New Releases by Steve Berry

In the vein of David Baldacci, John Grisham, and Harlan Coben—this is Steve Berry like you’ve never read him before. After a ten-year self-imposed exile, Brent Walker is returning home to Concord, a quaint town in central Georgia nestled close to the Savannah River. Two years ago, his father died, and now Brent, hired by Southern Republic Pulp and Paper Company as its assistant general counsel, is returning to care for his ailing mother. For decades, Southern Republic has invested heavily in Concord, creating a thriving community where its employees live, work, and retire. But the genteel sheen of this quiet town is deceiving, and when a list of cryptic code surfaces, Brent starts to see the cracks. Southern Republic’s success is based largely on a highly unorthodox and deadly system to control costs, known only to the three owners of the company. Now, one of them, Christopher Bozin, has had a change of heart. Brent’s return to Concord, a move Bozin personally orchestrated, provides his conscience with a chance at redemption. So a plan is set into motion, one that will not only criminally implicate Bozin’s two partners, but also place Brent Walker square in the crosshairs of men who want him dead—with only one course left available. Find and reveal the shocking secret of the list.

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest installment in his wildly popular Cotton Malone series, in which Cotton must solve a five hundred year-old mystery—now in development as a streaming series. Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ—a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries—now worth in the trillions of dollars. But collecting that debt centers around what happened to the famed Medici of Florence—a family that history says died out, without heirs, centuries ago. Who will become the next prime minister of Italy, and who will be the next pope? Finding answers proves difficult until Cotton realizes that everything hinges on when, and if, the Medici return.

From New York Times bestselling authors Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood comes an action-packed adventure: in the waning days of the Cold War, Luke Daniels embarks on a quest in search of the legendary library of Ivan the Terrible—the unlikely key to ending a looming threat orbiting two hundred miles above the earth. Wrapping up his latest assignment for the Magellan Billet, Luke Daniels receives a surprise visit from the head of a former-CIA operation named Sommerhaus—a failed attempt to assemble an espionage network within the Ukraine on the eve of the Russian invasion. Sommerhaus ranks high on Luke’s list of painful regrets, for it was during this mission that his friend, CIA case officer John Vince, was captured by Russian operatives and supposedly executed. But Luke is provided some shocking news. Vince is alive, in failing health, locked behind the walls of Russia’s brutal Solovetsky Island prison, and has a critical message he’ll give to no one but Luke. Luke vows to bring Vince home. However, just as he manages to extract his friend from prison Vince tragically dies and his final words are rambling and incoherent–but enough to plunge Luke into a hunt for something lost since the 15th century. The legendary library of the first Tsar of All Russia, Ivan the Terrible. Within that priceless collection of rare manuscripts is the key to unraveling a modern-day cipher and stopping a secret Soviet satellite program that still exists. But Luke is not the only one on the trail. Others, both inside and out of Russia, want the library for a totally different reason–to restart the Red Star program and finally unleash its destructive potential. Luke’s mission is clear: find the lost library, solve the puzzle, and prevent Red Star falling.

From a celebrated New York Times bestselling author comes a Cotton Malone adventure in which Cotton unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure known as Yamashita’s Gold. 1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947, some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government—telling no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust. Retired Justice Department Operative Cotton Malone is in Switzerland doing a favor for a friend. But when a simple operation turns violent, Cotton is thrust into a war between the world’s oldest bank and the CIA. He quickly discovers that everything hinges on a woman from his past, who suddenly reappears harboring a host of explosive secrets. From the stolid banking halls of Luxembourg, to the secret vaults of Switzerland, and finally up into the treacherous mountains of southern Morocco, Cotton Malone is stymied at every turn—until he finally comes face-to-face with the Atlas Maneuver.

Král Ludvík II. Bavorský byl v roce 1886 zbaven funkce a následně za záhadných okolností zemřel. Výstřední panovník se v posledních letech života snažil najít nové království, v němž by mohl vládnout podle svého. Cotton Malone a Luke Daniels teď hledají listinu dokazující, komu toto území vlastně patří. Jelikož po dokumentu kromě USA prahnou následníci bavorského trůnu, Německo i Čína, mají američtí agenti v patách velmi nebezpečné protivníky. A ti udělají cokoli, aby poslední království bylo jejich.

From New York Times bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series comes a thrilling, action-packed historical adventure that sends Luke Daniels on an international manhunt for the truth about the assassination of President John Kennedy. Luke Daniels is in London, between assignments with the Magellan Billet, when he receives a frantic call from an old friend. Jillian Stein is in trouble. She made a mistake and now her life may be in danger. She needs Luke’s help. Immediately. Racing to Belgium Luke quickly finds that she was right. A shadow team of highly-trained operatives are there on the hunt. Intervening, he finds himself embroiled in a war between two determined sides — one seeking the truth, the other trying to escape the past — a war that has already claimed one life and is about to claim more. Thomas Rowland is a Washington insider, a kingmaker, problem-solver, but also a man with a past. For him everything turns with what happened on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. What history has recorded is wrong. There is more to the story, much more, and Thomas Rowland is at the center of that terrible reality. But forces are working against him, and Rowland will do anything to keep the world from learning what actually happened on that fateful day, including killing Luke, Jillian and anyone else who might be a threat. In a race from Belgium, to Luxembourg, to the bayous of Louisiana and the Wyoming wilderness, to a final confrontation in the Bahamas, Luke Daniels confronts a series of shocking truths which not only rewrite history but will forever change his own life — as he comes face to face with the ninth man.

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author, Steve Berry, comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which the discovery of a lost historical document challenges the global might of the United States. King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enigmatic figure who was deposed in 1886, mysteriously drowning three days later. Eccentric to the point of madness, in the years before he died Ludwig engaged in a worldwide search for a new kingdom. One separate from Bavaria, a place he could retreat to and rule as he wished. But a question remains: Did he succeed? Enter Cotton Malone. Luke Daniels, Malone’s Magellan Billet protégé, has managed to infiltrate a renegade group on the trail of a 19th century deed that proves Ludwig’s long-rumored search bore fruit. A document that could not only secure Bavaria’s independence, but also change the balance of power in the modern world. The United States, China, and Germany all want it. In a race across Bavaria for clues hidden inside Ludwig’s three fairytale castles, Cotton and Luke battle an ever-growing list of deadly adversaries all intent on finding the last kingdom.

"Dan Brown fans will want to check this one out" (Publishers Weekly): The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold? Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations’ Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO). Nick’s job is to protect the world’s cultural artifacts—anything and everything from countless lesser-known objects to national treasures. When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past, he unwittingly stumbles on the trail of a legendary panel from the Ghent Altarpiece, stolen in 1934 under cover of night and never seen since. Soon Nick is plunged into a bitter conflict, one that has been simmering for nearly two thousand years. On one side is the Maidens of Saint-Michael, les Vautours—the Vultures—a secret order of nuns and the guardians of a great truth. Pitted against them is the Vatican, which has wanted for centuries to both find and possess what the nuns guard. Because of Nick the maidens have finally been exposed, their secret placed in dire jeopardy—a vulnerability that the Vatican swiftly moves to exploit utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt archbishop, both with agendas of their own. From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity’s past. Success or failure—life and death—all turn on the Omega Factor.

Blíží se volba německého kancléře. O post bojují dva kandidáti – patriotka, která pozici drží už šestnáct let, a populista přiživující nacionalistické nálady ve společnosti. Výsledek souboje závisí na tom, co se odehrálo 30. dubna 1945. Opravdu Adolf Hitler a Eva Braunová v bunkru pod Berlínem spáchali sebevraždu? Cotton Malone se vydává hledat odpověď do Chile, Jižní Afriky i Švýcarska. To, co objeví, má potenciál přepsat historii a otřást celou Evropou.

Cotton Malone (14) De paus is dood en van over de hele wereld reizen kardinalen naar het Vaticaan om zijn opvolger te kiezen. Eén kardinaal echter, reist naar Malta, op zoek naar een eeuwenoud document. Ook Cotton Malone is op Malta, en hij raakt verwikkeld in de zoektocht naar het document, het daarbij opnemend tegen een nietsontziende kardinaal en een geheim genootschap van de Secreti. De uiteindelijke confrontatie voltrekt zich binnen de muren van het Vaticaan, waar de witte rook al bijna opstijgt. De boeken van Steve Berry zijn een must voor de fans van Dan Brown!

In New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s next Cotton Malone adventure, a secret dossier from a World War II-era Soviet spy comes to light containing information that, if proven true, would not only rewrite history — it could impact Germany''s upcoming national elections and forever alter the political landscape of Europe. Two candidates are vying to become Chancellor of Germany. One is a patriot having served for the past sixteen years, the other a usurper, stoking the flames of nationalistic hate. Both harbor secrets, but only one knows the truth about the other. They are on a collision course, all turning on the events of one fateful day — April 30, 1945 — and what happened deep beneath Berlin in the Fürherbunker. Did Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun die there? Did Martin Bormann, Hitler’s close confidant, manage to escape? And, even more important, where did billions in Nazi wealth disappear to in the waning days of World War II? The answers to these questions will determine who becomes the next Chancellor of Germany. From the mysterious Chilean lake district, to the dangerous mesas of South Africa, and finally into the secret vaults of Switzerland, former-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone discovers the truth about the fates of Hitler, Braun, and Bormann. Revelations that could not only transform Europe, but finally expose a mystery known as the Kaiser’s web.

In New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s next Cotton Malone adventure, one by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder—blackmail that both the United States and Russia want, but for vastly different reasons. The price of admission to that auction is one of the relics, so Malone is first sent to a castle in Poland to steal the Holy Lance, a thousand-year-old spear sacred to not only Christians but to the Polish people, and then on to the auction itself. But nothing goes as planned and Malone is thrust into a bloody battle between three nations over information that, if exposed, could change the balance of power in Europe. From the tranquil canals of Bruges, to the elegant rooms of Wawel Castle, to deep beneath the earth into an ancient Polish salt mine, Malone is caught in the middle of a deadly war—the outcome of which turns on a secret known as the Warsaw Protocol.

A heart-pumping short story from the New York Times–bestselling author featuring one of operative Cotton Malone's earliest missions . . . In this alternate-history-with-a-twist Thriller Short, Steve Berry explores one of Cotton Malone's early missions, from a time when Malone was still employed as one of the Magellan Billet's twelve agents. Malone is sent on a mission to a small central Asian country run by an enigmatic dictator, Yossef Sharma, whose alliance with the United States must be kept under wraps. It's not a mission Malone enjoys, since Sharma has a penchant for burning books. Things get even more interesting when Sharma connects Malone with the world's most infamous criminal, a man who wants to surrender. Things are not always what they seem, and Malone will need Sharma's help if he plans to set things right and give the devil his due. This story was originally published in the "outstanding anthology" Thriller ( Publishers Weekly), edited by #1 New York Times–bestselling author James Patterson. Many other Thriller Shorts are available from such blockbuster authors as Lee Child, David Morrell, Brad Thor, Katherine Neville, Heather Graham, and Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Praise for Steve Berry "Berry pumps the veins of history with action-packed adrenaline." — Chicago Tribune "A fast-moving, globe-hopping tale of long-lost treasure and shadowy bad guys." — San Francisco Chronicle

Where should we go? All that we knew is gone, and all that we have is each other… In this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Diana Gabaldon and Steve Berry—along with their popular series characters Jamie Fraser and Cotton Malone—team up for the first time ever.

Cotton Malone (12) Ridders van de Gouden Cirkel was het grootste geheim genootschap in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Ze vergaarden miljarden aan gestolen goud en zilver, wat door het hele land verborgen werd. Nu, ruim honderdvijftig jaar later zijn twee nazaten van de Ridders op zoek naar de schatten. Cotton Malone raakt betrokken op een manier die hij niet had kunnen voorzien. Via de achterkamers van het Smithsonian instituut, de bossen in Arkansas tot de bergen in Nieuw Mexico; de jacht op een lang verloren schat is niet zonder gevaar, vooral nu politiek Washington zich erin mengt. De boeken van Steve Berry zijn een must voor de fans van Dan Brown!

A deadly race for the Vatican’s oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s next international Cotton Malone thriller: The Malta Exchange. "Berry is the master scientist with a perfect formula." — Associated Press The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great. Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history. But someone else seems to be after the same letters and, when Malone obtains then loses them, he’s plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta. The knights have existed for over nine hundred years, the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times. Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks trouble — the Secreti — an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave. With the help of Magellan Billet agent Luke Daniels, Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the Secreti, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries. The final confrontation culminates behind the walls of the Vatican where the election of the next pope hangs in the balance.

The first case of New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's iconic hero, Cotton Malone. History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case. Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone must reckon with what really happened on that fateful day in Memphis. It all turns on an incident from eighteen years ago, when Malone, a young Navy lawyer trying hard not to live up to his maverick reputation, is asked by Stephanie Nelle at the Justice Department to help with an investigation. He soon discovers that the Department and the FBI are at war over a hugely valuable rare coin - and a cache of secret files containing explosive revelations about the King assassination, information that could ruin innocent lives and threaten the legacy of the civil rights movement's greatest martyr. Malone's decision to see his first case through to the end - from the clear waters of the Dry Tortugas to the halls of power in Washington D.C. itself - not only changes his own life, but the course of history.

Was passiert, wenn der zukünftige Präsident und sein Stellvertreter sterben, bevor sie den Amtseid ablegen können? Nachdem sein Flugzeug über Sibirien abgeschossen wurde, wird Cotton Malone von Aleksandr Zorin, einem immer noch überzeugten Soviet, gefangen genommen. Malone erfährt, dass Zorin plant, den zukünftigen US-Präsidenten und seinen Stellvertreter bei der Vereidigung zu ermorden und so die USA ins Chaos zu stürzen. Seine Waffe ist mächtig, ein Überbleibsel aus dem Kalten Krieg und von vielen bisher für einen Mythos gehalten. Malone muss ihn aufhalten – sein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit führt ihn von den eisigen Weiten Sibiriens direkt ins Weiße Haus.

Cassiopeia Vitt takes center stage in this exciting novella from New York Times bestsellers M.J. Rose and Steve Berry. In the French mountain village of Eze, Cassiopeia visits an old friend who owns and operates the fabled Museum of Mysteries, a secretive place of the odd and arcane. When a robbery occurs at the museum, Cassiopeia gives chase to the thief and is plunged into a firestorm. Through a mix of modern day intrigue and ancient alchemy, Cassiopeia is propelled back and forth through time, the inexplicable journeys leading her into a hotly contested French presidential election. Both candidates harbor secrets they would prefer to keep quiet, but an ancient potion could make that impossible. With intrigue that begins in southern France and ends in a chase across the streets of Paris, this magical, fast-paced, hold-your-breath thriller is all you’ve come to expect from M.J. Rose and Steve Berry.

Former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone uncovers a disturbing link between a case from his past and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. that risks innocent lives and threatens the legacy of the Civil Rights movement''s iconic martyr.

Collects stories written by best-selling thriller authors,11 women and 11 men partnered in male-female literary pairings, in anthology that includes contributions by such favorites as Sandra Brown, John Sandford and Eric Van Lustbader.

From New York Times bestselling authors Raymond Khoury and Steve Berry comes a unique and wildly original short story, published exclusively as a Kindle ebook.It's been ten years since FBI agent Sean Reilly and retired Justice Department operative Cotton Malone got dragged around the globe on their separate Templar adventures. They'd never worked on a case together-until now.Something bizarre is afoot in London, England. "American specialists" have gone missing, and intel chatter points to a major terrorist plot in the works. And a familiar keyword links to both Reilly and Malone.The two agents are sent to London where they discover a plot that's more personal, unusual and surprising than they could have possibly imagined (and one that may involve a couple of writerly characters new to fiction whom you might recognise). Fast, furious and funny, Shadow Tag is NOT like the Reilly and Malone thrillers you've grown to love. Instead, it's something different: a playful, lighthearted read that combines reality and fiction. And we hope it's like nothing you've read before.

Cu doar câteva zile înaintea Crăciunului, fostul agent secret Cotton Malone se vede nevoit să-și întrerupă traiul în anticariatul său liniștit, pentru a sări în ajutorul bunului său prieten, miliardarul Henrik Thorvaldsen. Bătrânul danez este hotărât să-și răzbune fiul ucis într-un schimb de focuri în capitala Mexicului, dar ambiția lui nu numai că îi pune viața în pericol, ci ajunge să scoată la iveală o adevărată conspirație internațională. O aventură amețitoare, cu numeroase răsturnări de situație, îl poartă pe Cotton Malone între Copenhaga, Londra și Paris, punându-i la încercare intuiția, priceperea, dar și loialitatea. Aflat într-o permanentă luptă cu timpul, americanul va face tot posibilul să împiedice o serie de atacuri teroriste ce au ca țintă mai multe monumente din capitala franceză, încercând totodată să nu-și dezamăgească cel mai bun prieten. „Găsim aici toate trăsăturile distinctive ale lui Berry: anvergură, gradație, răsturnări de situație, istorie – și suspans de la un capăt la altul. Îmi place la nebunie tipul ăsta.“ – Lee Child „Steve Berry îmbină abil suspansul contemporan și misterul istoric în cel mai recent roman cu fostul agent secret Malone... acest thriller urzit cu iscusință ofera o mulțime de surprize.“ – Publishers Weekly

Co když je výběr daní nelegální, protože nemá dostatečnou oporu v zákonech? Říká se, že v lidském životě jsou jen dvě jistoty: daně a smrt. Jak by ovšem obstálo toto rčení, kdyby vyšlo najevo, že výběr daní je ve Spojených státech nelegální? Že ústavní dodatek, který dává vládě oprávnění vyžadovat od občanů část jejich příjmů, nebyl nikdy řádně ratifikován? S takovýmto tvrzením přišel ve své knize jistý neplatič daní. Ve Státech má teď zatraceně horkou půdu pod nohama a ve strachu z odsouzení uprchl do Evropy. Teď napjatě čeká na černou brašnu, kterou mu má přivézt bývalý úředník ministerstva financí. Její listinný obsah zajímá spoustu lidí – například Cottona Malonea, jehož do akce povolala zpravodajská služba Magellan Billet. Po krveprolití v Benátkách Malone pochopí, že tajemný obsah černé brašny je ještě nebezpečnější, než se zpočátku domníval. O jeho získání totiž usiluje i zavržený syn severokorejského diktátora. Tento nesmírně ambiciózní muž má odvážný plán: zmocnit se oněch dokumentů, jejich prostřednictvím srazit Spojené státy na kolena a následně se coby pokořitel nenáviděného nepřítele stát novým vůdcem své vlasti. Zdá se, že ve Středomoří začíná být zatraceně horko...

Un leader nord-coréen est sur le point de mettre la main sur un mystérieux secret d''Etat américain qui, s''il était révélé, risquerait de changer la face du monde. Cotton Malone, ex employé du département de la Justice, aujourd''hui libraire ancien au Danemark, est sollicité pour l''en empêcher. C''est le début pour Cotton d''une course contre la montre qui va commencer sur les canaux de Venise pour s''achever dans les montagnes Croates. Des mystères des pères fondateurs des Etats-Unis jusqu''à une étrange mission clandestine du futur président Franklin Roosevelt en passant par les signes ésotériques cachés dans les symboles les plus connus de l''Amérique, Cotton Malone va aller de révélations en révélations. L''auteur de L''Héritage des Templiers nous entraîne ici dans une formidable quête, fondée sur des faits réels. Une fois de plus, Steve Berry s''avère être le meilleur guide quand il s''agit de pénétrer les arcanes secrets de l''histoire de notre civilisation.

Born in the foothills close to the Himalaya Steve Berry had from an early age an urge to become a traveller, an adventurer, an explorer, and until the age of thirty-eight years he tried hard to satisfy two opposing forces. Half of him wanted to find a satisfactory career path while the other half wanted to be free and specifically explore the Himalaya. In the end he found a compromise to satisfy both needs. In 1987 with his climbing friend Steve Bell he founded Himalayan Kingdoms, a travel company specialising in trekking and expedition holidays. This book is a collection of stories from his early expeditions to the Himalaya prior to 1987. There are tales of encounters with bears, escapes from avalanches, summit successes and failures, love stories mystical connections, Himalayan storms, near death accidents, raw travel across the Indian sub-continent, and grapples with bureaucracy. It is told warts and all. It starts with tales of youthful naivety in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, progresses to what Steve describes as his best ever adventure, the first British ascent of Nun, 7,135m/23,410ft, in Kashmir, and finishes with the truth of what happened on the failed attempt to climb Bhutan's highest peak, Gangkar Punsum, 7550m/24,770ft. Of Straight Up Steve says: 'I just really wanted people to enjoy reading of our adventures the way they were.'