Ergebnis für "Nevada" in Action & Abenteuer

Easy Nevada is a fortune hunter with an eye on a pyramid buried for 2,000 years. She'll do anything to get her hands on its untold riches, if she can just get past the deadly traps that protect them. Candice Cushing is an archaeologist born in Sudan and raised in Britain who is drawn to the mysterious pyramid that she sees as a piece of her heritage. Farouq Al-Jabbar doesn't see it as either history or treasure. The zealot has come to destroy anything that smells of blasphemy and anyone who gets in his way.

Accomplished storyteller Nevada Barr captivates fans with her tightly-woven plots, vibrant descriptions, and believable characters. In this thrilling mystery, her resourceful sleuth, middle-aged park ranger Anna Pigeon, travels to northern California where she joins the forces battling an out-of-control forest fire.

Anna has been assigned a three-week posting on Georgia's isolated Cumberland Island. Despite the breathtaking natural setting, Anna finds time weighing heavily as she works tedious fire pre-suppression duty. Her boring routine is shattered when a sudden plane crash in the inland palmetto thickets calls her and the other members of the fire crew to action. When Anna and the crew investigate, they discover the plane was sabotaged. Suspicions smolder over the accident which killed both the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's lone law enforcement ranger.

With each breathtaking, New York Times best-selling entry in her acclaimed Anna Pigeon mystery series, author Nevada Barr earns more and more fans. Loaded with intrigue and adventure, High Country showcases Barr at the top of her game. Anna is lodged in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel when four employees disappear. Sensing evil, Anna hikes a snowy trail to the high country, only to discover a disturbing reality that may end her adventures once and for all.

She was meant to be a job, not the woman I couldn't live without. Turmoil: They were f***ing with the club's money and we were tied of dealing with it. The moment Damon asked for one of us prospects to volunteer, I jumped at the opportunity. I was itching to prove myself and this was my way to...

In the lawless Chaco region of Bolivia, former Delta Force operator Case Lee discovers a village living in terror under mercenaries and spies. When he makes a stand alongside a mysterious ally, he triggers the wrath of a powerful tycoon who will stop at nothing to protect his global empire. The trail races back to the wilds of Nevada, where corrupt politicians, dirty cops, and shadowy espionage agencies line up against him. Outnumbered and outgunned, Case calls in his tight-knit band of ex-Delta brothers — and together they bring very special skills to the fight.

The Family - They were a civilized island in an uncivilized land. The Warriors - Experts in death, they were unparalleled in strength, unmatched in skill - and dedicated to the protection of the Family. The Nevada Run - On the trail of kidnappers, the Warriors stumbled upon a city they thought was long dead - tawdry, decadent Las Vegas. The once-proud mecca of sand and sin was now a cesspool of depravity and danger, a killing ground where death was the prime form of amusement. And it didn't take a bookmaker to calculate the Warriors' odds on survival.