Ergebnis für "The Pawns Count" in Literatur & Belletristik

Die Emerald Lake Anstalt ist kein Ort, den man freiwillig besucht. Die neunzehnjährige Skylenna hat jedoch ein Versprechen abgegeben, das sie einhalten muss. Nach ihrer Einstellung verfolgt sie nur ein Ziel — sie will dem Rat beweisen, dass barbarische Behandlungen wie Waterboarding, kochende Bäder und Schläge nicht mehr die Antwort sind. Doch all das gerät ins Stocken, als sie auf die Quelle des Schreckens in der Anstalt trifft. Ein Patient mit einer gespaltenen Persönlichkeit – auf der einen Seite ist er Dessin, ein blutdürstiges Genie.

The Emerald Lake Asylum is not a place most desire to go. Nineteen-year-old Skylenna, however, made a promise that she must keep. Once hired, she has only one purpose—prove to the council that barbaric treatments, such as waterboarding, scalding baths, and beatings, are no longer the answer. But that all takes pause when she meets the source of terror in the asylum. A patient with a split personality—on one side, he’s the bloodthirsty genius Dessin. On the other, a hidden persona that is buried deep in his subconscious.

It is during World War I. A chemist, Sandy Graham, has discovered a new powerful explosive, but he lets it slip in a London restaurant that he has made the discovery. Graham is ready to join some friends for luncheon at the restaurant but chooses to clean up before joining them. He never comes out of the restroom. Several spies from different governments set out to find him and the formula. This espionage novel is from 1918, but it could just as easily have been from today.

I was just a cop on my beat when the world ended. My last memory was of an alien death ray ripping me from existence. When I woke up in a strange world, I should have just laid low. But, when you see a woman running from slavers. Well, let's just say they got what they deserved. Only problem is that makes enemies—demigods with the power to bind the magically gifted women of Timeria to their will. I can stop them, with powers bestowed by a god. But, they come with a catch; I must bind these women, the Chosen, to my very soul. Just like the demigods I want to stop.