Ergebnis für "Das Core" in Literatur & Belletristik

Kate Winthrop, the only child of a wealthy shipping magnate, has the course of her life charted for her by her parents. She's expected to marry well and produce a successor to the Winthrop empire. But Kate has a very different path in mind. Her true passion lies with photography - and with women. Alone in the city after losing her brother, Sicilian immigrant Giuliana Russo starts working for the Winthrops as a maid. Despite their different social status, Kate and Giuliana become friends, much to the dismay of Kate's parents.

Charles is a low level drug runner with a small crew. While taking a lunch break at a strip mall, they end up in a bizarre fight with their German Shepard morphing into a manbeast and the old lady at the pizza parlor opening a vortex to escape with one of his crewmembers. As he searches for answers he learns the organization he works for is run by aliens. When an extraction team shows up to save him from near death, he finds himself on a different planet; and the leader of an almost extinct race.

How does a murderer redeem herself? By going to another world to kill the same person again! Bobbi Nox was notorious for committing a gruesome murder against a former employee; she was sentenced to rot in jail for the rest of her life. But in a divine twist of fate, Dike, the Goddess of Moral Justice, has come calling with an offer: become Dike's Champion of Justice. The target? None other than Markos Turloch, the person Bobbi had murdered! To her astonishment, Markos had been reincarnated as a dungeon core and he conquered the Kingdom of Vessar.

In an act of heroism and self-sacrifice, Anderson Rawn's sister saved him from the destruction of their tiny mining colony, but her actions condemned the 13-year-old to 10 years of crushing loneliness on the hyperspace journey to a new home. Using electronics and desperation, Anderson creates a family to keep him company, but family isn't always a blessing. When Anderson finally arrives, C.J. Poulson greets him with curiosity and awe.

Allison has been highly trained in the realm of manners and etiquette and is desperate for a job in hospitality. Unfortunately, England is all out of jobs, prompting her to embark on a journey to the new world and a position at Billings Manor. Once arriving in Billings, however, Allison is treated without a shred of dignity from her new boss, Mrs. Glibber.