Resultados para "Artemis" en Acción y aventura

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.

Jazz Bashara es una criminal... O al menos lo parece. La vida en Artemisa, la primera y única ciudad de la Luna, es difícil si no eres un turista adinerado o un multimillonario excéntrico. Así que hacer un poco de contrabando de lo más inofensivo no cuenta, ¿verdad? Sobre todo cuando hay que pagar deudas y tu trabajo como transportista apenas paga el alquiler.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

This second naval adventure follows the life of Thomas Paine Kydd who sails into Portsmouth a hero after a ferocious battle against the French. Soon the sea beckons and Kydd sets off aboard his beloved Artemis for another adventure.

Gwendolyn Mary Darling Carlisle's young life has been a saga of misfortune. After a tragic accident unexpectedly took her parents, Gwen found herself the sole caregiver for her ailing sister. It's her eighteenth birthday, but with responsibilities weighing heavy, she struggles to find something worth celebrating. Everything in her life has fallen apart. That is until she finds a mysterious man in her bedroom. Peter Pan has returned to the Darling estate. The boy from Neverland, who refused to grow up, has, in fact, grown into an alluring man.

After a heartbreaking tragedy, Violet Trevelyan returns home to seek justice. Her dogged pursuit of a serial killer takes a dangerous turn as the murderer ramps up his attacks on Violet and her friends. With the killer leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, Violet must remain vigilant, or she'll lose her life and the man she loves with every beat of her heart.

Brutally attacked and left for dead was not the way second-generation cop Seth Dixon wanted to start his day. When he's set up for the murder of his confidential informant, Seth figures his chances of scoring a date with his beautiful running partner are slim to none. After discovering the murder is connected to a deadly militia brewing big plans, the Feds ask Seth to infiltrate the group. His partner is none other than the woman who stars in his dreams, the mysterious Teagan.

Fate has never been kind to Gwendolyn Mary Darling Carlisle. For a brief moment, she was given a taste of the fairytale… and it was divine—until darkness descended upon Neverland. Now, the island is ripe for the taking. An evil usurper, cloaked in black wings, seeks the realm for himself. He is ripping the Lost Boys apart from within. Debts are coming due, and a dark stain is seeping into Gwen's soul.

The crew of Artemis One embarks on a unknown mission, uncovering artifacts and technology, revealing secrets that challenge their understanding of the human race's place in the universe. With each discovery, they face ethical dilemmas, geopolitical tensions, and the profound responsibility of their findings.

Kurt just got the worst mission of his life—investigate JAG officer Bobbi Castiel. He wants to get to know the vivacious beauty better, but his plan was to wine and dine her, not scrutinize every aspect of her life. If she’s the spy they’re hunting, then his life just got more complicated, and his heart might never recover.

Ein braver Junge werden? Undenkbar für den Meisterdieb Artemis Fowl. Deshalb plant er einen letzten großen Coup: logisch, trickreich und mit vollem Risiko. Er will einen neuartigen Computer - gespickt mit geklauter Elfentechnik - an den skrupellosen Milliardär Jon Spiro verkaufen. Doch damit bringt er nicht nur sich und seine Freunde, sondern auch das Reich der Unterirdischen in höchste Gefahr ... Über die Serie: "Artemis Fowl" ist eine Fantasyserie des irischen Autors Eoin Colfer.

Der große Showdown zwischen Artemis Fowl und Opal Koboi: Die bösartige Elfe will die Weltherrschaft an sich reißen. Dafür will sie das sagenumwobene magische Tor öffnen, das die gesamte Menschheit vernichten wird. Artemis hat natürlich einen Plan, wie er das verhindern kann. Doch diesmal handelt es sich um ein Selbstmordkommando. Holly Short ahnt, was Artemis vorhat. Und sie wird alles tun, um ihn von seinem sicheren Tod abzubringen. Aber auch das hat der geniale Meisterverbrecher einkalkuliert, und er täuscht Holly und seine Freunde mit einem brillanten Ablenkungsmanöver.

Fiaa, the newly crowned Queen of Faerie is left with the destruction Sintus and the Darkens caused in their wake. Ryker, the King of Faerie finds himself in the clutches of their enemies, as Fiaa is left to defend their kingdom alone. Faerie and Faedom have already lost so much, can Fiaa end Sintus’s reign of tyranny?

In this modern-day "lively re-imagining of classical mythology" (Deborah Harkness), when a string of women are murdered in an ancient pagan ritual, Selene DiSilvia -- known by some as the goddess Artemis -- hears their cries for help and takes up her bow once more. Manhattan has many secrets...