Ergebnis für "First Son" in Literatur & Belletristik

Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has taken the family's wealth for granted and become a landlord; another is a thriving merchant and moneylender; and the youngest, an ambitious general, is destined to be a leader in the country.

Draconic blood burns in his veins. After an aimless life, he found himself reborn in a new world of monsters and magic as the Heir of a Kingdom. Now, as Sol Dragona Luxuria, the Sol heir of Lustburg, he will one day rise to be Humanity's leader. His first task is to Awaken, then prove his strength during the coming of age ceremony. However, while he has many supporters, enemies lurk in the shadows. Follow Sol as he ascends in power. There'll be Love, there'll be Lust, but there'll also be Blood.

The War ended. Lustburg won and Setsuna, Sol's ever loyal Wolf knight, officially became the Queen of Wratharis, the Beastmen Kingdom. After a long war, it's now time for Sol and his lovers to have a much deserved rest. The conquest of the Mortal Realm can wait. Still, amidst the preparation for his crowning and wedding, some Kingdoms are on the move. The Angels of Slothein and the Dwarves of Greed Dike seem to be working together. While the Demons of Envilya stay divided. Visiting, Southern Pride, the Elf Kingdom and establishing an official alliance is imperative.

Following the attack on Lustburg by the Wings of Freedom, Sol find himself working as a king while still being a prince. The Trials imposed by the goddesses await, and soon, he'll have to leave the Mortal realm to enter the Astral Realm. His first destination? The Phoenix Territory to conquer and sign a contract with their princess.

After the war in the Astral Realm, Sol thought he would have a more leisurely time in the mortal realm. Sadly, he had forgotten that the Wolf King wished for nothing more than to conquer Lustburg.

Soon to be a TV Series on AMC starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer. The critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood, and power that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of...

The Clash against the Titans ended up in an overwhelming victory for Sol and the Dragons. His time in the Astral realm is soon coming to an end but before that — It’s time to rest and enjoy the fruits of victory.

Nine classic works by the Russian literary giant, adapted for BBC Radio Ivan Turgenev stands alongside Tolstoy and Dostoevsky as one of the three great Russian novelists of the 19th century. He was also a consummate short story writer, poet and playwright, and the first Russian author to become...

Peyton’s marriage, motherhood, and artistic legacy are threatened by her brilliant, cruel son who constantly makes her feel like a failure. Hell-bent on winning at all costs, he imperils everything she holds dear. How far will she go to show him love while protecting her family? Years later, Peyton’s life takes a dramatic turn. Amid a tumultuous family dynamic, her two biological children are locked in a bitter rivalry. An old flame resurfaces, offering a different life, but at what cost? She must choose between her children, two men, and two paths.

Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer (he calls her Baby) - and now she's dead.

“Ingeniously twisted.” —Entertainment Weekly, “Must List” “Will leave even the most seasoned crime fiction readers guessing.” —CrimeReads "[Jeong] maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist's fate until the bitter end.” —The Wall Street Journal Finalist for...

Everyone has a swipe at their parents and the way they were brought up at some point in their lives. Very few of us exact revenge to the extent that Edmund Gosse did upon his father in this superbly funny, agonising account of a very strange childhood. The subtitle of the book is A Study of Two Temperaments, and these were temperaments not destined to get on. Gosse, Sr. was an eminent naturalist and zoologist and a keen follower of the Plymouth Brethren.

A Library Journal Romance Pick of the Month Bestselling author Olivia Dade welcomes you to Harlot’s Bay in this delightfully sexy rom-com about a woman who buys the town's famous Spite House, only to realize the infuriating man she can't stand lives right next door—and their unwilling...

I want you. I need you. I'm coming for you. Jeremiah Doherty kommt ganz nach seinem Vater. Wie damals King regiert er Las Vegas mit eiserner Hand, skrupellos und kaltblütig - solange es nicht um Gwen geht. Seit er denken kann, ist er in sie verliebt. Gwen weiß allerdings nicht, dass er der Überzeugung ist, dass es neben ihm keine anderen Männer für sie geben darf. Als er ihr seine Gefühle gestehen will, stellen sich ihm unerwartet viele Probleme in den Weg. Und dass ihr Vater Hunter zu den gefährlichsten Killern zählt, die Jeremiah kennt, ist nur eines davon...

The first of his family to go to college, Anil Patel, the golden son, carries the weight of tradition and his family's expectations when he leaves his tiny Indian village to begin a medical residency in Dallas, Texas, at one of the busiest and most competitive hospitals in America. When his father dies, Anil becomes the de facto head of the Patel household and inherits the mantle of arbiter for all of the village's disputes.

An older woman shows her friend’s son around the countryside water park that she tends to, showing him the flora and fauna that she sees on a regular basis. Spotting a rare flower, the two give it a sniff and inhale its mysterious pollen that starts to make the two attracted to each other.

Ashley gets an emergency call from her best babysitting clients, and she's in for what she thinks is just another routine evening. After settling down the kids for the night, she flips on the television to waste some time. Imagine her surprise to find the TV is set to a porn channel her employers seemed to have been enjoying prior to their emergency.

Arianne is in a loveless marriage, but she isn't really stuck. After successfully raising three kids and sending them off to college, she's comfortable letting her husband have his women on the side and enjoying the wealth they've built together. She attends a party her husband (as usual) can't make, and once there her inner cougar takes over. Ryan is home from college, and he's gone from an awkward skinny teen to a muscular and sexy young man.