Ergebnis für "The Darkest Dark" in Politik

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER “Fast-paced...pulse-pounding...supremely entertaining…His best ever.” —The Washington Times “This might be the single greatest thriller I’ve covered....It’s amazing!” —The Real Book Spy Scot Harvath returns in the...

The traitor Baru Cormorant is now the cryptarch Agonist - a secret lord of the empire she's vowed to destroy. Hunted by a mutinous admiral, haunted by the wound which has split her mind in two, Baru leads her dearest foes on an expedition for the secret of immortality. It's her chance to trigger a war that will consume the Masquerade. But Baru's heart is broken, and she fears she can no longer tell justice from revenge...or her own desires from the will of the man who remade her.

Isabel Rosen hat noch ein Semester am Wilder College vor sich, als ein neuer Professor ihren Kurs für Kreatives Schreiben übernimmt. R. H. Connelly ist ein charismatischer Lehrer und ein Mann mit Geheimnissen. Er gibt Isabel das Gefühl, gesehen zu werden, schön und talentiert zu sein: die Frau, die sie sein möchte. Die beiden beginnen eine Affäre, die die Grundlagen dessen, wer Isabel zu sein glaubt, immer mehr erschüttert. Während ein weiteres Drama um ein verheiratetes Paar am College alle um sie herum in Atem hält, ahnt Isabel, dass die Grenze zwischen Jugend und Erwachsensein weniger klar ist, als sie dachte.

In Dark Lady, Richard North Patterson displays the mastery of setting, psychology, and story that makes him unique among writers of suspense, and one of today's most original and enthralling novelists. In Steelton, a struggling Midwestern city on the cusp of an economic turnaround, two prominent...

In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

Dark Star is the invisible angel of justice, fighting the Home World Security Agency in the name of truth, justice, and the old home-world way. The Earth is ruled by a dictatorship: a one-world government and a chairman dictator gone insane with power. This is the story of Starship Captain Beryl Stone, the mysterious Dark Star. Dark Star turns the enemy inward against itself. He uses psychological methods, trickery, and technology to evoke justice while maintaining his secret identity.

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE A “beautifully and sparingly constructed” (The New York Times) novel about a lighthouse keeper with a mysterious past, and the stranger who washes up on his shores—An Island is the American debut of a major voice in...

Gabriel Jets is the CIA’s top agent, a man with a reputation of getting the job done, no matter the price. On a visit to the States, he is dispatched to collect a video depicting the kidnapping of four U.S. journalists working undercover in Damascus, Syria. Meanwhile Damascus is rocked by a terrorist plot that killed 25 innocent people. A link between the two events is quickly discovered, with evidence pointing to the involvement of another U.S. journalist, Amelia Sinclair, a prominent foreign correspondent, with direct ties to the missing.

The Osseomancer is finally vanquished, but the work has only just begun. When the mage Snorri and his aide Nauveena convene a council to discuss how best to rebuild, all those who fought against the Osseomancer come to attend. Nauveena expects such a council to be easy, especially compared to years of war. But soon enough, she learns that politics might be more difficult than magic. Differences forgotten during the war are quickly remembered. Each member of the council arrives at Athyzia wishing to build a lasting peace, but each has their own idea of what that peace should look like.

2007 Audie Award Finalist for...

War on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands off Hrímland's coast are their only hope of survival. Elka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son Sölvi. In their village they find a new life—all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but Sölvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.

Cuando el agente del FBI, Richard Clark, se involucra en la persecución del líder de un grupo terrorista que se hace llamar ARC, Anarquistas por un Cambio Real, se encuentra en un camino desconcertante donde «nada es lo que parece ser». Mientras intenta lidiar con sus propios demonios, lucha por encontrar un motivo que conecte todos los crímenes brutales del ARC. A medida que se adentra más en el misterio del ARC, descubre una verdad aterradora.

The Shadow Between Worlds by Rolyat NoohIn the enchanted realm of Eridoria, where ancient magic and forgotten lore intertwine, Aldric Veylan, a seasoned mercenary, is suddenly torn from his world and thrust into a realm of shadows and secrets. Bound to the enigmatic Guild Mistress, Serenya, by chains that ignite a fierce passion, Aldric must navigate the treacherous landscape of politics and power struggles. As he delves deeper into the mysteries of Eridoria, Aldric discovers his World Walker abilities, which hold the key to unlocking the realm's hidden truths.

The epic fantasy adventure begun in Sunshield races to its thrilling conclusion in this imaginative finale in which the fate of four extraordinary young people—and their nations—will be decided. When their hopes for ending Moquoia’s brutal system of bondage are crushed, unlikely allies...

Mayor Anthony Podesta, now Lieutenant Governor Podesta, and Jonathan Chalmers seem on a roll as Anthony with the assistance of his “SFPD Special Branch” achieves his comeuppance upon newly minted Governor Mario Pardini. Chalmers on the other hand has a new avocation collecting red zucchettos who The Holy Father Pope Callixtus IX grudgingly hawks to balance-out certain misappropriations at the Vatican Bank, not to mention the atonement for the countless lawsuits alleging ecclesiastic improprieties.

A masterful political thriller thrusts veteran Washington fixers Peter Rena and Randi Brooks into a dark world of cyberattacks, a new era of foreign espionage, and a risky, classified plan to save the world from environmental disaster. Billionaire entrepreneur David Traynor has big dreams for...

A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family’s troubling past in this taut and daring novel about national trauma and collective guilt—from the Booker Prize–longlisted author of An Island. “Extraordinary . . . unputdownable.”—Roddy Doyle LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S...

A lawless wilderness. A polished court. Individual fares, each on a quest to expose a system of corruption. The desolate canyons of Alcoro—and the people desperate enough to hide there—couldn’t be more different from the opulent glass palace and lush forests of Moquoia. But the harsh...

2007 Audie Award Finalist for...

“With this splendid debut, Steven Wright announces his arrival as a major new voice in the world of political thrillers. I enjoyed it immensely.” —John Grisham A blistering and thrilling debut—a biting exploration of American politics, set in a small South Carolina town, about a...