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The Eight

Katherine Neville
Calculated Risk

Katherine Neville

"A dizzying, enjoyable caper...After reading this hard-to-put down thriller, you may put all your money in your mattress."
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
When financial executive Verity Banks' latest proposal is axed by her boss, she decides to show how easy it is to break through automated security, hide money, and then show senior management where it is. Then her former mentor, financial wizard, Dr. Zooltan Tor ups the ante, and dares her to steal a billion dollars, invest it to earn thirty million in three months, then put the original billion back before anyone notices. To heighten the challenge, Tor and Verity will compete against each other, though Tor gives Verity an edge: she can use a computer for her theft, but he cannot....
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The Magic Circle

Katherine Neville

When her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin, Ariel Behn becomes the sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that thrusts her into the deadly center of international intrigue--and an age-old enigma that spans the centuries. Whoever assembles and interprets the cryptic clues of this ancient mystery will possess the power to control the fate of the world.

What strange powers lie hidden within the manuscripts? Splashed against a lavish backdrop that sweeps from the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall, THE MAGIC CIRCLE finds one woman standing at the center of it all: Ariel Behn. As she races across continents to reveal the dark secrets buried in her family's past, she begins to unlock the chilling truth of the coming millennium. . . .
El ocho

Katherine Neville

Before computer expert Cat Velis can leave for her new job in Algeria, a mysterious fortune-teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for the pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years. Created in the south of France in 1790, the chess set is rumored to contain the secrets behind alchemy, freemasonry, and cosmic forces. But long ago two convent girls hid the valuable chess pieces all over the world because the game played with all of the pieces is dangerously powerful.
El circulo magico (La Trama Series / the Plot Series)

Katherine Neville

When her cousin is slain by an unknown assassin, Ariel Behn becomes the sole heir to a family legacy—a sinister cache of manuscripts that thrusts her into the deadly center of international intrigue and an age-old enigma that spans centuries. Whoever assembles and interprets the cryptic clues of this ancient mystery will possess the power to control the fate of the world. Against a lavish backdrop that sweeps from the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ariel begins to unlock the chilling truth of the coming millennium.

Ariel recibe en herencia unos viejos manuscritos que encierran un importante secreto relacionado con los objetos sagrados de las tribus de Israel. Quien consiga descifrarlos será depositario de una sabiduría capaz de encontrar el origen de los mitos, las creencias, y los símbolos de todas las grandes culturas de la historia—las runas teutónicas, los mitos griegos, las Sagradas Escrituras y la sabiduría de los indios americanos—y descifrará las claves para la interpretación del futuro. Pero tan pronto como recibe ese valioso legado, Ariel se convierte en el objetivo de todos aquellos que codician su poder.