A young man, Brian Davis, was born in Britain and went to India, in the Sundarbans swamps, to help his uncle bring down a tiger, a men eater; it proved challenging to hunt down this animal. Many others had tried before and were unsuccessful. He was good with firearms and a skilful hunter. He managed to kill the man-eater; it was a close call.
He later returned to Britain and studied and practised law; after that, he worked in a bank in London. That was during Queen Victoria's era. The young man also wanted to fulfil his dreams of owning his fleet of ships and achieved it over time by starting with two vessels.
After working for the bank, he was later employed by an elite family and married a woman in that same family. The wife turned out to be a drunkard and was unfaithful during their marriage.
He decided to leave his employment with his in-laws and start his own business. It was an instant success... Subsequent unfortunate events started happening; he lost his daughter and his two newly purchased ships; they were blown up at sea, losing all the people and cargo on board. He was viciously attacked, and so were some of his staff. Scot Land Yard was busy trying to solve that problem, and it seemed like a vendetta by whom?
His ex-in-laws took over the loan on his newly purchased ships, and they tried to seize his vessels.
To save his company, he took on an assignment to find a son of a wealthy Belgian family who was lost in the interior of Africa. Other people were also looking for the same person to kill him.
While travelling to the Mountain of the Moon, Ruwenzori mountain in Uganda, they had to go through Tsavo, Kenya and came across the killer lions, men eaters. A pair of lions also attacked them while on their journey. Brian was skilled with guns and with his Winchester repeater and brought down the man-eater. He must succeed in saving his company back in Britain.
From Greta Kelly, the author of the Warrior Witch duology, comes The Queen of Days, an epic adventure that weaves together a flawed-but-lovable family of thieves, a battle between fallen gods, and stakes high enough to cause vertigo—perfect for fans of The Lies of Locke Lamora and Six of Crows.
For Balthazar and his family of thieves, stealing a statue during the annual celebration of the god Karanis was just a good bit of fun…or a way to stick it to the governor who murdered his parents. And yeah, the small fortune in reward doesn’t hurt—even if his boss also hired the mysterious Queen of Days to join the crew as “the weapon of last resort...”
Whatever that means.
But Bal doesn’t know the ceremony isn’t simply empty words and dusty tradition; it’s true magic. The kind of magic that rips open a portal for the god himself. Only the idol that Karanis planned on using for a body now lies broken at the Queen of Days’ feet. And half of it is missing.
With the aid of a lovable brawler, a society lady turned bomb maker, a disgraced soldier, and a time-eating demon, Bal must hunt down the missing half of the statue if he has any hope of earning his money, keeping his crew alive…and perhaps even saving all of humanity. But as his journey sends him racing through the city—and across realities—he discovers that doing all this might just doom the city.
The city be damned. It’s time to kill a god.
Alma Drake was a typical suburban college student before she was turned into a Succubus by her less-than-perfect boyfriend. Ian turned out to be a powerful soul-sucking Incubus with a harem of other Succubi feeding him souls. Now Alma’s up to her eyeballs in soul debt and flat broke in terms of real-world cash. She can’t turn to her friends because she had to drop out of college to keep from accidentally killing her classmates. Her mom, who thinks Alma’s a junkie, sleeps all day and stays out all night. And Alma can’t run away, because Ian… well, Ian always finds her. Shadowy figures have begun stalking Alma’s hunts and chasing her through the night. If she could, she’d just hole up and hide, but she’s driven out by her insatiable thirst for the souls of men. After all, a girl’s gotta eat.
Who knew choosing a costume for a school play could also mean choosing a starring role in a battle in another dimension? When Jagger throws on a strange silver cloak she finds in her drama class, sparks fly and a secret portal opens up in the floor. Jagger is dropped into a curious new world called Skyboard - a place where video game heroes walk among flesh and blood humans. As an insecure, wild-haired teen with a limp who prefers gaming to real life, Jagger is thrilled to be in Skyboard. But before long, she realizes, wherever there are heroes, there are villains. Looking like a cloaked hero herself, Jagger is recruited by locals to help save Skyboard from invasion by the most soulless villains in gaming history. Forced to join up with other kids, who have also arrived in Skyboard under strange circumstances, Jagger soon discovers that the cloak is brimming with power and possibility...and so is she. Can she learn to love herself, tame the cloak and trust a new group of friends in time to save a world she has only just discovered?
Winter, 1812. Wellingtons Armee hat sich nach Portugal zurückgezogen, um das Frühjahr abzuwarten. Doch Ruhe ist nicht in Sicht, denn eine Bande von Deserteuren hat im Namen der britischen Armee fürchterliche Gräueltaten auf spanischem Boden begangen. Wellington gibt den Befehl, die Schurken aufzuspüren und zu bestrafen - eine Aufgabe für Richard Sharpe und seine Rifles. Als sie sich auf den Weg machen, ahnt Sharpe nicht, dass unter den Deserteuren auch sein erbittertster Feind ist: Sergeant Hakeswill.
Lauschlesen-Bücher sind Hörbücher, in denen die Seitenzahlen angesagt werden, damit man als Grundschüler:in mitlesen kann. 'Friedel' ist die Geschichte eines Professors in der frühen Zeit der großen naturwissenschaftlichen Entdeckungen, der sich im geheimen Selbstversuch mit einem von ihm entwickelten Trank um rund 10 Jahre verjüngen will, sich aber dabei dummerweise in einen 40 Jahre jüngeren 12jährigen Jungen verwandelt und dann - gefangen in der damaligen Zeit - notgedrungen in ein Waisenhaus muss ... Ein 50jähriger Professor im Körper eines Schulbuben. Das Buch zum Mitlesen gibt es bei Books on Demand unter 'Friedel - Otto Kraz'
Can a monster choose to be good?
That's the question facing Kyra Anastas. With snakes for hair and a gaze that turns men to stone, Kyra is a modern-day Medusa, making a living in Chicago as a hitwoman for hire. Feared and hated even by her fellow Mythic, she lives a solitary and bitter existence until a dying millionaire asks Kyra to protect her daughter from supernatural dangers. Eager to be more than just a dealer of death, Kyra takes the job. But the road to redemption will force Kyra to face all her demons-not just the monsters chasing them across the Windy City, but also the horrors that haunt her own evil past.
When the sanctity of his secluded cabin is threatened, former Army grunt Jonah Browne brings his family and other survivors together for a desperate mission.
With the Molter horde hunting them, members of the sparse convoy—facing limited fuel and supplies—must reach the north or die trying.
The road will not be easy. Germany is a hot zone, with the bloodsucking creatures closing in on them from all sides. Only grit, gut-wrenching sacrifices, and unfaltering determination will keep them alive.
Luckily Jonah spent years stockpiling ammo. They’re going to need every single bullet.
Der Kriegsheld Richard Sharpe bekommt es an Heiligabend des Jahres 1815 mit einem ganz persönlichen Fall zu tun: der Entführung seiner Frau. Sharpes Weihnacht und Sharpes Lösegeld sind zwei Kurzgeschichten, die ursprünglich für die 'Daily Mail' geschrieben worden sind und bei Bastei Lübbe erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung vorliegen. Hören Sie in diesem Hörbuch die neu überarbeitete Fassung von Sharpes Lösegeld.
Tous les cinq ans, le peuple de Kathalea attend qu'un volontaire se sacrifie pour le bien de la communauté au cours de la grande fête de l'éclipse. Dans un clivage entre violence et paix, Noa de Kathalea doit décider comment elle peut faire sortir son pays d'une tradition sanglante et le ramener à la raison. Cependant, une personne fera tout pour que cette année, un sacrifice bien particulier soit demandé.
Entre peur et aventure, haine et amour, chasser et être chassée, elle doit découvrir la vérité. Dans cette vie ou la suivante.
Cada cinco años, los habitantes de Kathalea buscan un voluntario que se sacrifique por el bien del pueblo durante las festividades del eclipse. Noa de Kathalea debe decidir cómo acabar con esta tradición sangrienta y devolver la cordura a su país, dividido entre las ansias de violencia y los deseos de paz. Pero alguien está haciendo todo lo posible para que este año el pueblo exija una víctima muy especial.
Entre el miedo y la aventura, el odio y el amor, perseguir o ser perseguida, debe descubrir la verdad. En esta vida o en la siguiente.
The shapeshifting alien race known as the Skrulls have infiltrated every branch of the Marvel Universe, from S.H.I.E.L.D. to the Avengers, and even the interplanetary defense force S.W.O.R.D. As the New Avengers watch the leader of the Hand, Elektra, transform into a Skrull after her death, they come to realize that an attack is coming, one that has been planned for years. From heroes to villains, anyone could be a Skrull in disguise. Uncertain of who to trust, the team tries desperately to unite against an unseen foe. But it is too late. The invasion has begun. A crashed ship in the Savage Land. A prison break at the Raft. Thunderbolts Mountain under attack. And an armada of Skrull ships approaching Earth. Scattered and hopeless, heroes and villains alike must team up to fight a war they never saw coming, the fallout of which will change the face of the Marvel Universe as we know it. This novel is based on the the bestselling Marvel event by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu.
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