Résultats pour "Nemesis" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Louise smyger sig in i kyrkan med ett leende på läpparna, fast besluten att överraska Angus med ett oskyldigt skämt. Men situationen eskalerar oväntat och hon blir överväldigad av panik när det som började som ett skämt tar en skrämmande och oförutsedd vändning. Lorense, som...

“A totally new and original work that stretches his talents to their fullest . . . welcome back, champ!”—The Detroit News In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies. One of the colonies, Rotor, has broken away from the...

In a world of Villainous Heroes and Heroic Villains, of Super Hero labor unions and Super Villain poker nights, personal and professional relationships can be... strained, to say the least. Doctor Doomsday, head of the infamous Doomsquad, enjoys toying with his Nemesis, WalkMan. When the bad Doctor discovers WalkMan's unknown son, Steven, the two begin their toughest battle yet: earning the love and respect of a teenager.

Read by Emilia Fox In Agatha Christie’s baffling detective story, Nemesis, a letter from a dead man instructs Miss Marple how to conduct an investigation into a puzzlingly unspecific crime. In utter disbelief, Miss Marple read the letter addressed to her from the recently deceased Mr...

"Brick devotes attention to every voice…His accents and inflections boost the listening experience.” —AudioFile No greater friend. No deadlier enemy. The explosive new novel in the New York Times bestselling Orphan X series is flipping the acclaimed series on its head. Find out why series...

Brought to you by Penguin. NO GREATER FRIEND Evan Smoak is the guy you want on your side. A former government black ops assassin, he'll be there for you in your darkest hour - and he'll rain hell and thunder on those who caused your pain. NO WORSE ENEMY A lone wolf operator, Evan can't afford to...

Brought to you by Penguin. It's the sweltering summer of 1944, and Newark is in the grip of a terrifying epidemic. Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in...

Sie hatten sieben Jahre Zeit, sich vorzubereiten. Die Erde ist verloren. Vor sieben Jahren erhielt die Kolonie Neu-Erde eine letzte Nachricht von der Erde … eine Warnung. Zuerst eine globale Pandemie, dann die Entstehung einer neuen Spezies. Ein erbitterter Krieg verwüstete das Sonnensystem. Jetzt werden sie die Kolonie angreifen. Viele Kolonisten glauben es nicht, aber Connor ist davon überzeugt. Sie müssen sich vorbereiten. Sie müssen kämpfen. Aber wie können sie etwas überleben, das jeden Menschen auf der Erde getötet hat?

A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price.

Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as condemned dignitaries have their sentences carried out. Among them is the Comtesse de Bercheny, Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he know she must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. When Paul rescues a girl from attack the two form an allegiance, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far w ill Paul go to ensure his ow n survival?

L'immersione nei ricordi, la rapidità di gesti pericolosi e la condivisione della ferita che l'ha lacerata, accompagnano la protagonista in questo percorso che durerà ventiquattro ore, ad accordarsi con se stessa e a comprendere che il dolore è di tutti e può essere benedetto o maledetto. L'Ignoto, che lei ricerca da molti anni, le aprirà la strada dell'essere verità, un cammino intenso che richiede vigore e rigore; e la spoglierà delle convinzioni dell'artificio, per realizzare che la maschera con cui è voluta apparire è stata un amplificatore di ciò che lei è, una donna favorita dalla sorte.

Something is lurking in the darkness of space. Something that could put an end to humanity… After the dramatic events on Mars, the Space Punks are reunited on board the Nephilim. Knowing that the Legion will most certainly retaliate after their crushing defeat, Hel wants to leave the solar system as quickly as possible and meet with her brother in the Tau Ceti system. While Aztec and Nightingale are planning their wedding, David is struggling with his new assignment: to reveal the truth about the Seraph fleet and their origins.

Newark 1944. In der Stadt bricht eine schreckliche Polioepidemie aus. Die meisten Betroffenen sind Kinder...

En el «calor sofocante de la Newark ecuatorial» una espantosa epidemia causa estragos y amenaza con dejar a los niños de la ciudad de Nueva Jersey mutilados, paralizados o minusválidos, e incluso con matarlos. Este es el sorprendente tema de la nueva y desgarradora obra de Roth: una epidemia de polio que tiene lugar en un tiempo de guerra, el verano de 1944, y sus efectos sobre la comunidad de Newark, regida por la cohesión y los valores de la familia, y sobre sus niños.

Dans ce dernier tome magistral, Nicolas du Comtat clôt sa saga avec la puissance d'une tragédie antique. Némesis Massaliote est le récit d'une fin du monde locale, où les dieux de la drogue, ivres d'hubris, finissent par dévorer leurs propres enfants avant d'être rattrapés par leur destin.

Somewhere in the darklands of Creet, an necromancer and murderous android have just made a horrifying pact. Kase, a novice mage, and Brell, an outlaw bounty hunter, are out to stop them. Brell wants the reward. Kase wants vengeance. Armed with his magic and her illegal technology, they set out on a perilous journey. Soon they’re plunged into a deadly adventure of cursed cities, sinister necromancers, and untamed magic. The killer is expecting them. After all, he invited them to carry out his master plan.

Quando Ivy Rose perde la borsa di studio nell’università pubblica e viene ammessa al prestigioso college privato di Montfort, ha cinque regole in tasca e un unico obiettivo davanti a sé: vincere il premio d’arte più prestigioso d’America, laurearsi e scappare da quella gabbia di ereditieri snob senza voltarsi indietro. L’unico ostacolo tra lei e il suo futuro? Lui. Il ragazzo con il quale ha commesso un gigantesco errore sul volo aereo verso il college… e che ora è furioso con lei.

A new darkness is seeping into Sterling Falls, and I’ve drawn its ire. When a masked stranger declares he wants our ruin—mine, my brother’s, the whole town’s—I hope he’s bluffing.

In Nemesis, Tony Marturano masterfully weaves a claustrophobic, atmospheric, and utterly addictive human-driven story that places you directly in the heart of danger and forces you to face the kind of moral dilemmas that will haunt you long after you hear the final scream.

When a kidnapping attempt on the Mage-Queen of Mars is thwarted by luck, leaving thousands dead in its wake, Prince-Chancellor Damien Montgomery returns to field operations one more time. The evidence leads to one place: Tau Ceti. In Tau Ceti, Mage-Commander Roslyn Chambers finds herself without a posting as her teaching tour ends. Before she can take any kind of vacation, an old friend from her pre-Navy days shows up claiming to have information about the attempt on the Queen.