Resultados para "John" en Acción y aventura

Tras haber vivido una vida relativamente tranquila en la Tierra y el mismo día en que cumplen setenta y cinco años, 1,022 ancianos se enrolan en las Fuerzas de Defensa Coloniales, el ejército que lucha por la supervivencia de la humanidad en el universo. La vida en la Tierra transcurre sin demasiados contratiempos. Sin embargo, en el universo se está librando una guerra sin cuartel por los últimos planetas todavía deshabitados de la galaxia.

Minalan the Spellmonger, in his guise as Mirkandar the Magnificent, Doge of Farise, is in a bind: the Duke of Merwyn has sent an armada of seventy ships to conquer his newly-independent realm...and Minalan has never fought a battle at sea. Thankfully, the legendary warmage Durgan Jole has a plan, and with the help of his fellow wizards from Sevendor, Minalan feels confident that Farise can survive the invasion. He doesn't want to kill that many people, but Merwyn has left him little choice.

My father always told me I was too impetuous, but when I see a chance to escape my horrible life—being forced to work on my back for the tavern-keeper who owns my brother's debt—I take it. And some valuables on the way out. Is it any wonder I'm chased into the snowstorm… and right into the single arm of a seven-foot-tall, wounded, and grumpy recluse?

¿Qué ocurre cuando tu verdugo parece saber todo lo que pasa por tu mente? No hay escapatoria: vas a morir. Un hombre recibe una carta que le urge a pensar en un número, cualquiera. Cuando abre el pequeño sobre que acompaña al texto, siguiendo las instrucciones que figuran en la propia carta, se da cuenta de que el número allí escrito es exactamente en el que había pensado.

Contrabando, tesoros y naufragios, en un clásico de aventuras impulsado por Pérez-Reverte que nos invita a emprender el viaje, compartiendo en el prólogo emotivos recuerdos vinculados a "Moonfleet". Elogiada en la brillante construcción de sus personajes por Conrad, inspiración para Tintín...

Un soldado norteamericano, John Carter, huyendo de unos bandidos se interna en una gruta y, por razones desconocidas, se despierta en el planeta Marte. Pero no en nuestro planeta Marte, tal y como lo conocemos hoy en día, sino en Barsoom, que es como los marcianos denominan a su mundo. Allí nuestro héroe encontrará un mundo maravilloso por descubrir, una civilización nueva y fascinante, aire respirable, canales, agua y diferentes razas enfrentadas. Una obra llena de aventura, intriga y ciencia ficción.

“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad … “So begins this historical tale of romantic adventure. Andre-Louis Moreau is an orphan and cousin of the beloved Aline. He is raised by his godfather, the Lord of Gavrillac, and matures into an educated lawyer—while Aline sets her mind on marrying the rich but dishonorable Marquis de la Tour d’Azyr. But when Moreau’s closest friend is killed by the Marquis in a duel, Moreau vows vengeance. After publicly denouncing the aristocracy and stirring up the crowds, Moreau is forced to go into hiding.

A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts of Eoria to save her dying sister. She called upon anyone who would listen, not expecting a monster far worse than any nightmare to answer. Now she does what Kaden asks, even if that means securing an ancient relic from the very creatures that hunt her.

When travel blogger Sophie West flees London and her toxic ex for a fresh start in Santorini, the last thing she expects is to be mugged at the port—or rescued by a mysterious artist whose eyes hold secrets deeper than the Aegean Sea. Ethan Carter sketches tourists for pocket change, but Sophie glimpses the dangerous man hidden beneath his easy smile. When she stumbles into a high-stakes art auction involving Russian criminals and a lost Leonardo da Vinci, Ethan's carefully constructed new life comes apart.

Los exploradores espaciales yherajk han venido a la Tierra para conocernos y así entablar la primera amistad interestelar con la humanidad. Sólo hay un inconveniente: tienen un aspecto espantoso y huelen a pescado en mal estado. Conseguir la confianza de los terrícolas supone todo un desafío y los yherajk necesitan a alguien que les ayude a llevar a cabo dicha empresa.

Harry Creek es un funcionario de bajo nivel del Departamento de Estado con un trabajo nada agradable: transmitir malas noticias a los embajadores alienígenos en la Tierra. Pero también es un héroe de guerra y un habilidoso hacker. Así que cuando la Tierra se enfrenta a su destrucción a causa de una metedura de pata diplomática con los nidu, una raza alienígena muy superior a la nuestra, Harry deberá localizar lo único que puede salvar a nuestro planeta de ser esclavizado por los alienígenas

When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back.

El alférez Andrew Dahl acaba de ser destinado al Intrepid, buque insignia de la Unión Universal desde 2456. Sus perspectivas no podrían ser mejores...hasta que se percata de que todas y cada una de las misiones de desembarco implican algún tipo de enfrentamiento letal con fuerzas alienígenas que siempre, siempre, acaban con la muerte de al menos uno de los tripulantes de bajo rango.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

"Así era Edimburgo: reservada, autosuficiente y mortal si le plantabas cara". El inspector Rebus intuye que el suicidio de un indigente, el hallazgo de un cadáver emparedado en la sede del futuro Parlamento de Escocia y el asesinato del candidato laborista podrían estar conectados. En cuanto Rebus comience a atar cabos, se topará con una Edimburgo en plena transformación cuyos hilos, sin embargo, son manejados por los mismos viejos malhechores de siempre. El autor de negra más famoso y probablemente más exitoso de las islas.

For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.

After a bungled job, I'm forced to escape and abandon everything. It's not the worst to happen, being sent to Ireland is. My next assignment, bring down four men involved in the Irish Mafia. First, I'm put on leave and, as a favour, I end up "married" to two strangers on St. Patrick's Day in Genoa. In the early morning, I run and hide. I have to. The scent of danger that swirls around them is intoxicatingly perfect. I never thought I'd see them again, but they refuse to let go of vows we supposedly made years ago.

Turi is destined to be given to a bondmate she's never met. Life in Settlement 112-1 is hard enough without forced matings, but when an abduction goes awry, she's brought to live in the fortress of the overseer who rules her settlement. There, she discovers that he's not only capable of kindness, but he's as much a prisoner as she is. As Turi falls for the powerful zaruxian male, she uncovers dark secrets about her people's past and the true nature of the Axis—the entity that controls their world. But can she convince her people that everything they believe is a lie?

Ajaya is back in the Zone again - training soldiers to survive the unsurvivable, and using his time inside to hunt for answers of his own. And what he finds reaches far, far outside Manhattan. Human life has been extinguished from the Zone, but what's brewing there is far from satisfied. Racing to contain the danger, Ajaya must protect his own from threats in every direction, both outside and inside the deadliest Borough on the planet.

Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and are closer than ever to abolishing the color-coded caste system of Society for good. But new foes will emerge from the shadows to threaten the imperfect victory Darrow and his friends have earned. Pierce Brown expands the size and scope of his impressive Red Rising universe with new characters, enemies, and conflicts among the stars.