A nerve-shredding, intelligent thriller based around the first plot to kill Hitler, the story of a secret conflict ignited on the eve of World War II

Conrad de Lancey has seen enough of evil: the shadow of fear on the faces of innocents; the roar of tanks through empty streets; the sudden lull before the slaughter begins. Franco's bloody insurrection taught this Englishman all about hell. Arriving in his mother's country, the now Nazi Germany, Conrad is sick at heart. Even Berlin--infamous haven of decadence and vice--salutes fascism. Himmler's black-shirted troops rule the city, and every...

The third book in the Fire & Ice series featuring Icelandic detective Magnus Jonson

FreeFlow, a group of internet activists committed to the freedom of information, have video evidence of a military atrocity in the Middle East and have chosen Iceland as their HQ while they prepare to unleash their greatest coup on the world's media. On the glacial rim of erupting volcano Eyjafjallajokull, minutes after they christen their endeavor Operation Meltwater, one of them is murdered. The list of people Freeflow has antagonized is long--the Chinese government, Israeli military, a German Bank,...

Amid Iceland's rugged landscape, rumours swirl of an ancient manuscript containing a long-lost saga about a ring of terrible power. The ring exists - but is it worth killing for? It's up to homicide detective Magnus Jonson to find out why.

"Ancient blood feuds and modern conspiracies: Magnus Jonson, the Iceland-born American homicide detective seconded to Reykjavik, discovers that vengeance, in Iceland, is best served at arctic temperatures.

Tradiční náboženství odpradávna dávala člověku smysl existence. Současný převažující ateismus je však známkou, že prožíváme novou situaci, na kterou nám dřívější duchovní tradice neposkytují dostačující odpovědi. A tak člověk, oddělený od prostředí, jehož byl součástí, ale i od Boha, od něhož se sám úmyslně oddělil, hledá, kam patří, a co dává jeho životu smysl.
Kniha Karla Hašpla poskytuje současnému člověku právě ten rámec bytí, který ho navrací jak k jeho božskému původu, tak na smysluplné místo do tapiserie...