Świat wypełniła cisza. Była gotowa na śmierć. Tyle że śmierć nie była najgorsza… W lesie pod Gdańskiem robotnicy odkrywają masowy grób. Wiele wskazuje, że to albo cmentarzysko ofiar seryjnego mordercy sprzed lat, albo miejsce spoczynku pacjentów poddawanych potwornym eksperymentom przez nazistów. Zmumifikowane ciała noszą tajemnicze ślady. Śledczy muszą je rozszyfrować. Jednak nie tylko oni interesują się grobem. Tymczasem lokalny przedsiębiorca otrzymuje przeraża...

Karla właśnie zaczęła nowe życie - przeprowadziła się do wielkiego miasta, odnosi sukcesy w wymarzonej pracy, a do tego w końcu jest zakochana z wzajemnością. Jednak nie wszystko układa się tak idealnie, jak mogłoby się na pierwszy rzut oka wydawać. Dziewczyna codziennie walczy z towarzyszącym jej cieniem przeszłości, od której chciałaby się raz na zawsze odciąć. Pewnego dnia otrzymuje tajemniczy list, a w jej życiu pojawia się ktoś, kto nie pozwoli, by wydarzenia sprzed lat ...

Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, Faust studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy. „Billy Angel, Trouble Lover” is the rare pulp...

Powrót kultowej serii z Erykiem Deryło!W duecie z podkomisarz Tamarą Haler, Deryło dołączy do makabrycznej gry szaleńca. ***Czy nie byłoby pięknie, gdybyśmy wszyscy się zabawili? Całe dzielnice, osiedla i miasta? Uwierzcie mi, że wspaniale jest podarować komuś szczęście. Darowując pecha, mówi się trudno. Tak musiało być. Amen***Do redakcji jednej z lubelskich gazet trafia nietypowy list. Nadawca, nazywający siebie Mistrzem Gry, domaga się jego publikacji. Ogłasza rozpoczęcie ...

Groźba zamachowca wydaje się realna, a żądanie uwolnienia trzech terrorystów jasne. Wszystkie służby zostają niezwłocznie poderwane do działania.
Tymczasem na mieszkańców Warszawy pada paraliżujący strach. Sprawę komplikują utarczki polityków, którzy na potencjalnym zamachu chcą zyskać popularność. Czy któryś z nich jest w to zamieszany?
Inspektor Adam Knap staje do walki z terrorem, jakiego w historii Polski jeszcze nie było.

Bestseller „New York Timesa” Pierwsza oficjalna powieść Minecrafta! Bohater, który niespodziewanie znalazł się w świecie Minecrafta, musi poznać reguły panujące na tajemniczej wyspie, żeby przetrwać. Wyrzucony na plażę rozbitek rozgląda się po okolicy. „Co to za dziwne miejsce? Kim jestem? Dlaczego wszystko wokół jest zrobione z sześciennych bloków?” Nie ma czasu, żeby się nad tym zastanawiać. Zapada zmrok, trzeba znaleźć schronienie i coś do jedzenia! A jednocz...

„Minecraft. Góra” to kontynuacja pierwszej powieści Maxa Brooksa, osadzonej w świecie gry („Minecraft. Wyspa”). Bezimienny bohater opuścił już swoją bezpieczną wyspę i płynie teraz w nieznane. Trafia do zasypanej śniegiem tundry. Nieprzygotowany na nowe wyzwania o mało co nie zamarza, potem z trudem wymyka się tłumowi zombie, szkieletów, pająków, creeperów, a światło, które bierze za blask pochodni, okazuje się potokiem wulkanicznej lawy Uciekając przed mobami, znajduje ...

PIEKŁO TO DOPIERO POCZĄTEK. TAKIEGO SERYJNEGO MORDERCY JESZCZE NIE BYŁO.W Lublinie dochodzi do serii zabójstw. Łączy je nie tylko makabryczność działania sprawcy, ale również tajemnicze znaki pozostawione na ciałach ofiar. Komisarz Deryło dostrzega jednak coś jeszcze...Czy to możliwe, żeby powrócił jego największy koszmar? Czy Cztery Iks, osławiony seryjny morderca, żyje?Deryło trafia na ślad ośrodka, w którym przetrzymywani są zbrodniarze znacznie gorsi od bestii i...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels. Our adventuring hero has just partaken of a poker game where he has seen a man lose heavily. Intrigued, and possessing an adventurous nature, our hero, Loring, is compelled to follow the man. This leads him to a rich family and, of course, a beautiful daughter. Loring barely has time t...

"Black Jack" is a grand western adventure story told by a masterful storyteller Max Brand about the son of a murdered bad guy who is raised as a fine gentleman. But, in truth, Terry is the son of the outlaw Black Jack Hollis. The story is about a bet between sister and brother whether genetics is stronger and the child will turn bad like his father or environment shall prove stronger and the child will become an outstanding citizen. As usual, Brand’s West is peopled with ch...

The Hale brothers, both successful ranchers, had a disagreement: Ross believed that with a fine education his son Peter would become even more successful than he was himself: Andy believed the opposite. Peter returns from college to his father’s ranch after an accident has left him physically crippled but not without ability or enterprise. Max Brand, was the pen name of Frederick Schiller Faust. He was a prolific American author best known for his classic western novels. Br...

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. In his first western tale, „Above the Law”... Max Brand, villain, the bandit Black Jim, has the books of Scott, Shakespeare, Poe, Byron, Malory at his bunk. Poetic passages are found in practically every Max story. Black Jim loses his hear...

He was the toughest cowpuncher in the Wild West, the surest shot who ever lived. Where Ronicky Doone went, trouble was sure to follow. So Doone wasn’t surprised when he rode into Twin Springs and found himself in the middle of a deadly war between two rival families. The stakes are high - honor, revenge, and rich ranch land. Though the townsmen favor the Jenkinses, Ronicky is drawn to the Bennetts - and especially the beautiful Elsie Bennett. As the struggle builds up in vi...

In "The Cross Brand", Sheriff Harry Ganton and Jack Bristol have been friends since they were young. But when Harry accuses Jack of trying to steal his girl, guns blaze and the sheriff is shot. Jack Bristol stole his horse and rode off, not into the sunset, but into the mountains. The mountain man held him captive for months and then released him. Why? And why did the girl scream with terror when she saw his face? A Western take on the story of Kane and Abel. This is Max Br...

Freedom can mean a lot of things, but the hardest to earn and most rewarding will always be wild freedom. Max Brand turned Westerns into an art form with cleverly crafted tales like this one. An old-style cowboy and Indian tale involving Tom, an animal lover, and his romance with Gloria. Plot twists, adventure, suspense, romance and humor combine in this delightfully fulfilling read. Faust (Max Brand ) wrote more than 500 novels and over 400 short stories & novellas usi...

After a successful prison breakout Lou Alp, a thief, and Jack Chapel, a wrongly accused person, form an unlikely pair and plan to rob a bank. But when the attempt at bank robbery goes awry with a bullet wound on Alp’s legs, Chapel comes forward to take care of him. But things are not going to be as easy as both of them fall for the same girl, Kate. What happens after this is sure to melt many hearts. No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American ...

No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. And nowhere was Brand’s talent more evident than in this classic short novel. In „The Gold King turns his back”, young Miriam Standard returns to her father’s ranch determined to learn the business, but she discovers she has a lot to learn when she makes the statement that she will marry any man who can bring in Gold King, the wild mustang. „The Gold King Turns His Back” pr...

„The Firebrand” is an adventurous historical romance set in 16th-century Italy. The main character is Tizzo, a master swordsman, known as „Firebrand” because of his flaming red hair and flame-blue eyes. Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. His love for mythol...

Marbleface is a an ex-prize fighter who becomes a fugitive after a failed robbery attempt lands him on the wrong side of the law. He’d almost been middleweight champion of the world, but then his heart went bad. So he trains himself to complete nerve control – he takes up poker as a living – he gets trapped into an escapade from which his victim’s daughter rescues him. With a bum ticker, Marbleface believes his days are numbered and sets out to reform, landing himself in th...

„Claws Of The Tigress” is an adventurous historical romance set in 16th-century Italy. The main character is Tizzo, a master swordsman, known as „Firebrand” because of his flaming red hair and flame-blue eyes. Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Prolific in many genres he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many ...

„Fortune’s Christmas” is a short story by Max Brand originally published in December 20, 1924. Brand was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. „Fortune’s Christmas” is a Christmas story, told from the perspective of Anthony Hazzard, a miser to end all misers. Anthony Hazzard is money lender to the desparate, a man wi...

Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe May, a starving, overgrown youth, had provided a small service for Hugh Massey, owner of the most famous husky in Alaska, in exchange for a monetary reward. He’d heard that Massey’s life revolved around the dog and it was a chance to murder the man he hated with an undying rage. But he never thought he would become the bait Massey needed to lure his enemy i...

The outlaws chasing Silvertip were the deadliest in the West. They wanted the famous man - and the six-shooters they carried always got them what they wanted. The story relates Jim Silver’s continuing battle of wills and wits with his arch-enemy Barry Christian, in the process of which Silver’s wolf Frosty and his powerful horse Parade are abducted. Now, with guns drawn, Silvertip and Christian faced each other to settle their old feud once and for all! We also meet the eni...

Valley of the Vanishing Men begins with Ben Trainor receiving a letter from home that tells him that his brother who was bound for Alkali Valley has been missing. Alkali Valley was a lawless desert outpost, known for its gunplay and gold. Ben Trainor rode into town searching for his vanished brother. Within twenty-four hours he had been slugged, shot at, and bushwhacked. ""Go home while you’re still in one piece"" the sheriff advised him. But Ben decided to stick it out. An...