Ergebnis für "The Cloak" in Literatur & Belletristik

From New York Times bestselling author James Luceno comes an all-new Star Wars adventure that reveals the action and intrigue unfolding directly before Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Mired in greed and corruption, tangled in bureaucracy, the Galactic Republic is crumbling. In the outlying...

A deadly puzzle. A closing trap. My name is Nadia, and I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means it's my responsibility to broker a peace deal between the dwarves and the Elven commoners...and there are lots of Elven nobles who would like to see the deal fail.

Unsterbliches Verlangen in der neuen Vampir-Fantasy-Serie von Sapir A. Englard, der Autorin von "The Millennium Wolves" Die verführerische Romantasy-Reihe – gefangen zwischen Machtspielen, Begierde und uralten Feindschaften "Lauf weg!", warnte mein Instinkt, als ich den megaheißen Typen in der runtergekommenen Bar sah. Aber ich hörte nicht darauf – und jetzt bin ich tot. Als wäre mein Menschenleben nicht schon kompliziert genug gewesen, hat mir der mächtige Lord Ragnor Rayne die Prägung gegeben und das Wichtigste genommen: meine Freiheit.

Aileen Henderson is still finding her bearings among the vampires. After a nightmarish introduction to their world through death, then the Auction, she’s finally found favor—and more carnal pleasures—with Lord Ragnor Rayne. But not even the head of the Rayne League can stave off the dark brutality of this place. Fearful of sharing her Sacred status, Aileen passes for a Common, deep beneath the city where she took her last breath. After the Hecatomb is announced, it’s harder to hide her secret.

My name is Nadia, and I’m an errand girl. Except my boss is the High Queen of the Elves. And my errands for her involve spying on people. Or stealing things. Or hunting down monsters. Or, on occasion, killing people. But this time she wants me to solve a murder. And unless I find the killer, I’m going to be his next target…because dragons never forgive a murder.

Combined for the first time in one volume, here are the first three books in the internationally best-selling Cloak Games series - Cloak Games: Thief Trap, Cloak Games: Frost Fever, and Cloak Games: Rebel Fist, and the bonus short story "Wraith Wolf". The High Queen of the Elves has conquered Earth, but I don't care about that. I don't care about the High Queen, or the rebels seeking to overthrow her. All I care about is getting my baby brother the treatments he needs to recover from his potentially fatal disease...and those treatments have a steep price.

The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. And as with everything concerning the Prince Regent, discretion is paramount. It's the perfect chance for Bertie to step out of his brother's long shadow. Unfortunately, his superior, the Duke of Haverly, has a plan that makes him balk. In order to sell his cover, Bertie must play the part of a man looking for love, ready to reform his rakish ways.

From New York Times bestselling author James Luceno comes an all-new Star Wars adventure that reveals the action and intrigue unfolding directly before Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Mired in greed and corruption, tangled in bureaucracy, the Galactic Republic is crumbling. In the outlying...

My name is Nadia, and I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means I've learned all kinds of secrets. One of them is that several dozen dragons live on Earth, disguised as famous musicians and wealthy industrialists. Now the dragons are holding a council to determine whether or not they wish to leave Earth, and my job is to persuade them to stay. But so many dragons in one place make a big juicy target for the High Queen's enemies.

Removed from the shadow of death as the Queen of King Henry VIII, Anna of Cleves revels in her new life as the King's "good sister". A new Queen has risen, the young Catherine Howard, and as court and country try to pit Anna against Catherine, the Lady of Cleves strives to show only friendship and support to the new Queen and the royal family.

No one has ever seen this assassin's face, and I'm his next target. My name's Nadia, and I work for the High Queen of the Elves. That means all her enemies are my enemies...and I've made a lot of foes all by myself. So when an old friend calls for help, I don't think anything of it. But it might be the first step into a deadly trap...

My name's Nadia, and I serve the High Queen of the Elves. My friend Neil Freeman also works for her, and he's the deadliest assassin who ever lived. He paid a high price for his abilities, including a damaged memory. But his memory holds secrets that might destroy the world. So when the mad wizards of Singularity come to rip open Neil's mind and steal those secrets, it's up to us to stop them.

My name's Nadia, and I serve the High Queen of the Elves. My friend Neil Freeman also works for her, and he's the deadliest assassin who ever lived. He paid a high price for his abilities, including a damaged memory. But his memory holds secrets that might destroy the world. So when the mad wizards of Singularity come to rip open Neil's mind and steal those secrets, it's up to us to stop them.

The hero of The Invisibility Cloak lives in contemporary Beijing—where everyone is doing their best to hustle up the ladder of success while shouldering an ever-growing burden of consumer goods—and he’s a loser. Well into his forties, he’s divorced (and still doting on his ex), childless, and living with his sister (her husband wants him out) in an apartment at the edge of town with a crack in the wall. He gets by just by making customized old-fashioned amplifiers for the occasional rich audio-obsessive. Then an old friend tips him off about a special job....

I thought I would help the Family of the Shadow Hunters track down a renegade cult of Dark Ones worshippers. Instead, whatever nightmare the cultists summoned killed them all, and now it's on the run. If I don't find the creature, a lot of people are going to die. Starting with everyone I love.

The Cloak (sometimes translated as Overcoat) is a short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevsky: "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'." The story narrates the life and death of titular councillor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg. Akaky is dedicated to his job, though little recognized in his department for his hard work.

My name's Nadia, and I'm the shadow agent of the High Queen of the Elves. When an Elven lord is assassinated with a bullet forged from magical iron, the High Queen sends me to track down the source. But the bullet is just a small part of a much larger hoard. And to claim that hoard, the enemies of humanity and the Elves will wipe out anyone who stands in their path. Starting with me....

My name's Nadia, and I do favors for the High Queen Tarlia of the Elves. Tarlia is not the kind of woman who accepts no for an answer. So when the High Queen orders me to help a top investigator solve a murder, I have to do it. Even though I've spent most of my life on the run from the law. I don't like the investigator, and he doesn't like me. But that doesn't matter, because if we don't work together, the creatures we're hunting will kill us both.

My name is Nadia, and I’m an errand girl. Except my boss is the High Queen of the Elves. And my errands for her involve spying on people. Or stealing things. Or hunting down monsters. Or, on occasion, killing people. But this time she wants me to solve a murder. And unless I find the killer, I’m going to be his next target...because dragons never forgive a murder.

My name is Nadia, and I’m a shadow agent of the High Queen of the Elves. I don’t have many friends, but I look after the ones I do have...and I pay my debts. So when Hakon Valborg’s teenaged granddaughter Lydia is arrested for the murder of her computer science teacher, I agree to help. But there’s more going on here than just murder.