Ergebnis für "Odysseus" in Action & Abenteuer

After a decade of war, Ilium is reduced to a ruined world of ashes… The Ithaca, a ship besieged by oligarchs and parasites, resolutely awaits the return of their Captain. Carrying the weight of duty and the dead, Odysseus begins the long journey home, flying in the face of the Gods. But the Gods will not be defied. If Odysseus is doomed to never reach the safe harbour of his people, he must find a way to bring the Ithaca to him. And so his real journey begins, not through space, but deep into time itself.

In einer Taverne im rauen Norden des Kaiserreichs der Menschen lernt Gero bei einer Schlägerei neben dem Magier Derio auch die bildschöne Kriegerin Esme kennen. Ehe die Drei sich versehen, befinden sie sich auf einer rasanten, abenteuerlichen Mission, um die sogenannten Steine der Götter zu bergen. Allerdings ist noch jemand anders hinter diesen mysteriösen Artefakten her. So hilft den drei Gefährten nur Vertrauen zu den zehn Göttern und die Hoffnung, dass das Gute schneller sein möge als die Mächte des Bösen.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Patrick Gibson, known for his roles in The OA, The Tudors and The Passing Bells. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Declan Kiberd 'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony...

Mach es dir gemütlich, denn heute nehme ich dich mit in die eisige Wildnis des hohen Nordens – dorthin, wo Conan der Barbar nicht nur gegen Schneestürme und wilde Krieger kämpft, sondern auch auf eine geheimnisvolle, fast übernatürliche Bedrohung trifft. Die Götter des Nordens ist eine von Robert E. Howards atmosphärischsten Conan-Geschichten: voller uralter Magie, erbitterter Kämpfe und der unbändigen Wildheit eines Mannes, der sich seinem Schicksal entgegenstellt. Was mich an dieser Geschichte fasziniert, ist die fast traumartige, düstere Atmosphäre.

Defy the inevitable. Such is the stance of Confederation captain Eric Weston and the crew of the starship Odysseus, patrolling the outer limits of Priminae space, anticipating the Empire's next attacks. Connected with the Terran FTL tech—the transition drive—humanity might stand a chance against the overwhelming forces. Until the entire planetary system goes dark. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Odysseus arrives to find the Empire securing critical intelligence from Priminae ships.

Brought to you by Penguin. A magnificent new translation of the Odyssey by best-selling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn Setting aside the streamlining, modernizing approach of many recent translations, Mendelsohn artfully reproduces the epic’s formal qualities – meter, enjambment...

To save the world and our future, Sigma Force must embark on a dangerous odyssey into an ancient past whose horrors are all too present in this page-turning thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins that combines cutting-edge science, historical mystery, mythology, and...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer’s epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and starring Tim McInnerny, Benedict Cumberbatch, Amanda Redman & Adjoa Andoh. JOURNEY THROUGH ONE OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURES IN WESTERN STORYTELLING AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY 'As...

I slutet av Nemos arv fick Dirk Pitt till sin stora förvåning veta att han var far till två vuxna barn, Summer och Dirk. Båda har ärvt sin fars kärlek till havet och de kommer nu att bli inblandade i sitt livs äventyr... En brun sörja översvämmar Karibiens kuster. Tvillingarna arbetar för NUMA med att försöka ta reda på varifrån den kommer, när två omvälvande saker inträffar: Summer upptäcker under sina dykningar ett vackert men märkligt konstföremål, som kan härledas till Odysseus seglatser, samtidigt som en fruktansvärd orkan drar in över Karibiska havet och Mexikanska golfen.

To boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about "moonriders," the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems. But Academy pilot Valentina Kouros and the team of the starship Salvator will soon discover that their odyssey is no mere public-relations ploy, for the moonriders are not a harmless phenomenon. They are very, very dangerous-in a way that no one could possibly have imagined.

Eine Geschichte aus dem Klondike – jener sagenumwobenen Gegend, wo im Goldrausch des 19. Jahrhunderts viele Abenteuer ihr Glück suchten – und meist das Gegenteil fanden. Vom Meister der Abenteuergeschichte, Jack London.

War is coming - and nothing can stop it... Settled in his small island kingdom, Odysseus wants nothing more than to rule Ithaca in peace. Meanwhile, his warrior friend Eperitus, frustrated at his quiet life, dreams of glory in battle. But when Agamemnon’s fleet appears on the horizon, Odysseus knows that war is upon him. A Trojan prince has abducted Helen of Sparta, and the armies of Greece are gathering. As the greatest heroes flock to the crusade, only one is missing. Odysseus knows that without Achilles, the gates of Troy will never fall.

The Odyssey follows the epic ten-year journey of King Odysseus home after the Trojan War. Along the way he must survive a hurricane sent by the God Poseidon, escape imprisonment by the nymph Calypso, a murderous Cyclopes who traps his crew in a cave, and the fearsome monsters Scylla and Sirens...

Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind’s expansion beyond the solar system in Apes and Angels, the last installment in the Star Quest Trilogy. Humankind headed out to the stars not for conquest, nor exploration, nor even for curiosity. Humans went to the stars in...