Résultats pour "Het incident" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

A young girl’s troubled family is haunted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy” in this chilling tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box. “Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient [with] claustrophobic terror that almost transcends articulation...

The last survivors of humanity have just been deposited on Pandora, a horrific, poisonous planet rife with deadly nerve-runners, hooded dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent kelp. The determined colonists attempt to establish a bridgehead on the deadly, inhospitable planet, but more trouble arises. Their sentient ship - backed up by an impressive array of armaments - has decided it is God and is insisting the colonists find appropriate ways to worship it.

When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...

In 2030, a spiritual battle rages as the world grapples with chaos and uncertainty. Paul, a fervent believer, finds himself at the center of this struggle. He seeks divine intervention for a mysterious thorn in his flesh, believing it hinders his mission. However, instead of deliverance, he receives a revelation: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." This message propels Paul into an epic journey where supernatural forces clash, and every weakness becomes an opportunity for divine power to manifest.

Harriet Jacobs’ autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs’ depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861.

Penguin Classics presents Jonathan Swift's inventive classic, Gulliver's Travels, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Hugh Laurie, star of the hit TV series House. 'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each...

In this much-anticipated second installment of Neve Maslakovic’s time-travel series, St. Sunniva University’s Julia Olsen and Nate Kirkland find themselves hot on the trail of a 14th-century artifact, a missing runic specialist, and an all-too-familiar kidnapper who has used the time travel lab’s STEWie (SpaceTimE Warper) for a joyride deep into America’s past. Armed with nothing more than a hunch and a keen understanding of History’s rules, can Julia, Nate, and their teammates track down the kidnapper and the missing researcher before the inevitable - and perilous - clash with history?

Thanks to the time travel lab at St. Sunniva University, history is no longer a mystery. But when the beloved co-inventor of the university’s time machine is inexplicably smeared across time, academic exploration and the future of St. Sunniva is thrown into doubt. As assistant to the dean of science, Julia Olsen is tasked with helping Campus Security Chief Nate Kirkland quietly examine this rare mishap…then, just as quietly, make it go away.

The Painting was dramatic, passionate, a work of genius. But Earl Dumarest was blind to its power. For there, in the background, were the features of cratered Luna, satellite of Earth, the fabled planet that Dumarest had sought through countless galaxies.

In the year 2040, a wave of despair grips the world as people face broken relationships, shattered dreams, and relentless grief. Many believe their struggles are insurmountable until a mysterious figure known only as The Messenger emerges with a bold proclamation. He claims to be anointed by God to bring hope and healing, declaring that what appears to be the end is only the beginning. As crowds gather, The Messenger's words ignite a spark of faith in the brokenhearted, but not everyone welcomes his message.

In the red clay heart of southern Oklahoma, where tribal sovereignty meets federal law and the past never quite stays buried, a man collapses on the lawn of the old Chickasaw Capitol. What begins as a jurisdictional puzzle soon unfolds into a haunting investigation that spans casino corridors, military secrets, and the quiet desperation of trafficked lives.

Stealing from Outer Planet rebels is dangerous. Stiffing the psychotic crime boss that hired you is insane. Captain Melissa Stone did both. Now she’s got to steal back the rebel secrets to save her daughter. Every pirate has an origin story. This is hers.

"The Tunguska Incident" is a thrilling steampunk adventure that bends historical events, speculative science and mystical forces into man engaging narrative. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, the novel reimagines the famous Tunguska event as the result of powerful and secretive technological experiments, intersecting with ancient, ethereal forces.

An ancient medallion has turned ten-year-old Hollis Whittaker into the U.S. military’s top target. Through the artifact, the boy shares a mind with an alien, and possesses the most advanced brain on the planet, capable of teleporting people through space and time. A Native American woman, her grandfather, a computer nerd, the boy’s best friend and an involuntary time traveler will do anything they can to help, but when Hollis’ parents disappear, their plan to flee the country and relocate to Central America is scrapped.

Everything seems normal in Winslow, Washington, as the tourists arrive for summer fun-the carnival in Prospect Park, the ghost-town tour-and the locals retreat to Ruby Creek to cool off. The only thing that's unusual is the death of Pard Holloway's cattle after a brief, strange illness.

A mind-blind scholar outwits the mages who disdain him. A gold mage must secure a bank vault from a monster capable of obliterating entire cities. An aging basketweaver wakes up one morning to find a brand new river in front of her house. A palace-sized octopus seeks to defend his city from a living fortress of bone—if he can get his arms to cooperate. In these twenty-four short stories set in the world of Mage Errant, John Bierce explores the murky depths of history, forgotten corners of Ithos and beyond, and the strangest reaches of magic itself.

Norfolk, England, 1895: When renowned spiritualist Edward Blackmore receives a desperate message from his cousin Barnabas, begging him to come to the coastal village of Thistlewick Tye, his first thought is to ignore the request. Despite his cousin’s insistence that his wife is possessed by a malevolent spirit, Edward has no time for the man who stole his inheritance. Lured by the promise of money, along with a genuine concern for Barnabas’s wife – who he’d once loved – he reluctantly travels to at Thistlewick House, only to arrive too late. Emma is dead.

When former Navy SEAL turned treasure hunter Dane Maddock uncovers a mysterious artifact hidden among Billy the Kid’s fabled treasure, he and his partner Bones are plunged into a deadly chase across the New Mexico desert.

A desperate man. Many unwelcome visitors. When a small town ignores bullying in one generation, it leads to tragedy in the next. Consumed by anger, Ben Franklin dreads more attacks on his home. The teens in the small town have named his home "The Ghost House." On a moonless Halloween, the beleaguered man does some scaring of his own and injures a teenage girl. The teen, April, followed her two friends in completing the tradition of facing the foreboding structure.

El incidente del puente del búho es un relato corto que nos lleva a un dramático momento de la Guerra Civil Americana. La historia sigue a Peyton Farquhar, un sureño condenado a la horca por intentar sabotear el puente del búho en nombre de la Confederación. En los momentos que preceden a su ejecución, Farquhar experimenta una intensa y extraordinaria secuencia de pensamientos y percepciones. Bierce magistralmente juega con el tiempo y la realidad, tejiendo un final sorprendente que desafía las expectativas y explora los límites de la esperanza y la desesperación humana.