Ergebnis für "Dark" in Literatur & Belletristik

When Phoebe, goddess of the moon, is killed by the knights of the sun god, Hyperion, all who follow her are branded heretics. With Phoebe gone, the souls of the dead are no longer ferried to the underworld, and instead linger on as shades who feast on the blood of the living. Raef is a child of the night. He lives in the shadows, on scraps, eking out a meager existence as a thief. But when an ornate box is sequestered in the Temple of Hyperion, the chance of a big score proves too great to resist. What he finds within propels him on an odyssey across the sea and back again.

Eine Stepbrothers MM Romance, die unter die Haut geht: In der aufwendig produzierten Duett-Lesung erhalten Tristan und Blade jeweils ihre eigene Stimme für ein besonders intensives Hörerlebnis voller Nähe, Spannung und Emotionen. Tristan Whitmore ist alles, was ich verdrängen wollte...

Vaughn O'Keefe has been part owner of the Hog's Den for years. Privy to plenty of Disciples of the Road business, he's never been more ruffled as when a new recruit named "Smoke" walks through the door. Something about the man gets his blood pumping, but he knows to keep his preferences under wraps around the club. "Smoke" Callahan has done a couple of rehab stints and is finally clean, thanks to help from the Disciples. He's on the right path and isn't about to get sidetracked, no matter how much the guy who manages the bar gets beneath his skin.

Du bist ein Mafiaerbe, der sich gern in der Dunkelheit verirrt, der gern die Kontrolle besitzt. Du spielst mit deinen Marionetten, ohne dass sie deine Fäden spüren. Du fütterst sie mit deiner Schwärze. Doch was, wenn einer von ihnen das Licht ist und dich durchschaut? Was, wenn einer von ihnen der Erbe eines anderen Mafiaclans ist? Was, wenn du das erste Mal bei deinem eigenen Spiel verlierst?

"Wenn du an der Dark Selection teilnimmst, verkaufst du deine Seele."In der Gay-Szene von San Francisco munkelt man, dass Jeffery Duncan, millionenschwerer Konzernchef von Antraz Inc., eine Dark Selection durchführt. Es heißt, er biete zehn jungen Männern die Chance, ihr altes Leben hinter sich zu lassen und über Nacht reich zu werden. Die wildesten Spekulationen sind im Umlauf, welche Gegenleistung der undurchsichtige Multimillionär dafür erwartet.Trotzdem nimmt der schüchterne Devin Jenkins an der Auswahl teil.

Poland, 1980. Anxious, disillusioned Ludwik Glowacki, soon to graduate university, has been sent along with the rest of his class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together, they spend a dreamlike summer swimming in secluded lakes, reading forbidden books - and falling in love. But with summer over, the two are sent back to Warsaw, and to the harsh realities of life under the Party. Exiled from paradise, Ludwik and Janusz must decide how they will survive; and in their different choices, find themselves torn apart.

An instant No. 1 Sunday Times & New York Times Bestseller, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a twisting tale of power, immortality and the terrifying price of freedom from V. E. Schwab. Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532. León, Spain: María, wild...

Die Mortons sind die wahrscheinlich dunkelste Familiendynastie unserer Zeit. Seit Jahrhunderten binden sie die einflussreichsten Menschen dieser Welt an sich und lösen jedes Problem für sie. Es ist Jessicas drittes Jahr am Helshire College, einer traditionsreichen Universität, an der die Mächtigen von morgen ausgebildet werden. Jess ist das Ausnahmtalent ihrer Generation: Sie ist kalt, präzise und absolut loyal.

In his Locus review of Two Worlds and in Between - the first volume of The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan - Gary K. Wolfe wrote, “...it makes you wish the second volume were here now.” Well, the long wait is over. This second volume completes this ambitious undertaking, collecting the finest of Kiernan’s stories from 2004 to 2012, selected by the author herself. The book includes 25 short stories and one poem, plus the short novel Black Helicopters - more than 200,000 words of fiction, including the World Fantasy Award-winning “The Prayer of 90 Cats”.

Eine Stepbrothers MM Romance, die unter die Haut geht: In der aufwendig produzierten Duett-Lesung erhalten Tristan und Blade jeweils ihre eigene Stimme für ein besonders intensives Hörerlebnis voller Nähe, Spannung und Emotionen. Tristan Whitmore ist alles, was ich vergessen sollte: zu...

“If you’re reading this, you’ve likely thought that the world would be a better place without you.” A single line of text, glowing in the darkness of the internet. Written by Ashley Lutin, who has often thought the same—and worse—in the years since his wife died and his young son disappeared. But the peace of the grave is not for him—it’s for those he can help. Ashley has constructed a peculiar ritual for those whose desire to die is at war with their yearning to live a better life.

Mercedes Midnight is a reaper in debt with exactly one year left before hell comes to collect. Lucy Corvine, the devil’s daughter and revered professor, is imprisoned by a contract she never agreed to. For nine long years, Midnight scoured graveyards and grimoires for a loophole, while Lucy wore a gilded smile and dreamed of revolt… Until a chance encounter sparks a pact neither of them can afford to break.

Es war einmal eine Vampirin, die verführte die Jägerin, die schwor, sie zu töten… Red ist eine der erfahrensten Vampirjägerinnen von Sangui City und fest entschlossen, sich an Octavia Beaumont zu rächen, eine der drei Urvampirinnen, die ihre Schwester verwandelt hat. Doch Octavia verfolgt ihren eigenen Plan: die Herrschaft über die Stadt. Als eine Reihe tödlicher Prüfungen den nächsten Erben von Sangui City bestimmen soll, werden aus erbitterten Feindinnen widerwillige Verbündete … sofern sie lange genug widerstehen, einander in Stücke zu reißen oder übereinander herzufallen.

Meet the Skelfs: well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators.... When patriarch Jim dies, it's left to his wife Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah to take charge of both businesses, kicking off an unexpected series of events. Dorothy discovers mysterious payments to another woman, suggesting that Jim wasn't the husband she thought he was.

With his pack done bailing him out, Karter is left alone and with no one to care. If he doesn’t get his life in order, he’ll end up dead. When he’s dragged in by the people who will happily put a silver bullet in his head, they give him an opportunity instead of death...to feed vampires - aka a walking blood bank. To feed the enemy is unheard of, but with nowhere else to turn he reluctantly goes.

Salem will eigentlich nur vor ihrem gebrochenen Herzen davonlaufen. Als sie auf der entlegenen Blackridge Island in einem Bed & Breakfast eincheckt und der enigmatischen Besitzerin Rayne begegnet, spürt sie aber sofort eine unglaubliche Anziehung zu ihr. Mit Rayne kann sie jede Fantasie ausleben, die sie so lange unterdrückt hat, jedem dunklen Gelüst nachgeben, für das sie sich früher geschämt hätte. Als die ersten Gäste spurlos verschwinden, wird ihr eines klar: Das Böse lauert in Blackridge – und seine Augen sind auf Salem gerichtet.

Named a Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Time, Esquire,BookPage, and more This darkly hilarious and “delicious new novel that ravishes with sex and food” (The Boston Globe) from the acclaimed author of The Pisces and So Sad Today is a “precise blend of desire...

One night together. That's it. Except letting go isn't an option anymore. New day. New town. New temptation. I prowl the wastelands of this post apocalyptic world solo, a lone wolf. When I find him, a scrappy young man with fire in his eyes, my hunger stirs. That defiant gaze challenges me. I thought I'd wander alone, but claiming this fierce boy? I wasn't prepared for that. But when two wild souls collide, you surrender. You take. And you don't let go. So that's what I do, regardless of our age gap. I make him mine... In every way.

Mercedes Midnight should be dead. Her year is up, her debt is owed, yet here she stands—alive, cursed, and crackling with demon magic she has no idea how to wield. Lucy Corvine, the devil’s broken daughter, clawed her way out of a contract that was never supposed to break. Now she’s something the underworld doesn’t have a name for. Something her father will tear the realm apart to find. When two angels crash into Ora City, the rules change overnight. One wants to watch the realms burn. One wants to save them. No one is safe.

“Zara Ramm's narration is like watching a film, conjuring images of demons and humans alike. It's funny, it's dark, and it's some of Ramm's best work.” — AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner) "Narrator [Zara] Ramm's sensible yet snarky performance immediately gives listeners a sense of...