Résultats pour "Anthony Ryan" dans Fiction

À travers les vastes territoires contrôlés par le Syndicat Négociant d'Archefer, rien n'est plus prisé que le sang des dracs, donnant d'immenses pouvoirs à de rares élus. Mais les lignées de dracs s'affaiblissent et l'équilibre du monde est menacé. On raconte que seuls les pouvoirs du drac-Argent, plus puissants que tous les autres, pourraient le rétablir. Afin de débusquer cette créature légendaire, le Protectorat enrôle Claydon Torcreek, un voleur aux facultés secrètes.

La horde du drac-Argent trace un sillon sanglant à travers le monde, ne laissant derrière elle que des cendres fumantes. Des milliers d'innocents ont déjà succombé à son appétit de conquête et bien d'autres vont suivre. Seuls Claydon Torcreek et Lizanne Lethridge se dressent encore entre la fureur dévastatrice du drac et la fin de leur peuple. Avec l'aide d'alliés inattendus, il leur faut se tourner vers le passé et percer le mystère intemporel qui, seul, leur permettra d'inverser le cours du raz-de-marée mortel qui s'annonce... Interprétation humaine

The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm. Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of 10 when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order. The Brothers of the Sixth Order are devoted to battle, and Vaelin will be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate, and dangerous life of a Warrior of the Faith. He has no family now save the Order.

Vaelin Al Sorna, warrior of the Sixth Order, called Darkblade, called Hope Killer. The greatest warrior of his day, and witness to the greatest defeat of his nation: King Janus' vision of a Greater Unified Realm drowned in the blood of brave men fighting for a cause Vaelin alone knows was forged from a lie. Sick at heart, he comes home, determined to kill no more. Named Tower Lord of the Northern Reaches by King Janus's grateful heir, he can perhaps find peace in a colder, more remote land far from the intrigues of a troubled Realm.

Le livre d'Anthony Doerr possède la puissance et le souffle des chefs-d'œuvre. Il nous entraîne, du Paris de l'Occupation à l'effervescence de la Libération, dans le sillage de deux héros dont la guerre va bouleverser l'existence : Marie-Laure, une jeune aveugle, réfugiée avec son père à Saint-Malo, et Werner, un orphelin, véritable génie des transmissions électromagnétiques, dont les talents sont exploités par la Wehrmacht pour briser la Résistance. En entrecroisant le destin de ces deux personnages, ennemis malgré eux, dans le décor crépusculaire d'une ville pilonnée par les bombes, Anthony Doerr dessine une fresque d'une beauté envoûtante.

The epic conclusion to Anthony Ryan's Age of Wrath trilogy—a gripping fantasy saga of bloody retribution, deadly intrigue, and soaring heroism. As the Age of Wrath reaches its bloody conclusion, the world will be reforged in steel and fire ... Thera Blackspear was once champion to the Sister...

April 1940: Nazi Germany has invaded neutral Norway. Fleeing north from their brutal blitzkrieg advance are three officers of the King's Guard - men who have been entrusted by the Norwegian King with a vitally important mission. The only military force which stands between the Nazi forces and total victory are the poorly equipped, undertrained squaddies of the British 148th Brigade. Among them is Sergeant Jack Tanner, recently returned from the Middle East. As the British are pushed back from Lillehammer, Sergeant Tanner and his patrol are left stranded in the mountains in the chaos of retreat.

Ex-Special Forces soldier Connor (Skid) Ryan is recruited as a contractor by his former hated SAS officer to capture or kill Declan O’Malley, a notorious Sons Of Eirinn bombmaker. With soldiers from the PKK, Ryan has to execute a daring military operation - this time without his Special Forces comrades before the terrorists can use the WMD on the streets of Britain. The worlds security services of China, Russia, USA, and the UK are all desperately homing in to prevent another 9/11 atrocity on an even larger scale.

Action packed and laced with dark humor, Reapers is an exciting tale of survival and redemption from the New York Times bestselling author of The Pariah. Implantation was supposed to be the savior of humanity. Enhancing brain function and skills for millions, it transformed the world … until...

For six days, Los Angeles is a city ablaze. For six days, seventeen people are caught in the chaos. For six days, Los Angeles shows the world what happens when laws are no longer enforceable. Ernesto Vera is walking home from his job at a taco truck when three guys jump out of a car and assault...

Die Fortsetzung der neuen sagenhaften Trilogie des Bestsellerautors Anthony Ryan Die Zeiten haben sich für Alwyn Scribe geändert. Einst war er ein Geächteter, jetzt ist er Spion und ein eingeschworener Beschützer von Lady Evadine Courlain. Ihre Visionen einer dämonischen Apokalypse verliehen ihr die fanatische Ergebenheit der Gläubigen. Doch Evadines wachsender Ruhm hat sie in Konflikt mit der Krone und dem Bund gebracht und im Königreich brauen sich gefährliche Unruhen zusammen.

A nightmare becomes a warning. A marriage becomes a mystery. And one terrible date refuses to release its hold. On the eve of his birthday, Francis Raven awakens to a terrifying vision: a strange woman stands over him with a knife, intent on taking his life. Was it merely a nightmare—or...

July, 1943.With North Africa secured, the Allies launch an invasion of Sicily, and the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Rangers are in the van of the assault on the Italian beaches.But promotion to Company Commander has brought him fresh trouble for Jack Tanner. Not only has his new Battalion Commander decided to make his life as difficult as possible, they soon find themselves battling against some of the toughest, most determined troops in the Wehrmacht.

August, 1942. North Africa. The desert war hangs in the balance. When the commander of the Eighth Army, General Gott, is killed, it's clear that foul play is at work. An impenetrable Axis spy circuit is compromising any hope the Allies have of stemming the Nazi tide. Jack Tanner, recovering from wounds in a Cairo hospital, is astonished to receive a battlefield commission which will propel him into a very different world when he returns to action. Fit once more, he finds himself facing the full onslaught of Rommel's latest offensive.

Ex-SAS soldier Conner Ryan’s constant merry-go-round of mayhem takes another cataclysmic murderous spin. The powerful paranoid face of Jerome Eugene Armstrong, the president of the United States and leader of the worlds. One superpower wants to wipe the board clean of any blood trails that could lead back to the White House.

As the might of the Global Military Alliance (GMA) pushes North Korea into a risky nuclear showdown by falsely accusing the Hermit Kingdom of spreading a deadly virus that was manufactured in England at Porton Down the MOD’S Defence Science and Technology Laboratory they declare it ‘an act of war.’ Meanwhile one of their former elite assets ex-SAS soldier Conner ‘Skid’ Ryan executes ‘his’ audacious mission to be ‘invited’ into the Islamic Republic of Iran after claiming political asylum.

Captain Dominic Holland's greatest weapon against the apocalypse is his ship. The Huntress is the heart of Dom's scientific research and military operations. And it has been taken. Dom must embark on a perilous mission to retake it if he stands any chance at finding the cure the world so desperately needs. Dom's daughter, Kara, is stranded in the middle of Skull-infested Virginia. While she and a few others struggle to reunite with Dom and the Hunters, enemies more terrifying and ruthless than the Skulls emerge.

Captain Dominic Holland leads a crew of skilled covert operatives and talented scientific personnel. He's taken them to all corners of the Earth to protect the United States from biological and chemical warfare. When his CIA handler, Meredith Webb, gives him a mission to investigate a disturbing lead on a laboratory based out of an abandoned oil rig, they discover the most terrifying threat to mankind they've ever faced - a genetically engineered biological weapon called the Oni Agent.

Captain Dominic Holland and his group of covert operatives are charged with uncovering the whereabouts of the fleet and stopping them before they reach land. On a mission that takes them around the crumbling strongholds of Europe, they uncover a plot more sinister than they could have possibly imagined. With few resources and little time, Dom and his Hunters put their lives on the line to save the world from utter destruction. But even that may not be enough.

A man-made plague has ravaged humanity, the military is in shambles, and chaos reigns over the world. Hope seems nothing more than a dream. Captain Dominic Holland is determined to stop the inevitable. His daughters are finally safe, and his crew has found new ways to combat the Skulls. He leads the Hunters on a mission to recover vital research that may hold the key to stopping the biological agent responsible for this apocalyptic new world. Can the Hunters salvage what remains of humanity? Or is it already too late?