GIDEON CREW - Böcker

A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: In ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse - far worse - than mere Armageddon.

Meet Gideon Crew in the first novel in a high-octane new thriller series from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors.'Preston and Child have crafted an electrifying, riveting thriller on which I could continue to heap praise, but instead I will just offer this: Read the book!' David BaldacciRevenge is sweet and Gideon Crew is about to get a taste.As a child, Gideon Crew witnessed the brutal murder of his father; a scientist wrongly framed by the US government, during a dramatic hostage crisis. Twenty years later, Gideon finally gets his revenge and fulfils the promise that he made to his mother on her death bed; to bring down the powerful and corrupt man who destroyed his father.The Crew family name is finally cleared, but Gideon's story is only just beginning. His daredevil act of revenge has not gone unnoticed and he is soon approached by a shadowy figure who offers him the chance of a lifetime. The only catch? He might not have that much lifetime left and the clock is now ticking.

Scientist. Prodigy. (Semi-retired) thief.Meet Gideon Crew – a secret agent unlike any you've met before.Gideon Crew is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he has no reason to refuse. Gideon's task: steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells.Accomplishing the impossible, Gideon steals the parchment– only to learn that hidden beneath the illuminated image is a treasure map dating back to the time of the ancient Greeks.Together with his new partner, Amy, Gideon follows a trail of cryptic clues to an unknown island in the Caribbean Sea. There, the pair realize the extraordinary treasure they are hunting conceals a revelation so profound that it may benefit the entire human race… if Gideon and Amy can survive.'Get ready for the ride of your life' DAVID BALDACCI on Preston & ChildReaders love The Lost Island!'Wow! Excitement from start to finish''Brilliant thriller with a historical supernatural twist''These two can't go wrong''I love all the Gideon Crew books, and this one is the greatest yet''Will haunt you after you read it'ALSO IN THE GIDEON CREW SERIES#1 GIDEON'S SWORD#2 GIDEON'S CORPSE#3 THE LOST ISLAND#4 BEYOND THE ICE LIMIT#5 THE PHARAOH KEY