Ergebnis für "Wolfsherz" in Action & Abenteuer

Ein Klassiker der literarischen Seestücke von Jack London: Der schöngeistige Humphrey van Weyden wird, nachdem er vor der kalifornischen Küste Schiffbruch erlitten hat, von dem Robbenfänger "Ghost" gerettet. Doch an Bord muss er sich mit Kapitän Wolf Larsen auseinandersetzen, der seine Mannschaft mit einem brutalen Spiel um Macht und Herrschaft tyrannisiert. Trotz aller Unterschiede finden die beiden ungleichen Männer ineinander echte Gesprächspartner, bis dieses ambivalente Verhältnis jedoch auf eine extreme Probe gestellt wird.

Der Indomitus-Kreuzzug hat die Rache des Imperators über Tausende Sternensysteme gebracht. Roboute Guillimans Flotten und Armeen kämpfen um das Überleben der Menschheit gegen die Anhänger der Chaosgötter. Doch Verräter und Ketzer sind nicht die Einzigen, die das Imperium zerstören wollen. Xenos fallen in ungekannter Zahl über imperiale Welten her. Besonders die barbarischen Orks drohen den Fortschritt der Flotte Primus aufzuhalten.

Ten years after the collapse, Huxley has built a good life again. He has a loving wife, a farm with fields of golden barley, and a daughter with a strange and wonderful gift. Then the slavers come. Working out in the fields during the attack, Huxley returns too late. His daughter has been taken, and his wife is bleeding out, her last whispered words about a man with a scorpion tattoo on his neck. Where do the slavers go? Huxley has no idea. He knows only that they head east, and so will he, setting out on foot across the desert of the Wastelands.

I finally did it. I took that last step, and it was everything I wanted. My relationship with my five mates has never been better. They've embraced not only me as a part of their lives but also my daughter, and this feels like the family I always dreamed of. I don't mean just myself and my mates, but the entire pack. They call me "Alpha". No, I'm not the alpha, but I'm learning how to step up. I got this. I'd better, since Wolf's Run has thrown open our doors to more than just wolves, but it seems like my version of winging it is working for all of us.

Michael has escaped the clutches of the Dark, if only temporarily. Surfacing in the world above, he finds matters no less complex than down below and survival as challenging as it had been in the dungeon. Is the harder path the one you must forge on your own? Many want Michael as their ally. Yet more want him dead, and the Dark is not done with him either. Can he find a way to navigate the treacherous waters of the Game and uncover the mysteries about himself? Or will Michael bend to Powers greater than him?

Ein Abenteuerroman aus dem 19. Jahrhundert über die Domestizierung eines wilden Tieres: Wolfsblut ist kein reinrassiger Wolf und stellt sich als besonders guter Schlittenhund heraus. Doch dann wird er verkauft, und sein neuer Besitzer setzt ihn in brutalen Hundekämpfen ein. Als Wolfsblut bei einem Kampf schwer verletzt wird, rettet der Kalifornier Weeden Scott ihn schließlich, pflegt ihn und nimmt ihn mit nach Kalifornien, wo der Wolfshund eine erstaunliche Wandlung durchläuft.

Raised on the factory planet of Vulcan, Sten soon learns about the survival of the toughest. Now he wants more than survival. The Eternal Emperor rules countless worlds across the galaxy. Vast armies and huge fleets await his command. But when the Emperor needs to pacify the Wolf Worlds, the planets of an insignificant cluster that have raised space piracy to a low art, he turns to Mantis Team and its small band of militant problem–solvers. Sten’s destiny is in his own hands.

After she's kidnapped by blue-skinned aliens, Taylor escapes and bails from an alien space station in a shuttle she has no clue how to drive. She crash lands on a nearby planet made up mostly of jungle. Once she finds her way off the planet, she's determined to return to Earth. Until Wulf, her Crakairian "mate", comes to her rescue. He says he won't fight her if she wants to return home, but that doesn't stop him from trying to change her mind.

Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come.

On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine.

Wolfsblut ist einer der erfolgreichsten Romane des Autors Jack London und erzählt die Geschichte eines Halbwolfes in der kanadischen Wildnis am Yukon, zur Zeit des Goldrausches um 1898. Als einziger Welpe aus einem Wurf seiner Mutter Kische überlebt er eine schlimme Hungersnot und tritt seine Reise ins Leben an. Er landet bei einem Indianerstamm, wo er als Schlittenhund des Häuptlings gehalten wird, aber ein Außenseiter unter den Hunden bleibt.

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In the year 2514, the only thing more dangerous than the seas is those who sail them. Life aboard the mercenary ship Man o’ War is rarely dull, as hurricanes, swarms of jellyfish, and man-eating squid pose daily doses of danger. As intrigue and subterfuge from enemies old and new begin to surround its captain, the infamous Miranda Stillwater, even an uncanny sense of direction won’t be enough to help Compass Rose navigate these dangerous straits.