Steve Alten Libri

Durante un'immersione top-secret nel canyon più profondo dell'Oceano Pacifico, Jonas Taylor si è trovato faccia a faccia con il predatore più grande e feroce della storia del regno animale. L'unico sopravvissuto della missione, Taylor è ossessionato da ciò che è sicuro di aver visto ma che ancora non riesce a dimostrare esiste - Carcharodon megalodon , l'enorme madre del grande squalo bianco. Il Meg preistorico medio pesa venti tonnellate e potrebbe fare a pezzi un Tyrannosaurus rex in pochi secondi

Nato dalla sapienza dei sacerdoti e dalla potenza degli imperatori, il calendario degli antichi Maya non serve soltanto a imprimere un ordine allo scorrere disordinato del tempo. Concepito come uno strumento in grado di conservare la memoria del passato e dì preannunciare il futuro, il calendario individua i presagi nascosti nelle stelle segnalando gli eventi pericolosi. L'archeologo Julius Gabriel ha consacrato tutta la sua esistenza allo studio delle popolazioni precolombiane ed è convinto che alcuni importanti siti archeologici terrestri - la piramide di Giza, i megaliti di Stonehenge, il tempio di Angkor Wat e molti altri - non siano stati costruiti per ragioni di ordine religioso o cerimoniale. Al contrario, pensati come anelli di una catena di messaggi occulti collegati tra di loro, quei monumenti esistono per consentire alla Terra di sfuggire a una catastrofe annunciata da tempo. Una terrificante Apocalisse che, secondo il calendario dei Maya, scatenerà la sua furia distruttrice durante il solstizio d'inverno del 2012 dopo Cristo.

The most fearsome predators in history...are no longer history in Steve Alten's MEG: Hell's Aquarium...

In MEG: Generations, Steve Alten New York Times bestselling author continues his terrifying series. DUBAI: An impossibility is being taken to the Middle East. The transport vessel Tonga is carrying a liopleurodon to the City of Gold. But while investors gawk at the prehistoric creature, any even more dangerous creature is beginning to stir. The megalodon shark that Jonas Taylor worked so hard to capture is coming out of it’s drug-induced stupor and refuses to be contained. No both ancient creatures, older than mankind itself, are loose in the waters of the Arabian Sea, and the region will never be the same.

NOW A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STARRING JASON STATHAM. THE MEG MAY BE DEAD. BUT HER SPAWN IS BACK FOR A SECOND BITE... Four years have passed since the death of the Meg, a giant prehistoric Megalodon shark with a taste for human flesh. Former Naval Commander Jonas Taylor, survivor of the Meg's wrath, now houses her one surviving offspring at the Tanaka Institute. Deeply in debt, Taylor has turned to an eccentric billionaire to help fund the Institute, but it comes at a heavy price. And this time, it's not just the sharks he has to watch out for. Soon Taylor must once again face monsters of unimaginable power. The Meg may be dead, but her spawn has now grown to a monstrous size - and shares her mother's bloodthirsty tastes... A high-stakes, fast-paced adventure thriller, perfect for anyone who loves disaster movies or authors like Matthew Reilly and Michael Crichton. Why readers love The Meg 'Two words: Jurassic shark.' LA Times 'An adrenaline-pumping thriller.' New York Post

In this fifth installment of Steve Alten's New York Times bestselling MEG series--the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor--Nighstalkers picks up where MEG: Hell's Aquarium left off. Bela and Lizzy, the dominant Megalodon siblings from Angel's brood, have escaped the Tanaka Institute to roam the Salish Sea in British Columbia. While Jonas Taylor and his friend Mac attempt to either recapture or kill the "sisters," Jonas's son, David, embarks on his own adventure, motivated by revenge. Having witnessed his girlfriend's gruesome death, David has joined a Dubai Prince's ocean expedition, tracking the 120-foot, hundred-ton Liopleurodon that escaped from the Panthalassa Sea. Haunted by night terrors, David repeatedly risks his life to lure the Lio and other prehistoric sea creatures into the fleet's nets, while battling his own suicidal demons. Steve Alten weaves these storylines together in a page-turning thriller that culminates in a final showdown between the most dangerous predators ever to inhabit the planet.

Its appetite is ravenous. Its teeth, scalpel-sharp. For the first time, the captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood, and it wants more . . . On the other side of the world, in the silent depths of the ocean, lies the Mariana Trench, where the Megalodon has spawned since the dawn of time. Paleobiologist Jonas Taylor once dared to enter this perilous cavern. He alone faced a Megalodon shark and cut its heart out. Now, as the body count rises and the horror of a monster's attack grips the California coast, Jonas must begin the hunt again and face his deepest fears—all in order to save his job, his family, and himself.

Marine biologist Zachary Wallace once suffered a near-drowning experience in legendary Loch Ness, and now, long-forgotten memories of that experience have begun haunting him. The truth surrounding these memories lies with Zachary's estranged father, Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander on trial for murder. Together the two plunge into a world where the legend of Loch Ness shows its true face.

The Prize was our Salvation. The price was his Soul.

In this sequel to The Loch and prequel to MEG: Nightstalkers, New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten offers readers a crossover novel that combines characters from two of his most popular series--including the basis for the feature film, The Meg, starring Jason Statham. East Antarctica: The coldest, most desolate location on Earth. Two-and-a-half miles below the ice cap is Vostok, a six thousand square mile liquid lake, over a thousand feet deep, left untouched for more than fifteen million years. Now, marine biologist Zachary Wallace and two other scientists aboard a submersible tethered to a laser will journey 13,000 feet beneath the ice into this unexplored realm to discover Mesozoic life forms long believed extinct--and an object of immense power responsible for the evolution of modern man.

Indiana Jones meets The Twilight Zone in the latest installment in the internationally bestselling series.

Kniha se zabývá aktuálními otázkami ohrožení světa a postoji politiků, zejména v souvislosti s událostmi 11. září, íránskou hrozbou a islámským fundamentalismem. Zmiňuje možné jaderné útoky na USA a tenčící se zásoby fosilních paliv, přičemž se zaměřuje na alternativní zdroje energie. Tato témata ovlivňují prezidentské volby v USA v roce 2008. Politické jednání je přirovnáváno k hře skořápky, kde se kulička podvodně ocitá jinde, než by měla. Hlavní postava, odehrávající se v letech 2011 a 2012, se snaží vyhodnotit stávající zásoby ropy a čelí nebezpečným situacím spojeným s nečistým jednáním politiků. Po instalaci počítačového červa, který má odčerpat špinavé peníze z účtů saúdskoarabské královské rodiny a ropných magnátů, je zajat a mučen v saúdskoarabském vězení. Děj se proplétá s výrobou dvou kufříkových jaderných bomb, z nichž jedna zničí Los Angeles. Hrdina, bývalý hráč amerického fotbalu a ropný geolog, je manželem bývalé agentky CIA, která napsala prorockou knihu o nečistém jednání politiků a katastrofách, které hrozí světu, pokud se vůdci nezmění.

In naher Zukunft wird die GOLIATH, ein High-Tech-U-Boot, ausgestattet mit einem Arsenal tödlicher Waffen, von Terroristen entführt, die damit den Weltfrieden erpressen wollen. Doch die künstliche Intelligenz der GOLIATH hat andere Pläne. „20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer“ trifft auf „2001 - Odyssee im Weltraum“!

Osmnáct let uplynulo od chvíle, kdy Anděla, žraločí samice druhu Megalodon, uprchla z Tanakovy laguny a vrátila se do Marianského příkopu. Dobrodruh Jonas Taylor se mezitím stal mužem středního věku a otcem dvou dětí, zavaleným horou účtů a každodenními starostmi o rodinu. Ale v jeho životě se chystá změna. Jeden hollywoodský televizní producent chce, aby se Jonas objevil v jeho novém dobrodružném seriálu Odvážlivci. Dalších šest týdnů se pak dva týmy výstředních odvážlivců snaží před televizními kamerami na palubě repliky španělské galeony v jižním Pacifiku zvítězit jeden nad druhým. Jonas potřebuje peníze, a práce mu připadá docela snadná: jeho úkolem je doplňovat barvitý komentář pro televizní show. Avšak za scénou je kdosi jiný, kdo tahá za nitky. A než všechno skončí, Jonas, Terry a Mac se opět ocitnou tváří v tvář nejnebezpečnějšímu tvoru, jaký kdy na zemi existoval.

От автора на „Денят на змията“ Какво става с нас след като умрем? Наистина ли има живот след смъртта? Притежаваме ли душа? Съществува ли Бог? За Майкъл Гейбриъл отговорите на тези въпроси се крият в друго измерение, царство на вечността, където не съществува понятие за време, само кристалночиста живителна сила… И дебнещо зло! Но ето че както е било предсказано още преди 500 години от маите, се раждат синовете на Майкъл: русокосият и синеок Джейкъб, надарен с нечовешка сила, интелигентност и способност да вижда в Космоса и тъмнокосият му брат Имануел, който отказва да следва предначертания път. Ала само обединената сила на двамата близнаци може да върне живота на баща им — Спасителя — и да предпази човешката раса от надвисналата катастрофа. Но в онзи съдбовен ден се ражда и друго дете. Усъвършенствана от постчовешката генетика, красивата шизофреничка Лилит ще поеме по най-тъмната страна на пътя, който води до далечната Ксибалба (ада при маите) и до последния пристан на човешката раса…

Das Ende aller Tage ist gekommen. 666 Jahre nachdem die Pest Europa heimsuchte und die Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung dahinraffte, ist der Schwarze Tod zurückgekehrt. Mitten in Manhattan setzt eine religiöse Fanatikerin die Seuche in Form einer Biowaffe erneut frei. Die Stadt wird hermetisch abgeriegelt und versinkt im Chaos. Nur eine Handvoll Überlebender vermag die Zeichen des Untergangs richtig zu deuten, unter ihnen der Kriegsveteran Patrick Sheperd, der seine Familie inmitten des Chaos verzweifelt sucht. Wird ihnen die Flucht gelingen?