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Talbot Luke
Книга "Keystone"
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Luke Talbot was born in Suffolk, England, in 1979 and moved to the south of France when ...
Luke Talbot was born in Suffolk, England, in 1979 and moved to the south of France when he wa...
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Copyright © 2013 Luke Talbot First published in the UK in 2013. This edition pub...
To my wife, Sonia, for taking my dreams and making them real. ...
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It was an unsatisfying knock, hesitant, the hard wood swallowing the dull thud ...
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Chapter 1 The sun broke through the slow-moving clouds and bounced off the glas...
Chapter 2 George was in the living room when Gail got home, stretched out on th...
Chapter 3 The corridors of the Peabody Museum were eerily quiet as Seth Mallus ...
Chapter 4 Gail woke with a start. What a strange dream, she thought. She ...
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Chapter 5 The hot tarmac of the road gleamed in the late-afternoon sun as their car mo...
Chapter 6 Since the late nineteenth century, the ancient city of Akhetaten at T...
Chapter 7 The next day, George set off towards southern Egypt, dropping Gail an...
Chapter 8 “My God, it’s hot!” Gail exclaimed as she scanned the rocks ahead for...
Chapter 9 George edged the rental car down the track and cursed the sand as he ...
Chapter 10 Gail took her first step cautiously. She now understood what Mamdou...
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Chapter 11 Captain Yves Montreaux had always dreamed of going to Mars. Born in Califor...
Chapter 12 As Montreaux entered the Lounge, he saw Captain Daniil Marchenko sitting ne...
Chapter 13 The Clarke slid through space effortlessly and silently at just over eight ...
Chapter 14 Jane sighed and looked towards the small window on the opposite side of the...
Chapter 15 Sitting at his desk, Montreaux finished writing and let go of the pen, lett...
Chapter 16 Christophe Larue paced up and down in front of his desk before coming to a ...
Chapter 17 Montreaux sat in the Command Module and looked at the closed hatch that led...
Chapter 18 Martín gripped the Styrofoam coffee cup in his hand and looked down into th...
Chapter 19 Lieutenant Su Ning lay on her side and looked across the room at the photo ...
Chapter 20 Martín could sense day approaching in Paris. He had left his desk to refil...
Chapter 21 On Clarke it was Nightmode once more, and Su Ning was ready. Two whol...
Chapter 22 Mars filled the window of the Lounge as the Clarke completed another orbit....
Chapter 23 Larue was sitting at his desk, staring out of the window at the heavy grey ...
Chapter 24 Richardson, Marchenko and Montreaux reclined in their bucket seats in the M...
Chapter 25 There was more to the Mars Landing Pod than first met the eye. It had been ...
Chapter 26 Martín reached for the small radio clock on his bedside table and held it a...
Chapter 27 “My God!” She held the binoculars up to her visor and focused on the metall...
Chapter 28 Larue put the phone down and smiled. It was his first for some time. ...
Chapter 29 Captain Marchenko pressed down on the accelerator with his boot, sending He...
Chapter 30 Remind me again, why did we come here?” Danny complained as he shook the du...
Chapter 31 The rain came down in waves, lashing the flat sides of the tall building ag...
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Chapter 32 Larue looked at the photos that Martín had handed him. His hands were tremb...
Chapter 33 With a kiss goodbye and a cheery smile, Dr Gail Turner left the house, leav...
Chapter 34 The main lecture theatre of the Faculty of Arts had hardly changed in ten y...
Chapter 35 The double-doors of the lecture theatre suddenly burst open. She jumped as ...
Chapter 36 Larue’s English was certainly good enough to get the general idea of the bo...
Chapter 37 Seth Mallus shut the door and took his seat opposite Dr Patterson at the im...
Chapter 38 Gail’s phone had not stopped ringing all morning. She had cancelled her rem...
Chapter 39 Gail subconsciously adjusted her backrest and fastened her seatbelt. She ra...
Chapter 40 Five hours later, the wheels hit the runway with a screech at Cairo Interna...
Chapter 41 George woke up to the phone ringing incessantly in the living room. He look...
Chapter 42 You did not need to come to Egypt, Mr Turner,” Captain Kamal repeated in an...
Chapter 43 Café du Corail was a French-style affair that, like many in Cairo, harked o...
Chapter 44 Captain Kamal was waiting when he arrived at the police station in a daze. ...
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Chapter 45 Gail opened her eyes, but could see nothing. She blinked twice, each time ...
Chapter 46 What was the exact opposite of complete and utter d...
Chapter 47 Dr Patterson entered the Administrator’s office, leaving the door wide open...
Chapter 48 Gail awoke, opening her eyes slowly, tentatively, like a child who dare not...
Chapter 49 Cairo buzzed and hummed liked a beehive. Cars streamed constantly through t...
Chapter 50 Gail eyed this new man suspiciously as he entered the room. With his bald h...
Chapter 51 Ben hadn’t liked Captain Kamal from the moment George had described him. It...
Chapter 52 “If Gail didn’t steal the books, then she must have been set up,” Martín sa...
Chapter 53 “I’m sorry, Dr Turner, I understand why you would be upset with the way you...
Chapter 54 “Ridiculous,” she muttered as Henry Patterson sat down beside her in what s...
Chapter 55 Ben and George stared at Captain Kamal in stunned silence for what seemed a...
Chapter 56 Gail turned the pages slowly, looking at the symbols one by one and making ...
Chapter 57 Captain Danny Marchenko scraped the dirt from his visor excitedly, his hand...
Chapter 58 A sudden sense of urgency filled the DEFCOMM control room after the Russian...
Chapter 59 Jane ran her gloved hands frantically along the edge of the wall, desperate...
Chapter 60 Ben pulled his car up at the entrance of the airport in a space reserved fo...
Chapter 61 “I’m glad you’re settling in well,” said Dr Patterson. “I was afraid you ma...
Chapter 62 George had never seen such a surreal change in behaviour. Once the police h...
Chapter 63 Seth Mallus tapped the screen in front of him and waited for the video feed...
Chapter 64 It was ten years since George had visited Amarna, yet it was as if the whol...
Chapter 65 Squatting in the shade of the gatehouse, they went over the plan once more,...
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Chapter 66 Seth Mallus checked his watch impatiently. He then barked a single command ...
Chapter 67 George shifted uneasily between the two rocks he hoped offered him cover fr...
Chapter 68 Gail screamed as Ben shoved her head down behind the passenger seat of the ...
Chapter 69 George sucked air into his lungs in short wheezing breaths as he slowed to ...
Chapter 70 Mallus ordered the display off, and the satellite image of Tell el-Amarna v...
Chapter 71 “Wait, no!” Gail exclaimed as Ben approached one of the ancient wooden shel...
Chapter 72 They met Walker coming back up the corridor. He shone the torch directly in...
Chapter 73 On the count of three, George and Manu heaved with all their might to lift ...
Chapter 74 It was a long time before anyone said anything. They stayed completely moti...
Chapter 75 During the mid-1980s, more than seventy thousand nuclear weapons existed in...
Chapter 76 Captain Tan Ling Kai looked out across the bow of the DDG Hangzhou, towards...
Chapter 77 Gail stood, frozen to the spot, as the corridor sealed itself behind them. ...
Chapter 78 George sat down, exhausted. Tariq and Manu were gulping down the last of th...
Chapter 79 Walker was the first to take a step towards the Xynutian, who hadn’t moved ...
Chapter 80 George lifted Gail up and spun her around the room, and as her feet finally...
Chapter 81 Martín was immediately on the phone to Larue, as Jacqueline tried to figure...
Chapter 82 Seth Mallus went over the final lines of the programming script on his comp...
Chapter 83 “One of my researchers is convinced,” Larue breathed in deeply, he couldn’t...
Chapter 84 Martín looked sideways at Jacqueline, who forced a smile. The lights of the...
Chapter 85 Mallus looked at the computer display: the warnings told him they were comi...
Chapter 86 While Officer Sandra Peele called for a pickup, Frank Ancelotti eyed her up...
Chapter 87 The President of the United States of America had been advised on the best ...
Chapter 88 Captain Tan Ling Kai had barely ten minutes to react. He reached the bridge...
Chapter 89 Air Force One left the runway and climbed quickly through the low-lying clo...
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Chapter 90 Gail woke with a start, her dream replaced in an instant by the cold, grey ...
Chapter 91 On the third day of travelling north, they passed what little remained of t...
Chapter 92 On the tenth day they saw the smoke of the city, several kilometres before ...
Chapter 93 Gail was shocked at how little their party took notice of the pyramids. Adm...
Chapter 94 Shortly after passing the pyramids of Giza, Gail had made her decision to s...
Chapter 95 Even eighteen years after the beginning of the Chaos, the Nile Delta remain...
Chapter 96 Over the years, Zahra’s connections with the military and police in Egypt h...
Chapter 97 Gail and George were taken to a sitting room, instructed to make themselves...
Chapter 98 Jake stood on the deck of the large trawler that Omar Abdel-Rahman had, see...
Chapter 99 The journey south was far quicker, due in no small part to the role of four...
Chapter 100 Gail, George, Zahra and Ben reached Amarna less than a week later, to the ...
Chapter 101 Gail woke before dawn and dressed as quietly as possible so as not to wake...
Chapter 102 Gail hesitated as the inner door slid open. After a deep breath, she took ...
Chapter 103 Gail and George left the Amarna Library in silence. The shock of what she ...
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EARTH, it thought as it entered the Solar System. Its myriad taste buds tingled...
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George cradled Gail in his arms and looked down at her in despair. “It’s ...
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Firstly, I would like to thank my numerous proof-readers: Nigel Budd, for his t...
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