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The award-winning novel that inspired the legendary Rambo film series starring Sylvester Stallone. First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of First Blood to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small-town cop who doesn't know whom he's dealing with -- or how far Rambo will take him into a life-and-death struggle through the woods, hills, and caves of rural Kentucky. Millions saw the Rambo movies, but those who haven't read the book that started it all are in for a surprise -- a critically acclaimed story of character, action, and compassion.

The award-winning novel that inspired the legendary Rambo film series starring Sylvester Stallone. First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of First Blood to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small-town cop who doesn't know whom he's dealing with -- or how far Rambo will take him into a life-and-death struggle through the woods, hills, and caves of rural Kentucky. Millions saw the Rambo movies, but those who haven't read the book that started it all are in for a surprise -- a critically acclaimed story of character, action, and compassion.

On Christmas Eve in snow-covered Santa Fe, New Mexico, tens of thousands of pedestrians stroll through its festively decorated streets. Among them is Paul Kagan, a spy on the run trying desperately to protect a special package; a baby who just might be the key to a lasting peace in the Middle East. He is pursued closely by three extremely dangerous men, members of the Russian mafia who he has just betrayed. Attempting to elude his hunters, Kagan seeks refuge in a quiet house on the outskirts of the town. Once inside he discovers it is occupied by a woman and her 12-year-old son hiding from other evils and whom he has now put in mortal danger as his hunters manage to track him down. In the following tense hours, Kagan tries to calm the woman and the boy by telling them the spy's version of the traditional Nativity story as he prepares the house for the onslaught he knows to be coming.

In the bestselling novels of suspense master David Morrell, fear is the main subject. But Morrell himself had never known genuine terror until he watched his 15-year-old son wage a heroic but doomed struggle with cancer. This is one father's powerful and unforgettable story of fierce love, impenetrable loss, and an unexpected, breathtaking encounter with the miraculous. Ultimately, Fireflies is a tribute to the undying human spirit that has already given new hope to enthralled and grateful readers around the world. David wrote this account for himself, but to his surprise, his candid portrait of grief turned out to help other people in grief or else the friends of those in grief. His discussions about panic attacks as well as the "could have, should have" syndrome and the stress within marriages after a child's death are some of the reasons that David was asked to deliver several keynote speeches to national conferences of The Compassionate Friends, the world's largest grief organization-for the parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends of children who have died. "I found myself almost speechless....It left me feeling shaken, uplifted, and terribly moved." -Stephen King, New York Times bestselling author of Doctor Sleep "A powerful experience I shall remember for a long, long time. Thank you, Mr. Morrell, for sharing so much love so electrifyingly." -Robert Ludlum, New York Times bestselling author of The Bourne Identity "I was enormously impressed....One of the most poignant and passionate religious quests you will ever read....Don't miss this story of how good people respond to bad things." -Father Andrew M. Greeley, New York Times bestselling author of Angel Light "A story that should have meaning and truth for every parent." -Los Angeles Daily News "A heartbreaking and inspiring account of devotion in the face of death." -Detroit Free Press

Poliisipäällikkö Teasle löytää Rambon, kodittoman Vietnamin sodan veteraanin, vaeltelemassa kentuckylaisessa pikkukaupungissa. Hän ohjaa miehen kaupungin rajalle, pois kunnollisten kansalaisten silmistä. Kun Rambo ei suostu pysymään poissa, Teaslelle ei jää muuta vaihtoehtoa kuin sulkea mies vankilaan. Vankilaoloissa sotamuistot ottavat Rambon valtaansa. Hän hyökkää käyttämällä veistä ja karkaa vuorille. Tilanne pakottaa Teaslen jahtaamaan Ramboa, ja pian avuksi kutsutaan niin helikopteri kuin jälkikoiratkin. Taitavaksi sissisotilaaksi koulutettu Rambo haastaa poliisipäällikön piilostaan kiihkeätempoiseen sotaan, josta ei yllättäviä käänteitä tai vaaraa puutu.David Morrellin Rambo: Ajojahti herätti ilmestyessään närkästystä aran sota-aiheensa takia. Teos filmatisoitiin Taistelija-toimintaelokuvaksi vuonna 1982, jolloin Rambo nousi suursuosioon ympäri maailman. Rambo-sarja kuvaa Vietnamin sodassa sissiksi oppineen John Rambon vaiheita – räjähtävää toimintaa ja nokkelia juonenkäänteitä säästelemättä.

Ikoninen toimintasankari Rambo palaa kuvioihin hengästyttävän tiivistunnelmaisessa jatko-osassa!Vietnamin sodan veteraani John Rambo istuu vankilassa sovittaakseen tekonsa, kun tuttu komentaja tulee tarjoamaan vapautta. Tarjoukseen sisältyy kuitenkin ehto: Rambon on palattava vankileirille ja valokuvattava sinne jääneet jenkkisotilaat. Hänen ei tule pelastaa miehiä vaan ainoastaan selvittää, mitä heille on tapahtunut. Kostaminen on kiellettyä. Rambo tarttuu saamaansa oljenkorteen ja laskeutuu samaan, tappavan vaaralliseen helvettiin, josta on jo kertaalleen pelastunut. Pian mikään ei kuitenkaan pidättele häntä rikkomasta operaation ehtoja ja antautumasta taisteluun. Morrellin romaanista on filmatisoitu myös suursuosioon noussut elokuva "Rambo - taistelija 2" (1985). Rambo-sarja kuvaa Vietnamin sodassa sissiksi oppineen John Rambon vaiheita – räjähtävää toimintaa ja nokkelia juonenkäänteitä säästelemättä.

Drew MacLane, entinen ammattitappaja, vetäytyi kuusi vuotta sitten syrjäiseen munkkiluostariin Vermontissa. Drew tuli luostariin katuakseen syntejään, mutta nyt menneisyys on saanut hänet kiinni. Kaikki luostarin munkit on myrkytetty, ja ainoastaan Drew on jäänyt henkiin. Joku tuntee hänen salaisuutensa. Drew joutuu palaamaan maailmaan, jonka luuli hylänneensä. Häntä vainoava organisaatio on kukistettava ja varmistettava samalla, etteivät sivulliset joudu kärsimään. Mutta onko väärin tappaa, jottei tulisi tapetuksi? Drew kohtaa monia moraalisia kysymyksiä, joihin ei ole olemassa suoraa vastausta.David Morrellin kutkuttavan koukuttava trilleri leikittelee salaliittoteorioilla ja sijoittuu hämyiseen luostariympäristöön.

David Morrellin tajunnanr j ytt v ss tieteistrilleriss mik n ei ole sit , milt aluksi n ytt . Savage on huippuluokan suojelija, ja h nen ammattinimikkeens on "viides teht v ". Savagen on varmistettava asiakkaittensa turvallisuus hinnalla mill hyv ns , jopa asettumalla itse hengenvaaraan. Mutta kun Savage m r t n pelastamaan tyrm v Rachel Stone pulasta, koko pakka uhkaa levit k siin. Akira, nykyajan samurai, on nimitt in m r tty aivan p invastaiseen teht v n. Paineen kasvaessa Savagen, Akiran ja Rachelin tajuntaan nousee ahdistavia muistoja, ja heid n kohtalonsa kietoutuvat yhteen. Mik on se menneisyyteen k tkeytyv , hurja salaisuus, joka yhdist heid t toisiinsa? -

A brilliant historical mystery series begins: in gaslit Victorian London, writer Thomas De Quincey must become a detective to clear his own name. Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier. The blueprint for the killings seems to be De Quincey's essay On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives. In Murder as a Fine Art, David Morrell plucks De Quincey, Victorian London, and the Ratcliffe Highway murders from history. Fogbound streets become a battleground between a literary star and a brilliant murderer, whose lives are linked by secrets long buried but never forgotten.