Results for "The Collector" in Action & Adventure

New York City is thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. The cops go to Lincoln Rhyme, an ex-NYPD forensics expert left paralysed after an accident on the job. Rhyme reluctantly postpones his ambitions towards suicide and puts together a forensic investigation team, enlisting as his eyes and ears young police officer Amelia Sachs.

After surviving an attack by a mysterious figure, as well as navigating his way through environmental hazards that would likely end a normal person, Jeremy has come through battered, bruised, and broken–but alive. Now, he is being brought to the Kingdom of Harwen to recover and to detail recent events to the Defenders there, where he quickly discovers that his confrontations with these mysterious figures aren’t limited to just his own experiences anymore.

They have never seen a murder like it. A talented tattoo artist is using poison instead of ink. His victim is a young woman. And on her skin he's left a message: 'the second'. Drafted in to investigate, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs find the scene has been scrubbed of evidence. All except for one trace - a scrap of paper that connects this case with one they will never forget.

Das Jahr 2134: Die Erde steht vor dem Untergang - und mit ihr die gesamte Menschheit. Hunger und Armut, Kriminalität, Gewalt und Terror beherrschen den Alltag. Die einzige Rettung der Menschheit scheint in der Kolonisierung neuer Welten zu bestehen. Die Space Troopers, Kämpfer einer speziell ausgebildeten militärischen Einheit, sollen die Kolonisten beschützen. Doch im Kassiopeia-Sektor wartet ein fremder Feind, dessen Brutalität die Menschheit kaum etwas entgegenzusetzen hat.

Park Chen has spent most of his life as a killer—a deadly, deep cover operative known as the Bone Collector. Now, he’s been benched. Reassigned as an instructor at Project Watchtower, he’s tasked with training a school of psychopathic assassins while trying to keep a promise to his friends. Gift Ayutthaya isn’t treated like a gift at all. If anything, his parents treat him as a burden, though a spoiled one. After an attempt on his life, they pass that burden onto someone else. Park. The man Gift’s been fantasizing about for years. A man who sees him as an adorable but incompetent distraction.

Bestselling author Gill Paul returns with a brilliant novel about Lady Evelyn Herbert, the woman who took the very first step into the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and who lived in the real Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, and the long after-effects of the Curse of Pharaohs. Lady Evelyn Herbert...

I never should have stolen from the mafia. But the gorgeous, scarred stranger I had a one-night-stand with didn't come with a last name—he came with my name on his lips. And like the irresponsible menace I am, I walked out with the one thing I shouldn't have touched. The worst part is he comes...

Adventure, mystery, with just enough heart—The Seed Collector is a scientific thrill ride where the greatest discoveries aren’t always the ones you set out to find. Dr. Alexander Arlen, a renowned botanist, is drawn into a deadly race to locate a clandestine jungle laboratory—one guarded by mercenaries and built around a discovery that could redefine human evolution or be weaponized by those willing to kill for it. From steamy jungles to glittering capitals, the chase becomes a test of wit, will, and trust.

“Urban fantasy, unexpected romance, and mythology all collide in King's latest. A must for V.E. Schwab and Katee Robert fans.” –Booklist In this stunning contemporary fantasy novel for fans of V. E. Schwab and Kaliane Bradley, a historian’s dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she...

Colter Axton, a superconscious being who borrows the minds of others for himself and fixes outstanding debts for individuals who fail to pay for services rendered by The Seeker's Market. Phalex, a creation of The Seeker's Market, tracks down debtors to face judgment in front of defrauded merchants. Colter engages in regular confrontations with Phalex, racing against time to settle debts for his clients before Phalex catches them. A particular client, Theodore Kunis, poses a challenge for Colter as the deadline to pay an outstanding debt approaches.

A major new psychological thriller featuring Carson Ryder, hero of the bestselling, The Hundredth Man Thirty years after his death, Marsden Hexcamp's 'Art of the Final Moment' remains as sought after as ever. But this is no ordinary collection. Hexcamp's portfolio was completed with the aid of a...

Der Journalist Peter Adam erwacht im Kölner Dom - ohne Erinnerung daran, was in den letzten Tagen geschehen ist. Ringsum hebt sich der Boden, die Hölle tut sich auf, Menschen stehen in Flammen. Hat die Zeit der Apokalypse begonnen? Selbst der Papst im fernen Rom, der sich Petrus II. nennt, scheint von einem Dämon besessen zu sein und tut nichts, um das drohende Verhängnis abzuwenden. Die letzte Hoffnung der Welt liegt in der rätselhaften Tätowierung, die Peter Adams gesamten Körper bedeckt. Uralte Zeichen, die den Weg zu einem der größten Mysterien der Menschheitsgeschichte weisen. Dem Ursprung des Bösen.

Eccentric billionaire Tom Tennyson has a score to settle. As a boy, his father took him on a hunting trip to the Himalayas. When things went horribly wrong, the encounter left him deeply scarred.

Die erfolgreiche Military-Science-Fiction-Serie: Jetzt die Folgen 7-12 in einem Hörbuch! Die Space Troopers konnten den Vormarsch der Aliens nicht stoppen. Die letzte Kolonie der Menschen ist gefallen und die Washington nimmt Kurs auf die Erde. Da erhalten John Flanagan und sein Team neue Befehle: Auf Kassiopeia 1.3 sollen sie nach den Ruinen einer fremden Zivilisation suchen. John findet in den Ruinen ein altes Artefakt - nichtsahnend, wen oder was er damit anlocken wird. Denn die Space Troopers sind nicht allein auf dem Planeten.

Welcome to Las Vegas, home of the Sin City Collectors. The job description is easy: Bring the offending supernatural in to the Boss and don't ask any questions.

When a prince appears on a witch's doorstep, lost and injured, she lets him into her home...But she is determined that her heart will remain tightly locked, and he will never have the key. In a kingdom where magic evokes both awe and fear, Alma’s rare magical affinity causes the witch hunters to descend on her family, forcing her to abandon all she knows. For a decade, Alma conceals herself, estranged from a world that misconstrues her powers.

Following tragedy, ex-hitman Jack Winchester retires to a quiet town in Colorado with Dana Grant, hoping to give her a better life. However, their peaceful existence is short-lived. Upon returning from a trip, Winchester is thrown into a devastating mystery and forced to return to the violence he vowed to leave behind. Driven south to uncover clues, Jack finds himself at the center of the underground fighting world.

Vince's immortality is no blessing. Unlike his childhood companion from long ago, he refuses to feed on humans to prolong his life. When people from his village start disappearing, he suspects an immortal killer at work....

The legendary Darkslayer returns in an all-new series of epic sword and sorcery adventures! This collectible masterpiece is 10 complete audiobooks in one massive volume!

After a dying man mentions a sleepy town in upstate New York, Jack Winchester races to the infamous community to uncover the dangerous culprit behind an unsolved disappearance, but the threat from his past is still playing games. Set days after the end of Cry Wolf, this pause-resisting thriller throws Jack into a world of fear, brutality, and the hands of a state hospital where no one is safe, and no one escapes.