Ergebnis für "Phantom of the Peak" in Literatur & Belletristik

Dr. Kay Scarpetta ermittelt gegen ein mörderisches Phantom und bringt sich selbst in große Gefahr... Kann Scarpetta das Phantom fangen oder fängt das Phantom Scarpetta? Ein spannender Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Unter großem öffentlichem Protest wird der Schwarze Ronnie Joe Waddell in Virginia auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hingerichtet. Wenig später bekommt es die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta mit einem grausamen Mord an einem Dreizehnjährigen zu tun, den eigentlich nur Waddell begangen haben kann - nach seiner Obduktion.

They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.

The gods have been angered. Hell will rain down. After Wic and the Phantom’s successful operation on Karkin Four, the team learns of the enemy’s plans for a swift retaliation: an all-out assault on New York City. Together, Wic must rally the team’s resources to plan an emergency counter-assault that will push the Phantoms to their limits. With help from unexpected places, mission success seems all but assured. But when a new terrifying technology emerges, Wic must face the most challenging choice of all: sacrifice his teammates for the fate of Earth.

After the Tortoise Spire climb claims three members of Team Guiding Star Legacy, surviving combat experts Nieve and Hane—teammates by chance if not by choice—cope with their losses by joining another delving group to ascend Tiger Spire. Allied with bickering siblings Rose and Mason, an Architect and a Transmuter, and the Biomancer Lief, they’re led by Odette, an Analyst, who has meticulously studied the spire’s scenarios to locate the mythical Vault of Shadows and claim its priceless treasures.

What can a game clan accomplish without a castle? The answer is obvious: nothing. Therefore, the main objective of any leader in a game world is to acquire a base of operations. Finding himself in exactly this position, High Shaman Mahan, leader of the Legends of Barliona, accepts an offer from the Emperor and the Dark Lord to vanquish the army of Phantoms that has inhabited Altameda, the phantom castle.

The ruling Anixians believe Kayla is the "Wingless and Featherless" savior prophesied by Grey Seer hundreds of years in the past. As a consequence, they have given her the problem of saving Anixia from the multiple warlike races inhabiting the Milky Way. Unfortunately, Kayla is quick to realize she is in charge of a strategy with no chance of surviving contact with the three warlike nations currently known to exist: Tullizor, Soofir, and Jumanu. If that weren't enough, too many of the humans on Anixia believe stealing a cruiser and returning to Earth would make them rich and famous.

November 12, 1944. This house holds on to souls for a lifetime. I thought I had given it to my husband when I vowed to love him until the end of time. I lied. Nothing could have prepared me for the day my phantom appeared outside my window. He was terrifying, yet hypnotizing, and I couldn’t deny my intrigue. I never intended to fall into a whirlwind romance with my stalker. Especially because he’s so much more than that. A criminal. A mobster. The man who offers me solace from the monster in Parsons Manor. There are many that haunt these halls, yet it’s only my husband I fear.

Detective G. Hornbuckle braucht Dr. Zephyres parawissenschaftliche Expertise. Der neue Meisterdieb, der sich selbst "Das Phantom" nennt, geht bei seinen Coups derart sensationell vor, dass es geradezu übermenschlich erscheint. Wer ist dieses Phantom? Auf der Jagd nach dem Meisterverbrecher erkennen Zephyre, Dave und Nina bald, dass hinter der Fassade von Einbrüchen ein gerissener Plan steckt, den das Team unter allen Umständen verhindern muss. Denn ist das Phantom erfolgreich, wird es die Welt verändern...

My name is Quinn MacKenna, and magic doesn’t work on me. When I’m not getting roped into bar brawls in Boston, I’m usually acquiring - stealing is a form of acquisition, you know - dangerous magical artifacts to turn around and sell them to the highest bidders. But I prefer to be paid in favors, not money. Because favors are a hot commodity in the Land of the Fae. Favors are the only currency that will buy the answers I seek: Why magic doesn’t work on me, and who my real father is.

Indonesia's sea lanes are vital to international cargo carriers and naval power. To see them under the control of the West's enemies would be disastrous. One man could be the key to Indonesia's fate. But he is hiding somewhere among the country's 17,000 islands—and nobody knows where. The US Navy despatches Captain Amanda Garrett. Her orders: to find the man and prevent a catastrophe.

Threadbare has been kidnapped by pirates! But this is just the first step in the plan of the malevolent and mysterious puppeteer who's manipulated the pirates into bear-nappery. Which was supposed to be a proper princess kidnapping. To uncover this strange mastermind's plan and properly thwart it, Threadbare must play along, keep his friends alive while they attempt to rescue him, make new friends, and help the old ones during this dangerous journey to parts unknown, all to confront the deadly and devious beastkin known only as the Phantom of the Lop Ear….

War das Mittelalter eine Lüge? Eine neue Chiffre von Tron lässt T-Rex, Kim und Nolo an der heutigen Geschichtsschreibung zweifeln. Sie stoßen auf die Schriften eines Privatgelehrten, dessen Thesen die wissenschaftliche Welt ins Wanken bringen. Karl der Große sei demnach viel eher Karl der Fiktive und die gesamte Karolingerzeit hätte nie stattgefunden. Doch wie könnte es zu einer solch gigantischen Lüge kommen? T-Rex und seine Freunde begeben sich auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit - und finden das Unglaubliche.

Ein Phantom geht um im Archäologiepark von Xanten. Ein Unsichtbarer tötet auf grausige Art mehrere Frauen, indem er ihnen die Kehle aufschlitzt. Stets hinterlässt er dabei Botschaften für Christoph Schwarz. Ein Fall, der für den "Detektiv des Übersinnlichen" besonders schwer wird - wurde doch seine damalige Freundin Nadine Weyer auf ebendiese Weise getötet. Ein Besuch bei ihrem Mörder bringt keinen Hinweis. Oder doch? Das gesamte Team ist gefordert, denn immer mehr Menschen fallen dem Mörder zum Opfer.