Résultats pour "Hell" dans Littérature et fiction

Hell runs on rules. Survive them. A deadend life ends even deader… and he wakes up in Hell’s lobby, where the clerks have horns and the staplers bite. The only way out is down: nine Circles, each a lethal, bureaucratic nightmare with bosses who measure your sins in triplicate. Good news—there’s a system. Bad news—it’s fair. He’s not alone. A bythebook imp (assigned as his auditor) and a battlebroken 13thcentury knight (who’s seen this game before) form a reluctant party. Together they’ll parse infernal contracts, kite monsters through killzones, and raid departments with more forms than fangs.

The demons who once ran amok down there, torturing lost souls, were easy enough to subdue. The damned, left without their tormentors, have been put to work on cotton and tobacco plantations. As for the colonists, it takes all sorts to give up the comforts of home and make new lives on the infernal frontier.

Le retour de votre auteur new-yorkais préféré. Orloff Trenchant, dit Or, est artiste peintre dans l'East Village. Après une rupture, il se retrouve à dormir dans son van, à vendre des livres dans la rue, et à tenter de finir le tableau qui peut-être, un jour, lui apportera le succès...

Steve is hell's super, its handyman. Being Mr. Fixit to the underworld keeps him and his assistant, Orson Welles (yes, that Orson Welles), pretty busy, since things go on the blink all the time down there. No malfunction has ever created so much inconvenience, though, as the malfunction of hell's escalator, which leads from the pearly gates to the depths of Hades. What's worse: The breakdown appears to be sabotage.

Puziel is a demon who has gotten bored with his job and he desperately wants another one. He’s tried several times to prove that he is capable of doing more than paperwork, assigning punishments to damned souls. He wants to cause mayhem and chaos. He wants recognition of his abilities and to show all of Hell that he can be just as intimidating as the others. He has tried several times before, but his new plan is far more diabolical than anything else he’s tried and he’ll defy the devil himself to prove his worth.

While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting interdimensional child predator, Dave, John, and Amy realized there might actually be something weird going on. Together, they navigate a diabolically convoluted maze of illusions, lies, and their own incompetence in an attempt to uncover a terrible truth they - like you - would be better off not knowing.

'Such a fresh, smart, original debut' Sunday Times bestseller Beth O'Leary 'The best romcom I've ever read!' Emily Slapper 🦋🦋🦋 With the warmth and charm of Bridget Jones and a main character as unforgettable as Eleanor Oliphant, this is an irresistible debut about a young woman...

Raz Frewer just made a bet with the Devil. He needs a cure to save his dying wife, and Lucifer has it—a mystical lamp, but its pieces were scattered around the globe centuries earlier. If he can find them, he'll get his cure; if he can't, the Devil gets his soul.

"My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world."

After accidentally summoning a demon while playing poker, the normally mild-mannered Chesney Anstruther refuses to sell his soul…which leads through various confusions to, well, Hell going on strike. Which means that nothing bad ever happens in the world – and that actually turns out to be a really bad thing. There’s only one thing for it. Satan offers Chesney the ultimate deal – sign the damned contract, and he can have his heart’s desire.

The first novel by the filmmaker, artist and bestselling author Miranda July confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling and unforgettable.

Can a school detention be saved by a tragicomedy? It's all about the play they read. After being murdered, a psychotherapist finds herself dragged into the Hell’s ‘Workers Support’ program. Witness how she exorcises inner demons of her demon patients. Whilst back on earth, two detectives...

CAUTION! All employees must correctly dispose of otherworldly biohazards found on Dark Enterprises property. Failure to comply may result in one hell of a mess... "If a door is closed, you leave it alone." That's the one rule janitor Sam is given when he starts cleaning the infamous thirteenth...

Fans who have enjoyed the first four novels in the series have questions, such as, "What would Steve do next?" "How did it all begin?" and "What the heck is a dweebil?" More Circles in Hell: A Boxed Set has the answers. I'm No Angel picks up where The Reluctant Demon leaves off. Beelzebub: A Memoir is the ultimate back story. Fourteen billion years in the making, Beezy's tale is one of chaos, creation, and of course comedy. In The League of Unusual Denizens, seven inhabitants of hell join forces to save the universe from destruction.

Rarely has an Evangelical upbringing been depicted with the relentless honesty, wide-ranging empathy, and Superbad-meets-Siddhartha playfulness of USA Today best-seller HELL IS A WORLD WITHOUT YOU. During the time of Pizza Hut buffets, 9/11, and all-night Mario Kart parties, a grieving teenager faces a mortal crossroads: fire-and-brimstone certainty vs. forbidden love. And whether or not you’ve ever begged God to delay the Rapture (so you could have time to lose your virginity), that kid’s story is about you.

Travel with Steve, doomed for eternity to serve as hell’s Mr. Fixit, on a wild ride through the circles of hell in this best-selling, humorous fantasy series.

The highs and the very low of a mentally exhausted customer support agent. A story filled with humour, love and despair.

Steve and Orson are back in this cracked sequel to Hell's Super, book two in the new satire and humor series, Circles in Hell. This time, the guys must fix Hell's heating and air conditioning (HVAC) system, which has failed. Hell is getting progressively colder, and things are a lot more serious than devils and demons needing to put on some sweaters.

After a long stint at desk duty, Phoenix Perry is dragged back into the limelight when a family member is found beaten and near death. To complicate matters, there are two dead bodies at the scene, and Phoenix’s cousin is the prime suspect. Can Phoenix find her cousin’s attackers and prove her innocence before the body count becomes astronomical? A nationwide chase ensues, involving shady editors, crooked literary agents, and a host of others. If you’re into suspense thrillers, this one is not to be missed.