Katherine Neville

Tras las míticas piezas de ajedrez de Montglane se oculta un secreto celosamente preservado durante siglos...Un trepidante thriller y best seller internacional.Nueva York, 1972. Catherine Velis, aficionada a las matematicas y al ajedrez, trabaja en una auditoria como experta en informatica. La firma la destina a Argelia, pero, antes de partir, una vidente le lee las lineas de la mano y le advierte de que un grave peligro se cierne sobre ella. Poco despues, un marchante de antiguedades hace a Cat una misteriosa oferta: un cliente suyo esta intentando reunir las piezas de un antiguo juego de ajedrez que presuntamente se encuentra en Argelia. Si Cat le consigue esas piezas, obtendra a cambio una generosa recompensa.Sur de Francia, 1790. Mireille de Remy y su prima Valentine son dos novicias de la abadia de Montglane. Francia arde en las llamas de la revolucion que, entre otros proyectos, pretende aniquilar a la Iglesia y hacerse con sus tesoros. Enterradas desde hace mil años bajo el suelo de la abadia se encuentran las piezas de un ajedrez legendario, que pertenecio a Carlomagno. Quien consiga reunir dichas piezas adquirira un poder ilimitado. Y, para mantenerlas fuera del alcance de quienes pudieran abusar de el, Mireille y Valentine deberan repartirlas por todos los confines del mundo.Reseña: Una de las pocas narradoras contemporaneas que supo salpicar sus obras de las dosis justas de esoterismo, historia oculta y misterio, mucho antes de que esos ingredientes fueran mezclados en otros cocteles notables. Javier Sierra

Un viaje fascinante al mundo de la alta banca y un thriller inmensamente entretenido sobre un timo gigantesco: una gran partida financiera en la que los jugadores en realidad conocen muy poco el uno de otro. Verity Banks es un genio informatico y la ejecutiva mas cotizada del todopoderoso Banco del Mundo, pero cuando su jefe descarte su propuesta de mejorar la seguridad informatica de la compañia no dudara en tramar un plan perfecto que demuestre hasta que punto esta equivocado y que, de paso, le reporte una buena suma de dinero. Sin embargo, la pequeña travesura de Verity adquirira nuevas dimensiones cuando entre en escena Zoltan Tor, mentor, mago de las finanzas y vividor, y le proponga un tentador reto: robar mil millones de dolares, invertirlos para ganar treinta millones en tres meses y devolverlo sin que nadie se de cuenta. Una partida de altos vuelos en la que Verity puede ganarlo todo o perder la vida.Reseña:Absolutamente creible. Katherine Neville crea una trama perfecta que no decae nunca y sumerge al lector en las intrigas de las grandes corporaciones financieras.The New York Times Book Review

Tras las míticas piezas de ajedrez de Montglane se oculta un secreto celosamente preservado durante siglos... Un trepidante thriller y best seller internacional. Nueva York, 1972. Catherine Velis, aficionada a las matematicas y al ajedrez, trabaja en una auditoria como experta en informatica. La firma la destina a Argelia, pero, antes de partir, una vidente le lee las lineas de la mano y le advierte de que un grave peligro se cierne sobre ella. Poco despues, un marchante de antiguedades hace a Cat una misteriosa oferta: un cliente suyo esta intentando reunir las piezas de un antiguo juego de ajedrez que presuntamente se encuentra en Argelia. Si Cat le consigue esas piezas, obtendra a cambio una generosa recompensa. Sur de Francia, 1790. Mireille de Remy y su prima Valentine son dos novicias de la abadia de Montglane. Francia arde en las llamas de la revolucion que, entre otros proyectos, pretende aniquilar a la Iglesia y hacerse con sus tesoros. Enterradas desde hace mil años bajo el suelo de la abadia se encuentran las piezas de un ajedrez legendario, que pertenecio a Carlomagno. Quien consiga reunir dichas piezas adquirira un poder ilimitado. Y, para mantenerlas fuera del alcance de quienes pudieran abusar de el, Mireille y Valentine deberan repartirlas por todos los confines del mundo.Reseña:Una de las pocas narradoras contemporaneas que supo salpicar sus obras de las dosis justas de esoterismo, historia oculta y misterio, mucho antes de que esos ingredientes fueran mezclados en otros cocteles notables.Javier Sierra

El passat A l’any 782 l’emperador Carlemany va rebre un meravellós regal d’Ibn al''Arabi, el governador de Barcelona: un joc d’escacs ornat amb pedres precioses i treballat en or i plata, el cèlebre

Tras las míticas piezas de ajedrez de Montglane se oculta un secreto celosamente preservado durante siglos…Pasado y presente se entrecruzan magistralmente en El ocho, esta monumental novela de una au

La continuación de El ocho, el best seller que ha hecho historia, ahora en tapa blanda. Colorado, 2003: Alexandra Solarin recibe una inesperada invitación a la fiesta de cumpleaños de su madre, Catherine Velis, quien nunca antes habia celebrado este dia. Años atras, la propia Cat, junto a su marido, habia repartido por diferentes paises del mundo las fabulosas piezas del ajedrez de Montglane para que nadie nunca pudiera reunirlas y hacerse con el poder secreto que contienen. Cuando Alexandra llega a la casa familiar, la vivienda esta vacia. Su madre no aparece, pero si una serie de invitados inesperados. Algo importante esta ocurriendo y Alexandra acepta el reto de seguir las misteriosas pistas que ha preparado su madre. La busqueda la llevara desde Colorado hasta las lejanas tierras de Rusia y el mismo corazon de Washington, ciudad donde reside, y se encontrara en medio de un juego ancestral cuya existencia ni sospechaba. Los invitados a la fiesta seran sus compañeros de viaje; sin embargo, no todos jugaran de su lado. Porque, si bien todos persiguen las piezas del ajedrez, no todos lo hacen con las mismas intenciones... En 1988 El ocho, el revolucionario best seller de Katherine Neville, presento el juego a los lectores y redefinio las normas universales del suspense.

Katherine Nevilles groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archaeological treasure hunts, esoteric riddles, and puzzles encrypted with clues from the ancient past. Now the electrifying global adventure continues, in Nevilles long anticipated sequel: The Fire2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her familys ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mothers birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of houseguests, indicates that something sinister is afoot. When she inadvertently discovers from her aunt, the chess grandmaster Lily Rad, that the most powerful piece of Charlemagnes service has suddenly resurfaced and the Game has begun again, Alexandra is swept into a journey that takes her from Colorado to the Russian wilderness and at last into the heart of her own hometown: Washington D.C. 1822, Albania: Thirty years after the French Revolution, when the chess service was unearthed, all of Europe hovers on the brink of the War of Greek Independence. Ali Pasha, the most powerful ruler in the Ottoman Empire, has angered the sultan and is about to be attacked by Turkish forces. Now he sends the only person he can rely uponhis young daughter, Haideeon a dangerous mission to smuggle a valuable relic out of Albania, through the mountains and over the sea, to the hands of the one man who might be able to save it. Haidees journey from Albania to Morocco to Rome to Greece, and into the very heart of the Game, will result in revelations about the powerful chess set and its history that will lead at last to the spot where the service was first created more than one thousand years before: Baghdad. Blending exquisite p

Catherine Velis, una alta ejecutiva experta en ordenadores, se ve atrapada sin quererlo en la búsqueda de un legendario ajedrez que perteneció al emperador Carlomagno. El campeón soviético de este juego, de gira por Nueva York, le advierte que corre un grave riesgo si se empeña en encontrar las piezas, pues en ellas reside la clave de una antigua formula ligada a la alquimia, la masoneria y los poderes cosmicos.

Catherine is a workaholic computer whizz who finds herself manipulated by sinister influences into using her problem-solving skills to find and reassemble a legendary chess set. It is a journey that takes her throughout time and history.

A female scientist races to save the world using prophecies from before Christs time in this thriller by the New York Timesbestselling author of The Eight. In the last week of Jesuss life, the Emperor Augustus orders the purge of all prophecies that question his divine power. Thus, in the crater of a dormant volcano, the books of the Sibylline oracle are sealedlost to the world until the nineteenth century when Clio, a brilliant archaeologist, discovers them. The Sibyls words remain as potent as ever, having the ability to change the destiny of mankind. But who will be bold enough to harness their power? More than a century after their discovery, some of the secret prophecies fall into the hands of nuclear scientist Ariel Behn when her beloved cousin is assassinated. If Ariel can discover the mystery behind the prophecies, she will be able to prevent a potentially worldwide catastrophebut in order to do so she must travel to Russia, Vienna, and Paris where too many people are desperate to protect the secrets of these ancient writings. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Katherine Neville including rare images from her life and travels.

The riveting #1 international bestselling novel about the quest across centuries by two intrepid women in different eras to reunite the pieces of a powerful, ancient chess set A fabulous, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret power that could topple civilizations. To keep the set from falling into the wrong hands, two novices, Valentine and Mireille, embark on an adventure that begins in the streets of Paris and leads to Russia, Egypt, Corsica, and into the heart of the Algerian Sahara. Two hundred years later, while on assignment in Algeria, computer expert Catherine Velis finds herself drawn unwillingly into the deadly "Game still swirling around the legendary chess seta game that will require her to risk her life and match wits with diabolical forces. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Katherine Neville including rare images from her life and travels.

Neville, K. Katherine Neville's groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archological treasure hunts, esoteric riddles, and puzzles encrypted with clues from the ancient past. Now the electrifying global adventure continues, in Neville's long anticipated sequel: THE FIRE 2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her family's ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother's birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of houseguests, indicates that something sinister is afoot. When she inadvertently discovers from her aunt, the chess grandmaster Lily Rad, that the most powerful piece of Charlemagne's service has suddenly resurfaced and the Game has begun again, Alexandra is swept into a journey that takes her from Colorado to the Russian wilderness and at last into the heart of her own hometown: Washington D.C. 1822, Albania: Thirty years after the French Revolution, when the chess service was unearthed, all of Europe hovers on the brink of the War of Greek Independence. Ali Pasha, the most powerful ruler in the Ottoman Empire, has angered the sultan and is about to beattacked by Turkish forces. Now he sends the only person he can rely upon-his young daughter, Haidee-on a dangerous mission to smuggle a valuable relic out of Albania, through the mountains and over the sea, to the hands of the one man who might be able to save it. Haidee's journey from Albania to Morocco to Rome to Greece, and into the very heart of the Game, will result in revelations about the powerful chess set and its history that will lead at last to the spot where the service was first created more than one thousand years before: Baghdad. Blending exquisite prose and captivating history with nonstop suspense, Neville again weaves an unforgettable story of pe

Tras las míticas piezas de ajedrez de Montglane se oculta un secreto celosamente preservado durante siglos… Pasado y presente se entrecruzan magistralmente en esta monumental novela de una autora de

Twenty years ago Katherine Neville''s groundbreaking thriller THE EIGHT was a global bestseller a thriller in the style of THE DA VINCI CODE way before Dan Brown ever got there...In this long-awaited sequel, Alexandra Solarin, a chess-wizard and the only daughter of Cat Velis, the heroine of THE EIGHT, arrives at her mother''s Colorado lodge, only to discover that her mother has disappeared. Finding string of clues, Alexandra is soon joined by a group of people called there by her mother, including her aunt Lily, who explains the truth of Cat''s past.In 1822, as the fortress of Sultan Ali Pasha falls to the Turks, the Sultan''s daughter Haidee attempts a desperate journey taking her through Albania, Morocco and Rome, while carrying an invaluable object and seeking the one man who can help her: the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron.Ultimately both Alexandra and Haidee learn that their missions are even more desperate than they first seem, for both are players in a dangerous game, a game that began more than a millennium before either of them were born and that has the power to affect the fate of human civilization itself.

New York, décembre 1972 : Catherine Velis, jeune experte en informatique, est une spécialiste des échecs. Alors qu''elle se prépare à partir en Algérie travailler pour L''OPEP, des événements mystéri

Ogni pezzo della scacchiera era unico, un gioiello inimitabile; ogni scacco racchiudeva un misterioso potere. Ma dietro la leggenda della scacchiera di Carlo Magno si cela una straordinaria verita ed una giovane americana esperta di computer è vicina, vicinissima a scoprirla. Ma non è la sola ad aver intuito... Dalla casbah di Algeri ai quattro angoli del mondo, un'appassionante storia fantasy intreccia la favola alla realta, il potere agli intrighi, l'azione all'enigma. Un eccitante viaggio oltre i confini del tempo e dell'impossibile

New York City, 1972--A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward. The South of France, 1790--Mireille de Remy and her cousin Valentine are young novices at the fortresslike Montglane Abbey. With France aflame in revolution, the two girls burn to rebel against constricted convent life--and their means of escape is at hand. Buried deep within the abbey are pieces of the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne. Whoever reassembles the pieces can play a game of unlimited power. But to keep the Game a secret from those who would abuse it, the two young women must scatter the pieces throughout the world. . . .