Ergebnis für "Projekt Orphan" in Literatur & Belletristik

Für Daisy und Maya steht das Leben für Freiheit, Freundschaft und lange Nächte voller Möglichkeiten. Doch nach einem besonders bedauerlichen One-Night-Stand mit James, dem ungehobeltesten Typen aus ihrem Freundeskreis, der sogar stolz darauf ist, noch nie geweint zu haben, beginnt Daisy zu zweifeln: Warum gibt es so viele kluge, tolle Frauen – und so wenige passende Männer? Die Antwort heißt: eine radikale Neuerfindung des Datings. Als erstes Versuchsobjekt dient James – eher Baustelle als idealer Partner, aber überraschend offen für Veränderungen.

Aragon Urrea ist der Kopf eines großen Drogenhandelsunternehmens in Südtexas. Er ist auch der Mäzen der Region - er bietet Arbeitsplätze in legalen Geschäften, Hilfe für die Hilflosen, grobe Gerechtigkeit für die Unterdrückten und eine Zukunft für ein Volk, das normalerweise wenig Hoffnung hat. Er ist kompliziert - ein nicht ganz so guter Mensch, der aus oft guten Gründen schlechte Dinge tut.

Der letzte Orphan – der neue Thriller Bestseller von Gregg Hurwitz! “Töte. Oder werde getötet.” Betäubungsmittel für Großwild, Luftunterstützung, ein Einsatzteam in voller Kampfmontur, ein Konvoi mit Spezialfahrzeugen, Fesseln und eine Kapuze. So sieht eine persönliche Einladung der US-Präsidentin aus ... wenn der Gast Evan Smoak, Deckname Orphan X, heißt. Vor Jahren war er der beste Auftragskiller der US-Regierung, bis er sich entschied, als "Nowhere Man" seine eigenen Ziele zu jagen. Erstes Gebot: "Lass keinen Unschuldigen sterben." Doch die US-Präsidentin verlangt genau das von ihm.

When scavengers come across an Orphan in the rubble of the Old City, they do not know what they are in for. When Assessor Alena takes the boy in, however, she can see clearly what Alarion represents. A risk. A weapon. An opportunity. Bending imperial law, she takes him into the merciless care of the House of Hunger, a place where his brittle Aptitude will either be forged into steel, or ruined and discarded.

The sinking of the Brig Minerva results in many deaths, while for others, the future is suddenly brighter. But it’s not always easy to leave the past behind.... Evie Parfitt is almost 30, penniless, and with no prospect of ever marrying. She has her hands full helping turn a jewel merchant’s willful heiress into a lady able to move in good society. When the sinking of the Minerva leaves her charge an orphan and she selects a notorious rake as her guardian, Evie is determined to protect both of them from his attentions.

The Tales of the Otori does for medieval Japan what Game of Thrones does for medieval Europe. The bitter struggles of the Tribe and the clans have left many children orphaned. Among them are Sunaomi and Chikara, sons of Arai Zenko, who face death after their parents' treachery. Their aunt, Kaede, is able to save their lives on the condition they become novice monks and never leave the temple at Terayama. Sunaomi has been brought up as a warrior, yet his grandmother is Muto Shizuka. He cannot escape that he is also a child of the Tribe.

If every war needs its master chronicler, Ukraine has Serhiy Zhadan, one of Europe’s most promising novelists. Recalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. 

After getting dumped on an alien planet and left for dead by Earth’s leaders, I’m learning to adapt and rebuild my life. It’s what I’m good at. Keeping my head down. Surviving. But it turns out it’s kind of hard to keep your head down when the brooding, scarred alien warlord of the new tribe follows you with his glinting golden eyes wherever you go. It gets even harder when you find out you’re supposed to be his mate.

For nearly one thousand years, the Core Empire has held together thousands of star systems and billions of citizens. But a coup attempt has broken the empire into pieces. Some planets and systems have survived and still have law and order. Others have fallen to barbarism and piracy. For young Hugh Cascade, this is but a history lesson, even if the nightmares of kinetic weapons exploding have followed him through most of his childhood. Ten years later, the war finds Hugh, now a military cadet. 

One man in the Universe holds the key to the mystery of Flinx's past - and that man is trying to kill him! It is a strange childhood for a kid, to be adopted by the restless Mother Mastiff and raised in the bustling marketplace of Drallar. Flinx never knew the mom and dad who abandoned him years ago. In fact, his birth has always been shrouded in mystery. But Flinx eventually discovers that his unknown parents have left him a curious legacy - extraordinary mental powers that are both a marvelous gift and a dreaded curse.