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Als sich an einem unbehaglichen Dezembertag des Jahres 1856 der Geschäftsmann und Reisende William Langford doch noch ärgerlicherweise ein schon für sich geglaubtes privates Abteil des Vier-Fünfzehn-Schnellzugs mit einem weitläufigen Bekannten teilen muss, ahnt er noch nicht, dass diese Begegnung ihn alsbald in ein unerklärliches Rätsel involvieren wird ... Ein Rätsel, an dem sich die englische Polizei bereits seit Monaten die Zähne ausbeißt.

Lord Guardian Agni Kazirian returns from conquest a hero, celebrated, feared, and dangerously unstable. Beneath his commander's poise lies a darker force coiling through his veins, one tied to the lost myths of a ruined city and an ancient spirit that speaks in madness and blood. As his power grows, so too does the question: is Agni Solantia’s greatest protector, or its greatest threat? Duchess Sara Ristana, his betrothed, is thrust into a brutal game of masks and daggers. Promised to unite East and West, she must decide where her loyalty lies.

At least one‑third of the colonial population were neutrals during the American Revolution, yet they have rarely featured in narratives that shape our ideas about the conflict. By following a single transatlantic family, the Crugers, historian Travis Glasson puts neutrals—the "nobody men"—at the center of this tumultuous period's history.

Als Peter Newton auf seiner Reise durch die Karpaten in dem einsam gelegenen Gasthof absteigt, spürt er schon bald, dass dieses Haus ein unheimliches Geheimnis birgt. Der König der Vampire soll hier einst genächtigt haben und tatsächlich wirkt auch heute noch Draculas Fluch blutig nach.

Kealin's blades still reek from the blood of Vakron-Tur. He defeated the dark wizard but lost his elder brother. The dark god Vankou's voice resonates in his mind, and he struggles to control what little of himself that remains. Now being so close to reaching his sister but with so much lost already, he wonders what end will come from his struggles. Journeying south with his companions, he meets Veora, a beautiful but sadistic necromancer. As an acolyte of the Five and a student from the High Sanctum of magic, she agrees to lead them to her masters.

After the loss of his friends and the girl he'd just begun to love, Valor turns his anger and pain fully upon the shadow council. Follow him as he tears a bloody swath through the land, trying to get stronger and hold his grief in check long enough to rid the world of the corruption that has taken so much already.

Als Irene Adler aus ihrer Betäubung erwacht, findet sie sich allein in einem Dorf der Mapuche wieder. Sie wird von den Bewohnern des Dorfes gefangen genommen. Zu ihrem Entsetzten muss sie feststellen, dass sich Theodora Sachs und Aleister Crowley ebenfalls in dem Dorf aufhalten. Im Gegensatz zu ihr werden die beiden allerdings als Gäste behandelt. Währenddessen sorgt sich Mr. Wu in Temuco über das plötzliche Verschwinden von Irene Adler. Mithilfe von Dr. Duerte und Fernando Abad setzt er alle Hebel in Bewegung, um ein Lebenszeichen von der Sonderermittlerin der Krone zu erhalten.

His parents are dead. His brother is trapped. His sister is missing. If Kealin is going to help either of them, he must find Risdannia. But he is alone in a strange land with few allies. War encroaches. Kealin is torn between helping his friends and uncovering a way to save his siblings. Finding Risdannia is only a part of his journey. A powerful wizard has emerged and in his path are thousands of innocent people. With his resurrected orc hordes, he seeks to exterminate all who threaten him.

Taryn and his closest allies safely acquired the dragon core and left Haven City behind, departing for lands unknown. They were content with the knowledge that life would go on without them, and few, if any, would miss the itinerant cultivators.

In spite of his best efforts, 16-year-old Taryn is an outcast. No one in the city will sully themselves by associating with a Clanless, and without someone to jump-start his Eco core, he’s unable to fulfill his dream of walking the path of a cultivator. However, his life is turned upside down when he finds a journal belonging to an ancient immortal known only as “the Mourner".

It's been five frustrating years. Kealin had begun to doubt she was still alive. But now, by chance, he has discovered rumor of a powerful seer dwelling far to the south. Someone that could actually help him reach his sister. To reach this enigmatic entity, Kealin must trace a path of blood down an entire region. Dogged by a dark curse on his own soul, he must run the gauntlet of the Grand Proetectorate's legions and their anti-elven zealotry. Kealin's only aid comes from a duo of fugitive of treasure hunters and a mysterious woman of magic unlike any he has ever met.

The three original spellbooks, source of all magic in the world, have been found, and Ray Lilly has already "acquired" one. Now he and Annalise are on a historic mission to get the other two and they're ready to kill anyone who gets in their way. If they succeed, the Twenty Palace Society will become more powerful than it has ever been and could truly safeguard humanity from both extra-dimensional predators and the people who summon them. But this time their enemies are more formidable than any they've ever faced before.

Professor Nevio Zelado, Dozent an einer Privatuniversität in Temuco, bittet Mycroft Holmes um Hilfe. Unbekannte Täter haben in verschiedenen Bibliotheken, Universitäten und Museen eingebrochen. Dabei wurden mehrere Wachmänner getötet; ein Professor ist nach einem Überfall nicht mehr Herr seiner Sinne. Mycroft Holmes setzt Irene Adler auf den Fall an. Gemeinsam mit Mr. Wu macht sich die Sonderermittlerin der Krone auf die Reise nach Temuco. Doch weder die Überfahrt auf dem Schiff noch die Ankunft in Chile verlaufen ohne Zwischenfälle. Und plötzlich befindet sich Irene Adler in Lebensgefahr.

War calls the elves of Urlas to battle. But Kealin, a young half-elf training to be a Sacred Blade, and his three siblings, are forbidden to go. They are not ready, or so they're told. But Kealin's lineage has a dark secret and the High Council of Urlas fears what he may become . . . Kealin is about to learn that secret and in the cataclysm emerging, Urlas will wish they had embraced it. When the soothsayer of Urlas tells Kealin that doom comes for all that left for the war, he and his siblings set off on what may be a one-way journey to the edge of the world.

The Great Seer makes her move. As Evurn moves to retake Eliadel, a greater enemy reveals itself. Aeveam is learning the secret to her own lineage and hidden power that was suppressed. A twisted zeal grows within her. Now, Kealin and Trugno work with the paladin Elwynn and the Order of Iruda to attempt to cut off the Great Seer's ties to demonic energies and blood magic. But Kealin has been drifting into the repository of knowledge known as the Book of Urakel, an ancient tome with a personality of its own . . . who is this unseen hand that scribes such dark revelations?

A Disruptive Faith is A. W. Tozer's teaching on what he termed "faith that perturbs"—faith that contradicts the unbelieving man and threatens the complacency of the Christian. The renowned pastor and teacher insists in this book that genuine faith breeds dissatisfaction with this life, by God's design; it weans us from this temporary life and prepares us for the life to come. Listeners will learn to be content with this faith-inspired discontent and to experience a fresh hope for eternity with God.

Stormy Bay is a dying town nestled against an eerily placid ocean, and Ray Lilly is trapped in it. He can barely remember his name let alone his mission for the Twenty Palace society. Worse, he realizes that for some time now he's been living as a puppet, his body and mind under the complete domination of an unknown power, and the townsfolk think this puppet is his real identity. And that power can still seize control of Ray's body at any time, forcing him and the people around him to playact in nonsense stories that center around a mysterious boy and his monster dog.

Elvis Banana rêve de devenir un grand chanteur. Or, quelle chance : les auditions pour le grand concours de chant La Voua Junior commencent ! Il y a un seul problème, mais c'est un GROS problème : papa Banana est contre l'idée. Il préfère qu'Elvis devienne un banana split!Que fera l'aspirant chanteur ? Il chantera la pomme ou il fera la split ?

5 Weihnachts-Kurzkrimis, gelesen anlässlich des Krimitages 2022 am 08. Dezember 2022 im Landgericht Düsseldorf.

A shadowy group of biohackers called the Firemen threaten to worsen the COVID pandemic by releasing an even more lethal version of the pathogen. But what drives the Firemen, and how do their motivations relate to the wealth of the Roman Empire and to the third basic human instinct? The answers may lie with prediction scientist Dan Clifford. Unemployed and struggling with two years of pandemic isolation, he is rebuilding both his career and personal life.