Ergebnis für "bolt" in Belletristik

Desperate. Broken. Unhinged. Vengeful. I’m dead to them. I was buried in a forest, never to be thought of again. Or so I thought. Being stuck in this nightmare, I’m desperate to break free. My whole life seems to be a prison, and with my kings gone, I have a new warden. And this warden is now the kings biggest enemy. If I’ve learned anything from my new life it’s that you can run, but you can’t hide, especially from your past. When the lies and secrets come out, I take matters into my own hands. This queen knows how to rise from the ashes and rule.

Jasmine and Thyme Hawke are sisters and US Secret Service agents. While investigating what appears to be a simple train robbery along the troubled US/Mexican border, they uncover clues that suggest a larger conspiracy is afoot. An unknown force has discovered the resting place of a long-lost Confederate airship named Zeus. The Hawke Girls know that the aerial monstrosity carried the most powerful weapon ever built, a technology that has never been duplicated.

Mother can’t kill me. Not that she hasn’t tried. I’m the heir to a modern-day magical dynasty, daughter of the most powerful mage in existence. From day one, Mother made it apparent that she never wanted me - never wanted an heir at all. That’s why she’s forced me into the shadows, where I remain invisible. Nobody even knows what I truly look like. Locked away, I dream of ordinary things. You know. Friends. A boyfriend. A purpose for my existence...But I’ve got secrets too. Things she can’t find out.

Lena er født og opvokset i Polen og uddannet som tolk. I 1956 får hun arbejde på en stor virksomhed i København. Her møder hun Leo, der er eksportchef i virksomheden. Et halvt år efter gifter de sig. De får to børn, en dreng og en pige. Tretten år efter - i 1969 - får Lena meddelelse om, at hendes far i Polen er forsvundet efter at være blevet hentet af det hemmelige politi. En tidlig morgen vækker hun sine to børn og fortæller dem, at de sammen skal rejse ned til deres mormor i Polen.

Hanna flytter sammen med sin 12-årige datter, Simone, til Nordsjælland, hvor Hanna skal foretage nogle miljøbiologiske undersøgelser. De lejer et hus i nærheden af en sø, men efter et voldsomt uvejr går søen over sine bredder, mange huse bliver oversvømmet, og en del af områdets beboere bliver hjemløse. Hanna tilbyder et ældre søskendepar, at de kan flytte ind hos hende. De to virker stilfærdige og meget tilforladelige, men gradvist begynder små magtforskydninger at ændre forholdene i huset.

Adam Penhale believed he was part of the problem; now he is the solution. When he awakes in the desert alone, unaware of who or what he is, his animalistic side takes him on the adventure of a lifetime. Armed with a lone bottle of water and pushed to the brink, Adam faces down one of nature's cruelest environments whilst rediscovering and atoning for his own sins. And, in this almost magical process, he redefines his own reality and identity.

With Hitler and the Nazi army ravaging Europe, a secret Reich is being formed - fueled by dark magic that Vlad Dracul himself discovered centuries ago. Under the lead of the ruthless Gerhard Koenig, the Seventh Reich is the final tool Hitler needs to achieve total dominion of the world. The goal that Vlad himself once held. However, the Brinza clan still is around. Castor, a young, hotheaded Texan, has taken the mantle of daemon hunter. With help from his ancient uncle, Radu, and his ageless grandmother, Julia, he is the last obstacle in Koenig’s way.

Jim Rustenholtz was just one of the guys. Well, except for one small difference.

Seit dem Tod seiner Frau Irmi führt Karl ein ziemlich einsames Leben, bis die kleine Mathilda ihm eines Tages einen selbstgebastelten Weihnachtsmann in die Hand drückt, der die gleiche rote Fliege trägt, wie er immer. Vielleicht wird die Adventszeit dieses Jahr doch nicht so traurig wie erwartet?