Résultats pour "Kassandra" dans Fiction

Seltsame Ereignisse beunruhigen die Biologin Nicole Westermann und den Musiker Erik Seidel. Ein Pilz überwuchert eine Straße und ein Haus. Giftige Blaualgen vermehren sich unkontrolliert in einem Badesee, und ein Mutterkornpilz wird zur Gefahr für Tiere und Menschen. Die Vorgänge verlaufen zunächst ohne großes Aufsehen und lassen sich mit dem Klimawandel erklären. Doch bald entsteht der Verdacht, dass sie gezielt herbeigeführt werden. Als sich die Ereignisse zuspitzen, beschließen Nicole und Erik, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen.

Journalisten Gina har i årevis rapporteret fra verdens krigszoner, men har for nylig landet sig et job som korrespondent i Rom. Efter en hed sommeraften ender hun i seng med sin barndomsven Okke, som dagen efter er sporløst forsvundet. Gina er den sidste, der har set ham, og bliver hurtigt...

Vor sechs Jahren musste die damals hochschwangere Myra hilflos zusehen, wie ihr Mann ihre älteste Tochter Row kidnappte und mit einem Boot über die dunklen Fluten davonfuhr. Sie hatte keine Chance, sie einzuholen. Denn die Erde ist nicht mehr, wie sie einst war: Seit der großen Klimakatastrophe gibt es kein Festland mehr, lediglich Archipele, die ehemaligen Bergregionen, auf die sich die verbliebenen Menschen gerettet haben. Doch nun bekommt Myra eine einmalige Chance: Mit ihrer jüngsten Tochter darf sie auf einem Boot mitreisen. Eine Chance auf eine Zukunft, auf ein neues Leben.

An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent. A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America’s great coastal...

When Mayfair’s newly minted Chamber of Commerce goes off the rails, and decides to build an ice skating rink, a decades-old skeleton is uncovered. The secrets it reveals threaten more than the town’s Christmas plans. Feeling responsible since the let’s-attract-more-tourists idea was hers initially, service dog trainer Marcia Banks is determined to help her police detective boyfriend solve the mystery - whether he wants her help or not. Maybe she can wheedle more out of the townspeople than he can.

Children think we make them, but we don’t … They come into the world and make us. They make us by breaking us first. ‘Utterly gripping’ Karin Slaughter ‘Impossible to put down’ Booklist ‘Undeniable, brilliantly written’ Theodore Wheeler ‘Thrilling’ Lydia Kang The world is...

Sixteen-year-old boy crazy Kacey Jones thinks geometry and biology are boring compared to more interesting things, like boys. When she is put in educational support for her suffering grades, she is paired with the most annoying know-it-all boy in the entire school. The smartest boy in the senior class, Jack Landry. When she really wants to be in study hall flirting with her current boyfriend, she’s stuck studying with Jack. He forces her to work when she wants to be on her phone. He also has the nerve to call her out on her dating habits, not being able to keep a boyfriend.

All Darcie wants is a fresh start, but on her first day of work at her new job, she stumbles across a gruesome discovery - the body of a murdered man. If that weren't enough, the detective in charge of the investigation names Darcie as his prime suspect. She's surrounded by distrust and suspicion - and the eerie sense that someone's been in her apartment going through her things. 

To others, Erica Stuckey, 14, appears to be the honest PK (preacher's kid). Inside, she's an impending car wreck of lies and angst—yearning to shed her tomboy persona, to win the heart of her forever crush, Joe Anderson, and to get that first kiss. Driven to always seek the approval of others and unable to say "no," she nurtures a sinful habit: stealing.

Kaitlyn just wanted to keep her head down and do her job. She didn't want to be noticed. Notice would mean attention from Harbinger, and that is the one thing she doesn't need. The epileptic siphon doesn't have a choice, however. Her world is turned upside down at age 34 when she's forced to all but murder her assigned-husband for treason. Add in an evil government agency creating zombies to take out magic, and Kaitlyn must become more than she's ever wanted to be.