Résultats pour "William" dans Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense

Der Sturm ist vorbei. Ein langer Weg liegt vor ihnen. Das Überleben ist alles andere als sicher. Aus den Trümmern der alten Zivilisation entsteht eine neue – doch wer wird sie beherrschen? Das Streben nach Macht und der Kampf ums nackte Überleben prallen unerbittlich aufeinander, und alle...

From William C. Dietz, the New York Times bestselling author of the America Rising novels, comes RED ICE. A military thriller so believable the story could be ripped from tomorrow’s headlines. World War III is a month old. After sinking the Destroyer USS Stacy Heath, the Chinese invade Tibet...

At a Mexican roadblock, a U.S. Embassy SUV is stopped at gunpoint, three of its passengers murdered, and a fourth kidnapped. Everything points to the drug cartels, especially when the kidnappers say they will return the hostage if a cartel kingpin is released from U.S. federal prison.But when word gets to Charley Castillo and his group of “retired” spies and special operators, they have their doubts.

Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. The President of the United States is fed up and, as Commander in Chief, has what he thinks is a pretty bright idea — to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band and get them on the case. Unfortunately, that will be difficult. Everybody knows that the President hates Castillo’s guts, and has just had him forcibly retired from the military, and now Castillo’s men are scattered far and wide, many of them in hiding.

The highly anticipated follow-up to William R. Forstchen's New York Times best-sellers, One Second After and One Year After, The Final Day immerses listeners once more in the story of our nation's struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation, and terror.

A killer is on the loose in the Arizona Territory. One by one, Tonto Basin ranchers are being murdered for their livestock -and the Cattle Raisers Association has hired two range detectives to catch the culprit. From the looks of them, Stovepipe Stewart and Wilbur Coleman are just another pair of high plains drifters. But with their razor-sharp detective skills and rare talent for trouble, they’re the last remaining hope for one young cowboy who’s been arrested for the murders. 

Barely into his 20s and already a highly decorated military hero, Army Special Forces veteran Blake Kershaw is now going to college, studying while recuperating from wounds received in Afghanistan, and planning to reenter the army as an officer after graduation. But life tosses Blake a curve when his country approaches him about using his special skills to avert a terrorist plot to detonate a nuclear device in a major eastern US city.

After container ships carrying black-market nuclear bombs are detonated in American port cities, millions are killed, and the country is thrown into panic. In Greenwood, Nebraska, Paul Edwards learns about the devastating terrorist attacks on the news. As the power grid goes down, his fear is magnified by the knowledge that his wife and daughter are a thousand miles away in Atlanta.

Nur sechs Wochen sind vergangen, seit ein Super-EMP-Angriff die Vereinigten Staaten verwüstete, aber schon hat sich das Leben dramatisch verändert. Das Land hat sich zu einem Ödland mit hungernden Menschen und marodierenden Banden gewandelt. Millionen Menschen sind gestorben und weitere...

In 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure. To try and prevent permanent damage, everything goes dark prior to the hit: Global communications are shut down; hospital emergency generators are disconnected; the entire internet, media broadcasting, and cell phone systems are turned off. Will the world's population successfully defend itself in the wake of the CME, or will mass panic lead to the breakdown of society as we know it?

Die S-Squad wird in eine abgelegene Region der libyschen Wüste entsandt, um ein vermisstes Forscherteam zu retten. Bei der Suche stoßen sie auf eine verlorene Stadt in einem Hochplateau-Canyon – und folgen damit den Spuren eines früheren schottischen Teams aus viktorianischer Zeit. Die...

An ancient secret. A dangerous hunt. A race against time. Archaeologist Dr. Laura Stevens leads an expedition beneath the Temple Mount, searching for traces of a forgotten past. What she uncovers could rewrite history: ancient documents from the Knights Templar that point the way to the Holy Grail—an artifact promising power, knowledge, and even immortality. But Laura’s discovery attracts powerful enemies. The NSA deploys cutting-edge surveillance to track her every move. The Vatican weaves its own shadowy web of intrigue. And a ruthless Army special unit closes in on her team.

The first novel in the Inspector William Fox series. A fortune worth killing for. A woman worth dying for. And a man running out of time. RCMP Inspector William Fox doesn't always play by the rules—like when he's chasing gangsters through the St. Lawrence in his cigarette boat, The Midnight Fox. But after a near-fatal assassination attempt and a string of boat bombings, he's pulled from the case and reassigned.

World War III is three months old. After attacking, and sinking the Destroyer USS Stacy Heath, the Chinese took possession of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Fortunately India managed to stop the advance at the Ganges river. Rather than allow the Chinese to seize control of the entire subcontinent...

Twelfth Night centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola, disguised as Cesario, falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her, thinking she is a man.

The confession was never meant to be heard. The truth was never meant to be known. And he was never meant to choose between justice and the law. When whispers of corruption in the church intersect with a brutal murder in Atlantic City's criminal underworld, Detective Vince Brown finds himself holding an illegally recorded confession. As he investigates, he uncovers a sprawling conspiracy that stretches from the boardwalk to the Baltic Sea.

Pike Logan and the Taskforce race to prevent a devastating biological AI tool from falling into the wrong hands in this latest electrifying thriller by New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor. Romulus Solutions, an AI company in Palo Alto, has created a...

As both a prisoner and an undercover operative, US Marshal Hank Fallon has faced down some of the most vicious, terrifying, cold-blooded thieves and murderers in the West. Now, Hank is finally free, and he’s got no intention of setting foot inside a jail ever again. But the new federal prison being constructed in Leavenworth, Kansas, needs a warden, and Hank is the right man for the job. He’s got the scars to prove it - and to keep the peace. But keeping these lawless hornets in their nest is no easy feat.

James Cronley thought he had done well - he didn't know he’d done this well. His first successful mission for the about-to-be-official new Central Intelligence Directorate has drawn all kinds of attention, some welcome, some not. On the plus side, he's now a captain; promoted to Chief, DCI, Europe; and in charge of a top secret spy operation. On the minus side, a lot of people would like to know about that operation, including not only the Soviets, but his own Pentagon, as well as a seething J. Edgar Hoover.

Some places do not ask to be understood. They ask to be witnessed. This story begins with a boy who learns how to disappear—not because he wants to vanish, but because the world has taught him that stillness is safer than being seen. It unfolds on an island off the Maine coast, where silence has weight, where survival is not heroic, and where choice carries consequence.