Résultats pour "Adam" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

THE ULTIMATE TALE OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that...

Each of us O’Sheas had a place in our family dynamic. I was the one who made sure our family stayed safe. The quiet O’Shea. The protective one. The one who did the dirty jobs. A woman and family were the farthest things from my mind. It wasn’t a dream I’d ever thought to have or even felt like I deserved. Until they landed on my doorstep. One look at them and I knew that I’d go back to the darkness I’d lived in to ensure they were safe.

What is true power, if not that which can protect those who need protection? Adam had left everything behind. His brother, his empire, and System-space, all entirely gone in a gamble for peace. He had found a small, mana-dead universe at the far fringes of reality. He had made a new life, a family, and a surprising amount of happiness in the mundanity of it. With that new life came the pains of mortality. His daughter had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and there was nothing he could do to help.

Enter a world of death and near-death that blurs the lines between fiction and reality in a way that will leave you stunned. It takes an obsessive mind to know one. And Daniel Clark knows the elusive killer he’s been stalking. He’s devoted every waking minute as a profiler to find the serial...

Perfect Shores Funeral Parlour, the family business; we bury the bodies and reap the souls, it's what we do. "Be nice to the humans, Mal." My father insists. "Humans are our business." I don't do humans. I don't like humans. They're tedious, but I'm cold and unfeeling. They mean nothing to me.

Adam Patrick Gordon is a ghost of Culloden’s battlefield. Tormented by unfinished business which he believes led to his wife’s death while he was away at war, he can find no peace. Will a chance at redemption and the right to speak his mind to Prince Charlie be the balm he needs? Or will he exchange his boon for one more day with his sweet Mairi?

Murder is a crime. Forcing someone to live forever is something else entirely. In this explosive new thriller, the age-old quest for immortality becomes a terrifying tool for power and global control. The sinister reality of bioengineering explodes into public view near the Vatican, where a man...

Seyvanna, fille du puissant parrain Pavlenski, évolue dans le monde brutal de la mafia russe. Son frère, Mikhaïl, futur héritier du clan, exerce sur elle un amour possessif et obsessionnel, la traitant comme sa chose, prêt à tuer quiconque oserait la toucher. Quand Jonas Somber Jann enfreint cette règle tacite et séduit Seyvanna, l'alliance entre les deux hommes se rompt.

Jeff Winston's life is not how he imagined it would be. An unhappy marriage and unrewarding job - and then he died. Aged 43. And woke up again, back in his college room, in 1963, age 18. With all his memories intact. If he applies those memories, he can be rich - he can have anything he wants - in this new chance at life. Until he dies at 43 and wakes up in his 18-year-old body again...and again in a continuous 25-year cycle, each time starting from scratch at the age of 18 to reclaim lost loves, make a fortune or remedy past mistakes.

À 17 ans, Aleisha travaille dans la petite bibliothèque de son quartier : un job d’été tranquille qui lui permet de reprendre son souffle loin de sa mère bipolaire. Elle, qui ne lit que très peu, s’y ennuie terriblement jusqu’au jour où elle découvre une mystérieuse liste de lecture en rangeant un exemplaire de Ne tirez pas sur l’oiseau moqueur. Intriguée, elle décide de se plonger dans tous les ouvrages de la liste pour pouvoir conseiller les usagers de la bibliothèque, dont un vieil homme isolé à la recherche des livres grâce auxquels il réussira à se rapprocher de sa petite-fille.

They all wrote him off. They’ll never make that mistake again. Rhyker is an oddity among his people. A prince without a purpose. A draconian without horns or scales. Worthless, they say, until the day his power is unleashed. Doing the unthinkable, Rhyker absorbs a dragon’s Aspect and wields its elemental power for himself. Power that grows stronger every day. Power that can change the world, and even allow him to be the first mortal to pass through the Eternal Walls.

Vengeance is a dish best served frozen... The final book in the Frozen Planet Saga sees an all out war of survival between Drusilla, the Raxar, the Darla and Roman's band of survivors.

Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. Years after his brother Bobby had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife.

A quiet Sunday afternoon takes a deadly turn for real estate agent Ari Adams, who discovers the corpse of a business tycoon in one of her listings. When her best friend, Bob, becomes the prime suspect, Ari's desire to prove his innocence puts her on a collision course with Detective Molly Nelson, the gorgeous homicide detective facing the enormous pressure of finding the power broker's killer—fast. When Bob disappears, Ari enters a world of betrayal and deception, causing her to question Bob's innocence.

My world flipped upside down when a chance visit to a magic shop run by a flirty catgirl unveiled a shocking truth: I’m a sorcerer, gifted with the rare ability to wield rune, a mysterious and powerful energy. Soon, I’m invited to a magical academy to master my abilities, where I'm surrounded by stunning classmates and endless opportunities. But life here isn’t all enchantments and charm. From fierce werewolves to pompous professors, every day is a new challenge.

John Hall, a shy man with a persistent stammer, has always had trouble connecting with people. Ashamed of both his eccentricities and his nearly lifelong fascination with mortality, John mostly keeps to himself. But when he lets his caring-yet-often-critical brother convince him to open his own funeral business, he finds himself overwhelmed by the more people-centric parts of funeral planning, and soon realizes that he needs to find someone personable to work with or else risk his business perishing.

Emmy Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcom in the Middle) follows in the exasperated footsteps of Samuel L. Jackson, giving voice to the long-suffering father whose indifferent child will just not eat in this hilarious follow-up to Adam Mansbach's international best seller, Go the F--k to Sleep.

Something new hunts the holler.In Hunted, the third novel of the Haint’s Hollow saga, terror takes another form. A new kind of monster stalks the mountains—something twisted, ravenous, and unlike anything the Galloglys have faced before.Greg dreams of rebuilding the holler through his gym...

Trinidad, 1980: Dawn Bishop, aged 16, leaves her home and journeys across the sea to Venezuela. There, she gives birth to a baby girl, and leaves her with nuns to be given up for adoption. Dawn tries to carry on with her life - a move to England, a marriage, a career, two sons, a divorce - but through it all, she still thinks of the child she had in Venezuela, and of what might have been. When, forty years later, a woman from an internet forum gets in touch, saying that she might be Dawn's long-lost daughter, it stirs up a complicated mix of feelings.

Mae Darling has it all: a glittering career as a top London barrister, a Chelsea townhouse, and a wardrobe full of Dior. But beneath the silks and sophistication lies a darker truth—Mae Darling is a killer, slaying the predators who slip through the fingers of lady justice. When her work brings her face to face with the man responsible for her father’s death, Mae realises that the long arm of the law isn’t long enough.