Résultats pour "Requiem" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Le front de la Somme, automne 1916. Alors que les soldats succombent par milliers dans les tranchées, la mort frappe de façon plus singulière ailleurs mais avec tout autant de cruauté... C'est d'abord une chanteuse célèbre d'avant guerre, la Dame blanche, soupçonnée d'espionnage et sommairement exécutée par des justiciers improvisés. C'est ensuite Albert Saulx, un as de l'aviation française, retrouvé mystérieusement poignardé par une baïonnette allemande, au retour d'une mission aérienne, des roses rouges répandues dans le cockpit de son appareil.

Janvier 1918 : Laura Iven, après avoir été grièvement blessée, est revenue du front où elle était infirmière. Elle tente de retrouver sa vie d’avant à Halifax, au Canada, bien que son frère, Freddie, soit pour sa part resté dans les tranchées. Un jour, elle reçoit l’annonce de sa disparition, accompagnée de l’uniforme du jeune homme. Incapable de croire à la mort de celui-ci, Laura décide de repartir pour la Belgique. Novembre 1917 : Après une explosion, Freddie Iven reprend connaissance sous une casemate retournée, coincé dans le noir avec un soldat allemand.

2097. "Il suffit d'un murmure..." disait Maestri. Un seul murmure pour réveiller un peuple endormi depuis des années. Les températures polaires, l'ajout de restrictions, les rumeurs concernant la reine, la résurgence du virus XX, et une alliance en cours, ont fini par faire basculer le Royaume dans les prémices d'une révolution. Le chaos est proche, mais le peuple, à bout de souffle. Renversement du pouvoir ou massacre annoncé ? La frontière est minime. Et tout semble ne reposer que sur un seul individu.

C'est dans le Berlin de 1947 que l'on retrouve Bernie Gunther, le détective familier aux connaisseurs des premiers volumes de la trilogie. Un Berlin cauchemardesque, livré au cynisme des "Puissances Alliées" qui se partagent la capitale anéantie. Une ville où tout est bon pour tenter de survivre, alors que la "dénazification" entraîne une valse des identités.

Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant—and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Sara’s, doomed by the destructive power of drugs.

Lucifer: The Fallen Angel is a cosmic horror epic that reimagines the greatest fall in history. This is not a story of good versus evil. This is tragedy dressed in fire. This is love twisted into war. This is the origin of everything that haunts the Revelations Universe, told with mythic weight and intimate heartbreak.

In this final step, young intuitive Jarek Videni embarks on a journey to uncover the hidden truths of his family’s past. After discovering the dark secrets that threaten his very existence in Deadwood, he travels to Savannah with his companions in search of the mysterious ancient brass vessel that is capable of containing the malevolent forces that relentlessly pursue him. As Jarek navigates the perilous Southern landscape, he faces monstrous creatures… both inhuman and those with a hatred that has long rooted Itself in the region.

The truest stories are written in blood. The wanderer knows this, for over the last century, he has lived those stories, has seen them scrawled in his blood or the blood of others. Others like those dead Perishables scattered about the noble's courtyard, like those servants of the enemy, mortal and not, lying beside them. And yet… he knows it is only the beginning. They are coming. Servants of the enemy, creatures forged and fashioned for one purpose and one purpose only—to kill anything in their path.

Who is the Crimson Empress, and what does her conquest of the Named Lands really mean? Who holds the keys to the Moon Wizard’s Tower? The plots within plots are expanding as the characters seek their way out of the maze of intrigue. The world is expanding as they discover lands beyond their previous carefully controlled knowledge. Hidden truths reveal even deeper truths, and nothing is as it seemed to be.

The scum hiding deep inside the Reach out along galaxy's edge thought they could kill her and not pay the price. For years these hardened killers have run roughshod over the lawless worlds where Republic justice is never as fast as the blaster in your hand and where double-crosses and death are a part of every deal. They thought this time would be no different. They were wrong. This time, the Guild sent the legendary bounty hunter Tyrus Rechs. As the infamous Rechs pursues the men who murdered his colleague, he's hell-bent on justice.

The year is 1914, and the world is holding its breath. In a hidden Manhattan convent, Alice Bladewell has finally found peace, shepherding a flock of vampires toward redemption through faith and discipline. But the shadows of her past have long memories. When the Order of the Morning Dawn surfaces within the U.S. War Department, they present Alice with a brutal ultimatum: provide twelve vampire "assets" for the European front, or watch her mentor, Bishop Harkins, be destroyed by scandal.

What began as a chance discovery of an anomalous signal is now a multiverse war between humanity and its genetic ancestors over who controls the levers of life and death. Over who decides what life is and whether it will be allowed to exist. For the ruling Anaden Directorate, victory means immortality. For humanity, defeat means extinction.

Charlie is good at her work. As a hard-charging drug rep with the brains and talent to make it to the top, she has the world at her feet. Then, the lights go out, and everything changes. An EMP decimates the United States, leaving the country in the dark. With modern technology suddenly and permanently turned off, society's dark side quickly takes over. Caught on the road, she teams up with two new companions and they fight their way towards safety and freedom. Criminals, gangs, and worse stand between them and the safety of a friend's farm.

Lyra Izacalli does not clutch onto the jagged remnants of her past—she buries them deep beneath her skin. To feel is to give power to the past—to let grief and memory carve through her like a blade. But Lyra refuses to let them win. She will not let the sharpened words of men who call themselves nobles and kings cut deeper than they deserve. If they cannot wound her, they cannot control her. And if they cannot control her, then freedom is hers to claim—despite her feeling anything but free.

I was born with noble blood in my veins. Heir to a powerful dynasty. Wealth. Power. Aristocracy. Temptations too dangerous to resist. Until someone tried to steal it all. Scarred and broken, I emerged from the flames. Now I’ve returned to take what’s mine.

Noah Gantz and his crew have narrowly escaped disaster on Hellenger Prime. Now, with Kayan facing metabolic destruction, he must find a way to the galaxy that spawned the living starships. There, he might be able to find an antidote for the toxins Tate Collins introduced into the ship's core systems. But first, he must handle an overambitious team of Altion commandos and the most deadly assassins of the Skylar civilization. This time, everything is on the line, and there is no going back.

S. J. West presents audiobook four of the Vampire Conclave series.

Neil Baggio will go from enjoying the sunsets in Santa Fe to chasing down the trail of international drug ring set on releasing a new drug to the world. Neil, reluctant at first, is forced to get involved when Maria trusts the wrong people. Traveling across the US and the globe, Neil will have to find a new path, new routine, and a new way to survive each day.

History books call it the Purge, and it altered the course of human history. A breed of seemingly unkillable creatures that once lurked in the shadows of mankind's past finally revealed themselves. Driven by an insatiable lust for human blood, these monsters - dubbed "ghouls" by some - consumed the globe in one bloody, awful night.

Westfalen, Mitte der 1930er-Jahre: Die Entrechtung der Juden ist weit fortgeschritten, aber einige können weiterhin unbehelligt leben und ihren Berufen nachgehen. Zu ihnen gehört der Cellist Erich Krakau. Das Blatt wendet sich, als der junge Fritz Eberle, Mitglied der SA, Krakaus Stelle im Stadtorchester einnehmen will. Getrieben von Hass entsteht eine Hetzjagd, an der sich bald eine ganze Stadt beteiligt: Kleinbürger, Emporkömmlinge und Spießer. Hineingezogen werden auch Freunde Krakaus, die alles für ihn riskieren.