Ergebnis für "De Gangster" in Fantasy

Private detective Alex Lockerby never expected to be the prime suspect in a high profile murder case. But when the police find him standing over a body with his fingerprints on the murder weapon, he rapidly jumps to the top of their list.

In the teeming underhive of Hive Primus, the de facto capital of Necromunda, untold billions clamour for scraps as they attempt to eke out something barely resembling an existence. While the gilded elite enjoy the trappings of luxury in the towering spires above and the lowest of the low barely survive, many turn to the streets and each other for survival, and these are some of their stories.

Auch ein Massenmörder muss an seine Rente denken. Und so kommt es, dass der sensible Killer Bourbon-Kid seinen Job an den Nagel hängen will...

Mercurius' und Ferats Berliner Nachtclub liegt nach dem erneuten Wüten des Wasserschemens in Trümmern. Während die Hexe Agnes weiterhin Mercurius verdächtigt, etwas mit der Beschwörung dieses Elementarwesens zu tun zu haben, kann für diesen nur einer dahinterstecken: der dunkle und überaus mächtige Magier Phineus Magnus. Doch der ist seit Jahren tot. Könnte ihm jemand nacheifern? Da von Agnes keine Hilfe zu erwarten ist, beschließen Merc und Ferat, der Sache selbst auf den Grund zu gehen - und stoßen in den finsteren Abwasserkanälen auf jede Menge unangenehme Überraschungen.

Jack Varga is falling for Ryn Wilkie, a young surgeon who can jump to parallel worlds. Jack would like to have a serious relationship with her, but he might be too much in awe for her to take him seriously. He has his own secret though. Ryn's starting a patchwork surgical fellowship while continuing to try to help the people of Cearth, an Earth with the technological level of our late 1800s. She wants to improve the plight of women on that world - but is realizing that raising everyone's standard of living may do more for women than just trying to get them equal rights.

Falling for the ghosts of murdered gangsters who were your imaginary friends once upon a time? I'll admit it's a little unusual. But they're back and totally real, and it's hard to argue with their admittedly obsessive level of devotion. Unfortunately, their violent dedication isn't enough to bring down the powerful man who hurt my little sister. I have to take matters into my own hands. I just wish I had a better grip on this marshy magic I've discovered in myself.

A whole family of monsters has menaced my home for far too long. And in the battle to take them down, one of resurrected gangsters I love may have lost his life all over again. But my men have already survived one set of murders. I made it out of the looney bin and rescued my sister. We've proven we don't back down...even when maybe we should.

When a down-on-his-luck engineer ends up coming into possession of a rundown suit of power-armor, he sees an opportunity to make some quick cash by selling it off to the nearest supervillain. Unfortunately for him, what should have been a quick and easy sale to pay off his debts quickly grows into an ongoing series of events that serve only to drag him deeper and deeper into the criminal underbelly of the city he calls home.

Dans cette nouvelle, Alexandre Dumas avec tout le talent qu'on lui connaît, décrit les derniers moments de la vie de la Marquise de Ganges et la machination qu'ourdissent contre elle ses deux beaux-frères. Un récit émouvant qui raconte la grandeur de cette femme et ce que sont devenus chacun des criminels. Un récit plein d'aventures, de suspens, de grandeur humaine aussi !

A whole family of monsters has menaced my home for far too long. And in the battle to take them down, one of resurrected gangsters I love may have lost his life all over again. Am I pissed off? Understatement of the century. But my men have already survived one set of murders. I made it out of the looney bin and rescued my sister. We've proven we don't back down...even when maybe we should. The villains have way more people, more money and more power than we can wrap our heads around. But we've still got a few tricks up our sleeves.

Falling for the ghosts of murdered gangsters who were your imaginary friends once upon a time? I'll admit it's a little unusual. But they're back and totally real, and it's hard to argue with their admittedly obsessive level of devotion. Unfortunately, their violent dedication isn't enough to bring down the powerful man who hurt my little sister. I have to take matters into my own hands. I just wish I had a better grip on this marshy magic I've discovered in myself.

Kinda dead. Straight-up psycho. Totally obsessed with her. I did a bad, bad thing. Thanks to a blank in my memory, I'm not sure what that thing was, but it was horrible enough to get me locked up in the mental ward for seven years. Horrible enough that my little sister won't even speak to me. But when I'm released back into a town determined to rub my unknown sins in my face, the past isn't the only thing that's haunting me. The four "imaginary" friends who made my childhood bearable barge into my life in a very real way.

From one of the most exciting new voices in fantasy comes the satisfying conclusion to Davinia Evans's wickedly entertaining debut trilogy full of monsters, mayhem, dangerous society ladies, and a dragon who holds the fate of the most famous alchemist of all in her claws. Siyon Velo has given...

Vampires are real, and Kendrick Danger is one of the originals, which means he is also one of the most powerful. Fallon Bordeaux falls deeply in love with him and becomes entrapped in their world, but she is content to stay human. In fact, she is dead set on it, especially with the knowledge that turning a human can easily result in death, but when Kendrick’s parents insist he find a vampire mate so he can take over the vampire court, they have a decision to make.

The Guild has gone too far, and now it’s Fallon’s job to stop them. What will become of the gang once it’s all said and done? Find out in the last installment of The Fang Gang Series.

A war is brewing, and Fallon Bordeaux is in the middle. As a revelation about Fallon’s past circulates, it divides vampires and witches alike. Alliances and bonds are formed, but will Fallon and Kendrick survive? And where does Remington fit in? Sink your teeth into this hood paranormal story to find out.

The hum of a motorbike. The uproar of the crowd in the stadium. The cheering and clapping. All fell silent... Just the thumping of their hearts remained and a question-were they going to lose him? Thanks to the makeover by her sister's friends, the nerdy Niharika entered college more confident...

Als Chase Blood zu einem geheimen Treffen mit dem Stadthalter des New Yorker Vampirimperiums, Big Tom Ybanez, gebeten wird, erwartet er nichts Böses. Ybanez kontrolliert die Gangs von East Harlem und da gibt es immer mal wieder Uneinigkeiten bei den Bandenmitgliedern. Chase vermutet lediglich, dass es ein paar kleinere Probleme zu besprechen gibt. Doch Ybanez Absichten sind alles andere als friedlich und vermittelnd. Er empfängt Chase mit einer Armbrust bewaffnet und einem Dutzend Holzpflöcke im Gürtel. Offensichtlich hat Ybanez vor, Chase nach bester Vampirjägermanier zu töten!

In the final installment of O'Day-Flannery's uplifting and spiritual paranormal romance trilogy, it is finally Claire's turn to find love. Her closest friends have found new promise in life through love, and while Claire is happy for them, she cannot help but feel left out. A fling under a shower of meteors may not be love, but could be exactly what she needs to shake off the doldrums. But when secrets from Claire's past return to destroy her, her sexy, nerdy fling shows he's not quite what he seems.

They came together to capture the Hangman. They came out to the public when they stopped the murder-for-hire duo of Pleasure and Pain. Now the Invasion Agents face their greatest challenge yet: the Chain Gang. A band of mercenaries are wreaking havoc at the Capital City police station, and only the Invasion Agents have the powers to stop them from destroying the entire place and killing hundreds.