Ergebnis für "París" in Abenteuer

Matt und Aruula sind in Paris von den kriegerischen Méros gefangengenommen worden. Doch als sie von ihren Feinden tief in die U-Bahn-Katakomben geführt werden, gibt es eine Überraschung. Sie treffen auf Hank Williams, der ebenfalls dort unten festgehalten wird. Doch ein Entkommen erscheint unmöglich.

Matthew Drax und Aruula kommen auf der Suche nach Hank Williams in Paris an. Matt ist erschüttert, als er erkennt, dass von der einst so schönen Stadt nur noch Ruinen übrig sind. Doch es kommt noch schlimmer. Denn schon kurz nach ihrer Ankunft werden Matt und Aruula von einem Feind angegriffen, mit dem sie es noch nie zu tun hatten.

A player in Paris wants to forget his past, but the king of lighter-than-air machines needs his help to fend off new rivals. His French girlfriends are knocked for a loop when two Russian dancers splash the scene and inspire him to new heights. From the clubs, to the artist hangouts, to the chateau in the park, the partying is non-stop, and in the games they play, he takes them farther than his lovers and his rivals expect him to go.

Have you ever been really good at something and not allowed yourself to do it? And I'm not talking about something small, like making cappuccinos (but that's a real talent, too, especially when you add the milk leaf, which Grace the barista is either incapable of or unwilling to do). No, I'm talking about something hugely, mind bogglingly big. Creating Star Wars Episode IV big. I'm talking about saving people.

If the past eight months have taught me anything, it's that being a superhero sucks. Here is why: I'm irreversibly bonded to M, an alien life form that only I can hear; I constantly have to be on guard to keep my secret identity secret-like; I fight supervillains like Dr. Villainous, Deathbot, and the Glop every other day; and the greatest, most hardest suck of them all - I pissed off Liberty, the world's greatest hero.

A cataclysmic, city-destroying tsunami crashes its way through San Francisco and it’s not looking to recede anytime soon… Relentless waves and terrifying rises of flood waters. People stranded in the tops of the highest buildings. No hope for rescue. Ever. Kellen Bennett has lived his entire life in deep-seated fear. But, in the face of human extinction, he can finally become the man he always wanted to be. Brave. Being the CEO of his company, Kellen feels responsible for those who are stranded in his building and is willing to do whatever it takes to look after them until help arrives.

Someone has painted the Doctor's likeness into a famous poster by Toulouse-Lautrec, leading Mrs Wibbsey and him to Paris in the 1890s. There the streets are thronged with artists and their muses - ladies of the night such as the young girl La Charlotte. But a murderer is also at large, and...

I just can't believe I slammed the door in Reagan MacPherson's face last night. Is her situation just like mine? Does she have some sort of smartass alien entity inside her brain? Is she registered? Do her friends know? Is she stronger than me? Does this somehow make me look hot to her? Is Liberty - the World's Greatest Hero - going to come after her like the way he's going to come after me? My name is Gabe Garrison, and this is the second volume of my story ...

"Imagine you have the power to fly. Pretty awesome, right? Imagine you have the power to levitate or crush something the size of a Winnebago. Equally awesome. Now ... here's the catch: having the power means you are bonded irreversibly to a smartass, sociopathic alien life form. Not so awesome. So, what would you do with all of that power? The way I figured it, I had one of two options: Option #1) Use it to commit crime or Option #2) Use it to fight crime. My name is Gabe Garrison and I chose Option #2."

After eight years in the sandbox, former fighter pilot Brock Blount heads to Hollywood for his new life. Can a decorated hero find purpose in flying charters by day and starlets by night? Yes, please! Then a fat cat billionaire and his two much younger mistresses hire him for a last-minute flight to their secret bug-out bunker - just in time for the end of the world as we know it. Coincidence or mind game? A survival situation or a simulation? In a world where nothing is what it seems, Brock and his girls band together to make sure humanity survives.

Two-time Nebula Award winner Catherine Asaro takes her immensely popular Skolian Empire saga to new heights. The renegade son of the Ruby Dynasty, Del prefers rock music to interstellar politics. His singing career has recently gained momentum on Earth, which has an uneasy relationship with his family's empire. But with intergalactic tensions running high, Del finds it harder and harder to avoid family expectations.

A mole in a hole, or a man on a mission? Former F-16 pilot Brock Blount is dead certain he's trapped in an artificial reality, but how can he escape when even his beautiful sidekicks refuse to believe him? Winter is coming. If Brock and his three girls want to survive, they have to fight their way into their billionaire employer's hardened bunker. But they're not the only party of survivors scheming for a way inside.

Air Force psych test or actual end of the world scenario? Nuclear apocalypse or reality television? Fighter pilot Brock Blount may, or may not, be the last man alive. Hollywood beauties Madison and Casey may, or may not, be the last women. Does the fate of humanity rest on their shoulders? Or is it a mind game, and they need to be fighting their way out of the machine? This novella is set in an apocalyptic world where swears and getting frisky are part of everyday reality.

Acclaimed musician and painter Stephen Tunney is also the author of Flan—a surprise hit that drew positive comparisons to William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch and Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Sixteen-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin has an amazing talent—he has the ability to see the fourth primary color, and therefore the unique future paths of time and matter.