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In 1919, Detroit, Michigan, was the single most successful industrial city in the world. World War I had ended, and Detroit had played a significant part in the Allies' victory, supplying them with tanks and trucks and aeroplanes. Now with the threat of the Hun over, the automobile plants once again turned their energies to retooling for motorcars. - A Stranger in the Mirror (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] On a Saturday morning in November in 1969, a series of bizarre and inexplicable events occurred aboard the fifty-five-thousand-ton luxury liner S.S. Bretagne as it was preparing to sail from the Port of New York to Le Havre. - A Stranger in the Mirror (prologue) [Books (First Lines)] He was seated in the dark, alone, behind the desk of Hajib Kafir, staring unseeingly out of the dusty office window at the timeless minarets of Istanbul. He was a man who was at home in a dozen capitals of the world, but Istanbul was one of his favorite cities. Not the tourist Istanbul of Beyoglu Street, or the gaudy Lalezab Bar of the Hilton, but the out-of-the-way places that only the Moslems knew: the yalis, and the small markets beyond the souks, and the Telli Baba, the cemetery where only one person was buried, and the people came to pray to him. - Bloodline (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show. Doris Whitney looked around the bedroom for the last time to make certain that the pleasant room, grown dear over the past thirty years, was neat and tidy. She opened the drawer of the bedside table and carefully removed the gun. - If Tomorrow Comes (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK "By God, this is a real donderstorm!" Jamie McGregor said. He had grown up amid the wild storms of the Scottish Highlands, but he had never witnessed anything as violent as this. The afternoon sky had been suddenly obliterated by enormous clouds of sand, instantly turning day into night. The dusty sky was lit by flashes of lightning--weerlig, the Afrikaners called it--that scorched the air, followed by donderslag--thunder. Then the deluge. - Master of the Game (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] She woke up screaming every night and it was always the same dream. She was in the middle of a lake in a fierce storm and a man and a woman were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her. She awakened each time panicky, gasping for breath, soaked with perspiration. - Memories of Midnight (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] "It must look like an accident. Can you arrange that?" - Memories of Midnight (prologue) [Books (First Lines)] The hunters were closing in for the kill. - Rage of Angels (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK The first entry in Leslie Stewart's diary read: Dear Diary: This morning I met the man I am going to marry. - The Best Laid Plans [Books (First Lines)] He was back in the crowded hospital ward at Cu Chi Base in Vietnam and Susan was leaning over his bed, lovely in her crisp white nurse's uniform, whispering, "Wake up, sailor. You don't want to die." - The Doomsday Conspiracy (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] The witnesses standing at the edge of the field were staring in horrified silence, too stunned to speak. The scene that lay before them was grotesque, a primeval nightmare dredged up from some deep, dark depths of primitive man's collective unconscious. Each witness had a different reaction. One fainted. A second one vomited. A woman was shaking uncontrollably. Another one thought: I'm going to have a heart attack! The elderly priest clutched his beads and crossed himself. Help me, Father. Help us all. Protect us against this evil incarnate. We have finally seen the face of Satan. It is the end of the world. Judgment Day has come. - The Doomsday Conspiracy (prologue) [Books (First Lines)] If the plan goes wrong, we will all die. He went over it again in his mind for the last time, probing, testing, searching for flaws. He could find none. The plan was daring, and it called for careful, split-second timing. If it worked, it would be a spectacular feat, worthy of the great El Cid. If it failed . . . - The Sands of Time (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] The 747 was lost in a sea of cumulus clouds that tossed the plane around like a giant silver feather. The pilot's worried voice came over the speaker. - The Stars Shine Down [Books (First Lines)] Stanton Rogers was destined to be President of the United States. He was a charismatic politician, highly visible to an approving public, and backed by powerful friends. Unfortunately for Rogers, his libido got in the way of his career. - Windmills of the Gods (ch. 1) [Books (First Lines)] The meeting took place in a comfortable weather-proofed cabin in a remote, wooded area 200 miles from Helsinki, near the Russian border. The members of the Western branch of the Committee had arrived discreetly at irregular intervals. They came from eight different countries, but their visit had been quietly arranged by a senior minister in the Valtioneuvosto, the Finnish council of state, and there was no record of entry in their passports. - Windmills of the Gods (prologue) [Books (First Lines)]
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