Ergebnis für "The Tempest" in Literatur & Belletristik

Sir Ian McKellen, fresh from his performance as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, is Prospero, and heads a strong cast in Shakespeare’s last great play. The wronged duke raises a tempest to shipwreck his old opponents on his island so that he can ensure justice is done. With Emilia Fox as Miranda, Scott Handy in the pivotal role of the sprite Ariel, and Ben Owukwe as Caliban.

Payne is the Highlander of Blackchurch. Big, tough, and with a mouth he can’t control, he’s an excellent warrior with a supernatural gift for fighting. There is no better combatant at the Blackchurch Guild, but he’s about to step onto the fighting platform of a much-larger world stage. Astria Julia is the daughter of Sancho I of Portugal, a royal princess by blood. She also happens to be a rebel, a lass with a mysterious past, and when she ends up at Blackchurch as a spoil of war, Payne gets much more than he bargains for with the fiery Portuguese princess.

"A TRIUMPHANT, EPIC ADVENTURE." -Rebecca Yarros From Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen, comes a romantic fantasy epic like no other in which a fallen noblewoman faces off against her former love—the last great pirate captain—amid a brutal war for the high...

A fugitive on the run, Ahnna has one goal: return to Ithicana with warning of the greatest threat her homeland has ever faced. But as she escapes into the wilderness, it is with the man who broke her heart hunting at her heels—and James wants more than justice. He wants revenge. Desperate to prove his loyalty to his family, James ventures into dangerous territory to capture his father’s killer. But the longer he follows Ahnna’s trail, the more his certainty of her guilt is tested—and the more the passion they once shared reignites.

Nine months ago, Beatrix Rose had her family brutally taken from her. Now all that matters is getting her daughter back. And Beatrix is no ordinary mother - she’s a skilled assassin who will do whatever it takes to find her child. Danny Nakamura deserted his post in Vietnam and disappeared into Hong Kong’s Walled City, vowing never to go home again. Decades later, his health failing, he’s suddenly found a reason to return to LA: the discovery of a daughter he never knew he had. But getting home won’t be easy....

Ein neuer Fall für Ermittlerin, Wissenschaftlerin und Kultfigur Tempe Brennan. Während sich die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan von einem neurochirurgischen Eingriff erholt, erhält sie eine Reihe von rätselhaften Nachrichten nebst Fotos von einer Leiche ohne Gesicht und Händen. Wer ist dieser Tote, und warum schickt man ausgerechnet ihr diese Bilder? Um Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen zu finden, muss Tempe den vorgeschriebenen Dienstweg verlassen - denn ihr neuer Vorgesetzter will sie um jeden Preis von dem Fall fernhalten.

In ihrem luxuriösen Teehaus empfängt Arthie Casimir, Waise und kriminelles Superhirn, tagsüber die Reichen der Stadt – und gelangt dabei an so manches brisante Geheimnis. Nachts jedoch verwandelt sich die Teestube in ein illegales Bluthaus für die verachteten Vampire. Als ein geheimnisvoller Fremder das Teehaus bedroht, muss Arthie einen unmöglichen Job annehmen: Sie soll ein Buch aus dem Athereum stehlen – der verführerischen Unterwelt Ettenias, die von mächtigen Vampiren beherrscht wird. Zusammen mit ihrem engsten Vertrauten Jin stellt Arthie eine ungleiche Crew zusammen.

Kalian Gaines and the remains of humanity are forced to forge a new beginning in a galaxy that doesn't want them. After the Gomar wrought destruction across the Conclave, those taking refuge aboard the Gommarian are tainted by the same brush - humans are dangerous. After a Conclave excavation unearths an object that predates even their ancient society, Kalian Gaines and Li'ara Ducarté are allowed off the Gommarian and asked to assist in an investigation that will take them deeper into the conspiracy of their origins.

'Triumphant' REBECCA YARROS 'Meticulous fantasy' RACHEL GILLIG 'Essential reading' JOHN GWYNNE MAY THE SEA ALWAYS SING FOR YOU Cat Rose knows what it is to live in two worlds, in two times. Before - as Lady Catrine Rose of the Meridian Empire, chained to a loathsome lord with a dwindling fortune...

Narrated by Kae Tempest with music by Hinako Omori. Rothko Taylor has washed up with the tide, back in their hometown, Edgecliff. Fifteen years since they left it behind. The past is accelerating towards them: the skateboard kids on the high street that remind them of their teenage years, the...

Something wicked this way comes. FBI Agent Ryan "Mac" McGuinness and con man Henry Page are on the run again. This time they're headed back to where it all began: Altona, Indiana. Population: some goats. Henry's not happy about lying low at the McGuinness family farm, but they've got nowhere else to go. While Mac fights to clear his name and Henry struggles with whose side he's really on, a ghost from the past threatens to destroy everything. And those aren't the only storms on the radar. Cut off from both sides of the law, Mac and Henry must rely on their tenuous partnership to survive.

I knew robbing my father would send him into a rage… I was correct. When he unleashes his retribution on the Revenant Woods, we must band together to save the forest—and ourselves—from destruction.

After Scarlett Chase is fired from her dream job, she is stuck working temp jobs while she figures out what to do with her life. Her current job of the week might be the most boring of them all, until a flash of lightning during a spring storm plunges the entire office building into darkness.

Seit dem Untergang der Piratenrepublik droht der verarmten Adeligen Cat, die früher Geschäfte mit den Piraten machte, ständig der Tod. Eines Tages wird sie von den Soldaten des neuen Regimes aufgegriffen und vor die Wahl gestellt: Sie entgeht ihrer eigenen Hinrichtung, wenn sie das Empire dabei unterstützt, den letzten und gefürchtetsten Piratenkapitän der Lyrianischen See zu finden und ihn auszuliefern.

Während sich die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan von einem neurochirurgischen Eingriff erholt, erhält sie eine Reihe von rätselhaften Nachrichten nebst Fotos von einer Leiche ohne Gesicht und Händen. Wer ist dieser Tote, und warum schickt man ausgerechnet ihr diese Bilder? Um Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen zu finden, muss Tempe den vorgeschriebenen Dienstweg verlassen - denn ihr neuer Vorgesetzter will sie um jeden Preis von dem Fall fernhalten. Je mehr sie aufdeckt, desto düsterer erscheint das Bild.

The lost island of Atlantis has returned—and humanity’s survival hangs by a thread. Missing for millennia, the Oblivion Order’s most secret scientific base returns without warning, its experimental gravity engine unleashing catastrophic ripples through time and space. As the island’s...

Tempest is a wild ride from start to finish! Imagine living the same year over 2,000 times – that’s the life of Laura, our fierce and determined protagonist. The story keeps you on edge as Laura uncovers a massive conspiracy while trying to break free from this time loop. The stakes are high and the action is intense. The international setting is a fun bonus – The UK, Spain, Brazil, and the USA all make appearances. And the F/F relationship is written with care, adding heart to this otherwise gritty adventure.

How far would you go to get your dream job?

Marc and Emma are on the graveyard shift onboard the Sycorax, an interstellar spacecraft bound for New Haven, a colony world fifty light years from Earth. For the crew of the Sycorax, interstellar flight is boring—that is, until they run into a tempest. Before long, they find themselves on a crippled spacecraft falling toward a black hole, but that's the least of their problems...

This haunting drama of vengeance and forgiveness crowns the group of tragicomic romances that Shakespeare composed at the end of his career. Sometimes read as his farewell to the stage, the play contains some of Shakespeare's most lyrical verse. Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero possesses supernatural powers. Aided by the spirit Ariel, Prospero uses his magical art to bring his enemies under his control.