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Adrian Plass hat für "Stürmische Zeiten" einen festen Ankerpunkt gefunden. In einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Lachen und Weinen, zwischen Humor und Besinnlichkeit setzt er Leuchtzeichen der Orientierung und Hoffnung.

Eine übermenschliche Kreatur macht die Einöde von Alaska unsicher und hinterlässt ein grauenhaftes Blutbad, wo immer sie auftaucht. Für die Pilotin Alexandra Maguire wecken die Morde Erinnerungen an ein schreckliches Ereignis aus ihrer Kindheit. Da tritt ein Fremder in ihr Leben, der überraschend tiefe Gefühle in ihr weckt.

The unmaking of the world has begun. The Hyena and the Hawk is the conclusion to Adrian Tchaikovsky’s epic fantasy trilogy, Echoes of the Fall, following The Bear and the Serpent. ‘A classically brilliant fantasy writer’ – Paul Cornell, author of Witches of Lychford From the depths of...

In ihrer Jugend führte Corinne Bishop ein sorgenfreies Leben als Adoptivtochter einer reichen Familie. Ihre Welt wird schlagartig auf den Kopf gestellt, als sie von dem bösartigen Vampir Dragos verschleppt wird. Nach Jahren der Gefangenschaft wird Corinne von einem Orden mächtiger Vampirkrieger gerettet - doch die schrecklichen Qualen, die sie erdulden musste, haben tiefe Spuren in ihrer Seele hinterlassen. Der einzige Hoffnungsschimmer in ihrem Leben ist der goldäugige Vampir Hunter, der sie auf ihrer Heimreise beschützen soll.

Von der Stärke, sich zu hinterfragen. Der Bereitschaft, sich zu ändern. Und dem Mut, zu sich selbst zu stehen. Während andere ihr Glück in der Ferne suchen, studieren oder ihre Träume verwirklichen, ist Ryan mit sich und seinem Leben im beschaulichen Ocean’s View vollauf zufrieden. Das glaubt er zumindest, bis sich ihm eine Chance bietet, die mehr für ihn bereithält als das Arbeiten im Restaurant seiner Eltern oder am Fischereihafen. Einziges Problem, er begegnet dort täglich Jordan, der ihm das Leben schon zu Schulzeiten schwer gemacht hat.

Belfast, 1985. Amid the Troubles, Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant Royal Ulster Constabulary, struggles with burnout as he investigates a brutal double murder and suicide. Did Michael Kelly really shoot his parents at point-blank range and then jump off a nearby cliff? A suicide note points to this conclusion, but Duffy suspects even more sinister circumstances.

Seit kurzem lebt die Künstlerin Avery Ross in einer Welt des Luxus mit dem unwiderstehlichen Milliardär Dominic Baine, der sie in ungeahnte erotische Gefilde entführt. Doch Nick verbirgt Geheimnisse, die ihr Glück in Gefahr bringen.

A torso in a suitcase looks like an impossible case, but Sean Duffy isn’t easily deterred, especially when his floundering love life leaves him in need of a distraction. So with detective constables McCrabban and McBride, he goes to work identifying the victim. The torso turns out to be all that’s left of an American tourist who once served in the U.S. military. What was he doing in Northern Ireland in the midst of the 1982 Troubles?

The greatest foe is the enemy within . . . Heirs of the Blade is the seventh book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Tynisa is on the run, but she cannot escape the demons of her own mind. Amidst the fragmenting provinces of the Dragonfly...

Rauschende Parties, exklusive Clubs, teure Penthouse-Apartments - eine Welt, in der jede Leidenschaft ausgelebt wird, auch die dunkelste Fantasie. Eine Frau, die ihre Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen will. Ein Mann, der ihre geheimsten Sehnsüchte weckt und sie beinahe vergessen lässt, wer sie früher einmal war. Doch das verführerische Spiel der Täuschung hat seinen Preis.

In this definitive biography of father and son, an eminent historian "brings to life the full drama of ancient history" (Wall Street Journal) Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building...

In 2014, Kilian Jornet a fost desemnat Adventurer of the Year de cititorii revistei National Geographic A urcat pe munte de mic. La zece ani strabatuse Pirineii de la un capat la altul. In prezent, Kilian Jornet este campion mondial la skyrunning, una dintre cele mai dure probe fizice din lume...

An ancient enemy stirs once more . . . Seal of the Worm is the tenth and final book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The Empire has vanquished its enemies at last, but at a terrible price. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress...

Colonial New Guinea, 1906: A small group of mostly German nudists lives an extreme back-to-nature existence on the remote island of Kabakon. Eating only coconuts and bananas, they purport to worship the sun. One of their members, Max Lutzow, has recently died, allegedly from malaria. But an autopsy on his body in the nearby capital of Herbertshöhe raises suspicions about foul play.

Ancient powers are waking . . . The Scarab Path is the fifth book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate, and Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans. Cheerwell Maker...

An empress demands her birthright . . . The Air War is the eighth book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. All is in turmoil as the world moves towards war. In Solarno, spies eye one another and ready their knives – while the people of Myna...

Belfast, 1988. A man is found dead, killed with a bolt from a crossbow in front of his house. This is no hunting accident. But uncovering who is responsible for the murder will take Detective Sean Duffy down his most dangerous road yet, a road that leads to a lonely clearing on a high bog where three masked gunmen will force Duffy to dig his own grave. Hunted by forces unknown, threatened by Internal Affairs, and with his relationship on the rocks, Duffy will need all his wits to get out of this investigation in one piece.

Not all maps chart mountains and rivers—some trace the landscapes of what was left unsaid. The Cartographer of Lost Conversations follows Elias, a solitary archivist who begins mapping the emotional echoes of unfinished dialogues, forgotten letters, and fractured relationships. As Elias collects fragments of others’ unspoken words—between lovers, siblings, strangers—he begins to unravel the deep absences within his own life. Each story he maps awakens echoes of his past: missed farewells, unanswered questions, and moments where silence rewrote the future.

When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus castle, it looks like a suicide. Yet there are a few things that bother Duffy just enough to keep the case file open, which is how he finds out that Bigelow was working on a devastating investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power in the UK and beyond. And so Duffy has two impossible problems on his desk: Who killed Lily Bigelow? And what were they trying to hide?

Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached it).