Résultats pour "Blackout" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

England, 1941. The tranquil village of Crofter’s Green seems like a haven from the chaos of wartime. But when a local air raid warden is found dead in the village churchyard, five villagers--some getting on in years and none of them policemen--decide they need to uncover the truth.

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, Time, BookPage A Must-Read: The New York Times, Time, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, Boston Herald, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Bay Area Reporter, Datebook, Electric Literature, The...

Londres 1942 : profitant du couvre-feu, un tueur hante les rues de la ville. En quelques jours, il assassine et mutile quatre femmes. Son modus operandi interpelle Scotland Yard et la presse, qui le surnomme aussitôt le Blackout Ripper. Les messages qu'il laisse sur les scènes de crime, conçus comme des indices codés, imposent bientôt aux enquêteurs une piste inquiétante : le criminel semble s'inspirer des leçons du mage noir Aleister Crowley et de son manuscrit démoniaque, "Le Livre de la Loi".

On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a bright summer's night. As the 24-hour light of the arctic summer is transformed into darkness by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption, a young reporter leaves Reykjavik to investigate on her own, unaware that an innocent person's life hangs in the balance. Dark, terrifying and complex, Blackout is an exceptional atmospheric thriller from one of Iceland's finest crime writers.

Løgner. Morder. Eller offer ... Natalie har brugt ti år på at komme sig over to begivenheder, der ændrede hendes liv for altid. Det første: det øjeblik, hvor hendes chef forgreb sig på hende. Det andet: Det øjeblik, hvor juryen erklærede ham uskyldig – og dermed hende for en...

In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds - great and small - of ordinary people who shape history. In the hands of this acclaimed storyteller, the past and future collideand the result is at once intriguing, elusive, and frightening.

I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me. ~Madison Ryman. The strongest emotion of man is fear and fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all. Could you face fear head on? Can you forget all those moments when you thought you wouldn't survive, but did? The Blackout EMP Survival Episodes are EMP survival thrillers from international bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America's favorite storytellers, who has delivered up-all-night thrillers to over two million readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide.

When the world goes dark, Emily must rescue her son and niece from chaos, flee looters, and survive a brutal new reality. Guided by her father's prepper notes, they reach a hidden bunker, only to face betrayal, loss, and a daring rescue. In the ashes of collapse, they fight to rebuild and hold on to hope.

A plane crash. A missing memory. A countdown to darkness. After a plane crashes into the icy waters near the remote Alaskan town of Midnight Harbor, former Navy SEAL Josh Black pulls a lone survivor from the wreckage. He knows her as Sarah Samson, a local waitress. But the woman who wakes in the...

Evan Marshall has lost too many good people. Friends. Allies. People who trusted him. Now the enemy isn't just hunting him. They're hitting everyone he's ever worked with, and they don't care who dies in the crossfire. So Evan hits back. A desperate strike deep behind enemy lines changes the balance of power. But victory comes at a cost, and the window to stay ahead is shrinking fast. A breakthrough aboard the Ascendant reveals capabilities no one imagined, and points toward a destination that's been awaiting their arrival for four thousand years.

When the world goes dark, Emily must rescue her son and niece from chaos, flee looters, and survive a brutal new reality. Guided by her father's prepper notes, they reach a hidden bunker, only to face betrayal, loss, and a daring rescue. In the ashes of collapse, they fight to rebuild and hold on to hope.

Natalie har brugt ti år på at komme sig over to begivenheder, der ændrede hendes liv for altid. Det første: det øjeblik, hvor hendes chef forgreb sig på hende. Det andet: det øjeblik, hvor juryen erklærede ham uskyldig – og dermed hende for en løgner. Så da hendes mand, Ryan, bliver anklaget for den samme forbrydelse, kommer Natalie farligt tæt på kanten.

Hörbuchempfehlung für Mark Dawson Fans: "Der Uhrmacher" von Bestsellerautor Pierre Schreiber - unbedingt anhören! Ein Angebot, dem er nicht widerstehen konnte. Ein Mord, an den er sich nicht erinnern kann … John Miltons Leben wird nie wieder dasselbe sein. Der ehemalige Auftragsmörder...

A strange flare wipes out every machine in the Nevada desert, leaving Lizzy Matthews fighting to keep her community alive. As power stays dark and winter moves in, she must protect the land and the people who depend on her or lose everything she built...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The whole block goes down at nine and Meg, thirty-nine, is in the lobby with a bag of groceries and a man from the fourth floor she has never spoken to. Julian, thirty-six, has a lighter and no reason to use it. Also by Ivy Marlow: more explicit stories...

A relentless, edge-of-you-seat action novel full of twists and turns from multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan. Fans of Andy McNab, Lee Child, Clive Cussler and Stephen Leather will not be disappointed. 'Hard as nails' -- Mirror 'Slick, polished and gut-wrenching stuff' -- Irish Times 'Great...

When the first scientists began measuring Earth's magnetic field 200 years ago, no one suspected that their figures would one day rank among the most important data in human history. But deep in space, the Sun stirred into action. It hurled massive clouds of charged particles into the solar...

1940. Britain is at war. Rector’s daughter Wilhelmina Harkness longs to do her duty for her country, but when her strict mother forbids her to enlist, their bitter argument has devasting consequences. Unable to stay in the village she loves, Wilhelmina—reinventing herself as Billie—spends everything she has on a one-way ticket up north. Hull is a distant, dangerous city, but Billie is determined to leave her painful memories behind and start afresh, whatever the cost.

The final book in the postapocalyptic Breakers series.

They had 36 Hours to prepare for the end of the world as they knew it. It wasn’t enough.