Résultats pour "Rick" dans Action et aventure

Rick Fuller, a once decorated SAS hero, now Manchester hit-man, likes nothing better than disposing of his employer's rivals in return for a suitcase of cash. His spectacular fall from grace, and obsession to discover the identity of the IRA terrorist who gunned down his wife, all but destroyed...

Rick Drago, AWB, a man with many talents and on the hunt for a dangerous man. Arriving on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Barbados and rubbing elbows with the local dignitaries. The AWB's number one enforcer had only one thing on his mind. He isn't alone; on this trip was a stunning beauty by the name of Joanne posing as his fiancee for appearances only. Although Rick believed she had other motives about them being a couple.

Jaz Surdley has never been especially good at handling trouble. Unfortunately, trouble has recently become very interested in him. What begins as an ordinary problem with an extraordinary machine quickly turns into something much larger, stranger, and considerably more dangerous. Before long, Jaz and Brandi are caught up in a mess involving criminals, aliens, questionable technology, bad decisions, and a universe that appears to have developed a personal grudge. They are not heroes. They are barely qualified to operate unsupervised. But somehow, they may be the best chance the universe has.

This fast-paced action thriller sees the A.W.B. agent Rick Drago, who must find the missing pieces of a prototype that was taken from the armored transport vehicle in Montreal, before it falls into the hands of a fanatic group known as the "C.M.L.F." The armed vehicle transporting one piece of the prototype got ambushed. Security guards working at the plant in Montreal also fell victim to the "C.M.L.F." henchmen. The group is responsible for taking the life of a close friend and fellow operative working out of Haiti.

In the winter of 1996, on the orders of the British Government, the SAS stole the contents of a safe belonging to the Provisional IRA. Rick Fuller headed that team. Days later Fuller’s wife was brutally murdered. Convinced he was betrayed from within, Fuller begins a relentless search for her...

A RICK FULLER THRILLER. Book 5, THE FELLOWSHIP. Todd Blackman’s murderers are dead and Yunfakh, the latest organised crime gang to come out of the Arab world have been driven from the streets of Manchester. But MI6 and the CIA are now determined to rid the rest of the world of this powerful...

Chrono Hunt: Book 1 – A Pirate’s Hoard is a high-octane adventure where history, mystery, and time itself collide. When a team of modern explorers uncovers clues tied to the legendary pirate Captain Kidd, they are pulled into a race across continents —and centuries —to find a treasure meant to stay hidden. But they aren’t the only ones hunting it. Shadowy time travelers are manipulating key moments in history, willing to kill to control powerful artifacts.

For centuries, stories had circulated of an Aztec city so rich that precious gems adorned the buildings and the streets were paved with gold. But like so many Aztec locations, this one had been abandoned and swallowed by the jungle. Since the time of the conquistadors, expeditions have set out to find it. None have ever returned. At their antique shop in 1938, Rick and Rose Sinclair come across what may be a map to the lost City of Gold in an Aztec artifact. The adventurous husband implores his more level-headed wife that this is their opportunity to become rich.

In 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was captured and killed. But he left no trace of the immense riches he’d plundered during his years pillaging the high seas. In 1938, antique dealers Rick and Rose Sinclair discover what appears to be a map of an uncharted island sketched in Blackbeard’s hand. With the help of Virginia, a pirate expert, they deem the map authentic, and the most likely place for Blackbeard to have hidden his treasure.

When I discover my boyfriend is cheating on me, I quit my job, and move to take up a role as the PR manager for a hockey team. Only problem? There’s a mix up. Now I’m stuck sharing a flat with the grumpy, hockey captain who's a former marine. Worse? (or is that better?) there’s only one bed! Even worse? My ex too has moved, as the captain of the rival team, ugh! When my enigmatic roomie realizes how much I want revenge he comes up with a plan.

Sea Gold is the third book in the Rick Brant Science Adventure series, where young adult Rick Brant and his ex-Marine pal, Don Scott, live on Spindrift Island off the coast of New Jersey, where Rick's father, Hartson Brant, heads the scientists of the Spindrift Foundation. In Sea Gold, Rick and Scotty are off for the summer because college is out of session and all the scientists have temporarily left Spindrift for other research challenges, so nothing is happening there.

Der untergetauchte Bangladeschi entdeckt in einem versteckten Gewölbe in Zürich einen Sarg, der die Unheilige Dreifaltigkeit birgt: Satan, den Antichristen und den Falschen Propheten – drei Bomben, die in der Lage sind, die Hölle auf Erden zu bringen und den Vatikan in ein Reich der Flammen zu verwandeln.

Wir haben eine Schlacht gewonnen … aber wir verlieren den Krieg. Das Image von Travis Miller hat sich geändert. Er ist nicht mehr der Idiot, der den ersten Kontakt mit Aliens vermasselt hat, sondern einer der Helden der Schlacht um Eden. Nun erhält er einen neuen Auftrag: die besetzte Kolonie Brigantia zurückzuerobern. Deren Verlust wäre ein leichter Schlag für das Tahni-Imperium, aber auch der erste wirkliche Gegenangriff der Erde, eine Chance, in die Offensive zu gehen.

The teenage son of front running US Presidential Candidate, Senator JE Blackman, is found horribly murdered in a Manchester apartment. Blackman knows that if the intimate details of the crime become public, his political ambitions will be in ruins. There can be no arrests, no trial. The Senator...

So close to home... And yet farther away than ever. Cam, Vicky, and the others follow the jump gate line into the Reconstructor systems, hoping to find the Northwest Passage back to Earth…back home. Instead, they find death and destruction. And an ancient mystery.

In a forgotten corner of a traveling carnival, a mysterious scientist offers strangers a glimpse into the "what ifs" of their lives. For just a few dollars and a memory, Professor Edgar Williams can take you down the road not taken—into an alternate timeline where one choice changed everything. Using a strange machine of mirrors and wires, Edgar sends visitors into vivid, lifelike realities where regrets can be rewritten, lost loves rediscovered, and painful decisions reversed. But every journey comes at a price, and not all paths lead to happiness—or a safe return.

A grunt level view of Charlie Wilson’s war - a Cold War adventure that peers inside the exploits of Senator Charlie Wilson and CIA’s Task Force Chief Gust Avrakotos. Strange bedfellows they were. Their alliance proved to be one of the most successful partnerships in the history of the CIA. Stinger: Operation Cyclone centers on the results of these efforts. The adventure begins with the election of Ronald Regan in 1979. This was the same year that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

After saving Jules and her roommate from certain peril in the deep rainforest of the Amazon, Rick Waters and the crew head to Rio for some badly needed R&R. As soon as they arrive, they find out Rick's first mate, Johnie, is framed for burglary and murder in Destin, Florida. Rick and the gang must prove Johnie’s innocence. The proof they need may be hidden in the grass flats in the backwaters of Choctawhatchee Bay. Will Rick find the proof he needs to set Johnie free in time?

A casual outing with a metal detector ends in a surprising find: Not treasure...but the shocking remains of a gruesome murder. Native Texan Rick Waters is a jack-of-all trades: Treasure hunter, diver, part-time detective. Never any good at holding down a steady job, Rick does whatever he can to make a living - searching for stolen cars or missing persons, catching and selling catfish from the bayou, or gambling in pool halls - whatever it takes to one day fulfill his dream: His very own fishing yacht and charter business.

Major Etienne Bonnaire, a principled, retired, veteran officer of Napoleon's Grand Army, is forced to go back to war due to financial difficulties. But in doing so, he demotes his career rival, Captain Fabrice Delacroix, who will stop at nothing to get command of the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry back. Etienne’s pregnant wife, Maria, and Delacroix share a dark secret, with which he intends to undo Bonnaire's plans and steal Maria away from him.