Ergebnis für "The Priest" in Literatur & Belletristik

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.

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.

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.

"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...

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 belonged there all along. In his hand. Just like her. But Luna Nox was the one girl he could never have. He knew that the second he fell for her. Bound by a past they both shared, their souls were connected in a way that no one would ever understand. But love isn't always what conquers all. Sometimes, it's the only thing you'll surrender to.

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.

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.

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Dieses Buch enthält 12 seiner schönsten Fälle. Inhalt: Das blaue Kreuz, Der geheime Garten, Die verdächtigen Tritte, Israel Gows Ehre, Der Unsichtbare, Missgestaltet, Die Sternschnuppen, Die Sünden des Prinzen Saradin, Der Hammer Gottes, Das Auge des Apoll, Das Zeichen des zerbrochenen Schwertes, Die drei Todeswerkzeuge.

I’m lonely, but am I ready to move on? I’ve been Ankh’s old man for as long as Hell’s Ankhor has existed. But Ankh’s been dead for two years, and I need to live my life for me. I love the guys of HAC, but no one’s keeping me warm at night. No one except Mal, and that’s only in my dreams. He doesn’t do long term, and he’s one of my oldest friends. Hooking up could risk the club, yet when it comes to him, I don’t care. I’m ready to live and love again.

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. 

Once, Tomas Piety looked after his men, body and soul, as best he could. Then those who ran his country decided his dark talents would better serve in the corridors of power. Crushed by the power of the Queen's Men and with the Skanian menace rising once more on the streets of Ellinburg, Tomas Piety is forced to turn to old friends, old debts and untrustworthy alliances. Meanwhile in the capital city of Dannsburg, Dieter Vogel is beginning to wonder if the horror he has unleashed in the Martyr's Disciples might be getting out of control.

Christian Windsor's odd genius brought him and his FBI unit fame when he stopped the sadistic murderer called The Surgeon. Christian's genius couldn't reveal the sociopath working right next to him, though: the world-renowned psychiatrist, Luke Titan. Dead bodies begin showing up again, but this time, Christian knows them. The killer doesn't want other people: He wants Christian. A delusional psychopath thinks Christian can bring God's return, which gives Luke Titan the perfect opportunity to continue his own sick purpose.

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.

Dan Starkey arrives on Wrathlin Island to investigate the residents' belief that the Messiah is alive, female, and about to start school there: it's not a commission that turns up everyday. He finds a mess of religious intolerance and illicit drinking in a tiny community that is big on religious...

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.

Jacqueline (Jac) has survived on the streets ever since escaping from the clutches of her ruthless uncle, the city’s powerful governor. He craves more than political influence and believes a legendary talisman in Jac’s possession can give it to him. To survive, Jac has honed her skills as a thief, catching the eye of Rhys Mayhew, a brother in an order of warrior priests. Rhys enlists her as a spy, and their partnership soon deepens into more. But Rhys’s faith demands strict adherence to oaths of denial.

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.

Ireland is no longer the land of saints and scholars. Now, in an era of prosperity, the sexual scandals surrounding the church have caused its people to lose faith in the one institution that seemed invulnerable. But the decapitation of Father Joyce in a Galway church brings a gasp to the most hardened cynics. Not to Jack Taylor. Emotionally bruised, battered, and still struggling with the demon drink, he’s back in town, trying to get his life on course after the traumatic trauma of personal loss.