Resultados para "New York" en Acción y aventura

Originally published in 1981 and long out of print, Mike McQuay’s novelization of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York is a pulp thrill ride that expands upon the film’s dystopian world with material cut from the final production. It is 1997 and a nearly destroyed New York City has become...

Jahrelang habe ich Dante Ortega aus der Ferne bewundert – den charismatischen Gitarristen einer der bekanntesten Bands New Yorks. Bis zu der Nacht, in der ich sein wahres Gesicht entdecke. Als Barkeeperin führe ich ein ganz normales Leben. Dann werde ich Zeugin eines Mordes und erfahre, wer Dante wirklich ist: der gefürchtete Anführer eines mächtigen Kartells. Gefangen zwischen Angst und einer Anziehung, die ich niemals hätte spüren dürfen. Dante will mich nicht gehen lassen – und je tiefer ich in seine dunkle Welt gerate, desto schwerer wird es, ihm zu widerstehen.

Un clásico contemporáneo y una de las obras que consolidaron a Paul Auster como best seller internacional. Tres caras de una misma historia con la que el escritor norteamericano reinventó el género policíaco. En La ciudad de cristal, Daniel Quinn, escritor de literatura policíaca, recibe...

In the sun-baked Nevada desert lies Prosperity, a gold rush town with more buried secrets than residents. Ex-SRR operative Liam Harper isn’t looking for trouble when he rolls into the town; all he wants are answers to his late father’s cryptic past. But Prosperity’s buried secrets don’t stay hidden long—and Harper’s quiet search soon pulls him into a deadly game.

Consisting of the first three critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Liam Harper thrillers, written by New York Times #1 Bestseller Tony Lee writing as Jack Gatland, this bundle is perfect for fans of the Bourne movies, Burn Notice, Jack Ryan, James Patterson, Mark Dawson, Lee Child, Mick Herron and Robert Ludlum, among others.

In the year AD 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland, plundered of its natural resources by alien conquerors known as Psychlos. Fewer than 35,000 humans survive in a handful of communities scattered across the face of a post-apocalyptic Earth. From the ashes of humanity rises a young hero, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler. Setting off on an initial quest to discover a hidden evil, Jonnie unlocks the mystery of humanity’s demise and unearths a crucial weakness in their oppressors.

In a slow-burn mafia romance from New York Times bestselling author Tijan, a dangerous psychopath—and deadly crime boss—drops his defenses for the one girl he’s vowed to protect. Creighton was a dangerous crime boss with a growing empire. And he’s a psychopath. He’s also obsessed with...

Ex-cop. Graduate of the Magic Academy. Mage. I used to carry a badge for the NYPD. Now I carry wards stitched into my coat and a pistol loaded with rounds nobody admits exist. My old partner calls me to the High Line for a triple homicide. Three bodies. Chests crushed. Claw marks cut too deep to blame on a pit bull. Magic residue clings to the concrete. Somebody wanted the city to notice. The moment I say yes, Manhattan’s hidden world starts circling.

“Steven Pacey’s performance brings the story to life. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats.”—Booklist (starred review) “Full of easy banter, dry humor delivered with excellent comedic timing, and tender moments of sapphic romance, this audiobook's memorable characters are...

In a deadly game of lies, lust, and survival, there's just one rule: trust no one… I've built my career on taking down criminals, not falling into their beds. But Tristan Ferraro isn't just any criminal. When the mob enforcer obtains damning secrets that would destroy my reputation, I have no...

Andre Ferraro is everything I despise—arrogant, ruthless, and far too handsome for his own good. I'd rather marry anyone else in the world, but my sick mother needs hope, my family needs the Ferraro fortune, and my brother needs allies to seek vengeance for my brother's and father's deaths. There's no way for me to get out of this marriage to Andre unless I want to put the burden on my younger sister. The crazy thing is, I don't want Andre, but I don't want anyone else to have him either.

New York 2140: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is...

I thought the worst of Manhattan’s hidden world was behind me—until I stumbled on something that was a little too familiar. It carries a signature I recognized from the night my magic first awakened. It’s tearing into Zilra’s defense team, sabotaging trials, and building a case that makes me look like the one committing all these magical crimes. If it succeeds, Tessa—my key witness and the girl I dragged out of hell—gets buried right alongside the truth. Sarah Kim and SENSE want everything handled “by procedure.” But procedure isn’t something my enemies care about.

Ray Cummings’ The Man Who Saved New York is a vintage science fiction adventure blending wartime suspense, strange psychic power, and pulp-era spectacle. When Porky discovers his consciousness can possess other beings, his unusual gift becomes New York’s last defense against a Nazi attack...

As a raging blizzard wreaks havoc at Lincoln International Airport outside Chicago, airport and airline personnel try to cope with this unstoppable force of nature that is endangering thousands of lives. And in the air, a lone plane struggles to reach its destination. Over the course of seven pulse-pounding hours, a tense human drama plays out as a brilliant airport manager, an arrogant pilot, a tough maintenance man, and a beautiful stewardess strive to avert disaster. 

Für manche Frauen lohnt es sich zu leben. Für andere lohnt es sich zu sterben. Madison ist so eine Frau. Mason ist der illegitime Sohn von Landon Knight, dem New Yorker Boss der Famiglia. Normalerweise wäre das kein Problem, hätte Mason nicht vor, eines Tages Landons Platz einzunehmen. Er muss dem italienischen Mafiaadel beweisen, dass er ein wertvolles Mitglied ist, doch der macht es ihm nicht leicht. Cesare Jackson, Oberboss in Chicago, verlangt von Mason, dass er Madison zum Schweigen bringt, eine investigative Journalistin der New York Times, die Cesares politische Kontakte ausgräbt und öffentlich anprangert.

Deep below Manhattan, tunnel engineer Josh Reed leads his team as they excavate the East Side Access extending New York's railway service. But sparks fly as the drill hits an unusual crystalline material - one Josh has never seen before. They push on, and Josh discovers something even more unexpected: a vast room, empty and lifeless - or so it seems.

Teenagers are being possessed and turning into sadistic murderers. Priests can't help, nor can psychiatrists. So who is behind the demonic possessions? Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate and finds his own soul is on the line.

New York als Hauptstadt des "amerikanischen Traums": auch der Deutsche Frank Zunder träumt ihn. Und zwar derart intensiv, dass dabei Traum und Wirklichkeit auf wundersame Weise ineinander verschwimmen und das Publikum zusammen mit ihm in einen fiebrigen Strudel abstruser Großstadtfantasien hineinrissen wird. Dabei ist es nur der alltägliche Kampf des Individuums in einer Stadt voller Verlockungen und Dekadenz, angesiedelt zwischen 5th Avenue und finster-bedrohlichen Hinterhof-Milieus.

Any wish can be granted: money, power…even death itself can be beaten back. All it takes is the blood of an angel. When a woman is crucified and burned alive in the center of New York City, Jake Timber is already on his way. Tasked with locating an extremist group interested in a recently discovered relic, the Cloisters Cross, Jake expected trouble.