Ergebnis für "broken" in Politik

Als er das Mädchen hinter Gittern sieht, weiß er, dass er etwas gegen diese Ungerechtigkeit tun muss. Cal Strickland ist ein Cowboy alter Schule. Seiner Familie hat die Ranch an der Grenze zu Mexiko schon gehört, da hat es noch gar keine Grenze gegeben. Nun, da die Ranch kaum noch Geld abwirft, ist er bei der Border Patrol und bewacht das Land, das er liebt. Doch dieses siebenjährige Mädchen ohne Eltern in dem käfigartigen Verschlag sitzen zu sehen, lässt seine anhaltenden Zweifel an der aktuellen Politik zu einem folgenschweren Entschluss reifen.

Chase Johnston is leading a double life. After two years of psychological torment, the quiet, highly skilled Raptor operative now has a darker side, and he’s hellbent on bringing human-traffickers to justice - using any means necessary. The only relief he finds for his troubled mind is a woman he’ll never meet in person.

Eigentlich wollte ich aus meinem Job als Militärberater aussteigen, doch mein Chef hatte noch eine Idee für einen letzten lukrativen Undercover-Einsatz: Eine Milliardärstochter aus den Fängen von durchgeknallten Umweltaktivisten befreien und nach Hause bringen. Ärgerlich nur, dass die junge Frau das mit der Umwelt verdammt ernst meinte. Noch ärgerlicher: Für ein paar Sendeminuten auf CNN oder CBS war sie auch bereit, noch ein paar ganz andere Ideale zu opfern. Und dann lief die ganze Undercover-Aktion auf einmal aus dem Ruder, und ich war plötzlich mittendrin …

A devoted wife and mother faces the unimaginable as her life crumbles. Crystal Rigler seems to have a perfect marriage. Derek, her handsome and charismatic husband, and their adult daughter, Cordelia, are her whole world. In addition to her already busy life, Crystal supports the volunteer organization she and Derek started: STOP (Stop Transplants of Organs from Prisoners). STOP aims to end a new government policy of harvesting organs from executed prisoners. They learn that these organs are not distributed by the national transplant list, established to allocate organs fairly.

Corrupt elements of the South African Intelligence Services are stalking Morne Delport, a South African industrialist and his eclectic band of friends. When no one is watching, their phones are tapped, they are followed, and violence is sanctioned against them. They are in a race to save their countrymen, and forever separate themselves from the legacy of Apartheid, but powerful forces have other plans. They are watching and wanting their wealth for their own.

That’s the question Jay Nichols has been trying to answer since he first experienced widespread mass hysteria as a child. A question that started when Orson Welles put millions across America into a panic in less than an hour. Now, his Ph.D. work is attracting the attention of world powers, secret societies, and dark organizations. Only they don’t care if he can answer the question. They just want him to build a weapon.

In 2023, after Britain has exited the EU, immigration is still above target and the NHS buckles under the enormous demands that are placed upon it. In the eyes of many, things hadn’t changed since Brexit. A year earlier, two-party politics was swept aside as a new political order, the English Independence Party (EIP), surged to power.

The death of reporter Dean Dawson’s estranged father in a boating accident leaves Dean and his brothers with mixed emotions. After all, the man abandoned his family and lived a life of inexplicable lies and broken promises. But four months after that fatal night cruise, their father is becoming a greater mystery than they imagined. When a presidential candidate is assassinated in Austin, Dean is contacted by April North, his former girlfriend and an associate of Dean’s father at a powerhouse law firm. She’s stumbled upon a shocker.