Resultados para "Piraten" en Literatura de género

Chrono Hunt: Book 1 – A Pirate’s Hoard is a high-octane adventure where history, mystery, and time itself collide. When a team of modern explorers uncovers clues tied to the legendary pirate Captain Kidd, they are pulled into a race across continents —and centuries —to find a treasure meant to stay hidden. But they aren’t the only ones hunting it. Shadowy time travelers are manipulating key moments in history, willing to kill to control powerful artifacts.

Durante años, las aguas más peligrosas del mundo han sido las que bañan la costa del golfo de Guinea. Cuando el país más rico de África quiere seguir vendiendo su crudo, solo una naviera se atreve a sacarlo de allí. Pero bajo una premisa: su propio barco de guerra protegerá la exportación. Absorto en su vida personal tras la victoria en Somalia, Pablo se ve arrastrado otra vez al Albatros, donde le espera una trama más oscura y frenética si cabe.

After the storm that separates them, Captains Rosetta Silver and Alister Paine find themselves sailing side by side together once more. Their passion refuses to fizzle out and burns brighter, hotter, and, frighteningly, deeper every time. Rosetta manages to convince the land-hating Alister to...

Los campamentos piratas que salpican la costa de Somalia amenazan con secuestrar cualquier barco que se les acerque pero los países desarrollados no parecen capaces de hacer frente al problema. La industria energética mundial está al borde del colapso. ¿Podrá un hombre de negocios enfrentarse a los piratas? ¿Será capaz el fallido estado somalí de controlar su propia costa?

Captain Alister Paine has always had his good eye set on treasure, murder, and sinking ships. His fame as a ruthless, bloodthirsty pirate has spread across the Seven Seas. The Howling Death, his precious warship, is the deadliest ship on the ocean waters, striking fear into the hearts of all...

En la China de principios del siglo XIX, la joven Ching Shih consiguió salir de un burdel flotante de Cantón para comandar la Armada de la Bandera Roja, la mayor fuerza pirata que ha existido jamás, con más de dos mil barcos y setenta mil hombres bajo su mando. Con ella llegó a enfrentarse y a vencer al mismísimo emperador de China. El coraje y la voluntad de esta mujer le hicieron pasar por encima de lo que nadie esperaba de ella, liberarse del futuro al que la destinaba su nacimiento y alcanzar el poder y la gloria en un mundo dominado por los hombres.

Nathaniel Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it's concealing his struggles with reading or his forbidden desire for men. Under the thumb of his controlling father, the governor of Primrose Isle, he's sailing to the fledging colony, where he'll surrender to a respectable marriage for his family's financial gain. Then pirates strike and he's kidnapped for ransom by the Sea Hawk, a legendary villain of the New World. Bitter and jaded, Hawk harbors futile dreams of leaving the sea for a quiet life, but men like him don't deserve peace. He has a score to settle with Nathaniel's father.

Conan Doyle não foi apenas o criador do genial detetive Sherlock Holmes. Em Contos de piratas , ele deixa o cenário das ruas de Londres para embarcar na vida em alto-mar, povoada de piratas sanguinários e reais, e de capitães corajosos o suficiente para enfrentá-los. Contos de piratas foi lançado originalmente em 1922, e a coletânea reúne histórias editadas para as revistas de ficção e entretenimento da época. As histórias, narradas com um realismo quase jornalístico, são inspiradas em piratas de verdade e desmistificam o romantismo associado à pirataria pela arte e cultura ocidentais.

Ricco, vecchio e solitario nel suo esilio in Madagascar, Long John Silver rimugina sul passato. C'è una taglia sulla sua testa ma il pensiero della forca lo preoccupa meno di un'oscura posterità. Nel poco tempo che gli resta, il tremendo pirata dell'isola del tesoro racconta la sua versione della storia, tracciando un poderoso affresco della pirateria con tanto di arrembaggi, estenuanti bonacce, giri di chiglia e feroci capitani.

Amelia Archer will be the ruin of her family. Her extraordinary bad luck is burden enough, but her sweet, trusting nature often lands her in impossible scrapes. After the last straw, Amelia's harried father ships his unfortunate daughter off to the Colonies to live with her aunt. But wherever Amelia goes, bad luck is sure to follow. Pirate David Lamont is taken with the lovely young Englishwoman the moment she's pulled aboard from her sinking vessel. But sailors are already a superstitious lot and Amelia is unwelcome. In a feat of chivalry, David defends and claims her for himself.

The last time New Orleans attorney Jean-Luc Valmont saw Maribel Cordoba, a Spanish nobleman's daughter, she was an 11-year-old orphan perched in the riggings of his privateering vessel proving herself as the best lookout on his crew. Until the day his infamy caught up with them all, and innocent lives were lost. Unsure why he survived, but vowing to make something of the chance he was given, Jean-Luc has buried his past life so deep that no living person will ever find it - until a very much alive and very grown-up Maribel Cordoba arrives on his doorstep.

Everyone has dreamed about becoming a pirate, from the swashbuckling sea dogs of old to the space-age pirate captain weaving his way through an asteroid field to avoid pursuit. Oftentimes, they’re looking for payback on someone who has horribly wronged them. That’s what Reggie, Maddy, Ed, and Harold have on their minds. Our favorite Joongee are back, and they’re determined to settle a few scores.

Pirate Caleb Graves may be an immortal, but he's also a navigator and a man of science. And yet he can't explain the erratic tides threatening Savannah. Nor the terrible dreams of sailing through a vicious supernatural storm that he keeps having. But when fascinating petite dynamo Diana Williams marches up to his ship and demands to speak to the captain, Caleb is caught up in a wave of unexpected fear . . . and an electric frisson of longing for this captivating woman.

Greyson Till never found a weapon he didn't like. As the immortal Master Gunner of a pirate ship, he's grown his collection for over two hundred years. So when a legendary cursed blade that can cut through any material goes missing from the government's paranormal artifact vault, he's eager to retrieve it. Working with the secret division Department Thirteen has always come with its set of challenges, but this one is the worst yet.

Life on the high seas has been a thrilling adventure for Clif and Ri. With their new two-ship fleet, the siblings set off to find the legendary Gemstone Islands–a bounty so dangerous, not even the fearsome Stormrider will seek it. But with the bounty in their sights, Clif and Ri will battle storms, other pirates, and perilous locations to add to their treasure hoard. But will this high-seas adventure end up being their last or will the powerful pirate duo manage to find yet another storied treasure?

A pirate's promise is a perilous thing. When a lady strikes a scandalous bargain with a plunderer of the seas, neither of them suspects where it will lead. Revenge and high stakes on the Medieval Isle of Mull. After Liza Maclean's cruel husband decides to do away with her, she finds herself tied...

Tonya Maitland learned early that life could either be an adventure or a tragedy. She left the tragic part of her life behind a long time ago and is now focusing on the adventure! Her attempt to be one of the best investigative reporters of all time is taking a bit longer than she had planned, but all of that changes when she travels to the small, sleepy town of Yachats, Oregon. Ashure Waves, King of the Pirates, is also the Keeper of Lost Souls. Despite all the souls within him, the emptiness he feels is suffocating. The "gift" that was passed down to him feels more like a curse. 

It's 1753, the golden age of piracy is dead along with its famous Pirate Captains, still pirates are sailing the seas and Pirate Captain Nathanael Blackthorne is "out there" doing what he does best captaining, the Ciara Morganse, seeking revenge, when Providence dumps a treasure on his deck, Cate Mackenzie, a Jacobite War criminal. It's a story of people, scared of both spirit and flesh, coming to grips with that ol' demon, Trust. It's the story of what a man will do to preserve his most treasured. It's the story of what a woman will risk to gain what she desires most.

On the glittering waters of the Caribbean, a yacht captain's fight for survival forces her to rely on a man she swore she'd never trust. A fiercely independent yacht captain, Kenzie Wright has spent her life disregarding her family's expectations. She thrives on freedom, charting her own course, and never staying in one place—or with one person—for long. But when a routine voyage thrusts her into the crosshairs of a deadly drug cartel, her carefully crafted agenda is blown apart. Her last hope to save herself and her crew is the partying playboy, Jaz.

Charity Goswick thinks she is escaping an arranged marriage to a brute when she slips onto a ship unnoticed. Little does she realize that this is no honorable vessel of the King's Navy—it is a pirate ship. It's just a matter of time before she is discovered by a handsome rake of a pirate, who locks her in his cabin. And while she should be scared, her captor sparks the most unladylike feelings within her.