Ergebnis für "Rubicon" in Belletristik

In Afghanistan war Carl Overbeck der beste Scharfschütze seiner Einheit, doch zurück in Deutschland kommt er mit seinem Leben nicht mehr zurecht. Da macht ihm ein alter Jugendfreund ein besonderes Angebot: Er soll in Italien einen Mafioso erschießen, der sich der Polizei als Kronzeuge angedient hat. Carl übernimmt den Job und wird damit zum Auftragskiller, der still und heimlich seine Aufträge versieht. Bis er sich in die falsche Frau verliebt. Spannend, aktuell und hochemotional - ein Ereignis. Der erste Roman von Kai Havaii, dem Sänger der Band Extrabreit.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER An original novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! A HALO INFINITE STORY December 2559. Humanity has its back against the wall after the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity drops out of slipspace into a...

Ravenna, 50BC. Caesar’s forces stand upon the borders of Gaul and Italy. The prospect of a civil war grows ever likelier each day. But for the veteran soldier Lucius Oppius, this may be one conflict too far. With a new lover, he is tempted to end his long military career - and start a new life. But can any man truly be free of his past and who he is? In Rome, Cicero attempts to secure a peace. Against him, a powerful faction in the Senate is bent upon destroying Caesar, for personal and political reasons.

As African Swine Fever Virus, a deadly virus that infects pigs, is spreading in China and threatens to infect pigs in Western Europe - and may even reach America - the timing of this provocative novel could not be more perfect. As fears grow that the virus might be capable of infecting humans, this book raises troubling questions about the honesty and competence of public health officials.

The Stonewall Massacre is one of the most entertaining and provocative fictional works of alternate history ever written. This gripping story asks the politically explosive question, "What if the gay movement had been completely destroyed at its moment of birth in 1969?" The visionary tale is told from the perspective of a gay waiter who happens to leave the famous Stonewall Inn, a gay bar located in Greenwich Village, just minutes before a police raid on a hot night in June. What happens in this imagined version of the Stonewall riots is a terrifying nightmare of violence and repression.