Resultados para "man" en Acción y aventura

Family means different things to different people, but in the Gray Man’s world, family is defined by blood—the blood you share with some and the blood you shed with others. Court Gentry’s current family operates out of an office park in Norfolk, Virginia. The Ghost Town is an off-the-books direct action team run by Matt Hanley, former CIA Deputy Director. They take on the jobs the Agency needs handled “discretely,” and those jobs are rolling in. Somewhere at the top of the US Intelligence apparatus, security experts and intelligence operations worldwide are threatened.

Tras haber vivido una vida relativamente tranquila en la Tierra y el mismo día en que cumplen setenta y cinco años, 1,022 ancianos se enrolan en las Fuerzas de Defensa Coloniales, el ejército que lucha por la supervivencia de la humanidad en el universo. La vida en la Tierra transcurre sin demasiados contratiempos. Sin embargo, en el universo se está librando una guerra sin cuartel por los últimos planetas todavía deshabitados de la galaxia.

A slow day at the office takes a sharp turn when I uncover a strange gaming console that pulls me into another world. Now, I’m the chosen one destined to save a peaceful kingdom from ruin. My task? Find the scattered Golden Rings, rescue the missing Princess Lunessa, and defeat the powerful Legends who attack anyone in their path.

Magic is for cowards. Real power is forged in rage, blood, and paranoia! A relic of the past, Conrad Barbarus finds himself in a world he doesn't understand. Magic runs unchecked, demons wander at will, and, worse yet, floating text is forcing him to read. Horrific. But what's supposed to be a series of casual [Quests] quickly becomes personal. His companions more than strangers. The land around him more than just a passing place. Conrad will be pushed to his limit as he rips paradise out of the mouth of a dragon.

The ashes of the Winter Festival settled, but peace was a luxury I couldn't afford. The threats were escalating, and staying put meant stagnation. If I wanted to face what was coming, I had to get stronger, even if it meant leaving Waybound's walls behind.

Mankind has ceded the night to the corelings, demons that rise up out of the ground each day at dusk, killing and destroying at will until dawn, when the sun banishes them back to the Core. As darkness falls, the world’s few surviving humans hide behind magical wards, praying the magic can see them through another night. As years pass, the distances between each tiny village seem longer and longer. It seems nothing can harm the corelings, or bring humanity back together.

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times. For now, more sensible heads have prevailed – and have even championed unity. But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war.

¿Qué relación hay entre un atraco a mano armada y un crimen nunca resuelto? Descúbrelo en una nueva entrega de la serie de Gotland. Protagonizada por Anders Knutas, Karin Jacobson y Johan Berg, esta trepidante novela policiaca se adentra en los traumas de la infancia y en cómo su sombra puede alcanzar el futuro. Una mañana de finales de verano tres encapuchados atracan un banco a mano armada en pleno centro de Klintehamn, una pequeña localidad en la costa oeste de la isla de Gotland. En su huida en un coche robado, los ladrones atropellan a una niña de seis años.

Entonces tenían poco más de veinte años: un grupo de amigos que se citaban en el bar Kronen y consumían la juventud a base de sexo, alcohol y drogas. En algunas ocasiones coqueteaban con la muerte e incluso hubo quien salió mal parado de aquel coqueteo. Ha pasado mucho tiempo. Han pasado exactamente veinticinco años. Ahora trabajan y no se ganan mal la vida; algunos se han casado y tienen hijos. Casi ninguno de ellos consume drogas y las borracheras se han convertido en enología.

Montana Coggeshall, freshly returned from the high society world of galas, birthrights, and the odd doomsday cult, doesn't have much time to settle back into normal life. He's promised to protect everyone who calls Coggeshall home, and one terrified family is caught in the wrong place at the worst time. But what starts as a simple rescue mission quickly unravels into a web of strange disappearances, secret tunnels, and whispered warnings. A new monster may be stalking the valley. And it’s one that doesn’t just kill—it plays with its food.

Seventeen-year-old Truth Medici scavenges for scraps to eat; weathers his parents' abuse; and battles derelicts, killer pimps, and demons in the soul-crushing stretch of desperation he calls home. Even the cops steer clear of the toxic Harban slums. But just across the canal live the magical elite, with their wealth, flying carpets, gorgeous mages, and custom spell beasts, all thanks to the patronage of the almighty Starbrite Corporation. Getting there, and taking his three vulnerable siblings with him, is Truth's only dream.

Tercera novela de Flanagan. Tal vez la de aventuras más trepidantes, donde contábamos unos hechos que en la época se hicieron notables: en los barrios bajos, los vecinos formaron piquetes para terminar con el tráfico de drogas. Su objetivo, no obstante, no eran los traficantes sino los adictos que iban al barrio a comprar. Los esperaban en las paradas de autobús para apañearlos y hacerles volver atrás.

Six months into his retirement at Oak Tree Farm, former city guard Cid Dawnshield has settled into a comfortable routine of tending crops and serving as Haven's town constable. But when a group of oddly-dressed travelers arrives for the annual Harvest Fair, something about their story doesn't add up. Between judging the town's fiercely competitive blueberry cobbler contest and trying to wrangle his wandering chickens, Cid has to manage the threat from out of town who just want to the power beneath Haven's soil. All while impressing the tavern owner.

Como en otra famosa historia, esta también comienza con un árbol de manzanas, dos personas y una serpiente. Pero ahí es donde terminan los parecidos. Cuando crees que puedes sortear el destino pero este siempre tiene un final preparado...

Accompanied by the Isuzu Alliance, Mira rushes to stop the Chimera Clausen from hunting down the King of Spirits. Allowing the criminal organization to succeed in their schemes spells calamity not just for the spirits, but for the world of Ark Earth Online. A string of clues leads Mira to the whereabouts of the enemy's secret base...but to foil their plans, she'll need to use her wits--and her most powerful summoning magic--to infiltrate their hideout!

In a world policed by telepaths, Ben Reich plans to commit a crime that hasn't been heard of in 70 years: murder. That's the only option left for Reich, whose company is losing a 10-year death struggle with rival D'Courtney Enterprises.Terrorized in his dreams by The Man with No Face and driven to the edge after D'Courtney refuses a merger offer, Reich murders his rival and bribes a high-ranking telepath to help him cover his tracks. But while police prefect Lincoln Powell knows Reich is guilty, his telepath's knowledge is a far cry from admissible evidence.

Her ring belongs to the most dangerous man in town... but her heart belongs to a mountain man who's ready to fight for her…

Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next. But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn’t keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the struggle between a heartless tyrant and the brave rebels who defy him.

En un diálogo permanente, Domingo Espinar va contándole su vida a un amigo escritor. En esas largas charlas, de bar en bar, le relata sus primeros amores, sus fracasos, habla de las personas que quiso, a las que perdió, sus primeros contactos con los movimientos sociales haciendo un repaso por la historia político-social y económica de España de las últimas decadas: desde el boom inmobiliario y la corruptela de algunos ayuntamientos hasta su implicación en un proceso por violencia de género acusado por su penúltima esposa.

Jason has finally gotten confirmation that Rob is alive. Now, all he has to do is ensure that Rob still has a home to return to when all is said and done. After defeating a Blighted copy of himself and growing stronger, Jason puts all his efforts into defending Earth from the eldritch monsters that seek to devour it. Unfortunately, sometimes, humans make for the worst kinds of monsters. Jason's investigation into a series of bizarre incidents reveals horrifying experimentation that would put an ordinary mad scientist to shame.