Murder island

They thought they found heaven on earth. They discover a living hell.

When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt ''Doc'' Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight land on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic, they think they''ve found a perfect utopia. An escape from their tumultuous pasts.

But they don''t have long to enjoy their newfound peace before they are violently separated and dragged to opposite ends of the Earth.

Doc''s search for Kira takes him from the coast of Brazil to northern Europe and the jungles of the Congo, and he discovers they are entangled in a global conspiracy that is bigger he ever could have imagined.

Doc and Kira must find each other - and quickly - before the forces of evil prevail.

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PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON

''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.'' LEE CHILD

''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' IAN RANKIN

''The master storyteller of our times'' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

''One of the greatest storytellers of all time'' PATRICIA CORNWELL

''Patterson is in a class by himself'' GUARDIAN