Ergebnis für "The Priest" in Literatur & Belletristik

Legend tells of a foolhardy expedition, led by the radical Magos Telok, that ventured out into the unknown space beyond the Halo Worlds in search of the 'Breath of the Gods' - an arcane device with the power to unmake and reshape the very stars themselves. Thousands of years later, the ambitious Lexell Kotov musters his Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet and sets out to follow in mad old Telok's footsteps.

Soldaten, Gangster, Magier … in den dunklen Gassen der Stadt wird darum gekämpft, wer in den Spelunken, Bordellen und Tempeln des Glücksspiels das Sagen hat. Der Soldatenpriester Tomas Piety und seine Leute haben ein einfaches Ziel, sie wollen alles, und das jetzt. Der Krieg ist aus, aber die Probleme scheinen erst richtig anzufangen. Der Armeepriester Tomas kehrt mit seinen Soldaten und seiner Stellvertreterin Bloody Anne zurück nach Ellinburg. Aber die Stadt hat sich verändert, sein Imperium besteht nicht mehr.

Er ist ein Priester, aber er ist heißer als die Hölle. Ich darf ihm nicht erliegen. Er darf mich nicht wollen. Wenn sein Blick mich trifft, dringt er bis in meine Seele... und noch tiefer. Er soll damit aufhören! Sie sieht aus wie ein Engel, aber ich durchschaue sie. Sie kann nicht so naiv sein. Niemand ist so rein. Die Vergangenheit darf sich nicht wiederholen. Ich will nicht, dass auch sie mein Opfer wird. Aber was wenn ich ihre Bestimmung bin? Sündhaft-heiße Dark Romance. Düster und Grenzen überschreitend. Nach dem Dark & Deadly Motto der Autoren.

Als ein Bauer in einem abgelegenen Feld in der Nähe von Salisbury Knochen entdeckt, wird Atticus Priest in ein dunkles Geheimnis verwickelt, das bis zu den gewalttätigen Unruhen von 1830 zurückreicht. Als ein aktueller Mordfall mit längst begrabenen Wahrheiten verflochten wird, muss Atticus die Wahrheit hinter einem brutalen Erbe aufdecken – bevor weiteres Blut vergossen wird.

There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. Then I learned new rules.

His courage covered his brother's fear. His sacrifices atoned for the peoples sin. His voice carried the words of God. Moses parted the red sea. But in his shadow stood a man who symbolizes forever our great High Priest: Aaron.

There’s nothing more important than family. It’s what I live for, what I’ve always lived for. So, when I’m forced to step back from the one girl I’m dying to claim as my own, it wrecks me. But when family asks you to keep a secret, you do it. No questions asked. I only hope that when the truth comes to light, the woman I can’t get out of my head gives me another chance. A chance to show her I could be her knight in beat-up leather if only she’d let me.

A blood prince who refused his crown. A priest who was never supposed to love him. A kingdom rotting beneath holy vows and royal lies. Dante Traibon was born heir to a blood-drinking dynasty, but he would rather vanish into the snow than become the monster his family demands. Stripped of name and power, he finds refuge with John Thompson, a farmer's grandson with a gentle heart and a future in the church.

"The first in an unmissable series, Priest of Bones is a fresh and compelling take on grimdark fantasy. Mashing together soldiers, gangsters, magic and war into a heady mix that is a hulking big brother to The Lies of Locke Lamora."--Anna Stephens, author of Godblind The war is over, and army...

The priest and the blood prince survived exposure. Now they must survive the road. Dante Traibon wanted to protect Father John from the brutal politics of his bloodline, but love has a way of dragging secrets into the light. With enemies closing in and the kingdom's corruption spreading beyond church walls and royal courts, Dante and John are forced into motion.

Ein bestialischer Mord. Eine angehende Nonne wird auf bestialische Weise ermordet. Die Umstände ihres Todes deuten darauf hin, dass sie kein Zufallsopfer war. Ex-Polizistin Anne Steinbach und der Priester Paul Wagner ermitteln: War die Tote tatsächlich eine Heilige, oder führte sie ein Doppelleben? Trotz privater Probleme und Fragen zu ihrer Beziehung lassen Anne und Paul nichts unversucht.

In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose each other. In the course of pursuing each other's ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magician's craft can command. Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences.

When Tomas Piety and his Pious Men returned from the war, he just wanted to rebuild his crime empire and look after his people. But the sinister Queen's Men had different ideas, and whether he likes it or not, he's now a spy as well. Now, half the city of Ellinburg lies in ashes, and the webs of political intrigue are stretching out from the Queen's capital to pull Tomas in. Dannsburg is calling.   

Tomas Piety takes his duties seriously: as a soldier, as a priest of Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows and as a leader of men. He has come home from the war to reclaim his family business, to provide for his men and to ensure the horrors of Abingon can never happen in Ellinburg. But things have changed: his crime empire has been stolen, and the people of Ellinburg - his people - have run out of food and hope and places to hide. With his best friend, Bloody Anne, his war-damaged brother, Jochan, and his new gang, the Pious Men, Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his. 

Nazywam się Tyler Anselm Bell. Mam dwadzieścia dziewięć lat. Sześć miesięcy temu złamałem przysięgę celibatu na ołtarzu kościoła i, Boże, dopomóż mi, zrobiłbym to ponownie. Jestem księdzem, a to moja spowiedź. Tyler zawsze był dobry w przestrzeganiu reguł. Dopóki nie pojawiła się ona. Na początku znał tylko jej uwodzicielski głos i widział jedynie cień krwistoczerwonych ust, kiedy klęczała po drugiej stronie kratki konfesjonału.

People said he was emotionless. Cold. But he burned her to the ground every chance he got. Priest Hayes thought he knew everything there was to know about the society of outlaws who ran by their own set of rules, and right now, he'd just taken the gavel. It didn't feel heavy. It felt like it...

The international bestseller! A masterful gothic thriller set against the turbulence of medieval Italy. The Name of the Rose The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is...

Tomas Piety has everything he ever wanted. In public he's a wealthy, highly respected businessman, happily married to a beautiful woman and Governor of his home city of Ellinburg. In private, he's no longer a gang lord but one of the Queen's Men, invisible and officially non-existent, working in secret to protect his country.

When the last Templar Knight dies screaming in the papal square, his execution should have ended the Church's war against forbidden knowledge. Instead, it draws the attention of something far older and more dangerous than any medieval conspiracy. Brother Marcus of Prague arrives in Avignon as a simple scholar, seeking rare manuscripts for his monastery. But beneath his scholarly robes lies an immortal predator who has hunted cosmic horrors for ten thousand years. And in the papal palace, Cardinal Arnaud de Gasques is trafficking with forces that predate Christianity itself.

A young, shy, sickly priest is assigned to his first parish, a sleepy village in Northern France. Though his faith is devout, he finds nothing but indifference and mockery. The children laugh at his teachings, his parishioners are consumed by boredom, rumours are spread about him and he is tormented by stomach pains. Even his attempts to clarify his thoughts in a diary fail to deliver him from worldly concerns. Yet somehow, despite his suffering, he tries to find love for his fellow humans and even a state of grace.