Resultados para "Still" en Acción y aventura

Die Friseurin Kat liebt das Leben und Arbeiten an Bord des Kreuzfahrtschiffs MS VISTARUBY. Doch das ändert sich schlagartig, als der neue Chefingenieur Sander Pajula an Bord kommt, an den Kat langsam ihr Herz zu verlieren scheint. Mit Sanders Ankunft erschüttern allerdings nicht nur ein Mord, sondern auch eine Reihe mysteriöser Unfälle in Kats unmittelbarem Umfeld das vergnügliche Leben an Bord. Was einst sorglos und heiter war, verwandelt sich in eine Atmosphäre voller Misstrauen und Bedrohung.

Forest child they call me. It is within the woods that I find solace and feel the magic of my ancestors. For I am a Druid. One who can trace her roots from the very first to call the Isle of Skye home. The isle draws many to its magical shores. It drew him. Imposing, bold, and handsome. We fell hard and fast that summer. Then he left with the tide to the city.

In a vision, Lauren, Aiden and Ethan are called to save their parents who are trapped in the Bishop's evil menagerie... but their Uncle has other plans! Unyielding in his belief, Uncle leads the children off their path. And a misguided acolyte follows them. Lurking in the shadows, he strikes at...

Pell is an engineer and digger by trade—unearthing and repairing the fascinating artifacts left behind by the mysterious Ancients who once inhabited the sunbaked planet of Tampere. She’ll do anything to help the people of her village survive and to better understand the secrets of what came before.

Imagine being the only human left on an Earth occupied by monsters, aliens, and worse. Sounds terrible? Well...it's not so bad when you are an introverted battle junkie like me. Honestly, I was almost starting to appreciate being left behind while everyone else was given the chance to prepare for the mess Earth had gotten itself into. On a side note, it turns out I'm pretty good at hunting monsters. Though dragons and such are a bit out of my league. Just a bit. I survived dozen-something kobolds that wanted me dead, and now it's time to pay back their leader. 

Beside Still Waters by Robert Sheckley is a quietly powerful science fiction novella that explores the nature of companionship, memory, and human longing in the loneliness of deep space.

Some years ago, my dog Tae and I stepped onto the back steps of my home in the gray light of dawn to undertake our morning hike. A short way away, on the hill directly behind my house, I saw a large black figure staring quietly down at us. I watched in awe as a huge black wolf zig-zagged up the hill, stopping occasionally to look warily back at us as it went. Without moving, dog and I watched the wolf as it climbed the hill and disappeared over its crest."Wow," I said to my dog Tae, "That was cool!

All it took was one phone call and TV show host and archaeologist Annja Creed is in mortal danger. Her producer Doug Morrell has been abducted by a greedy treasure hunter who's seeking the lost raubgold, or looted gold of Nazi Germany. The terms are simple: retrieve the bounty and Doug lives. Fail, and he dies....Now Annja and her friends must find a missing German fighter plane that was shot down over the Alps in 1945. 

His name is Roarke. His history is a swath of blood and violence. Released from prison after another man died under his fists, he's found some semblance of peace as a private investigator. Sometimes he's hired to solve a problem. Sometimes he's hired to do something mean. He prefers the one, but he isn't above the other. When he's hired to locate a gorgeous banking executive's missing niece, Roarke suspects the case might be just another ugly custody fight between the girl's parents.

We begin an age of war unlike any known before, as individual soldiers are given the ability to change nations. An old rival is reborn as a terrifying ally, and an artificial intelligence intended to be a slave finds a new freedom at the heart of Amenti.

Hailed as one of America’s most insightful and inventive storytellers, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard now takes listeners on a breathtaking journey of suspense and high adventure. Back in high school, Tracy, Olivia, and Holly were known as The Godmothers, the girls...

On the phone Hugh had said, “I’ve got something you have to see to believe. Get yourself out here.” One year after retiring as a master sergeant in the 75th Rangers, this was Roman Keane’s idea of the perfect way to spend his time: jump on a motorcycle and ride from Georgia to South Dakota to see his old friend, Hugh Early. Hugh had once been Roman’s sniper instructor and was now an internationally respected historian of military arms. Historians, of all people, should know that the past you thought was dead and gone has a way of rising up to finish what it started.

Roman Keane has been in the saddle for the last four months, exploring America from his Road King. He was looking forward to getting home when a couple of old friends asked him for a favor. Would he help them deliver a collection of vintage motorcycles? No problem, he said. He didn’t even give it a second thought, until it nearly got them all killed. Now they’re in deep trouble, and before it’s over, Roman will have to ask himself the hardest question anyone can face: How far will you go to save your friends?

This is the story of what happens when an unlikely bond is formed between enemies, causing tensions to rise, and igniting a chemistry that threatens to burn them both. Together, they'll learn that sometimes even the best laid plans can fail.

Derek always felt that there was more to his world than meets the eye. Like any other high school senior, he eagerly awaited the last, first day of school. Little did he know, this day would change everything. Beneath his typical teenage façade was a storm of self-doubt and a nagging feeling of not belonging.

A popular baker and cake decorator, Bobbi Bright should know better than anyone that not all sweet things are good for you. Still, she can't quit her first love, Noah Laskera completely unserious billionaire adventurer who makes her feel like the only woman in the universe—when he's around. He bails on her constantly, and she's tired of being his second choice. So she makes a plan to quit Noah and get her life back on track. She's going to get married and have children like she always wanted.

Chile Charlie was enjoying his newly purchased two-acre ranch and the new neighbors. But he was surprised when his old friend, Dolly Sweet Thompson, arrived unannounced. Charlie thought he knew why. However, he was not sure he liked the intrusion. Nevertheless, that feeling would fade.

There's trouble in paradise ... or is it murder? The third explosive Matt Standing thriller from the bestselling author of the Spider Shepherd series. The SAS are used to deaths during combat - it goes with the turf. But when one of their own is said to have committed suicide in Thailand, red...

Hüte dich vor der Stille, denn ihr folgt der Tod. Ein verblichenes Foto – mehr hat der krebskranke Lukas Pohl nicht von seinem leiblichen Vater. Verzweifelt sucht er nach ihm, er braucht dessen Rückenmarkspende. Ex-Profikillerin Helena Groß und Anwalt Maximilian Storm übernehmen den tragischen Fall. Kaum finden sie erste Spuren, beschleicht Helena das Gefühl, beschattet zu werden. Spielt ihr Mandant ein falsches Spiel mit ihnen? Als Zeugen, die sie befragen wollten, brutal ermordet werden, wird ihnen klar: Es geht nicht allein um das Aufspüren eines Mannes.

Verstoßen von ihrer Kolonie in einem ehemaligen Bergwerk, sucht die 16jährige Rhiannon in Manhattan ihren Vater, der ein für die Große Katastrophe verantwortliches Virus geschaffen hatte. Sie erhält ein Elixier, das Rettung verspricht und macht sich auf dem langen Weg zurück in die einzige Heimat, die sie kennt. Im Wettlauf mit der Zeit will sie NOVIS retten, bevor die gnadenlosen Wallianer die geheime Siedlung überfallen. Das Schicksal gab Rhiannon das Mittel in die Hand, die Welt zu verändern. Doch die gefährliche Mission hat sie auch verändert.