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When Dom, a convicted murderer, awakens in a prison infirmary after a suicide attempt, he’s told he’s been chosen. For what, no one will say. But the next morning he’s shackled, loaded into a van, and driven deep into the mountains—where a secretive order of monks awaits. His task? Walk the Path. A brutal, remote trail leading to a summit no one ever reaches. Each walker carries a strange amber cube that seems to know them. It grows heavier with guilt, whispers their sins, and punishes those who try to set it down. One by one, the walkers disappear—burning from the inside out.

Conquering dungeons and using them to grow has long been the most efficient way to become a powerful adventurer. The only thing keeping the process from being easy is the Beasts that inhabit these places. Questions plague those entering this particular place of power: Where do the ‘rewards’ of weapons, armor, and heavy gold coins come from? Why is a fluffy bunny charging at me? For abyss-sake, why are there so many monsters? Cal has all of the answers to these age-old questions for a very simple reason. He is a Dungeon Core, a soul forced against his will into a magical stone.

A vast and largely unseen transformation of how war is fought as profound as the invention of gunpowder or advent of the nuclear age is occurring. Flying cars that can land like helicopters, artificial intelligence-powered drones that can fly into buildings and map their interiors, microsatellites that can see through clouds and monitor rogue missile sites—all these and more are becoming part of America’s DIU-fast-tracked arsenal. Until recently, the Pentagon was known for its uncomfortable relationship with Silicon Valley and for slow-moving processes that acted as a brake on innovation.

When one of Bethany Anne's loved ones gets caught in the crossfire between her and the Forsaken, she goes rabid in rage. She doesn't believe in seeking peace and harmony, but rather revenge and mayhem. Continuing the story of Bethany Anne and TQB team, Love Lost picks up after Queen Bitch. She works to complete both her business and military team leads and we meet Stephen's daughter Gabrielle as plans are made to exact revenge South of the Border. You don't touch one of Bethany Anne's loved ones and get away with it, no matter how far away you live.

This compilation of The Darwin Awards books I, II and III commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it, showing us just how uncommon common sense can be! Meet the absentminded terrorist who opens a mail bomb returned to him for insufficient postage. Marvel at the thief who steals electrical wires before shutting off the current. Gape at the would-be pilot who flies his lawn chair suspended from helium balloons into air-traffic lanes.

'Advice to Gentlemen: Quotations for Civilised Chaps' contains very little information whatsoever on etiquette or correct form. It will not tell you how to eat peas with a fork, how to introduce a lady mayor to a Clerk of Works or what to do with your hat during the playing of the Botswanan national anthem. (Answer: remove it.) It will, however, give you the best quotations on manners for gentlemen from writers between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries (including Lord Chesterfield, William Makepeace Thackeray and William Hazlitt).

Mango and Brash are alligators – who investigate! In their first adventure the crime fighting duo need to go undercover . . . in a bakery? Armed with a moustache and a rolling pin, the Investigators are on a mission to discover who has kidnapped top chef Gustavo, and stop his recipes from getting into the wrong hands! This case isn’t going to be a piece of cake.

The city is under attack by three dastardly villains! Evil cracker monster Crackerdile is back, a robo–ghost haunts the streets and . . . does that man have a snake arm? Even worse – on top of this crime wave comes. . . an actual wave! A huge flood threatens the city, and the InvestiGators are wrongly blamed for making this big splash. To clear their names Mango and Brash flush themselves down the toilet to find the real culprit! They’ll have to be extra sneaky to solve this mission or they’ll end up in deep water. . .

As they blunder towards doom, Warlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson find themselves inconvenienced by a variety of eldritch beings. Christmas brings a goose that doesn't let being cooked slow it down; they meet an electricity demon, discover why being a redhead is even trickier than one might imagine, and Holmes attempts an Irish accent. And, naturally, Moriarty is hanging around...in some form or other.

The famous duo has been split! Watson has been banished from Holmes's company. Despite the interference of his horrible wife, Mary, Watson tirelessly insinuates himself into every magical adventure he can. Together, he and Holmes face a man with a twisted...everything, some very questionable juice-drinking Germans, Garrideb the Devourer and the estimable Irene Adler. Yet, nothing can prepare them for Moriarty's new form and the terrible moment they must face their Finality Problem at the edge of the Reichenbach Falls.

This book is not an instructional manual nor a history of tobacco, but rather an anthology of the best poetry and prose from the last four centuries on the subtle pleasures of the pipe. Excerpts from works by William Cowper, J.M. Barrie, James Boswell and Thomas Carlyle, as well as many anonymous writers have been collected to provide the collective wit and wisdom of the 'Brotherhood of the Briar' in one volume. It will make an ideal fireside companion for any thoughtful and reflective pipe smoker.

Rettet die Prinzessin! Jack ist zu Besuch in San Lorenzo und lotst den gestiefelten Kater zu einem Goldschatz. Während sich Jack nur für den Schatz interessiert, muss der gestiefelte Kater alleine gegen ein riesiges Monster kämpfen. Der Bruder der Jugend. El Guante Blanco, der alte Lehrmeister des gestiefelten Katers, kommt nach San Lorenzo. Er ist alt und schwach geworden und möchte sich zur Ruhe setzen. Der gestiefelte Kater ist bestürzt, doch dann erzählt Artefius vom magischen ‚Brunnen der Jugend'. Dieser wird von der jähzornigen Callista bewacht – der Schwester der Sphinx.

Bürgermeister Temeroso ist ein Angsthase. Aber der gestiefelte Kater hilft ihm und macht ihn zu einem tapferen Bürgermeister. Doch damit wird alles nur noch schlimmer! Temeroso erklärt den Kater zum neuen Bürgermeister von San Lorenzo und verlässt die Stadt. Als tapferer Held will Temeroso nun gegen Bösewichte kämpfen. Doch als sich Temeroso mit El Moco, dem Anführer der Banditen, anlegt ist plötzlich ganz San Lorenzo in Gefahr!

Der gestiefelte Kater gelangt mit Hilfe eines Zauberspruchs in die verborgene Stadt ‚San Lorenzo'. Dort lernt er nicht nur die vielen Einwohner kennen, sondern entdeckt auch den magischen Schatz der Stadt. Dulcinea, eine junge Katze, erklärt ihm, dass ein Zauber auf dem Schatz liegt. Er macht die Stadt unsichtbar für Diebe. Doch versehentlich bricht der gestiefelte Kater den Zauber. Sofort gelangen das Böse in die Stadt. Kann der gestiefelte Kater San Lorenzo beschützen? Der gestiefelte Kater möchte die Waisenkinder von San Lorenzo mit leckeren Plätzchen überraschen.

In San Lorenzo tauchen Diebe auf, die die ganze Stadt ausrauben. Der gestiefelte Kater will die Schurken schnappen und bekommt dabei Hilfe von seinem größten Fan, dem jungen Schwein Toby. Dieser möchte sich unbedingt als Helden-Partner und bester Freund beweisen, doch leider richtet er dabei vor allem eines an: das totale Chaos!

Derrick Foster fletschte ein fürchterlich entstelltes Gebiss. Dann schnellte er sich von der untersten Stufe der Treppe ab und jagte in weiten Sprüngen auf den wehrlosen Detektiv zu. Rick Masters sah dieses menschliche Ungeheuer herankommen. Die unmittelbare Gefahr, die direkte Bedrohung seines Lebens mobilisierte alle seine Willenskraft. Innerhalb von Sekundenbruchteilen wehrte er sich gegen den Befehl des Irren, reglos stehenzubleiben. Er wollte und musste sich bewegen, diesen Angriff abwehren, sonst wurde er von dem Wahnsinnigen in Stücke gehackt.

Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in “The Veteran” (read by Patrick Macnee). In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in “The Art of the Matter” (also read by Macnee).

They gunned down his father in cold blood. They are his most elusive enemies, the outlaws known as Los Pistoleros. And they're still at large. But Federal Deputy Hart will not give up the chase...until they hang.

Noch nie hatte George Lomont solch grauenhafte Angst verspürt. Das Entsetzen hatte seine Krallen nach ihm ausgestreckt und ließ ihn nicht mehr los. Mit weit aufgerissenem Mund schnappte Lomont nach Atem. Ein schmerzliches Ächzen entrang sich seinen blutleeren Lippen. George Lomont rannte um sein Leben! Er konnte seine Verfolger nicht sehen. Sie waren unsichtbar. Ein Licht! Da vorne schimmerte doch ein Licht! George Lomont schöpfte neue Hoffnung. Das musste Herford Castle sein. Mit letzter Kraft wankte der Mann darauf zu.

In the 10th year of the Change, the survivors in Western Oregon live in a world without technology. Michael Havel’s Bearkillers hold the lands west of Salem in peace and order. To the east, the Clan Mackenzie flourishes under the leadership of Juniper Mackenzie, bard and high priestess. Together, they have held Norman Arminger - the warlord of Portland - at bay.