Duane Swierczynski

Anthony E. Zuiker

The Dark Origins series centers around a rogue serial-killer hunter. Steve Dark is head of a highly secret and incredibly skilled black ops element within the U.S. government, which is tasked with finding and bringing to justice the most brutal and horrific murderers in the world.

Dark Origins

Level 26

Steve Dark, a man with a knack for hunting down the most dangerous serial killers, takes on a mission supported by a mysterious benefactor whose goals are unknown.

A Level 26 Thriller Featuring Steve Dark

Dark Prophecy

Jerome Preisler

'Nevada Rose' Deville was one of the most beautiful and desired sports groupies in Las Vegas, a fixture at the trendiest casinos and clubs on the Strip. But the endless party comes to an end the morning her nude body is found bound and gagged in her home. As crime scene investigators Catherine Willows and Warrick Brown dig deeper, all the evidence points to Mark Baker, aka 'The Fireball' -- a hard-throwing major-league baseball pitcher and collector of gorgeous women who recently conducted a very public affair with the deceased. Meanwhile, miles away on the grounds of a world-class championship golf course, Gil Grissom is probing the macabre discovery of a John Doe -- an intense investigation which will unearth a web of jealousy and distrust, fuelled by a bitter sibling rivalry over a 'Nevada Rose' of a very different nature...

A Novel

Nevada Rose

A conclusion to the trilogy by the creator of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation finds Steve Dark tackling the most intense case of his career when a brutal serial killer who calls himself Labyrinth begins delivering cryptic riddles before murdering high-profile individuals and targeting government agencies.

Dark Revelations

British butler Giles has taken a job for three times his usual salary. He is soon to find out that he will forever be cursed and faced with allowing a group of unknowing people to meet a killer so maniacal and twisted that the murders are virtually motiveless. Giles welcomes ten guests to a luxurious estate where they will be embarking on a diabolical game of life and death. Giles, while on the guests' side, is a leader who will get out of the way of the killer and stand by as one person in each chapter is murdered in an outrageous manner. For example, one murder is a choreographed shark where the guests have to retrieve the victim's head from the shark's body. Another murder will be at the hands of a driverless car a la Stephen King's Christine. After each murder, the rest of the guests will have their choice of investigating the crime scene, the body or the last known whereabouts. They then must present their account of the details of the murder. The two whose assessments are least accurate will not sleep easy, knowing one of them will be killed shortly and painfully. In the end, we will be left with the winner, the loser and the killer. The epilogue will set up Giles's continued journey and Book 2.

Whodunnit? Murder in Mystery Manor

"British butler Giles is forever be cursed and faced with allowing a group of unknowing people to meet a killer so maniacal and twisted that the murders are virutally motiveless. After Season 1 of WHODUNNIT? on ABC, Giles welcomes ten guests to a lush tropical island. They believe they're on a corporate retreat, but actually they will be embarking on a diabolical game of life and death. Giles, while on the guests' side, is a leader who will get out of the way of the killer and stand by as one-by-one, the colleagues are murdered in an outrageous manner. After each murder, the rest of the guests will have their choice of investigating the crime scene, the body or the last known whereabouts. They then must present their account of the details of the murder. The two whose assessments are least accurate will not sleep easy, knowing one of them will be killed shortly and painfully. In the end, we will be left with the winner, the loser and the killer...and, of course, poor Giles"--

Murder on Mystery Island

Whodunnit?

After a period of calm Sqweegel is making himself known again, and this time his victim has connections to the very highest corridors of power. With the special agents' jobs on the line, the call goes out: find Steve Dark and bring him back into the fold. It may be their only chance.

Level 26: Book One

Law enforcement personnel categorize murderers on a scale of twenty-five levels of evil-from the naïve opportunists starting out at Level 1 to the organized, premeditated torture murderers who inhabit Level 25. But to an elite unnamed investigations group assigned to hunt down the world's most dangerous killers, headed by Steve Dark, a new category of killer is being defined....

Mike Flaherty

Corinne Marrinan

Fans can go behind the yellow police tape in the official companion to TVUs most-watched drama, featuring fifty of the most explosive episodes.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Companion

Heading a sophisticated black ops branch, Steve Dark applies methods that require the suppression of his own personality and off-the-record statuses in order to bring justice to a horrific serial murderer who has tortured dozens of victims throughout the world. By the creator of CSI. Reprint. A New York Times extended-list best-seller.

A grand mansion. An elegant dinner party. One grisly murder after another. When guests arrive at the manor, they expect a lavish retreat, but what was supposed to be a promising week soon turns into a horrific nightmare when they discover that a killer is among them. As the guests are picked off one by one, the killer toys with the remaining guests by leaving riddles, inviting them to use forensic science to solve the crimes. The party soon dwindles until there are only three remaining guests: the winner, the loser, and the killer. It's a true survival of the fittest as they scramble to find the killer first... before it's too late.

Whodunnit? Murder on Mystery Island

O primeiro volume da série, Grau 26: A origem, apresenta Steve Dark, um agente aposentado do FBI que volta ao trabalho para deter um assassino em série como o mundo nunca viu. Os agentes da lei sabem que assassinos são categorizados em uma escala de 25 graus de perversidade, desde os mais simples oportunistas do Grau 1, aos torturadores metódicos do Grau 25. O que quase ninguém sabe é que uma nova categoria está prestes ser criada. Comandado pelo talentoso detetive Dark, um grupo de investigadores de elite segue o rastro de um assassino tão terrível — responsável por matar, violentar, mutilar, envenenar e torturar brutalmente 35 pessoas em seis países durante 23 anos — que não se encaixa em nenhum dos 25 graus de psicopatia conhecidos, obrigando a lei a criar uma nova classificação de crueldade para encaixá-lo. Seu nome é Sqweegel. Seus alvos: Qualquer um. Seus métodos: Ilimitados. Sua classificação: Grau 26. Grau 26 pode ser lido como um livro tradicional, em qualquer lugar sem acesso digital... mas à medida que história avança, um nível mais profundo de imersão pode ser feito no site Grau26, exclusivamente para os leitores, que terão acesso a conteúdo digital com vídeos, áudios e elementos interativos que complementam a trama. A cada vinte páginas do livro, o leitor encontrará códigos que permitem conectar-se a uma ciberponte: uma cena de até três minutos, legendada em português, com atores de filmes famosos e séries de TV premiadas. Diante de seus olhos, os personagens ganharão vida e os detalhes da cena do crime vão explodir da tela, levando a experiência a um novo nível, inserindo os leitores no meio da ação e dentro das mentes de um ensandecido assassino em série e do homem enviado para caçá-lo.

Grau 26: a origem - Grau 26 - vol. 1

Q: I AM TERRIFYING AND FEAR INSPIRING, AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD CANNOT TOUCH ME. WHEN I’M FINISHED, YOU MAY NOT EVEN REMEMBER ME. WHAT AM I? A: A NIGHTMARE. It is well-known among law enforcement personnel that murderers can be categorized as belonging to one of twenty-five levels of evil—from the naive opportunists at Level 1 to the premeditated torture murderers of Level 25. What almost no one knows—except for the elite investigative group headed by Steve Dark—is that a new category of killer has emerged. Now a new Level 26 killer called Labyrinth is causing a worldwide media sensation by committing crimes so depraved, they’re creating a global panic. Only Dark can stop the killer—if he can solve Labyrinth’s most complex and terrifying riddle. THE REVELATIONS ARE HERE. ARE YOU READY TO PLAY?

Steve Dark is in retirement. Two years ago, as a member of elite crime squad Special Circs, he came close to putting an end to a psychopath's killing spree. But not close enough. In revenge, the killer destroyed Dark's family. Dark quit, vowing that he'd never go back. He'd seen enough carnage and death. But now the killer's back. The same psychopath who has shot, raped, maimed, poisoned, burned, strangled and tortured 50 people - the man who took away Dark's family. And Special Circs are convinced that only Dark can stop him. Is Dark prepared to risk everything - his new life - to once more hunt a monster?

Steve Dark is a man on a mission. He is ready to embrace his destiny, and has nothing to lose . . . Steve Dark was once a lost soul, torn between his family and his one-of-a-kind talent for hunting down serial killers - especially those so-called 'Level 26' killers whose depravity exceeds law enforcement's official scale of evil. In his reluctant pursuit of justice Dark once crossed the ultimate line, a line that might cause a lesser man to lose himself completely. Not Dark. When the world took everything from him, when it destroyed the very thing Dark once lived for, it sparked a transformation that, three years later, is only just complete. Dark is now a man on a mission. A mission unbound by authorities. A mission that, at long last, allows him to embrace his destiny. Dark is finally ready - ready to take justice to the next level.

Level 26: Book Two

"Beaucoup d'hommes ont voulu lutter contre leur destin et le changer. Mais c'est de la folie." Cinq ans après, Steve Dark tente encore d'oublier le meurtre de sa femme, dont il se sent responsable. Mais Dark n'est pas un homme ordinaire. C'est un chasseur avisé et méthodique, capable d'infiltrer les esprits les plus aliénés. Affranchi de tout carcan judiciaire et moral, dégagé des procédures gouvernementales, il reprend la traque.

Dark prophecy

Anthony E. Zuiker's Dark Revelations marks the return of a master of crime thriller, complemented by exclusive content at level26.com. The most terrifying creation yet from the man behind CSI Steve Dark has been tasked by the FBI with the ultimate search-and-destroy mission: to take down the world's most dangerous serial killers. Now he faces the most intricate, intense, and explosive case of his career. The killer calls himself Labyrinth. The riddles, puzzles, and wordplay with which he announces his new targets have caused a worldwide media sensation. The case has already claimed a number of high profile individuals as its victims - not to mention several government agencies, which have tried and failed to stop a growing global panic. But what point is Labyrinth trying to make? Who will be his next victim? It's up to Dark to assemble an elite team from the remains of the international crime-solving community, find Labyrinth wherever he may be, and put a stop to the mayhem, once and for all. But the mystery of who, where and what Labyrinth is, is the biggest riddle of them all. And if Dark doesn't solve it, he knows he'll be the next victim . . . In Dark Revelations, Anthony E. Zuiker proves yet again that he is one of the true masters of the serial killer thriller which will strongly appeal to all fans of James Patterson and Thomas Harris. Anthony E. Zuiker is the creator and executive producer of the most watched television show in the world, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He produces all three editions of the CSI franchise: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. Zuiker lives with his family in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Level 26: Book Three

Dentro il buio. Level 26

The most terrifying creation yet from the man behind CSI. Steve Dark has been tasked by the FBI with the ultimate search-and-destroy mission: to take down the world's most dangerous serial killers - and this time he has to face the most intricate, intense, and explosive case of his career. The killer calls himself Labyrinth, and the riddles, puzzles, and wordplay with which he announces his new targets have caused a worldwide media sensation. The case has already claimed a number of high profile individuals as its victims - not to mention several government agencies, which have tried and failed to stop a growing global panic. But what point is Labyrinth trying to make? Who will be his next victim? It's up to Dark to assemble an elite team from among the smoking rubble of the international crime-solving community, find Labyrinth wherever he may be, and put a stop to the mayhem, once and for all. But the mystery of who Labyrinth is, and where he's hiding, is the biggest riddle of them all. And if Dark doesn't solve it, he knows he'll be the next victim. . .

Strafverfolgungsbehörden teilen Mörder in verschiedene Kategorien der Bösartigkeit ein, angefangen bei Zufallstätern der Stufe 1 bis hin zu Folterern und Schlächtern der Stufe 25, deren Grausamkeit und Perversität sich dem normalen Begriffsvermögen entziehen.Kaum jemand weiss, dass eine neue Kategorie entstanden ist, eine unvorstellbare und bisher unbekannte Dimension des Schreckens. Und nur jene namenlose Elitetruppe von Männern und Frauen, die in keiner offiziellen Akte geführt wird und deren Aufgabe es ist, die gefährlichsten Killer und Psychopathen der Welt auszuschalten, weiss von dieser neuen Kategorie. Eine Kategorie, in die bislang erst eine Person gehört. Seine Opfer: Jeder. Seine Methoden: Alles, was ihm geeignet erscheint. Sein Alias:Sqweegel. Seine Einstufung: Level 26. Jedem Leser stehen audiovisuelle Inhalte und Hintergründe im Internet zur Verfügung. LESEN Sie das Buch. SEHEN Sie die Filme im Web. ERFAHREN Sie die ganze Dimension des Schreckens.

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