshal escorting a notorious outlaw. Between them and safety are the hostile Paiute Indians - and a man who will stop at nothing, not even murder.

Breakheart Pass

An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recover a defected scientist goes disastrously wrong - a classic early Cold War thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

 Doctor Jennings, a noted scientist in possession of a precious secret, has gone over to the Soviet Union. It is Michael Reynolds' mission to get him back.

 To penetrate behind the Iron Curtain and reach his quarry will be difficult enough, especially with the fearsome Hungarian Secret Police watching his every move.

 Then, from inside that terrifying organisation, comes the offer of help - the question is: can it be trusted?

Floodgate

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