Ergebnis für "Forever" in Action & Abenteuer

Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months' tour of duty, centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting.

In the year 2043, the Ngumi War rages. Limited nuclear strikes have been used on Atlanta and two enemy cities, but the war goes on, fought by 'soldierboys'—indestructible war machines operated by remote control by soldiers hundreds of miles away. Julian Class is one of these soldiers, and for him war is truly hell. The psychological strain of being jacked-in to his soldierboy—and the genocidal results—are becoming too much to bear.

She was the one Knox always remembered. Now she’s the one he has to protect. Knox Everett is the quarterback for Lexington’s professional football team. But in the small town of Keeneston, he loves being just Knox. In college, all the girls had chased him except one. Now the chase was tiring. It had shaken his faith in love, even as his friends and family found their own happily ever afters. Knox was on the verge of giving up on love until one encounter changed everything. Quinn Kennedy thought she’d left her college crush behind.

It’s 1852. The wounds of the Mexican War are healing. Regis Royle, co-owner of a steamship fleet, has made it out alive, relatively unscarred and with enough profit and foolhardy ambition to envision a new life in south Texas. With the help of his crack-shot kid brother Shepley, his glad-handing riverboat partner Cormac Delany, and his old friend, raw-edged former Texas Ranger Jarvis “Bone” McGraw, Regis is laying claim to the prime jewel in a magnificent rolling prairie: the Santa Calina range teeming with wild mustangs, cattle, and eighteen-thousand acres of lush promise.

Was zunächst wie ein tragischer Unfall aussieht, entpuppt sich während der Obduktion schnell als brutaler Mord. Denn der Frau, die aus einem Fluss gezogen wurde, fehlt die Zunge, und ihre Arme wurden zerschnitten–eine Warnung? Aber an wen? Der Ehemann wird festgenommen und gesteht. Spezialermittlerin Charlie Bekker glaubt jedoch an seine Unschuld und sucht zusammen mit ihrer neuen Kollegin Stella Meislow nach Beweisen, die belegen, dass er den Mord nicht begangen haben kann.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz, read by Matthew Goode. A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily...

Mit einer blutenden Kopfwunde kommt er in einer düsteren Gasse zu sich, neben ihm eine Leiche, in seiner Hand eine Pistole. Keine Erinnerung, kein Name, keine Hinweise auf seine Identität. Ein mysteriöser Zettel in seiner Tasche führt ihn zu dem verschlafenen Städtchen Lyons Creek und einer Frau namens Hope. Seit dem Tod ihres Mannes kämpft Hope Hanson ums Überleben. Mit zwei Töchtern und einer maroden Ranch am Rande des Ruins nimmt sie widerwillig die Hilfe des geheimnisvollen Fremden an, den sie Sam nennt. 

The Thief Kingdom is a place hidden within the world of Aadilor. Many whisper of its existence, but few have found this place, where magic and pleasure abound. There, the mysterious Thief King reigns supreme with the help of the Mousai, a trio of revered and feared sorceresses. Larkyra Bassette may be the youngest of the Mousai, but when she sings her voice has the power to slay monsters. When it’s discovered the Duke of Lachlan is siphoning a poisonous drug from the Thief Kingdom and using it to abuse his tenants, Larkyra is offered her first solo mission to stop the duke.

Das ist der Preis für Macht und Geld, dafür, dass wir la belle vie leben und die französische Mafia leiten. Dann tauchte sie auf wie eine hübsche Wildblume, die durch die Ritzen eines schmutzigen Pflasters wächst - zerbrechlich und doch unverwüstlich, ein Hauch von Schönheit inmitten des Schmutzes. Sie sollte nur ein weiterer Job sein, eine namenlose Person, die ich aus ihrem Leben reißen und meinem Bruder übergeben sollte, nichts weiter als ein Pfand in unserem Diamantengeschäft.

Agent Isaac Steele has problems. He spends all his splibs on drink and drugs. He has some deep-seated and very much unresolved issues with his parents. And his robotic partner at Greatest Britain’s Department of Clarification, Dr Timothy Stephens, is ruled more by his heart than his hard drive. But all these issues take a back seat when Isaac stumbles upon a case involving the most sensitive information in the cosmos - a Never File, inaccessible to all except those with the highest clearance. He is expressly forbidden to involve himself. So naturally he does.

USING HIS FORMIDABLE SKILLS OF DECEPTION, JAMES BOND WORKS TO TAKE DOWN AN AMERICAN GANG Narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner The Spangled Mob are no ordinary American gangsters. They prey on the addictions of the wealthy and treat the poor as collateral. Their ruthless desire for power and fierce...

A wildly successful innovator, Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action. In the chilly darkness of a Boston server farm, she sets her ultimate plan into motion. A terrifying instant later, she is catapulted through space and time to a far future where she confronts a destiny stranger and more deadly than she could ever imagine. The end of time is ruled by an ancient, powerful Empress who blesses or blasts entire planets with a single thought. Rebellion is literally impossible to consider - until Vivian arrives.

The Spangled Mob are no ordinary American gangsters. They prey on the addictions of the wealthy and treat the poor as collateral. Their ruthless desire for power and fierce brotherly loyalty make them deadly and invincible. Now James Bond must go deep undercover in his urgent new assignment: to destroy their millionaire masterminds, Jack and Seraffimo Spang. But the Spangs’ cruel influence is everywhere, from dusty African diamond mines to the frenzied gambling dens of Las Vegas. Can Bond find his men before his cover is blown?

In the aftermath of loss and betrayal, they're left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives, recovering in their separate corners of the world. That is until the long-lost kingdom invites them back to their shores for a festival of peace. Isolated to the spirit plane, Isla Vasileia has received a quest from the ancient gods. Ever since Isla took the magic from the elementals, the balance of nature has been greatly altered. To bring the world back into balance, what was taken must somehow be restored.

A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began. The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. Forever and a Day is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera, taking readers into the very beginning of James...

These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphysics and epistemology, and gender and sexuality, foreshadowing a world in which biological tendencies bring about the downfall of humankind. The Nebula Award-winning short story "Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death", the Hugo Award-winning novella The Girl Who Was Plugged In, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella Houston, Houston, Do You Read? are included.

June, eine eigenständige und fröhliche junge Frau, die ihr sorgenloses Leben in vollen Zügen genießt, verliert ihr Herz ungewollt an Cole. Sie verbringen eine wundervolle Zeit miteinander, aber June merkt schon von Anfang an, dass Cole ihr gegenüber nicht mit offenen Karten spielt. Und sie behält recht, denn Cole verbirgt ein Geheimnis vor ihr. Kann June die Wahrheit verkraften und ihm verzeihen oder wird sie daran zerbrechen?

Gavin Waylock had waited seven years for the scandal surrounding his former immortal self to be forgotten and had kept his identity concealed so that he could once again join the ranks of those who lived forever. He had been exceedingly careful about hiding his past. Then he met the Jacynth. She was a beautiful 19-year-old, and Gavin wanted her. But he recognized that a wisdom far beyond her years marked her as one who knew too much about him to live.

Bethany Anne is going stir crazy after more than a decade of having to be "The Empress". Now, her advisors have to deal with an Empress who is determined to be on the front line. The Ixtali's come to the Etheric Empire, hat in hand. Nathan decides that the best way to handle soft intelligence is to create a new company. What they name the new company should give a clue what it is about. The Skaine are able to finally get Ranger Tabitha's group right were their missiles can attack. The problem is, who is sucking whom into a trap?

Across the Galactic Empire, from planet to planet, the lone Immortal fights. He has a plan, and he has all the time he needs. Gerswin, the Forever Hero, is determined to be the salvation of distant Earth and of humanity. In The Silent Warrior, Gerswin, now out among the worlds of the Empire, pursues his idealistic quest for supplies for Earth through a secret, bold economic war, undermining the very foundations of the Empire.