Ergebnis für "Das Wesen" in Historische Romane

"Steh an meiner Seite und gebiete mit mir über die Muintir na hÉireann!" Winter 1887. Die treibende Macht ist enthüllt!Doch was will der Sohn des Meeres? Und was hat er mit Caoimhe ›Kiwa‹ O’Shea vor, die immer noch nach ihrem Platz innerhalb derNebula Convicto sucht? Während die Unendliche Legion zum Krieg rüstet und zahlreiche Kräfte versuchen, die finsteren Pläne ihres Gegenspielers zu entschlüsseln, reist Miss O’Shea nach Hause. Nach Boston. Sie fürchtet, dass es dort auf ein finales Aufeinandertreffen von Wasser und Eis hinauslaufen wird!

Rebecca glaubte, ihr Leben zu kennen. Gefangen im täglichen Spagat zwischen den Bedürfnissen ihrer Familie und ihren eigenen unerfüllten Sehnsüchten ahnt Rebecca nicht, dass ein geheimnisvoller Traum und ein spontaner Urlaub in den Highlands Schottlands alles verändern werden. Inmitten einer neu entdeckten Welt, umgeben von uralter Magie, unbändiger Kräfte und rätselhafter Wesen wird Rebecca auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

Starkad knew those days were over. The gods, whether old or new, cared not for the plight of the people. The age of gods was over. Perhaps it was now the age of heroes, or maybe the end of everything was on the horizon. Starkad did not know the answer. All he knew was that cold steel now ruled. If the gods had abandoned him, then he would make his own way. The north has descended into darkness. Abandoned by the empire. Deserted by the old gods. Left to fend for themselves. The Kingdom of Asgard is a light in the darkness, a beacon of civilization in a dying land. A place of heroes.

In the lawless town of Egalitaria, Neville Stryker is drawn into a violent web of power and revenge when Morgan Bickford, a fiery and relentless woman with secrets of her own, hires him to recover her stolen assets. Stryker agrees—reluctantly. But he soon realizes the job is dirtier than it seemed, and Morgan's enemies might be more dangerous than his.

It’s 1931 - the start of the Great Depression. With jobs running sparse, David Conroy is among the lucky few who is selected to work in the searing heat of the Nevada desert on the massive Hoover Dam, one of America's most amazing and biggest engineering accomplishments. The goal is to tame the mighty Colorado River with a dam that towers sixty stories high. But is the cost too great for these desperate men who must sacrifice their safety to support their families?

Like all of his friends, Tommy Thompson dreams of obtaining the ultimate ticket to freedom: a driver's license. Unlike all of his friends, Tommy has just turned 15. He'll have to watch everybody else pass their tests before he's old enough to take his. But life goes on for the band of boys despite Tommy's consuming obsession. His best friend, Booger, takes up the guitar. His buddy, Everett, dates a girl from a rival school and discovers that her classmates aren't altogether happy about it. Longtime romantic interest, Melody, tests her newly minted driving skills on the railroad tracks. And Tommy receives an unexpected gift.

A historical expedition to discover a route for the Panama Canal goes drastically wrong and becomes a struggle to survive a megalomaniacal leader and one of the most dangerous environments on earth.

Jake Jackson's white family was killed when he was a baby by a Comanche war party. Jake's red family raised him as White Wolf, Comanche warrior. He became a celebrated warrior of the tribe. When the Comanche were forced onto a reservation by the US military and the decimation of the buffalo herd, Jake transitioned to the white world and became known as the fastest gun on the western frontier.

In this historical fiction adventure tale, loner mountain man Jesse Tipps travels to California in 1841. After a near brush with death at the hands of hostile Indians, he recuperates at Fort Ross and there learns the ways of the Russian settlers and Pomo natives. Later he becomes embroiled in Captain John C. Fremont's Bear Flag Revolt and must decide where his allegiances lie as the fate of the West is shaped forever.

Sir William de Clopton has come to defend the Crusaders' last toe hold in the Holy Land only to find it besieged by a terror so great even his supposed enemies have fled. Now he must face history's greatest marauder, Tamir the Lame, and his army who have laid waste a continent. Sir William's only hope lies with a small band of the Knights of St. John and warriors who serves the sworn enemy of his king. They must hold the port of Smyrna at all costs or they, and thousands of innocents, will die horribly.

Jed Whittington was 16 years old when the Civil War broke out. He was tired of his boring existence on his family farm, the war gave Jed the opportunity to leave home and fight for the Union. Follow Jed as he finds himself as a man through love, anger, loss, and pain.