Aunque Morrigan fue concebida en medio de una mentira, y estuvo atrapada en un ?rbol durante toda su gestaci?n, su nacimiento fue verdaderamente m?gico. Despu?s de aquel comienzo, pas?los siguientes dieciocho a?os de su vida como cualquier chica normal de Oklahoma. Cuando descubri? la verdad de su origen, la rabia y la pena se apoderaron de ella y la llevaron de vuelta al mundo de Partholon. Pero all?, en vez de ser respetada como hija de la encarnaci?n de una diosa, Morrigan se sinti? como una intrusa rechazada. En su desesperaci?n por formar parte de Partholon, se enfrentar? a fuerzas que no pod?a comprender ni controlar por entero. Y pronto empezar?a a sufrir el acecho de una extra?a oscuridad…
Por fin, Shannon Parker se hab?a reconciliado con la vida en el mundo m?tico de Partholon. Amaba a su marido centauro y se hab?a acostumbrado a su conexi?n con la diosa Epona y los beneficios que conllevaban ambas cosas. Casi hab?a olvidado su antigua vida en la Tierra… sobre todo, cuando descubri? que estaba embarazada…Pero entonces una s?bita explosi?n de poder la envi? de vuelta a Oklahoma. Sin la magia, Shannon no pod?a regresar a Partholon, as? que tendr?a que buscar ayuda. El problema era que esa ayuda tom? la forma de un hombre tan tentador como su marido. Y, durante el camino, Shannon descubrir?a que ser una diosa por error era mucho m?s f?cil que ser una diosa por elecci?n…
In this compulsive page-turner, six-time New York Times bestselling author John Weisman blows the lid off one of Washington's deepest real-world secrets. The CIA, currently incapable of performing its core mission of supplying critical and time-sensitive human-based intelligence for the global war on terror, must now outsource the work to private contractors. Drawing on real-world crises and actual CIA operations, Direct Action takes readers deep inside this new and unreported covert warfare that is being fought on a daily basis by anonymous shadow warriors all across the globe.Racing against the clock and shuttling between Washington, Paris, and ...
The tables have turned on ice-queen gossip columnist Amanda Dart: someone is faxing the scathing details of her sexual indiscretions to national opinion makers. Amanda turns to Stone Barrington – ex-cop, fulltime lawyer, and sometime investigator – for help.
From Publishers WeeklyRookie federal judge Cate Fante's early days on the Philadelphia bench rapidly descend into nightmare in this compelling stand-alone legal thriller from bestseller Scottoline (Devil's Corner). Fante is the presiding judge in an intellectual property case in which Richard Marz, a former Philly prosecutor, is suing Art Simone, a powerhouse Hollywood producer, for stealing his idea for a TV series about a team of prosecutors called Attorneys@Law. The day after Fante dismisses the lawsuit, someone plugs Simone in the forehead with a.22 outside the restaurant where he was dining with his attorneys. Marz is ...
The latest “entertaining,” “tangy,” and “hilarious” Jack Daniels mystery from Anthony, Macavity, and Gumshoe Award finalist J.A. Konrath.In Whiskey Sour, Chicago police Lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels hunted down a killer dubbed “The Gingerbread Man.” In Bloody Mary, she busted a psychopath with a penchant for dismemberment. In Rusty Nail, it was a serial killer with a doozy of a family tree. And now, in Dirty Martini, Jack faces her toughest adversary yet: a sicko who’s poisoning the city’s food supply. Can she catch him – and decide whether to accept boyfriend Latham’s surprise proposal – without destroying both her reputation and her sanity?
Three convicts on the run with an arsenal of weaponry and only one rogue cop can stop them. Lamar Pye has escaped from Oklahoma State Penitentiary, accompanied by his idiot cousin and a vicious, but cowardly artist. To have stayed in prison was certain death, but his chances on the outside are not much greater: his excesses know no bounds—one killing follows another. But one murder brings his nemesis upon him: Bud Pewtie of the Highway of the Highway Patrol loses his partner in a blood-soaked shoot-out with Lamar, and from that moment on, nothing will stop him from getting even.
A psychopath… an empath… a genius.Three siblings who will save the world – or destroy it.They know nothing of each other. They know nothing of the Telling.But they’ll need to learn fast if they’re going to survive…A gripping new series about a collision of worlds, the power of destiny, and the darkness in us all…
An assignment brings Vincent – permanent student and budding young writer – into the world of Sebastian Wells and the Prometheus League. Under the guise of a Victorian gaming society it operates extremist and covert activities. Threatening exposure, Vincent is thrown into a game of life or death.
Reva Ewing was a former member of the Secret Service, and now a security specialist for Roarke Enterprises-until she was found standing over the dead bodies of her husband, renowned artist Blair Bissel, and her best friend. But Lieutenant Eve Dallas believes there was more to the killing than jealous rage-all of Bissel's computer files were deliberately corrupted. To Roarke, it's the computer attack that poses the real threat. He and Reva have been under a code-red government contract to develop a program that would shield against techno-terrorists. But this deadly new breed of hackers isn't afraid to kill to protect their secret-and it's up to Lieutenant Eve Dallas to shut them down before the nightmare can spread to the whole country.
Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.But his freedom comes at a steep price: The assassinations he carried out prompt the highest levels of the U.S. government to unleash a massive manhunt. Behind the scenes, master spy Macklin Hayes is playing a very personal game of cat and mouse. He, more than anyone, wants Stone dead.With their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save him. Now, as the hunters close in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him from the power corridors of Washington, D.C., to the small, isolated coal-mining town of Divine, Virginia-and into a world every bit as lethal as the one he left behind.
You may know me best as Meredith Nic Essus, princess of faerie. Or perhaps as Merry Gentry, Los Angeles private eye. In the fey and mortal realms alike, my life is the stuff of royal intrigue and celebrity drama. Among my own, I have confronted horrendous enemies, endured my noble kin's treachery and malevolence, and honored my duty to conceive a royal heir — all for the right to claim the throne. But I turned my back on court and crown, choosing exile in the human world — and in the arms of my beloved Frost and Darkness.While I ...
Like many people in this world, Phil and Terry are just looking for their personal slice of divine assistance. It's not their fault that they decide to settle on Lucky, a raccoon god of good fortune. At first, everything seems to be working fine. But they will soon learn that the world of divine powers is not to be entered into casually. Lucky, it seems, had a falling out with another ancient god long ago. And while Lucky has moved on with his life, the ancient twisted deity is still nursing a grudge. Add to this a scorned goddess looking for revenge and it starts to become clear that Phil and Terry may have taken on more than they ever bargained for.
James Lee Burke has frequently been praised for the superb writing and strong suspense of his Dave Robicheaux mysteries. Now in this powerful new novel, he enters the front ranks of contemporary ficiton writers and mainstream bestsellers. When a Nazi submarine is discovered off the coast of Louisiana it soon becomes clear that the dark forces it represents are alive and all too well. Neo Nazi's are on the march in New Orleans and their leader, icy psychopath Will Buchalter, will stop at nothing to get his hands on the submarines mysterious cargo. Only detective Dave Robicheaux and his family stand between Buchalter and his terrifying ambitions.
From acclaimed author David Corbett, a stunning and suspenseful novel of a life without loyalties and the borders inside ourselves.Roque Montalvo is wise beyond his eighteen years. Orphaned at birth, a gifted musician, he's stuck in a California backwater, helping his Salvadoran aunt care for his damaged brother, an ex-marine badly wounded in Iraq. When immigration agents arrest his uncle, the family has nowhere else to turn. Roque, badgered by his street-hardened cousin, agrees to bring the old man back, relying on the criminal gangs that control the dangerous smuggling routes from El Salvador, through Guatemala and ...
Baza wojskowa si? pokojowych w Turkmenii. Wojna ledwie si? tli, ale poci?ga za sob? kolejne ofiary. Morale ?o?nierzy upada, na porz?dku dziennym s? pija?stwo i narkotyki. Tymczasem rz?d RP wycofuje si? z obiecanych podwy?ek pensji dla wojska, a do bazy zg?aszaj? si? kupcy, kt?rzy oferuj? milion dolar?w za ci??ar?wk? amunicji. Plutonowy Adam Kulanowicz decyduje si? na transakcj?. Sytuacja jednak si? komplikuje – w bazie pojawia si? dziennikarka, kole?anka szkolna Adama, a ?atwy z pozoru zarobek okazuje si? ?mierteln? pu?apk?…
