Winter Adventure

Major David Valentine and his fugitive battalion are the remnants of an expeditionary force shattered in its long retreat from disaster in the Appalachians. Between a raging blizzard, bands of headhunters, and the need to recover wounded soldiers lost during the retreat, Valentine is in for the toughest winter of his life. And Valentine is losing allies fast. Some of the clans in the region have declared themselves in favor of the Kurians, throwing Kentucky into civil war. But the Kurian overlords have determined that the region isn't worth the effort of another conquest.

Konstantinopel, im Jahr 1007. Ein blauer Stern steht drohend über der Stadt, und seit sieben Jahren herrscht eine eisige Kälte in ganz Europa. Von Norden bis Süden ist die Zivilisation zusammengebrochen, und es wüten mörderische Banden. Als eine Hochzeitsgesellschaft von ihnen heimgesucht und gemeuchelt wird, kann nur ein kleines Mädchen, Halla, mit seiner Mutter entkommen, gewarnt von einem Fremden. Zusammen mit Orpheus, einem Taugenichts und Lautenspieler, begeben sie sich auf eine gefährliche Reise voller Schrecken und Gefahren. Denn es gilt unbedingt das Kind vor den Mördern zu schützen.

The small weak League of Losers has truly lived up to its name—after all, it managed to make a slew of powerful, very dangerous enemies right from the start. It is now time for Sergeant and Whiskers, his ginger kitten, to leave the sandbox for the big world. The players have leveled up enough to pass through the barrier enclosing the sandbox, but, as luck would have it, it isn't the best time to make their escape. A bitterly cold winter is drawing near, and nobody is ready for it.

After watching her best friend Karmen fall in love, Nikki starts to soften to the idea of a happily ever after with Fallen Lords VP Pipe. He's ruggedly handsome with a careless attitude, and it's the exact lethal and sexy combination that breaks Nikki's heart. Pipe Mark cares about one person. A revolving door of women might spend the night in his bed, but they all know the score before they step foot through the door: 1. No promises. 2. One night. They all respect the rules and go on their merry way more than satisfied in the morning. All except Nikki. Nikki makes Pipe want more.

After 9/11 the US Government vowed that any similar attack on American soil would be thwarted, and the newly created Homeland Security knew that the only way to achieve this end was to have the very best intelligence. A group of elite officers from the police, the FBI and the CIA are recruited to form a special branch within the new organization, operating in deep cover, their contact with each other and with other agencies strictly compartmentalized.

In einer Ausgestoßenen erwacht unheilvolle Glyphen-Magie. Ein Prinz soll die Völker der Berge gegen einen unbarmherzigen Feind vereinen. Über dem Gebirge des Winters ziehen düstere Wolken auf. Elija soll einen erbarmungslosen Feind aufhalten, sein Weg führt ihn in die Wirren eines jahrhundertealten Konflikts, der die drei Stämme der Berge entzweit hat. Doch nicht nur äußere Feinde bedrohen ihn, sondern auch der Zweifel an seiner eigenen Bestimmung. In der jungen Frau Chenka erwacht eine uralte Magie. Sie flieht vor unheimlichen Angreifern und weiß nicht, dass ihr Schicksal über das aller Menschen entscheiden könnte.

Kayla Trammer is in trouble. Evicted again because of her behavior, she’s right on the verge of homelessness. When she stumbles upon an advertisement in the paper, she’s hopeful. Free room and board. A few thousand dollars a month. All she has to do is housework and taking care of the children. She figures that will give her a fresh new start away from her well-deserved reputation as an impossible brat. When she arrives, though, she discovers Christian intends for her to provide the children she’ll be taking care of in her new home! What happens next?

Afghanistan - the name conjures images of rugged mountains, ancient cities, hardened Mujaheddin, a country rife with regional rivalries, and the eternal struggle between Tajik and Pashtun. Afghanistan comes to life in this epic adventure of love, betrayal, and war. Young Tajik Ahmed Jan¹s heroic journey begins in the Northern Alliance stronghold near Taloqan just a month prior to 9/11. He is swept away by the chaos that soon engulfs the country before a chance discovery propels him to the forefront of the clash between civilizations.

Gejagt von einer Hexenmeisterin/ Der magische See in Flammen. Die Glyphenmeisterin Chadoka sinnt auf Rache. Um sich der Bedrohung zu erwehren, reisen die Fellwandlerin Anuscha und ihre Gefährtin Chenka in das Tal der magiebegabten Sippe. Sie wollen ein mächtiges Geschenk übergeben, doch bald sind sie Gejagte. Elija versucht neue Verbündete zu gewinnen, um die wieder erstarkten Invasoren abzuwehren. So begibt er sich auf die Suche nach dem mysteriösen Flussvolk. Es erwarten ihn Herausforderungen, die seine mentale Kraft überfordern könnten. Ein Wettlauf beginnt.

Hraban's dice are cast. He has chosen to serve Nero Claudius Drusus, the mighty Roman general and the stepson of the princeps of Rome, Augustus. He has abandoned his hope of ever finding fame and home with the Marcomanni and has turned his back on Armin the Cherusci, who offered him a place amongst the foes of Rome and Maroboodus, Hraban's traitorous father. Yet, the fate of Drusus is not to idle in Gaul, but to take the war to Armin and the Cherusci, and Hraban follows him to war, serving the great lord in his drive to slay Armin.

In a world where Spring has been forgotten, one boy and a frozen guardian must find the beat of a dying heart. The village of Oakhaven is trapped. While the calendar says April, the wind still howls with the bite of January, and the flowers refuse to wake from their icy sleep. In the center of the town stands Barnaby a snowman who doesn’t melt, doesn’t slump, and carries a strange, pulsing blue light deep within his chest. Leonard, a young boy with a sharp mind and a heart full of curiosity, discovers that Barnaby isn't just a figure of snow and charcoal.

On a frozen Cornish moor, a 14-year-old girl lives in a trailer with her dad and little brother. Ennor's mother left years ago, when things started to go wrong - and gradually their world has fallen apart. Now her father's gravely ill, school has closed, and Ennor knows they're going to take her brother away if things don't pick up soon. Days before Christmas, when the wind is cold and her dad's health takes a turn for the worse, Ennor packs a blanket, a map, a saucepan and a gun into her rucksack, and sets off to find her mum and bring her home.

Ruling with an iron hand, the church has eliminated the ancient pagan ways. Yet demonic gheists terrorize the land, hunted by the Inquisition, while age-old hatreds rage between the North and the South. Three heroes - Malcolm and Ian Blakeley and Gwendolyn Adair - must end the bloodshed before chaos is unleashed.

The planet had fallen off the map. Lost on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Allman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of earlier colonists have reverted to a savage tribal culture of sacrifice, pillage and violence. When Karl falls in love with an outcast girl, he has only one goal: Escape. But escape is a distant dream on this nightmare planet.

Der Jedi-Meister Qui-Gon Jinn und sein Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi werden beauftragt, Amidala, die junge Königin des Planeten Naboo, zu beschützen. Doch die Lage auf Naboo eskaliert, die beiden Jedi und Amidala müssen vor Kampfdroiden flüchten und auf dem Wüstenplaneten Tatooine notlanden. Dort lebt der Sklavenjunge Anakin Skywalker, dessen größter Traum es ist, ein Jedi-Ritter zu werden. Er besitzt ein ungewöhnlich starkes Bewusstsein für die Macht.

Hoch in den Bergen Skandinaviens, wohin sich niemals ein Mensch verirrt, ist meine Zuflucht. Ein Fluch zwingt mich in die Einsamkeit; niemand kann in meiner Nähe überleben, niemand darf mich berühren. Ich habe mich damit abgefunden, für immer alleine zu bleiben... zumindest bis ein verirrter Wanderer an meine Tür klopft. Er ist unverschämt und geht mir auf die Nerven, dennoch sehnt sich etwas tief in mir nach seiner Nähe. Er muss gehen. Nicht nur zu seiner eigenen Sicherheit, sondern auch, weil ich es nicht ertragen könnte, wenn er herausfindet, wer ich wirklich bin.

Nur der Feuerrubin in deinen Händen wird Estraoras Schicksal wenden. Werde zu Feuer, denn er wird zu Eis, das ist des Südens Freiheit Preis. Was war das für ein Preis, den die Götter einforderten? Wäre der Graben zwischen ihrer Hitze und seiner Kälte irgendwann unüberbrückbar? Eyra muss ihren Gefährten aus den Fängen des Ordens befreien und den Winter endgültig aus Estraora vertreiben. Dies kann ihr nur mit dem Feuerrubin gelingen, den die Götter ihrem Volk zu Anbeginn der Zeit geschenkt haben.

In 1911, a young John Shaw from South Carolina had his first taste of flying. In 1926, two years after the plane crash death of his best friend, he attempted a solo flight record in a refitted 1923 Curtiss Jenny. Then, with half the journey completed, his plane was caught in a storm, went down, and for 17 years he was listed as missing, presumed dead. The Longest Winter is a work of fiction, the tale of one man's life. His story is one of despair and courage, tragedy and triumph.

Sylvi Quine, the best rig driver on Layce, has braved the dangers of the Shiv Road to save her friend and learned the truth of her power over Winter. Now, she’s joined the rebels working to take down the Majority. Her magic could change the course of their fight, and she agrees to meet the king of Paradyia to offer an exchange: the healing powers of the Pool of Begynd for his army.

In the near future, the planet is covered in snow. Nobody knows why. A group of people are living inside a military facility that was designed to be self-sustaining and can last forever so long as the food doesn't run out. Captain Alec Winter is among the people trying to survive and they will all be tested with the arrival of two strangers and something lurking in the shadows of the storm. Alec will have the fight for his life and everyone that he cares about. He just has to avoid becoming the very thing that threatens everyone's survival.