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Trois passagers sont morts. Cinquante-six sont blessés. La cabine intérieure est détruite. Et pourtant le vol 545 a atterri à Los Angeles sans aucun dommage apparent.
 Casey Singleton, une jeune et brillante cadre de Norton Aircraft, la société qui a construit cet avion, est confrontée à un véritable mystère : cet accident n'est tout simplement pas possible. Le pilote était l'un des meilleurs au monde, la météo était parfaite, tous les systèmes de l'avion semblent intacts, et le fameuses  boîtes noires  sont muettes. Casey n'a que six jours pour découvrir ce qui a provoqué l'accident ... et quelqu'un paraît bien décidé à l'en empêcher : qui ? Qui renseigne les journalistes ? Pourquoi Casey est-elle sous surveillance, menacée de mort ? Qu'est-ce qui est arrivé à cet avion ?
 Une semaine d'enquête haletante dans les coulisses de la sécurité aérienne, où Michael Crichton sons guide pas à pas à travers la conception des avions, les tests de fatigue, les systèmes électroniques utrasophistiqués, jusqu'au dénouement .... Flamboyant.

Turbulences

Un train d'or pour la crimee

1665. La Jamaïque est une petite colonie britannique perdue au milieu des possessions de l'Empire espagnol. Port Royal, capitale de l'île, n'est pas un endroit où s'établir si l'on veut vivre centenaire : c'est un véritable coupe-gorge où se bousculent aventuriers, loups de mer, filles de mauvaise vie et autres repris de justice. Du point de vue du capitaine Edward Hunter, cependant, la vie sur l'île est riche de promesses. Il faut juste s'y entendre un peu en matière de piraterie... La rumeur circule justement qu'un navire chargé d'or est à quai dans le port voisin de Matanceros. Gouvernée par le sanguinaire Cazalla, l'un des chefs militaires favoris du roi d'Espagne, l'île est réputée imprenable. Qu'à cela ne tienne ! Hunter met rapidement sur pied une équipe pour s'emparer du galion. Une femme pirate, fine gâchette dotée de la meilleure vue des Caraïbes, un ancien esclave, muet doué d'une force herculéenne, un vieillard paranoïaque expert en explosifs, et le plus remarquable barreur du Nouveau Monde seront ses compagnons de voyage... " Michael Crichton a créé le plus cool, le plus génial, le plus audacieux des loups de mer. " Washington Post  " Crichton passe d'une aventure spectaculaire à une autre, sans un instant de répit : on se croirait au cinéma ! " Associated Press  " Une version XIXe siècle de L'Arnaque... Crichton est fascinant. " New York Times Book Review

Pirates

From Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, comes a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last!

 If you thought Jurassic Park was an adventure, you should try the Wild West!

 1876. In the lawless territories of the Wild West, two teams of explorers are pitted against one another. Their quarry? Dinosaur bones. But in a land filled with hostile Indian tribes and towns where pistol fights are a daily occurrence, every exploit puts their lives in danger.

 William Johnson, a student with more privilege than sense, finds himself plunged into this deadly environment after making a brash wager. Alongside Edwin Drinker Cope, the famed adventurer, he stumbles upon a momentous discovery - dragon teeth of a fantastic size!

 But to keep this extraordinary treasure safe, William must first confront some of the West's most dangerous and notorious characters.

Dragon Teeth

Michael Crichton, master of the techno-thriller, returns with one of the most anticipated publications of the year. Always interesting, often controversial, Crichton has established a winning formula to identify future trends in science and imagine the most astonishing - and terrifying - possibilities that they hold for mankind. This latest will see a return to his core audience for another techno-thriller, after the politically charged content of his two more recent novels. Title to be confirmed.

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From Michael Crichton, the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of  Jurassic Park , comes a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last! The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America''s western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. Against this backdrop two paleontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils, while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. 
           Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, and abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice. 
           Soon William joins forces with Cope and stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. The struggle to protect this extraordinary treasure, however, will test William''s newfound resilience and pit him against some of the West''s most dangerous and notorious characters...

DRAGON TEETH

**Pre-order now to secure the special Collector's Edition - available only while stocks last!**The Collector's Edition features a gold foiled design underneath the dust jacket and is exclusive to the first print run in the UK only.________________________________'Breathtaking and brilliant!' Jeffery Deaver'As thrilling and jaw-dropping as Jurassic Park' Don Winslow'Heart-pounding storytelling at its finest' T. J. Newman'One of the most entertaining novels I've read in years' Adrian McKinty________________________________Two of the bestselling storytellers of all time have created an unforgettable thriller. A once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a decades-old military secret could turn the volcano into something even more terrifying... Now it's up to a handful of brave individuals to save the island - and the entire world._______________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL'James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.' STEVE BERRY'Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN

Eruption - The Blockbuster Thriller of 2024

It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to their home. He is appalled by their customs—the gratuitous sexuality of their women, their disregard for cleanliness, and their cold-blooded sacrifices. As they enter the frozen, forbidden landscape of the North—where the day’s length does not equal the night’s, where after sunset the sky burns in streaks of color—Fadlan soon discovers that he has been unwillingly enlisted to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings, the monsters of the mist that devour human flesh. But just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea.

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