Bøger af Tim Willocks

Malta 1565 - die Insel Malta wird von den Türken belagert. Nur ein Mann, so scheint es, kann den Christen noch helfen: Der Deutsche Mattias Tannhäuser wurde als Zwölfjähriger von den Türken entführt und ist bei ihnen aufgewachsen. Er kennt ihre Kultur und ihre Waffen. Um ihn auf die Insel zu locken, schickt der Großmeister des Malteser Ordens die schöne Contessa Clara nach Sizilien, wo Tannhäuser mit einem jüdischen Freund erfolgreich Handel treibt. Schafft die Contessa es, Tannhäuser nach Malta zu locken, darf sie ihn auf die Insel begleiten, auf der ihr verlorener Sohn lebt. Doch kaum hat sich Tannhäuser entschieden, den Christen zu helfen, wird sein Haus zerstört, sein Freund gefoltert - die Inquisition ist ihm auf den Fersen. Der Inquisitor Ludovico versucht mit aller Macht, ihn von seinem Vorhaben abzubringen. Was Tannhäuser auf Malta finden könnte, würde den Untergang der Inquisition bedeuten. Ein vielschichtiger, raffiniert konstruierter historischer Roman, der alle bisherigen Dimensionen sprengt: Ein Mann, der es gewohnt ist, mit dem Schwert zu kämpfen, muss erkennen, dass es Feinde gibt, die gefährlicher sind als die Waffen einer ganzen Armee.

May 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent, emperor of the Ottomans, has declared a jihad against the Knights of Saint John the Baptist. The largest armada of all time approaches the Knights'' Christian stronghold on the island of Malta. The Turks know the Knights as the "The Hounds of Hell." The Knights call themselves "The Religion." In Messina, Sicily, a French countess, Carla la Penautier, seeks a passage to Malta in a quest to find the son taken from her at his birth twelve years ago. The only man with the expertise and daring to help her is a Rabelaisian soldier of fortune, arms dealer, former janissary, and strapping Saxon adventurer by the name of Mattias Tannhauser. He agrees to accompany the lady to Malta, where, amidst the most spectacular siege in military history, they must try to find the boy - whose name they do not know and whose face they have never seen-and pluck him from the jaws of Holy War. "The Religion" is Book One of The Tannhauser Trilogy, and from the first page of this epic account of the last great medieval conflict between East and West, it is clear we are in the hands of a master. Not since James Clavell has a novelist so powerfully and assuredly plunged readers headlong into another and time. Anne Rice transformed the vampire novel. Stephen King reinvented horror. Now, in a spectacular tale of heroism, tragedy, and passion, Tim Willocks revivifies historical fiction.

A young rich man drunkenly hits with his car and kills a terminally ill street girl, not realising what he has done. The other people in the car do notice but keep it from him, as does his mother when she finds out. Warrant Officer Turner of Cape Town heads out to the mining town the rich family preside over, in this violent thriller from the author of "The Religion".

That same day, the disciplinary perfection of Green River State Penitentiary is torn apart by tribal war, and the prison falls into the hands of its inmates. As the River sucks them all towards the abyss, Klein must choose either to claim his freedom and leave the ones he cares for to die, or risk everything and fight...

What do you do when your wife disappears in the middle of the bloodiest massacre in European history? This book reveals the story of Mattias Tannhauser who rides into town, on Saint Bartholomew's Eve, whose only intention is to find his wife and take her home.

Features a tale of love and war, of intrigue and obsession, of politics and faith, and high adventure. Against a detailed historical backcloth, this work tells of a small band of intrepid men and women who defy the madness of Holy War to realize their own vision of God and Eternity.