Resultados para "Lemuria" en Literatura y ficción

On a desolate beach in far northern Scotland, the winter storms have been washing up all manner of things since time began. But buried in the centre of one smaller iceberg is a shard of ancient Viking pottery telling a partial tale of a hidden mysterious island beyond the ice and mist, that was home to a great treasure and even greater horrors. Thawing in the same block of ice was a rotting flap of skin that refused to be identified but had similar skin patterns to a creature not seen for 100 million years.

William 'Big Bill' Mulholland is head of one of New York's wealthiest dynasties. When Mulholland gets wind of a hostile biography planned, he commissions his journalist son-in-law John Glass to pen the official line. To help with the job, Glass hires a beady-eyed researcher - 'the lemur'. But the next day, the Lemur is found dead, shot through the eye with a Beretta. What is the secret he knew, had he told anyone else, and why are the police suddenly asking Glass a lot of questions?

When all over the world, the last isolated living tribes disappear, Professor Matthew Bishop is again, unwillingly, dragged into an adventure that will take him all over the globe.

Nick Dirkse is a workaholic software developer, and he's desperate to save his crumbling marriage and reconnect with his neglected children. So he takes them on what promises to be the ultimate vacation in a tropical paradise. The island, newly built off the southwest coast of India, is named for the mythical land of Lemuria. And it's a world-class private resort to indulge the modern-day rich and famous. But this seemingly luxurious wonderland hides a terrible secret.

Aryke is a rugged Scandian mercenary who embarks on a perilous journey through the enigmatic land of Lemuria after a violent storm shipwrecks him on its shores. This mysterious realm, long thought to be a mere myth, bursts to life with lush jungles, monumental ancient ruins, and strange beings that blur the line between magic and reality. With his fair skin, striking red hair, and powerful build, Aryke is an outsider thrust into a world that views him with equal measures of awe and wariness.

In a future dystopia, Zia Alexander lives in crumbling ruins playing the world's most illegal and addictive virtual reality game. After the loss of her mother, she plays the game for her shot at freedom. Zia discovers a map that leads to Lemuria—a real fantasy world full of dragons, wicked faeries and assassins where her mother is alive, and two princes try to win her heart.

The Purge decimated the planet almost a year ago, leaving small bands of humanity scrambling to find sanctuary from the hordes of unkillable monsters that reside in the darkness. Keo is one of the few who made it through that harrowing first night. Trapped in a small town in Louisiana, he finds himself joining forces with a group of strangers to make sense of what's happening.

When John Glass's billionaire father-in-law hires him to write his biography, he feels he can't refuse. Then his research assistant on the book discovers some very sensitive information about John's in-laws, and is murdered before he can tell anyone what he knows. John is on his own to find out...

Seit Anbeginn der Zeit werden an einem trostlosen Strand in Schottland die verschiedensten Dinge angespült. Im Inneren eines kleinen Eisbergs findet sich die Scherbe eines Gefäßes der Wikinger, die in Teilen von einer mysteriösen Insel zu berichten weiß, verborgen hinter Eis und Nebel, welche große Schätze und noch größere Schrecken bergen soll. Aus dem gleichen Eisblock taut auch ein verrottetes Stück Haut auf, welches sich nicht identifizieren lässt, dessen Hautmuster aber an eine Kreatur erinnert, die seit einhundert Millionen Jahren als ausgestorben gilt.

Une petite bonne est engagée dans la maison du maître, où règnent le silence et le mystère. Si elle se donne du mal pour se montrer irréprochable, elle ne peut oublier cet homme austère, croisé ici et là, dont le charme et le charisme lointains la troublent jusque dans ses rêves.

When Zorka Circus performs, its big top roars with laughter and cheers, but when it moves on, children vanish from the European towns it leaves behind. Circus security chief Rurik suspects a killer hides among the international performers, but they close ranks - they've always viewed lightning-scarred Rurik as the monster. Nevertheless, he's determined to find the culprit and stop them before anyone else dies and the only place he can call home is ripped apart by the murders.