Ergebnis für "A Soldier's Quest" in Belletristik

After US Special Forces officer Bobby Luchetti discovers that the woman he loves has married his brother, he accepts the next mission he's offered - a solo assignment deep into the heart of Mexico to rescue a kidnapped doctor. Dr. Jane Harker practices medicine in places no one else will go. When the super-soldier shows up to rescue her, she points out that she doesn't need rescuing. She hasn't been kidnapped. Then, someone tries to kill her.

The British Army at the end of the nineteenth century was not a fair place. Despite the reforms, a bad officer could still ruin men's lives and Jack Roberts discovers that despite being a hero of Rorke's Drift, that means nothing when a superior has influence. He becomes a soldier serving in the Egyptian campaign where he learns not only new skills but how to deal with the new responsibility fatherhood brings. Throughout it all one thing is constant, he is a soldier of the queen, a redcoat with a rifle.

Zu überleben ist in einer schwierigen Situation nicht immer die beste Option – manchmal ist es besser zu sterben, als am Leben zu bleiben. Die Akademie hat Paladin Yaropolk gezeigt, wie man in der Welt zurechtkommt: Pragmatismus und das Streben nach dem persönlichen Vorteil. Der Neustart wurde in die Wege geleitet, aber er macht die Spieler nur noch wilder. Jetzt spielt jeder nur noch für sich selbst. Yaropolk steht vor demselben Dilemma: Soll er so werden wie alle anderen oder soll er sich seine Menschlichkeit bewahren und ein Sonderling werden?

She is omnivorous. No matter age or appearance, physical frailty or imperfection. It is not their flesh that feeds her appetites, but their souls. She devours young and old, men and women. She leaves only a desiccated husk. An unspeakable evil. An impossible gift. Renowned magus Taita is now over 100 years old and has ascended to a new level of wisdom and understanding about his world. But he must prepare himself for the biggest threat Egypt has ever faced: the great plagues and the failure of the Nile, brought about by the fire witch Eos, an ancient force of sheer evil.

1878: When his family loses their home, to Jack Roberts, who has grown up hearing stories of the Crimean war and the magnificent charge of the Heavy Brigade, the choice between working in a dangerous factory or enlisting in the army and putting on the famed red uniform is an easy one. But when fighting for Queen and Country takes him far from home to defending a small mission station from overwhelming numbers, it is anything but easy and bravery and stoicism take on new meaning.

Damian Banach's journey from Crow to Cape comes to a thrilling conclusion in this fall's One Tin Soldier! Every year, the best Academy third-years are offered internships with Free States Cape teams, while the rest join the Mission on a multi-month expedition to bring hope and relief to the Badlands. This year is different though...and it's not just because Damian Banach, the Academy's only Crow, actually volunteered for the Mission. The fact is, Damian's not headed into the Badlands for relief work. He's going because he owes someone a favor, and that favor has come due.

The Taskforce—a highly clandestine Special Forces unit—is in trouble. While the US administration ignores the death of a Special Forces soldier, the dead man's brother cannot. He'll use all his knowledge from the Taskforce for vengeance. The Taskforce send Pike Logan to eliminate their rogue operator, before his actions jeopardise the entire organisation. Now, Logan is forced to choose between his friend and the administration he's sworn to protect.