Resultados para "Vendetta" en Acción y aventura

When a British covert intelligence agency learns of an impending drug deal between the Venetian mafia and one of the UK’s most notorious importers, agent Maggie Black is sent to stop it. Under the alias of an American drug lord, Maggie must infiltrate the crime family and stop their product from reaching British soil - a feat that gets more complicated when her colleague and old flame Leon is sent along with her.

Morgonposten på UD i Stockholm innehåller ett vadderat kuvert med ett snyggt avkapat finger. Fingret tillhör en svensk medborgare som maffian på Sicilien kidnappat. Motvilligt åtar sig Carl Hamilton uppdraget att befria de kidnappade. Men han och hans medhjälpare möter en motståndare de aldrig tidigare stött på. Jan Guillous serie om Carl Hamilton blev omedelbart en stor framgång, som med åren kom att växa till Sveriges största romansuccé genom tiderna. Vendetta är den sjätte delen i serien och utkom 1991.

Lei è la sua stessa vita, il suo respiro, il suo amore. E ora è in pericolo. Roma, 46 d.C. Il senatore Marco Quinto Valerio Rufo questa volta non è chiamato a combattere guerre né ad affrontare feroci barbari ai confini dell’Impero. La vendetta ha bussato alla sua porta e pretende un tributo di sangue, quello di una creatura indifesa che ama più di se stesso e che un vile nemico gli ha sottratto senza pietà.

Der Luxusliner Sternentraum wird auf seiner Kreuzfahrt von einer Gruppe Bewaffneter aufgebracht und gekapert. Die fast dreitausend Passagiere und Besatzungsmitglieder werden als Geiseln genommen. Die Geiselnehmer stellen jedoch keinerlei Forderungen, weder wollen Sie Geld noch andere Leistungen. Vielmehr scheinen Sie an ganz bestimmten Zielpersonen interessiert zu sein und setzen alles daran, ihrer habhaft zu werden.

Five years ago, Myra's pregnant daughter was killed by a hit-and-run driver - the playboy son of an ambassador with diplomatic immunity. Myra was left to grieve while the murderer was free to return to his lavish lifestyle with no fear of ever having to pay for his crime. But not for much longer. As the air turns crisp in the Virginia hills around Myra's lovely old farmhouse, the Sisterhood has gathered for a little creative planning, and what they have in mind is a gift for Myra of long-awaited and very sweet revenge.

The names are new, but you might recognize the drama and excitement of an epic encounter aboard the star cruiser Sojourner in a distant quadrant of the final frontier. In this deep space adventure, an alien warlord seeks revenge against the Sojourner crew, claiming he knows and hates them well - but they've never even met him before! When a member of the crew goes rogue and jumps ship, his actions might just set an impossible chain of events in motion.

Héloise (la seconda moglie di Villefort) vuole concludere il suo piano diabolico: uccidere Valentine, facendo in modo che suo figlio Édouard riceva tutta l'eredità. Ma Valentine riesce a sopravvivere. Infatti Noirtier fa capire al dottor d'Avrigny che aveva intuito da tempo che avrebbero avvelenato la nipote, e fino a quel momento era riuscito a salvarla dandole ogni giorno un poco della sostanza mortale, neutralizzandone così parzialmente gli effetti.

Denzel Riker was the CIA's best assassin, a ghost on missions so secret they never existed on paper — until Chief Daniel Roberts pulled the trigger on his wife and son to bury a multimillion-dollar drug ring. Left for dead after a Mexican ambush, Riker clawed his way back with one burning goal: to make the Chief pay. Max Carter, a broke NYC valet, looks too much like Denzel Riker for his own good. When assassins mistake him for the agent, Max gets pulled into a dangerous and deadly world, encompassing both sides of the law.

Krieg bahnt sich am Horizont an. Er hat kein Interesse daran, die erste Koalition von Unternehmen zu führen, die die Galaxie je gekannt hat. Genau aus diesem Grund ist Daniel Hunt perfekt für diese Aufgabe geeignet. Angesichts der größten Bedrohung der Menschheit werden die alten Feinde Rettung finden, und neue Verbündete werden dem Ruf folgen. Noch mehr Geheimnisse werden gelüftet, als Daniel endlich Antworten auf das Schicksal der Frau findet, die er liebt. Wird es das sein, was ihn schließlich zerstört?

Sheepman Abel McKenzie and cattleman Zack Rainford were once the best of friends, but are now, in 1887 Montana Territory, mortal enemies. Their escalating feud threatens to throw the people of Meriwether County into a bloody range war. Three ranchers have already been killed, and the investigation into the homicides received only cursory review. One of those three men was McKenzie's employee. Deputy United States Marshal Merlin Fanshaw is sent to investigate and enforce the law.

Recent events have struck terror into the heart of the Pentagon, and America is in a state of emergency. With conventional methods useless, out of fear, the White House turns to a top secret, unorthodox ghost team to stop a global threat. This exhilarating sequel casts the listener further into the furious depths of espionage, unpredictable deceit, and intense warfare. As the deadly vendetta between the skillful operatives somersault out of control, a frightful undercover agenda that even the operatives themselves are not aware of is revealed.

BLOOD VENDETTA is a 1960s-style Acid Western — an instant cult fiction classic that’s made to order for fans of vintage Spaghetti Westerns, Japanese Samurai films, Quentin Tarantino movies, 60’s-era psychedelia, and old school guns-and-katanas-blazing action. Part Sergio Leone, part Akira Kurosawa, and part Alejandro Jodorowsky, BLOOD VENDETTA is a cinematic Far West meets Far East tale of greed and revenge, and a darkly comic (and appropriately bloody) allegory of America’s past, present, and future. Into the Western Lands come three individuals, each bent on revenge: …

The Elves have established a glorious Imperium to stand guard against those who serve the Under Realm. Now, rumors spread to the capital city of Lorthal about an army of Rusca amassing in the Far North. The Imperium must stand strong in these trying times and elect a new High Warden to lead their armies against those who threaten their safety. Fordi, an Elf captured by the Rusca, is being escorted by his captors to a secret stronghold deep within Imperium territory. Along their way, the Rusca are ambushed by the Elven hero known as the Shadow.

This has been my worst idea yet. When my baby sister offers to let her best friend crash at my place until she gets on her feet, I knew it would be a mistake. Having Emery there each day tests the limits of my control. Because she isn't just my sister's friend. The girl I knew is now all grown up, and far too tempting to resist.

Alexander Leonidovich Ryzhkov, a Russian oligarch and former general in the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), runs a covert operation in the Middle East, supplying a Saudi terrorist with four Russian nuclear suitcase bombs and a list of two US cities to target. A CIA operation thwarts the planned attack and kills many Russian agents, including his brother Sergei Ryzhkov. The oligarch is out for revenge.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history—plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.”—Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American...

Rigby Croxford returns in this spine-chilling saga about six American tourists ensnared in the middle of a bloody African coup. Their harrowing escape takes them down the mighty Zambezi River. They are challenged by the brutality of the Dark Continent. James Gardner again lives up to the immense praise he has received from America's best-selling author James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, and other industry heavy weights for his mastery of action/adventure/thriller writing.

Ex-Army Ranger Steve Wolf is wondering just that after receiving a desperate call home from his mother. His younger brother, Jimmy, is in trouble. As Wolf heads back to North Carolina to set things straight, he realizes that things have changed—and not for the better.

His past returned to wreak havoc on his future. Now, Charlie Rankin must save the only thing he has left to lose. Sometimes, good men have to do bad things, and now, the marshal from Ocate is riding to even the score with Black Jack Dorsette.