Résultats pour "The Watsons" dans Action et aventure

London, 1898. Held captive by a diabolical criminal mastermind and his gang of thugs, Watson overhears an assassination plot that not only endangers the life of Sherlock Holmes, but threatens to ignite a war. If he has any hope of foiling his kidnappers’ nefarious plans, he must escape - and quickly. Eluding the familiar foe proves challenging, however. Watson is soon caught and awakens in jail, the prime suspect for two murders, dressed in the clothes of a missing man, one Lord Harwell.

No longer hidden behind the curtain… the Humtars walk among us. How will their return impact the Galactic Empire's wars? With the help of his uncle, Captain Tim Haas has smuggled out a virus that is highly deadly to the Zodarks. After the attack on Sol, this weapon of mass destruction would be an instrument of revenge, of justice, for billions of people. Will it be discovered before he can use it? Would such a genocidal act threaten the Republic's position in the Empire or strengthen it?

It was a crucial piece of intel, and now they had coordinates for the RNS Freedom. The allies' next move could change the course of everything, but there was just one question: Was the Viceroy's final card to play enough to save the Republic? The Gallentine Emperor isn't pleased. Could Viceroy Miles Hunt lose his place of influence? Sakura and her team had discovered an ancient portal, but it wasn't like the others. After being sealed for thousands of years, would opening it unlock Pandora's box? Were some secrets better left undiscovered? Or would the answers there save them all?

The Humtars have returned as a schism threatens the Zodarks. Could the Collective intervene to save its proxy? The balance of power shifts once more in this Galactic game of chess. The Humtars, having been the architects of scientific knowledge all nations are built upon, have not only returned from the void beyond—they have chosen a side. A coup is discovered. Clans began to fracture—Tribes were taking sides. Can Zon Otro convince the High Council to strike the usurper or risk a Civil War?

The world is falling to the burning shadow of the Possessed and only the power of a battle mage can save it. But the ancient bond with dragonkind is failing. Of those that answer a summoning too many are black. Black dragons are the enemy of humankind. Black dragons are mad. Falco Dante is a weakling in a world of warriors, but worse than this, he is the son of a madman. Driven by grief, Falco makes a decision that will drive him to the brink of despair. As he tries to come to terms with his actions Falco follows his friends to the Academy of War.

The greatest seafaring adventurer of all time returns to the high seas: Sinbad, the sailor! Born of countless legends and myths, this fearless rogue sets sail across the seven seas aboard his ship, the Blue Nymph, accompanied by an international crew of colorful, larger-than-life characters. Chief among these are the irascible Omar, a veteran seamen and trusted first mate; the blond Viking giant, Ralf Gunarson; the sophisticated archer from Gaul, Henri Delacrois; and the mysterious, lovely, and deadly female samurai, Tishimi Osara.

When the necrons rise, a mining planet descends into a cauldron of war and the remorseless foes decimate the human defenders. Salvation comes in an unlikely form - the Death Korps of Krieg, a force as unfeeling as the necrons themselves. When the two powers go to war, casualties are high and the magnitude of the destruction is unimaginable.

Matthew Hammond is a British military officer posted to the European theater during World War II. He sustained a serious injury on the front lines, so bad, in fact, that it cost him a lung. Now he is back in England, unable to fight, but he continues to serve his country by training new Resistance fighters.

Chaz Scalise controls a vast crime organization. He's vicious and calculating. His whims decide who lives, who dies and who gets sold. Getting an agent of the law close to him is next to impossible. Little does he know that a reluctant bride will serve him his downfall with a cup of gourmet coffee.

Join the Colonize Epiales Challenge and enter a world that will test your skills, challenge your strategies, and require you to think fast. Compete against 11 other teams for four intense weeks by establishing an outpost in the treacherous virtual reality world of Epiales. Using cutting-edge technology and Winside Immersion Pods, you will be logging in to a lifelike experience—but be warned: it’s anything goes out there! Only one group can win the coveted Winside Scholarship. Will it be you?

Born into wealth and privilege, Jenny Watson left her parents’ way of life behind when she volunteered to go fight the shifters. After giving up her commission, she arrives in Linden hoping to make a fresh start and put her medical degree to good use. But when her friend and fellow passenger is murdered, Jenny finds new purpose working with Detective Sharlotte Holmes.

It is the beginning of 1918, the last year of the greatest war in human history, to date. All the belligerents stagger on their feet. Starvation is an ever present reality, while disease waits in the wings. In Russia, no longer a belligerent but, instead, rapidly descending into civil war and chaos, a lone family—Father, Mother, four beautiful young girls, and a brave but sickly boy—await their own fate, shivering and hungry in the dark, hoping and praying for salvation. Their relatives in England have turned their backs. The guards set over them do little but torment them.

When a fiendish fraudster has been fomenting financial falsehoods, who can find the finagler? The World’s Greatest Detective Agency, of course! Staffed by the eccentric man who calls himself Sherman Holmes and aided by his ever-composed assistant Watson, the duo will take on cases other agencies might consider helpless, hopeless, or downright preposterous. Which is how our fearless fellows find themselves investigating a Renaissance faire’s cooked books, with the finger of guilt pointing directly at their client.

Eine von uns lügt. Eine kennt die Wahrheit. Und eine wird für ihre Taten bezahlen müssen … Ehefrau: Ich könnte nicht stolzer auf meine kleine Familie sein – meinen charmanten Mann und meinen liebenswürdigen Sohn. Also ignoriere ich die nächtlichen Telefonate meines Ehemannes und die Blicke, die er anderen Frauen zuwirft. Nichts wird mein perfektes Leben zerstören … Mutter: Ich habe mir so sehr ein Baby gewünscht, und als mein kostbarer kleiner Junge auf die Welt kam, schwor ich mir, alles zu tun, um ihn zu beschützen. Jetzt ist er ein Teenager und trifft seine eigenen Entscheidungen.

Drei Personen. Eine Ehe. Ein Mord. Du: Tom, mein attraktiver Ehemann, der mir alles gegeben hat. Ich will dir vertrauen, aber ich weiß, dass du nicht die Wahrheit darüber gesagt hast, warum du unbedingt hierherziehen wolltest. Und auch ich war nicht immer ehrlich zu dir … Ich: Als wir auf unser neues Traumhaus anstoßen, gebe ich mir ein Versprechen: Ich werde alles über Toms Vergangenheit vergessen. Für unseren Sohn.

Legends aren't born. They're forged. Dug Sealskinner is a down-on-his-luck mercenary travelling south to join up with King Zadar's army. But he keeps rescuing the wrong people. First, Spring, a child he finds scavenging on the battlefield, and then Lowa, one of Zadar's most fearsome warriors, who's vowed revenge on the king for her sister's execution. Now Dug's on the wrong side of that thousands-strong army he hoped to join ­- and worse, Zadar has bloodthirsty druid magic on his side.

The coming-of-age genre is full of the corpses of good dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows, Old Yeller, Marley and Me, Endurance, White Fang, and even the Odyssey sacrifice dogs to character arc. But not this one. The dog in this book lives to a ripe old age. The fate of the other characters however, cannot be guaranteed.

The Blues are rapidly reproducing, growing more intelligent and lethal each day. With hundreds of millions still covering the earth, the future of humankind looks bleak. Yet Bruce and his Clan refuse to die without a fight to the bitter end. Meanwhile, the remnants of the US government are experimenting on Blues, teaching them how to fire weapons. It’s up to Bruce and his team to stop this atrocity before they lose the only advantage they have over the Blues. They have no idea that what they find will change the course of the human race forever.

Every adventure starts at the fringes of civilization. For expert safari guide Mbuno and wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar, filming in the wild of East Africa should have been a return to the adventure they always loved. This time they'd be filming soaring vultures in Northern Kenya and giant sea crocodiles in Tanzania with Mary, the daughter of the world's top television evangelist, the very reverend Jimmy Threte.

Idaho! The compound! They had finally made it! After several months of harrowing, fraught with danger around every corner, never knowing what was going to come at them, they could finally rest and relax. Or could they? Some things are just not meant to be in a post-apocalyptic world, and Nathan and his newly adopted family realize there is no rest and relaxation anymore.