Glenn Cooper, l’auteur qui a conquis 6 millions de lecteurs
« One of Italy’s most popular writers. »
La Republica
« Cooper is no ordinary thriller writer, but one who asks big questions. »
Sunday Telegraph
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All manuscripts are in English
THE PHYSICIAN OF NINEVEH
The Story:
The Physician of Nineveh is a historical mystery/thriller novel about the timeless power of love. The story unfolds on two planes, present-day London and 7th century BCE Assyria, during the time of King Ashurbanipal, the architect of the amazing royal library of Nineveh.
Mannu-ki-Ashur, the Chief Physician of Nineveh, has loved Bel-ibni from afar since childhood, but as the King’s favorite concubine, she can never be his. When Bel becomes seriously ill with an infection, none of Mannu’s medicines or the magic spells and rituals of the exorcists and diviners help her. Nobody knows she was deliberately poisoned by the King’s Chief Eunuch acting in consort with the King’s son, who believes her child will usurp his primacy. Desperate to save her, Mannu uses forbidden magic from before the Great Flood to send him to a time and place where he might find a cure.
Kate Mayne is a lecturer in Assyriology at the Institute of Archaeology in London. She’s an expert in Akkadian, one of the few people in the world who can speak the ancient cuneiform language fluently. Kate is on the mend from a broken relationship when a mysterious man, claiming to be a physician from a city that hasn’t existed for over two millennia, comes into her life. When Kate discovers irrefutable evidence that Mannu is who he claims to be, she decides to help him. But during their dangerous quest to find a cure for Bel, Kate and Mannu discover a love so powerful it transcends the bounds of time.
The Physician of Nineveh is a meticulously researched novel about a fascinating Middle Eastern civilization many readers will discover for the first time. I’ve drawn on my background in archaeology and medicine and my knowledge of London to craft a story accurate on every page. Its strong romantic elements will skew the book toward women, but all readers will be satisfied by an unambiguously uplifting ending.
NEAR DEATH
The Story:
A brilliant neuroscientist, obsessed with death since his own near-death experience as a child, resorts to drastic measures to prove the existence of the afterlife.
The present day.
It’s the biggest crisis the world has ever seen. Bewildered, young and old, believers and atheists are all asking the same agonising questions: what will they do now that humanity’s greatest dream has become reality? What will happen when the countdown reaches zero?
Boston, a few months earlier. It’s the most complex investigation Cyrus O’Malley has ever conducted. For the umpteenth time, the FBI special agent looks at photos of the victims and wonders why the serial killer drilled a tiny hole in their skulls after strangling them. For Cyrus, the case becomes an obsession. To solve it, he is forced to give up everything he holds dear.
England, 1988.
It’s the most overwhelming feeling Alex Weller has ever experienced. In ecstasy, at the tipping point between life and death, the boy sees a river of light flowing past him, and on the other side is his father, joyfully urging him to join him. But Alex can’t move, and suddenly he’s back at the site of the terrible car accident that killed his parents. Ever since, Alex has had only one goal: to understand and relive that experience.
Even if he has to kill.
THE COSMOS KEYS
The Story:
David Birch, un célèbre professeur d’archéologie américain de Harvard, dirige des fouilles dans la ville souterraine millénaire de Derinkuyu, en Turquie. Lors de cette campagne, lui et son équipe font une découverte incroyable qui ne devrait pas exister. Pour élucider le mystère de cet artefact ancien en bronze, David fait appel à Eleni Lillakis, la directrice de l’Institut d’Anticythère à Athènes.
Convaincus d’avoir trouvé la *Michaní Peproménou*, la Machine du Destin, David et Eleni se lancent ensemble dans une quête périlleuse à travers la Grèce, la Turquie, l’Allemagne et l’Angleterre. Ils doivent comprendre le fonctionnement de cette machine légendaire et éviter une catastrophe mondiale imminente.
L’artefact est profondément enraciné dans les mythes grecs et détient des secrets jalousement gardés par les dieux et les Moirai, les trois Parques maîtresses du destin des hommes. Comme l’écrivait Homère dans l’Iliade : « Même les dieux eux-mêmes ne peuvent altérer les décisions des Parques. »
Engagés dans une course contre la montre, David et Eleni affrontent des dangers de plus en plus présents. Leur périple haletant les pousse à découvrir des vérités cachées et à surmonter des forces obscures déterminées à les arrêter.
*The Cosmos Keys* emmène les lecteurs dans une aventure épique où chaque page révèle un nouveau mystère et chaque décision peut changer le cours de l’histoire. Tandis que le destin du monde est en jeu, David et Eleni doivent résoudre l’énigme de la *Michaní Peproménou* avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.
THE WATER POPE
The Story:
Before becoming a novelist, Glenn Cooper studied archaeology at Harvard College and obtained a medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Harvard University Hospitals, and went on to become a medical researcher and CEO of a publicly quoted biotech company.
With a passion for film, he began writing screenplays more than 20 years ago. This passion led him to train as a filmmaker at Boston University. Since then, his current company, Lascaux Media, has produced three feature films. He has written and produced independent feature films.
Cooper’s first novel, The Book of the Dead, was an international bestseller, selling four million copies in thirty countries. Since then, he has written several thrillers with philosophical, scientific or religious undertones, selling millions more copies. Most of these books have been bestsellers, many of them in the top ten in Europe. He infuses his books with life experience and in-depth research.
THE VACANT THRONE
The Story:
When, just two years after his election, Pope John XXIV was found dead in his bed, the Vatican quickly had to overcome its perplexity and organise a new conclave. On the opening day, after the traditional procession of the cardinal electors, the Extra omnes was sanctioned and the doors were closed. In the afternoon, the faithful awaited the result of the first vote, but the hours passed and no smoke came out of the chimney on which thousands of cameras, neither black nor white, were focused. Caught between the obligations of the ceremonial and a growing sense of anxiety, Secretary of State Elisabetta Celestino decided to perform an unprecedented act: breaking the seal of the conclave and opening the doors. And the scene before him is surreal. The Sistine Chapel was empty. The cardinal electors had disappeared into thin air.
Arriving at the Vatican as a CNN contributor to comment on the conclave, Cal Donovan immediately joined the investigation into this seemingly impossible disappearance. And, as the world waits with bated breath for news, Cal gradually realises to his horror that this is just the latest piece in a plan hatched by a group of powerful and determined people, people who have been plotting in the shadows for eight centuries to wash the sins of the Church in blood and rebuild it from the foundations up…
CONTRATS SIGNES PAR L’ENTREMISE DE L’AGENCE
EN FRANCE
LE SILENCE DE L’ELU
Au cours d’un conclave qui dure trop longtemps, déchiré entre un candidat ultraconservateur et un autre trop libéral, le nom d’Anthony Budd a émergé à la surprise générale comme capable de pacifier le collège des cardinaux.
Comprenant qu’il pourrait être désigné successeur de Saint Pierre, Budd en est réduit à prier Dieu de ne pas l’abandonner.
Car plus encore que le poids des responsabilités pontificales, le favori malgré lui craint pour le secret qu’il dissimule depuis toujours.
Un secret qui pourrait changer le destin de l’Eglise à jamais…
LES CLES DU COSMOS
Synopsis
David Birch, un célèbre professeur d’archéologie américain de Harvard, dirige des fouilles dans la ville souterraine millénaire de Derinkuyu, en Turquie. Lors de cette campagne, lui et son équipe font une découverte incroyable qui ne devrait pas exister. Pour élucider le mystère de cet artefact ancien en bronze, David fait appel à Eleni Lillakis, la directrice de l’Institut d’Anticythère à Athènes.
Convaincus d’avoir trouvé la *Michaní Peproménou*, la Machine du Destin, David et Eleni se lancent ensemble dans une quête périlleuse à travers la Grèce, la Turquie, l’Allemagne et l’Angleterre. Ils doivent comprendre le fonctionnement de cette machine légendaire et éviter une catastrophe mondiale imminente.
L’artefact est profondément enraciné dans les mythes grecs et détient des secrets jalousement gardés par les dieux et les Moirai, les trois Parques maîtresses du destin des hommes. Comme l’écrivait Homère dans l’Iliade : « Même les dieux eux-mêmes ne peuvent altérer les décisions des Parques. »
Engagés dans une course contre la montre, David et Eleni affrontent des dangers de plus en plus présents. Leur périple haletant les pousse à découvrir des vérités cachées et à surmonter des forces obscures déterminées à les arrêter.
*The Cosmos Keys* emmène les lecteurs dans une aventure épique où chaque page révèle un nouveau mystère et chaque décision peut changer le cours de l’histoire. Tandis que le destin du monde est en jeu, David et Eleni doivent résoudre l’énigme de la *Michaní Peproménou* avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Will Piper / The Library Of The Dead series
- The Library of the Dead (originally released as The Secret of the Seventh Son) (2009)
- The Book of Souls (2010)
- The Library Card (2012) A tale, only in E-book
- The Keepers of the Library (2013)
John Camp / Down series
- Down: Pinhole (2014)
- Down: Portal (2015)
- Down: Floodgate (2016)
Cal Donovan Series
- Sign Of The Cross (2016)
- The Debt (2017)
- Three Marys (2018)
- The Showstone (2019)
- The Fourth Prophecy (2022)
- The Lost Pope (2023)
- The Vacant Throne (2024)
Non-series books
- The Tenth Chamber (2011)
- The Devil Will Come (2011) note: this book is a sort of prequel of the Cal Donovan books series.
- Near Death (2012)
- The Resurrection maker (2013)
- The Cure (2020)
- The Taken Girls (2021)
- The Water Pope (2022)
- THE PHYSICIAN OF NINEVEH (2025)
