Ergebnis für "Collision" in Belletristik

TJ Cutler's life has been anything but easy. Looking at him now, no one would guess that the successful MMA fighter and business owner was once a homeless drug addict who witnessed his father brutally murder his mother when he was just a child. But TJ knows how harsh reality can be for some, and he dedicates his life to helping those who are struggling like he once did.

March 1943. The Usurper’s War has resumed, with disastrous results for the Allies. The Imperial Japanese Navy, flush with victory after securing their eastern flank, turns their gimlet gaze towards the ultimate prize for their Emperor: The Dutch East Indies. For Commander Jacob Morton, XO of the U.S.S. Houston, the oncoming Japanese storm is not unexpected. The Houston and her Allied companions will have to fight against overwhelming odds, at night, against an enemy who claims the darkness as their own.

A vicious murder at sea begins a series of deadly events stretching from Europe to the Middle East and Africa. International conspirators plot to send a shipment of goods to an undisclosed destination, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. A concealed world of deceit and lies is populated by an international assassin, a brutal ship's captain, criminal businessmen, rogue scientists, and ruthless government representatives.

Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an unimaginable scale. But a fresh clue leads San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez to the unlikely conclusion that one of the children may still be alive. If she's correct, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie.

Bad boy FBI agent Cole Lucas always gets his man. So when the unthinkable happens and one gets away, Cole grits his teeth and hunts the human trafficker all the way to Antioch, Texas, where he collides with Detective Andi MacLaren. Cole doesn’t get involved with women with whom he works, but Andi tempts him in ways he doesn’t want to acknowledge. The last thing Andi needs is a cocky FBI agent who sees her as no more than a tag-along, but attraction and passion bring Andi to a place she left behind when her husband died.

In the intense and thrilling Opposite of Collision, Richard M. Timberlake delivers an unforgettable saga of espionage, resilience, and the unlikely bonds forged in the shadows of global conflict. Set in the volatile landscape of the early 1990s, a shadowy terrorist faction is poised to launch devastating attacks against the United States. This riveting narrative takes listeners from the enigmatic alleys of Eastern Europe to the perilous deserts of the Horn of Africa.

Mia Roper isn't a typical nineteenth-century woman. Refusing to pass up the hard-won opportunity to prove herself as a journalist, she left Hillsdale, Michigan, hoping in vain that Ayden Goswell would follow her to Boston. When the train bringing her back for her first major story crashes in a snowstorm outside town, Mia is stranded. Not even the survival of a fellow passenger, a toddler, can ease her heart's sudden ache at seeing Ayden, now a history professor at the local college, courting someone else.

The end of the world arrived at the same time that a massive blizzard hit the city of Colorado Springs. During the storm, people began losing their minds. These people instantly became giddy killers who laughed while they murdered. Every fiendish assault on normal people was hilarious, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe from them. They hunted the young and old alike. They soon became known as the laughers. As Reggie and his band of survivors attempt to settle into the cabin in the woods where they hope to remain hidden, a new horror is brewing. This one is of the human variety.

If the Lord called on you to serve, would you? … No matter how high the odds, obstacles or consequences? Thugs have continuously monitored and planned for months to kidnap Tiffany Wells, a bratty, young Hollywood star. However, the one person they never saw coming is Terry Spooner. Terry is a former soldier and mercenary turned seminary student. His former team-leader, Nigel Corbyn, convinces him to temporarily work with Ms. Wells’ personal security team. Terry reluctantly agrees with one provision: he will not carry a gun.