Ergebnis für "Echo" in Literatur & Belletristik

Der große neue Roman vom Autor des Bestsellers "Hex". Eigentlich sollte es eine ganz gewöhnliche Bergtour werden, als Nick mit seinem Kletterpartner Augustin zum Mont Maudit in den Schweizer Alpen aufbricht. Doch dann kommt es unterwegs zu einem tragischen Unfall: Augustin stürzt in eine Gletscherspalte, Nick wird schwer verletzt ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert - er wird für immer entstellt sein. Sam, Nicks Lebensgefährte, ist zunächst nur froh, dass sein Freund überlebt hat, aber dann passieren immer mysteriösere Dinge in Nicks Umfeld.

Wie weit würdest du gehen, um jemanden zu retten, den du liebst? Würdest du deinen Körper aufgeben? Deinen Verstand? Dein Herz? Ich habe es getan, und es hat mich alles gekostet. Er sagt, ich gehöre ihm. Und es ist wahr.

Jack Ryan, Amerikas Geheimdienstmann für Top-Secret-Fälle, muss einen nahezu aussichtslosen Kampf gegen die Zeit gewinnen...

Die Ausgrabung der Vergangenheit könnte die Zukunft zerstören. Fin Brooks muss ein Rennen gegen die Zeit gewinnen. Als die Fäulnis sich auf dem von der Union geschützten Planeten Yormanth verbreitet, müssen Ranger Fin Brooks und seine Crew von der Black Sheep aktiv werden. Aber diese Mission zur Rettung einer Welt verwandelt sich bald in ein uraltes Rätsel, das die gesamte Galaxis bedroht. Alte Verbrecherrivalen sind Fin und den Rangers bereits einen Schritt voraus.

In the wake of a devastating attack, an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs—finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against the land of Andarra. As the Augur Davian and his new allies hurry north toward the ever-weakening Boundary, however, fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late. His ally in the Capital, the new Northwarden, contends with assassins and politicians and uncovers a dangerous political secret.

It began with a breakthrough. In interspecies communication. Leading both John Clay and Alison Shaw through a series of startling discoveries and life-altering revelations. Divulging who we really are as a species. Why we are here...and who is here with us. And the greatest lesson of all, that our brains are not as rare and unique as humans had assumed. But rather just one of three brains between three extraordinary species.

When climber Nick Grevers is brought down from the mountains after a terrible accident, he has lost his looks, his hopes and his climbing companion. His account of what happened on the forbidden peak of the Maudit is garbled, almost hallucinogenic. Soon it becomes apparent more than his shattered body has returned: those who treat his disfigured face begin experiencing extraordinary and disturbing psychic events that suggest that Nick has unleashed some ancient and primal menace on his ill-fated expedition. 

Elias hat so richtig Mist gebaut, das weiß er. Er versteckt sich den Sommer über bei seiner Großmutter Catharina im Moor. Doch auch sie hütet ein Geheimnis, das alles infrage stellt, was Elias zu wissen glaubt ... Ein unendlich weiter Sommer, ein Vierteljahrhundert zuvor: Nach Jahren der Angst findet Catharina endlich den Mut, aus ihrer Ehe auszubrechen. Mit ihrer Tochter flieht sie in ein altes Haus im Moor. Während der Sonnentau im ersten Licht des Morgens leuchtet und die Rauchschwalben rufen, spürt sie sich zum ersten Mal wieder.

Jamie Fraser knows from his time-traveling wife Claire that, no matter how unlikely it seems, America will win the Revolutionary War. But that truth offers little solace, since Jamie realizes he might find himself pointing a weapon directly at his own son - a young officer in the British army. And Jamie isn't the only one with a tormented soul - for Claire may know who wins the conflict, but she certainly doesn't know whether or not her beloved Jamie survives.

Die wilde Schönheit der Nordseeküste, ein geheimnisvolles Schiffswrack und zwei Frauen, verbunden durch das Meer. St. Peter, 1955: Tillas Welt ist das Meer. Sie will nicht heiraten, sondern tauchen. Nicht eingeengt werden, sondern die Freiheit der Wellen spüren. Dabei entdeckt sie in der Tiefe der Nordsee ein altes Schiffswrack, von dem sich die Fischer seit Generationen Legenden erzählen. In Tilla wächst der unbändige Wunsch, seine Geheimnisse zu lüften. Auf einer Nordseeinsel, 1633: Die junge Nes sucht mit ihrer Mutter in einem Beginenkonvent Zuflucht vor ihrer Vergangenheit.

Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer. Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and...

It was the smell that Mrs. Powell noticed first. Slightly sweet. Slightly unpleasant...It shocked her badly to find a dead man in the corner, his head slumped on his knees. Who was Billy Blake, other than a homeless alcoholic who wandered the streets? Why was he found dead from starvation in one of the richest areas of one of the richest capitals in the world?

Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance.

Something is always listening. Dead Static is a psychological horror fiction podcast delivering short, immersive stories designed to unnerve. Each episode pulls you into eerie moments, strange voices, and distorted realities where silence is never truly empty — and the static? It’s not just noise. Perfect for fans of creepy stories, suspenseful narration, and atmospheric audio horror. New episodes every week. Best experienced alone — with headphones. Welcome to Dead Static. Your signal has been received.

The bestselling novel featuring the "wonderfully epic hero" (People) who inspired the hit film Jack Reacher. Thumbing across the scorched west Texas desert, loner Jack Reacher has nowhere to go, and all the time in the world to get there. Cruising the same stretch of two-lane blacktop is pretty...

The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse into their personal desires and motivations but also tells us his own story as he struggles to reconcile his all-too-human responses with his sensibility as a psychiatrist.

First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world—part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men...

I didn’t survive Delta Force by being soft. Fire burned me, missions hardened me, and now I live alone in a mountain cabin where no one crosses my perimeter. My world is fire, steel, and silence. Until she crashes into it. Willa Hart is a fugitive with haunted eyes and a past that could expose everything Echo Company has fought to protect. I should’ve sent her away the moment I leveled my shotgun at her. Instead, I made a choice I swore I’d never make again. I let her stay. In my cabin. In my bed. Under my protection.

Eine Kriegerin zwischen ihrer Mission, ihrem Traum und ihrer Liebe. Band 2 des mitreißenden historischen Epos aus Japan. Die junge Aoi hat sich der Rebellion gegen den Shogun angeschlossen und erweist sich als gelehrige Schülerin in der Schwertkunst der Samurai. Das Ziel der Rebellen ist es, eine große Armee aufzustellen, um dem Kaiser zurück zur Macht zu verhelfen. Die Worte, die Aoi bis jetzt gesät hat, beginnen zu wirken und mehr und mehr Menschen schließen sich dem Aufstand an.

When a palace maid is attacked, Josie and the captain of the guards investigate together. Since one of the suspects is a foreign diplomat and magic expert, they use the opportunity to learn more about sorcery. But it soon becomes clear that he is using them to get to the truth about the palace and the servants' origins. With unrest in the village, and servants growing impatient for answers, an undercurrent of danger pervades the air. But the most dangerous man of all may prove to be the king himself, because every clue points to him knowing more than he lets on.