Resultados para "Vendetta" en Acción y aventura

Captain Sannie van Rensburg and safari guide Mia Greenaway are caught in the crossfires of a decades-old feud between five veterans of South Africa's apartheid-era Border War. Haunted by the deadly mission that shaped their lives forever, the ex-paratroopers must finally confront their demons...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series—Machine Vendetta is a thrilling tale of deadly conspiracies and old enemies that refuse to die. Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten...

17 Dicembre 2010. L’ispettore Andrea Pantaleo dorme profondamente nel suo letto. Una telefonata squarcia il cuore dell’alba che sta sorgendo. È il suo amico americano Henry Domonte, consulente dell’FBI in materia di serial killer con cui l’ispettore ha già più volte collaborato in passato, a chiedergli aiuto. L’uomo è sconvolto, fuori di sé. La moglie, Elisabeth Darrell, valente psichiatria e direttrice della Teamsters Care Hospital di Boston, una delle strutture psichiatriche più conosciute della capitale del Massachusetts dove i due vivono, è stata da pochi minuti decapitata nel loro appartamento.

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.

He’s been hunting it for a long time now - a one-eyed, blue-eyed ghoul that took everything from him - and now Wash is about to confront his greatest threat. Whether it ends in victory or defeat, it will end. After her own dangerous journey on the road, Ana is more determined than ever to find Wash and finally repay him for helping to save her sister. Following through on that promise, though, might cost her everything. In Remains, the third and final installment in the After the Purge: Vendetta story, there is no turning back.

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.

Bloomsbury presents I Hear A New World by Alan Moore, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. From New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the second book in the Long London Series, a daringly inventive fantasy novel about murder, mayhem, and magic. It’s 1958 and Dennis...

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...