Ergebnis für "The Raven" in Action & Abenteuer

She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder. After twenty-four years on the throne, it is time for Bersun the Brusque, emperor of Orrun, to bring his reign to an end. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven contenders will compete to replace him...

Der junge Osric, genannt Blutauge, lebt ein ruhiges Leben in seinem Dorf bis seine Gemeinschaft eines Tages von Plünderen niedergemetzelt wird. Osric gerät in die schonungslose Welt der Nordmänner, in der er ums Überleben kämpfen muss. Doch der Hunger nach Abenteuer macht einen Krieger aus ihm. In Blut und Schweiß schmiedet er eine tiefe Freundschaft zu Sigurd, mit dessen Mannen er sich auf den Pfad von Krieg und Eroberung begibt.

Die Nachricht vom Tod ihres Großvaters trifft die Foodbloggerin Brianna Lewis wie ein Schlag. Sofort reist sie in die abgelegene Kleinstadt Lyons Creek am Fuße der Appalachen, wo Grandpa Charles ihr seine geliebte Ranch vererbt hat. Diese ist jedoch in desolatem Zustand, und Brianna steht vor der Frage, ob sie die Ranch halten kann oder sie verkauft und zu ihrem Großstadtleben zurückkehrt.

Drei Jahre unschuldig im Gefängnis. Drei Jahre für einen Mord, den ein anderer begangen hat. Jetzt arbeitet Raoul Hernandez als Koch im Lyons Creek Haven, einer Zuflucht für Jugendliche ohne Zuhause. Ein Neuanfang. Eine zweite Chance. Doch die Betreuerin Haley macht ihm vom ersten Tag an...

Panik erfasst Jordan Turner, als sie in einem Kleidungsgeschäft verfolgt wird. Ihre einzige Chance: Sie muss so weit weg von Denver wie möglich. Kurz entschlossen flieht sie nach Lyons Creek, einer abgeschiedenen Kleinstadt am Fuße der Appalachen, wo auf einer Ranch eine Melkerin gesucht wird–auch wenn Jordan keinerlei Ahnung von Kühen und noch weniger vom Melken hat. Kaum angekommen, gerät sie ins Visier von Shawn Decker, dem misstrauischen Polizei Chief.

“The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm." Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order—a caste devoted to battle. Vaelin will be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate and...

Die engagierte Jurastudentin Katie Lewis entkommt nur knapp einem brutalen Mordanschlag, der ihrem Mentor und Professor das Leben kostet. Erschüttert flieht sie in die Kleinstadt Lyons Creek, um bei ihrer Schwester Zuflucht zu finden. Doch die Geschehnisse lassen sie nicht los. Könnte die tödliche Attacke mit einem alten Prozess zusammenhängen, den sie und ihr Professor gerade untersucht haben? Die Antwort scheint in den Unterlagen zu liegen, die der Professor ihr kurz vor seinem Tod anvertraute.

Chief Aiken Oakley and Chief Styles Sawyer—two of the US Navy's most elite Special Warfare Combatant-craft officers—vanished after their mission was ambushed in South America and later presumed MIA. Captured by the Raven's organization, a covert assassin program, Oakley and Sawyer are stripped of their past, their memories, and even their names. They are subjected to inhumane experimentation and injected with predator DNA that transform them into primal, lethal weapons...and are now known only as Valor and Zorion.

Mit einer blutenden Kopfwunde kommt er in einer düsteren Gasse zu sich, neben ihm eine Leiche, in seiner Hand eine Pistole. Keine Erinnerung, kein Name, keine Hinweise auf seine Identität. Ein mysteriöser Zettel in seiner Tasche führt ihn zu dem verschlafenen Städtchen Lyons Creek und einer Frau namens Hope. Seit dem Tod ihres Mannes kämpft Hope Hanson ums Überleben. Mit zwei Töchtern und einer maroden Ranch am Rande des Ruins nimmt sie widerwillig die Hilfe des geheimnisvollen Fremden an, den sie Sam nennt. 

My magic has always caused problems. They call it death’s kiss. The witches avoid me. The fae despise me. Mages plot behind my back. Demons think we’re kindred. And the local pack? They can’t decide whether I’m a threat to contain or a problem to eliminate. I put my reputation to use—hunting rogue supernaturals, retrieving cursed relics, and taking the dangerous jobs no one else will touch. My magic’s unpredictable, my clients are shady, and the werewolf Alpha I keep offending can’t decide whether to kill me or protect me.

A triumph of the imagination, The Raven Tower is the first fantasy novel by Ann Leckie, New York Times best-selling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.

The Traveler Seraph must use all her cunning and ability as a Raven mage to track down an unimaginable force of destruction known as the Shadowed...

After taking command of a carrier strike group deployed to the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish tensions reach the boiling point when ships are lost under mysterious circumstances. With Flip's strike group in the region, Russia flexes its muscle, first with airpower, then with a naval deployment the volume of which the world had not seen since the Russo-Japanese War to deny the West use of the North Atlantic. Tasked by Washington to confront the onslaught, Flip must maneuver his forces to avoid detection and be in position to strike first when the order comes.

Seraph is a Raven mage who left behind her responsibilities for the love of the ex-soldier Tier. But when Tier disappears, Seraph must use her magic?and fulfill her ancestors? oath to protect humanity from destruction...

If you like Conn Iggulden, Simon Scarrow and David Gemmell, you will love this spellbinding Viking adventure, packed with battles, blood and gore, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lancelot, Giles Kristian. "An unabashed carnival of bloodletting and betrayal...Kristian has a knack for...

David Wayne just wanted to repair his battle-scarred mech, Raven One—but life had other plans. A remote colony on Therasis begs for rescue, thieves and pirates plague the galaxy's shadows, and a brilliant scientist's research could save millions . . . or become a weapon that topples empires. His secret weapon? A fiercely protective, sometimes sarcastic AI named Tabitha. Together, they skirt the law with forged sedation logs, bribe corrupt officials, and hack Federation databases—all while rushing headlong into a war that corporate giants would rather keep hidden.

Raven is graduating from Fowler Academy with her fierce red dragon Leander by her side. She is taking on the responsibilities of a WarMage—just like her late mother—and has joined the kingdom's army corps and their fleet of dragons. Time to get ready for whatever the world throws at Raven and her homeland. Something is affecting the dragons, wild and tame. A few have turned up crazed, spitting fire and ice, right before they die. Did the creepy crawly monsters that once plagued the kingdom leave one last poisonous gift behind?

For decades, the brothers of the Sixth Order have fought a savage war against the Lonak clans amid the frozen peaks of their dominion. When word reaches the North of a fresh outbreak of the dreaded Red Hand, Brother Sollis, the finest swordsman in the Order, leads a small band to a long-abandoned castle in search of a potential cure but discovers a far greater threat lurking in the mountains. Enemies become allies as Sollis leads an increasingly desperate fight against an inhuman enemy steeped in the power of the Dark.

As fate would have it (fate being an elderly wizard with a cunning plan), a thief named Chris the Tout would suddenly be forced to become Erast von Rut, the third son of Baron von Rut, and be sent to the mysterious and distant place called Raven's castle where he'd study magic. However, no one ever accepts a fate forced upon them without a fight, and our newly made baron won't obey his new employer that easily.

The United Planets Alliance fought the Kenmiri Empire with a hundred allies at their side. Bound in common cause until genocide broke the Kenmiri—and Kenmiri schemes broke the alliance in turn—those one-time allies still left deep debts of blood and friendship behind. Still, the UPA has forged ahead in the post-Kenmiri times, weaving new economic and military alliances despite their more limited reach. The last thing they are expecting is for a soldier of the Londu, one of those half-forgotten allies, to arrive in Sol itself and ask for help.