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Nach dem Mord an ihrem Vater übernimmt Alecta Di Salvo, genannt "Die Viper" dessen Geschäfte und begibt sich damit in ein Netz aus Gewalt, Verrat und Manipulation. Waffen und Geld vergrößern ihr Imperium, Blut hält es aufrecht. Die Konkurrenz schläft nicht, aber Alecta lernt schnell, und es scheint nur eine Chance zu geben, sie aufzuhalten: Liam Hunter - ehemaliger Navy Seal, skrupellos und eiskalt. Aber nicht nur er ist hinter der Waffenhändlerin her, deren Rachefeldzug erst begonnen hat.

Jason King und Will Slater – zwei der tödlichsten Männer, die der Geheimdienst je hervorbrachte – sind jetzt auf sich allein gestellt. In den Straßen von New York beginnt ihre gnadenlose Mission gegen Korruption, Machtgier und Verrat. Als sie überraschend von einem ihrer ehemaligen Auftraggeber kontaktiert werden, nimmt ihre selbst auferlegte Bestimmung eine rasante Wendung – und sie werden selbst zu Gejagten.

Nachdem die Blutkönigin Casteel in ihre Gewalt gebracht hat, erklärt Poppy ihr den Krieg. Sie ist fest entschlossen, ihre große Liebe zu retten und die Aufgestiegenen daran zu hindern, Atlantia und Solis einzunehmen. Doch der Kampf gegen die Aufgestiegenen ist erst der Beginn: In den Schatten sind uralte Mächte erwacht, die die Schrecken längst vergangener Zeiten mit sich bringen. Nun ist die Stunde gekommen, in der Poppy ihr Schicksal annehmen und die Prophezeiung erfüllen muss.

Nachdem Dianna Samkiel beinahe verloren hat, ist sie bereit, alles zu riskieren, um ihn zu beschützen – und verheimlicht, was sie für seine Rettung geopfert hat. Seine Macht hat Samkiel verlassen und er versucht zu heilen, doch er ist durch den Verrat und die Zerschlagung seiner engsten Verbündeten zusätzlich geschwächt. Unterdessen strebt Nismera, die grausame Göttin des Krieges, danach, ihren Platz auf dem Thron zu sichern. Werden Dianna und Samkiel Nismera aufhalten können, oder werden sie der Göttin des Krieges zum Opfer fallen?

Enter the dark and sensual realms of the Black Jewels, a world where power always has a price, in this sweeping story in the New York Times bestselling fantasy saga. They are Warlord Princes, men born to serve and protect. They are the Queen's Weapons, men born to destroy the Queen's enemies--no...

Jason King and Will Slater, the two most lethal operatives in government history, are out on their own. They’ve been through their personal journeys into hell, but they unite in New York City as brothers in arms. So begins a vigilante crusade against the city’s morally bankrupt inhabitants. But their private war doesn’t last long. Sometimes you can’t escape the past, no matter how hard you try. They’re revisited by old government contacts with an agenda, and soon enough they’re fighting tooth and nail to prevent the destabilization of the entire country.

The London Silver Vaults—for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace—only that's what happened. The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit.

The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people.

In the first volume of this epic new series, Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in 1066, to the turbulent...

Casteel Da’Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could’ve prepared for the staggering revelations. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable.

Triumph and tragedy, love and loss, murder and malice in the lives of five fifteenth-century queens The fifteenth century was a turbulent age: the Hundred Years War between England and France, and the Wars of the Roses dominated the lives of people both inside and out of the royal courts. Joan...

SAMKIEL AND DIANNA RETURN 'A wicked ride from beginning to heart shattering end. Leaving me literally screaming for more. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to get more our morally corrupt heroine who you can't help but root for, along with the giggle inducing banter between her and the...

The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe – these...

Ein Krimidinner zu Ehren von Agatha Christie katapultiert Maisie mitten in ihren neuen Fall. Die letzten Worte eines Sterbenden sind die entscheidende Fährte in der neunten Folge der Cosy-Crime-Serie "Maisie, Mord und Meer" von Fiona Wilder. Im Salon des Crown Inn ist halb Littleport zusammengekommen: Lady Lavinia hat zum Krimidinner geladen. Doch durch einen unerwarteten Gast wird aus dem Spiel plötzlich blutiger Ernst.

An idealistic young student and a banished warrior become allies in a battle to save their realm in this first book of a mesmerizing epic fantasy series, filled with political intrigue, violent magic, malevolent spirits, and thrilling adventure. Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with...

The Triune's attention is a deadly thing to attract. The world's oldest and most powerful vampire queens devise a plan to ensure the fledgling Isador queen is eliminated before she can call enough Blood to protect her. But Shara has already drawn formidable and famously powerful Blood to her side: Leviathan, king of the depths; Guillaume de Payne, the headless Templar knight; Wu Tien Xin, the silent invisible assassin; Nevarre, the Morrigan's own Shadow; and, of course, her first two Blood, Alrik and Daire, inexperienced, but extremely powerful in their own right. 

Discover and rediscover the world of the Queen's Thief, from the acclaimed novel The Thief to the thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion, The Return of the Thief. The epic novels set in the world of the Queen’s Thief can be read in any order. New York Times-bestselling author Megan...

Strengthened by her new queen sib, Shara Isador plans to return to her mansion-in-progress for some much needed rest. She especially wants to get to know her new twin Blood and fears she may have made a mistake in taking them. She does not love them. Yet.

Hugo Award Finalist: A near-future novel of artificial intelligence, human nature, and mass murder that “succeeds on virtually every level” (The New York Times Book Review). In Los Angeles in 2047, advances in the science of psychology have made crime a rare occurrence. So it’s utterly...

History is rewritten in an instant as the future smashes into the past, and high-tech hardware goes head to head with World War Two technology. In the chaos that ensues, thousands are killed, but the maelstrom has only just begun. The veterans of Pearl Harbor have never seen a helicopter, or a cruise missile - let alone nanotechnology, ceramic bullets, and F22 Raptor stealth jetfighters. Allied and Axis forces are then caught in a desperate struggle to gain the upper hand.