Ergebnis für "Terror" in 20. Jahrhundert

Tauchen Sie ein in Arthur Machens erschütternde Geschichte von unerklärlichem Grauen, das die abgelegene walisische Landschaft während der dunkelsten Tage des Ersten Weltkriegs heimsucht. Während mysteriöse Todesfälle und Verschwinden die Region Meirion plagen, kämpfen der örtliche Arzt Lewis und andere darum, einen übernatürlichen Terror zu verstehen, der jeder rationalen Erklärung trotzt.

Chosen for Simon Mayo's Radio 2 Book Club, this is the chilling new ghost story from the bestselling author of Dark Matter. The Himalayas, 1935. Kangchenjunga. Third-highest peak on earth. Greatest killer of them all. Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to conquer the sacred...

US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, an ex-cop who serves as detective for General Ike, is sent to Caserta, Italy, to investigate the murders of two American officers stationed there. The MOs are completely different, and it seems like the officers had no connection to each other, but one frightening fact links the murders. Each body was discovered with a single playing card: the lieutenant’s with the ten of hearts; the captain’s, the jack of hearts. The message seems clear—if the murderer isn’t apprehended, the higher ranks will be next. 

September 1940. Britain stands alone against an imminent Nazi invasion. Handpicked groups of men, drawn from the restricted occupations form the covert Auxiliary Units. Their role; saboteurs and guerrilla fighters. Their motto, Terror by Night. With a life expectancy of two weeks, their identities are a closely guarded secret from all but the local senior policeman but once activated, that policeman will become the cell’s first victim.