Ergebnis für "Salt" in Action & Abenteuer

In einer Welt, die von unerbittlichen Stürmen gezeichnet ist, findet die junge Speerfischerin Tavi etwas Unvorstellbares: ein Seeglas – sagenumwoben und zutiefst gefährlich. Denn dieser Fund entfesselt nicht nur magische Kräfte in ihr, sondern bringt sie auch noch in tödliche Gefahr. Auf der Flucht vor Meeresbestien und anderen Feinden wird ausgerechnet der schweigsame Eero zu ihrem Verbündeten. Als Nachfahre der mystischen und von den Menschen zutiefst verachteten Mervolks verkörpert er alles, was Tavi zu verabscheuen gelernt hat.

A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.

Azetla has served the Maurowan Army for thirteen years. There are seven left to pay. A pariah and a debt soldier, he is a commander with no rank, a soldier without citizenship, and wears a sword that it is unlawful for him to either own or use. He has learned to hold his tongue or risk losing everything. When Azetla’s battalion is sent into the desert to catch a Sahr devil—one of the famously brutal inhabitants of the region—his tenuous position is threatened. He discovers that there is far more to this mission than catching a fiend.

England im Jahr 1882: Es ist Nacht, eine junge Dienstmagd ist auf der Flucht vor der Rache ihres Herrn. Mit allerletzter Kraft schafft sie es, sich in den Waggon eines Güterzugs zu retten – nur um dort eine Entdeckung zu machen, die ihr Leben für immer verändern wird: ein Baby, dessen Haut in einem blauen Schimmer leuchtet. Damit beginnt ein Abenteuer, das von England, in den Wilden Westen bis nach Tokio und an die Grenzen des Vorstellbaren führt. Ein Abenteuer voll Magie, Wunder und tödlicher Geheimnisse.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Darien by C.F. Iggulden, read by Daniel Weyman. TWELVE FAMILIES. ONE THRONE. WELCOME TO THE EMPIRE OF SALT. The city of Darien stands at the weary end of a golden age. Twelve families keep order with soldiers and artefacts, spies and memories, clinging...

Brought to you by Penguin. The epic conclusion to the bestselling Empire of Salt series from master storyteller Conn Iggulden. The news from the north is grim. An army is massing under the new king of Feal. They head towards Darien - city of the Twelve families - demanding allegiance, or war...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Shiang by C. F. Iggulden, read by Daniel Weyman. IF THESE STONES COULD SPEAK, THEY WOULD CALL FOR WAR. In Shiang, the young king rules without dissent. Mazer swordsmen stand watch on every corner, looking for the first sign of rebellion. This city is a...

A criminal and a royal guard are drawn into the hunt for a dangerous witch – and an unexpected romance – in this crossover enemies-to-lovers romantasy, perfect for fans of The Crimson Moth. Hunt the witch Find the witch Kill the witch In Gadore, the Witch is feared above all else. Reborn...

The kings of the world have spoken—she must be captured. She does not know what she is. Not a queen. Not a mage. Not human. She only knows that blue fire rages in her veins, answering to her will, defying every law of magic. They call her a witch, a weapon too dangerous to roam free. They demand her obedience. They seek to chain her, to break her, to use her. But she will not kneel. She barely knows Salvatore, the reckless man who appeared out of nowhere. Forced into an uneasy alliance, something pulls them together. While the world hunts her, Salvatore plunges into the abyss.

After six hundred years, the Mednohail Empire lusts for a dominion where the sun never sets. The Mednohail grow restless, ashamed of their loss against the Heokolon Empire thirty years ago. Fueled by insatiable wrath and a greedy thirst for salt, the Empire looks east once again, seeking to spread the scourge of its gods across the world. Roused by a new age of steel and weaponized sin, General Brónmal leads Mednohail’s endless legions east. Driven by the rage of a brutal upbringing by a failure father, he takes up the duty for glory and penance, seeking to surpass his family’s legacy.

Persephone, goddess of spring, was meant to remain untouched by shadow. Hidden by her mother in an attempt to outwit the Fates, she has been raised far from Olympus and the world of men. But when a chance encounter with Hades, the formidable ruler of the Underworld, binds their paths, she is thrust into a realm of power, peril, and desire. In his kingdom of shadowed beauty, she must decide if she is captive... or queen.

The Western world's growth started its first major developmental boom in the early 1800s. We all know the typical story: 1803, The Louisiana Purchase; 1845, Texas joins the Union; 1860, The Civil War; 1865, The abolishment of slavery in the US. Seems like the average 2006 class history lesson right? Of course, it does! While these things did happen, there are things that the government keeps out of textbooks, due to fear of civil unrest. Fear of the truth. A truth that is hard to digest.

What happens when you find a way to save your loved one… but the price might not be worth it—the stunning conclusion to New York Times bestseller Lilith Saintcrow’s The Dead God’s Heart Nat Drozdova has crossed half the continent in search of the stolen Dead God’s Heart, the only thing...