Résultats pour "Inferno" dans Fiction

Dan Brown ist zurück - und mit ihm sein Held Robert Langdon, der schon mit "Illuminati", "Sakrileg" und "Das verlorene Symbol" Millionen begeisterte und mit kontroversen Themen global für Schlagzeilen gesorgt hat. Das weltweite Erscheinen des neuen Thrillers "Inferno" markiert Robert Langdons Rückkehr nach Europa. Der Symbolforscher aus Harvard wird in Italien mit Geheimnissen, Rätseln und einer Verschwörung konfrontiert, die ihre Wurzeln in einem der berühmtesten und dunkelsten Meisterwerke der Literatur haben: Dantes "Göttlicher Komödie". Und je intensiver Robert Langdon die immer gefährlicher werdende Spur verfolgt, umso deutlicher zeichnet sich die bedrohliche Erkenntnis ab, was Dantes Werk für die Gegenwart und Zukunft bereithält

Detective Samantha Jesse is determined to hold on to what she has. Whenever she gets too happy, life corrects that mistake and takes the joy from her. Her new partner, Detective Romeo Alvarez, was there the day of the biggest correction, but despite his assertions, that doesn’t mean they’re forever connected. Unless her worst fears come true and he changes his ways because he fell in love at first sight with her sister, Bristol. As if Samantha needs that complication in her quiet life.

As an old enemy rises, John is given an improbable offer of alliance from a most unexpected source and must find a way off the mainland before the last of America is destroyed.

Welcome to the inferno. Only the strong survive. When Cooper Kane’s helicopter is blown out of the sky by a rocket-propelled grenade, he and his team crash-land in the middle of a brutal hellscape: Las Vegas. But this isn’t the Neon City anymore — it’s a lawless, smoldering deathtrap, crawling with the undead and ruled by savage gangs. To the south, the Wrayth twins have turned the Strip into a militarized stronghold, backed by a vicious army of Shadow Troops. To the north, rival gangs fight for scraps, the dead roam freely, and anarchy reigns. It’s a powder keg — and Cooper just lit the fuse.

Little did Evan know his suicide attempt would not be a disappearing into a void but the beginning of a journey to repentance and faith. Long suffering from alcoholism and depression, college sophomore Evan Esco hoped to escape his pain by committing suicide. Evan hoped he would simply cease to be, but he did not count on the existence of God to foil his plans. Instead of wrath, God is now giving Evan the chance to repent—that is, the chance to return to the world above, turn from his sins, and place his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

US embassy officer Kaylea Halpert needs a date for a black tie event at a dangerous foreign national's lavish home. Preferably someone with brains and brawn who can watch her back. Special Forces Sergeant Carlos Espinosa is more than happy to escort the beautiful, brilliant diplomat - who just might be a CIA case officer - to the party. Date night in Djibouti turns deadly when foreign agents target the couple. But who is the intended victim, the covert operator or the Green Beret?

Lost in a mysterious world, far from all they knew in 1847 America, Colonel Lewis Cayce and his soldiers must face the unimaginable might of the Dominion once and for all in this gripping alternate history from the New York Times bestselling author of the Destroyermen series. Colonel Lewis Cayce...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Set in the aftermath of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, this action-packed prequel to the hotly anticipated videogame Battlefront II introduces the Empire’s elite force: Inferno Squad. After the humiliating theft of the Death Star plans and the destruction of the...

As war breaks out among the colonies, a huge ship appears over the UPP mining planet Shānmén, releasing a horror that yields hideous transformations. Rescue is too far away, and the colonists’ only hope appears in the form of the vessel Righteous Fury. It carries the Jackals—an elite mix of former Colonial Marines and Royal Marines. Led by Zula Hendricks, the Jackals seek to rescue the few survivors from the depths of the planet, but have they arrived on time?

Dominica Moore lives in a war zone—both at home and at her new school—in that she endures cruelty by the hands of her father and also by the hands of her peers at school. She doesn't meet what they consider to be the standard norms of society-their codes of ethics. Instead, Dominica Moore goes against the standard norms of society. Through her endless struggle to be accepted for who and what she is inside, Dominica looks to the Lord for friendship and strength.

Somebody is targeting police officers in the worst way imaginable—burning them alive in a series of large-scale arson attacks. When DCI Jane Phillips and the Major Crimes Unit are assigned to the case, forensic evidence suggests the fires display the unique signature of Manchester's most prolific arsonist, Archie Pearson. There's only one problem—Pearson has been in prison for almost twenty years.

Nella sua giovinezza, Richard "Dodge" Forthrast ha fondato la Corporation 9592, una società di videogiochi che lo ha reso un multimiliardario. Ora, raggiunta la mezza età, Dodge apprezza la sua vita comoda e libera, la gestione delle sue miriadi di interessi commerciali e trascorrere il tempo con la sua amata nipote Zula e la sua giovane figlia, Sophia. In una bella giornata autunnale, mentre si sottopone a una procedura medica di routine, qualcosa va irrevocabilmente storto.

Un fattorino d'albergo è costretto ad assistere a perversioni da adulti; uno scrittore alcolista cerca in ogni modo di rimandare il proprio collasso nervoso per riuscire a finire il suo ultimo libro; una famiglia disfunzionale, i cui membri si distruggono vicendevolmente sull'ingannevole sfondo della ricca California nel periodo bellico. È un'opera sconvolgente e per gran parte autobiografica. L'autore guida il lettore come un moderno Dante nel proprio inferno personale e dipinge in modo vivido e disperato personaggi indimenticabili.

One dark evening, James picks up a mysterious woman's voice over his radio. Her only request is to be rescued from a wandering group of crazed survivors. In exchange, she promises top secret information and her skills as a scientist. It doesn't end there. People are starting to change into something more dangerous than just starving humans. That and the weather system has been corrupted by nuclear war. With time running out, it's up to James, Beth, Claire, and now Myra to discover the true force behind the apocalypse.

It starts as a happy reunion between Preacher and his fellow trappers in a peaceful Indian village. But it ends swiftly in death and destruction when a rival tribe attacks the village, slaughters some of Preacher’s Crow and mountain man friends, and carries off the women and children as prisoners.

Hidden behind a cloak of exotic mystery, Cuba is virtually unknown to American citizens. G. Cabrera Infante - in Infante's Inferno and several of his other novels - allows listeners to peek behind the curtain surrounding this island and see the vibrant life that existed there before Fidel Castro's regime. Detailing the sexual education and adventures of the author, Infante's Inferno is a lush, erotic, funny book that provides listeners with insight into what it was like to grow up in pre-revolutionary Havana.

New York Times bestselling author Sylvain Reynard returns with the fourth installment of the beloved Gabriel's Inferno series. When Gabriel and Julia Emerson first lay eyes on their newborn daughter, Clare, they realize life as they know it will never be the same. Gabriel has vowed to be a good...

DAS Buch- und Hörbuchereignis des Jahres: der neue Roman von Dan Brown Dan Brown ist zurück - und mit ihm sein Held Robert Langdon, der schon in den Romanen Illuminati, Sakrileg und Das verlorene Symbol Millionen Hörerinnen und Hörer begeistert und mit kontroversen Themen global für Schlagzeilen gesorgt hat. Das weltweite Erscheinen des neuen Thrillers Inferno am 14. Mai 2013 markiert Robert Langdons Rückkehr nach Europa.

Led by a charismatic fool, a group of pioneers are crossing Apache territory, blind to the danger around them. The Loner would ignore the passing pilgrims if it weren’t for a beautiful woman. Then, when he turns his back, the Apaches strike. The night is lit with an unholy fire. Mutilated bodies are left behind. And four women are taken prisoner across the Rio Grande....

In this accomplished new adaptation of The Divine Comedy - narrated by Earphones award winner Chris Ciulla - author Alex L Moretti untangles and demystifies Dante's original terza rima to produce an engaging and atmospheric novel, retelling this fantastic story in a modern yet erudite way.