Winter Adventure

Family secrets and a search for a Maker. The strange events of a year and a half ago have not been forgotten. A government-run investigation has found a clue pointing to three kids with something to hide. While their search for answers is just beginning, a much older search is almost over—the search for the Maker. And when these two searches collide, something unexpected is found: hope for a distant world.

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.

USA Today best-selling author William W. Johnstone’s tales straight out of the Old West consistently produce hit after hit. A dynamic entry in his Last Gunfighter series, Winter Kill follows Frank Morgan as he agrees to escort a group of ladies northwest into the wilds of Alaska. But the deadly winter and harsh, unfamiliar terrain plague their journey northward.

When Old Bear Le Vrette goes to town for supplies, he sees his dead wife in the face of Lilly Grace Hanson. He forces the young girl to go with him into the mountains. Now a desperate father and a U.S. Marshal must turn to the one man who knows the mountains as well as Bear Le Vrette.

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.

Die majestätische Winterwelt Alaskas, dramatische Rettungsaktionen, eine idyllische Kleinstadt und die ganz große Liebe: Das Letzte, was Erica Sheraton gebrauchen kann, sind freie Tage. Als Ärztin im Alaska General Hospital in Anchorage bleibt ihr kaum Zeit zu schlafen - geschweige denn, sich über ihr verkorkstes Liebesleben Gedanken zu machen. Doch ausgerechnet über Weihnachten wird sie in den Zwangsurlaub geschickt. Bei ihrer besten Freundin, die in dem kleinen Städtchen Wild River ein Outdoor-Unternehmen führt, will sie die Tage mit Skifahren und Schneetouren verbringen.

The Summer of Fire has burned away. The younger gods and their champion have defeated Krynok the Hunter, General Salamander has been destroyed, and slowly Tartaria is reuniting to heal the Clans and the land. The world has been left dazed and flattened, trying to pick up the pieces. Those who survived find themselves standing amongst the ruins with empty hearts, waiting for faces they will never see again. It has not occurred to many that this might be the greatest challenge of all.

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.

10 Jahre sind vergangen, seit Anakin Skywalker in den Orden der Jedi aufgenommen wurde. Er ist erwachsen geworden und die Macht in ihm wird immer stärker. Seine Fähigkeiten werden auf die Probe gestellt, als Anakin und sein Jedi-Meister Obi-Wan Kenobi nach Coruscant gerufen werden, um Prinzessin Padmé Amidala nach einem Mordanschlag zu beschützen. Doch der Anschlag ist erst der Anfang, die dunkle Seite wird immer mächtiger und verschleiert den Blick der Jedi.

Lola Sheridan is the youngest Sheridan sister: a whip-smart journalist with a flair for the dramatic. As her older sisters settle into new lives on the Vineyard, Lola demands more out of the summer season with a fantastical sailing expedition up from the Florida Keys to Martha’s Vineyard. The sailor who takes her? The mysterious, dark-eyed loner, Tommy Gasbarro—the ex-stepson of the Sheridan sisters’ greatest enemy. He represents so much of what went wrong in Lola’s life—and knows secrets about her mother that she was never allowed to learn.

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Finn, Kas and Willow have survived the winter of storms. Severe winds and cold have kept the Wilders at bay. Now that spring has come, everything has changed. They're being hunted again, and they won't be safe while Ramage wants their blood. But Finn and Kas made a promise to Rose—to find her baby and bring her back. And finding Hope means finding Ramage.

Air locks. Gas masks. Skyscraper-sized pipes. Secret trams. Broken elevators. Natural disasters aren’t the only thing that Matt, Cody, Catherine, Stacy, and Darin must overcome. What lurks beneath Camp New Beginnings is the real threat. While the mystery behind the natural disasters and Camp New Beginnings is slowly unraveling, the journey to find the cryovault burns hotter than ever for Matt and his group. But with camp fully destroyed, is "the Sev" their only place for refuge? Or will all their clues lead them to another dead end?

Schneegeruch liegt in der Inselluft. Der Winter auf Solupp ist wunderbar, findet Ema: das wild schäumende Meer, die sternschweren Dunkelstunden und das Versprechen von Schnee, das in der Luft liegt. Aber das Rätsel um ihre Herkunft lässt Ema einfach nicht los. Nur gut, dass ihre Freundin Mari und deren Geschwister nach Solupp zurückkehren. Zusammen setzen Mari, Kurt und Bela alles daran, Ema bei ihrer Spurensuche zu helfen. Dabei tauchen sie immer tiefer in die Geheimnisse der Insel ein.

For twelve-year-old Nox Winters, the town of Evergreen isn’t home—it’s a tourist trap in middle-of-nowhere Maine for amateur cryptozoologists hoping to spot its infamous legend, a batlike creature known as the Evergreen Devil. But his twin brother, Noah, has been wasting away from an illness that has left medical professionals stumped, and the doctors here in Evergreen are his last hope. And Nox goes where Noah goes.

Melanie Winters has gone from a bright university student to a high class fugitive within months. Now fully aware of the origins of her powers, she has to keep herself hidden in order to stay alive. As she is pursued by Solomon and his forces, Melanie has to fight an unimaginable battle with her rapidly expanding powers.

Things have gone awry in the tournament. A killer is on the loose among the players. The world is waking up to what the tournament really is, and what was once a secret competition is fast becoming a global obsession. But no winner can be declared until the mystery of what happened to one of the world's most powerful teams is solved.

After the events of Under a Dark Sky, Asher Perez has been hunting and killing immortals for years. Then one day, they contact him with a proposition. They need his help. An agent has gone missing on the Goliath homeworld, Nifelheim. Baseline humans are not welcome on the icy moon, and the only way for the team to get clearance is for Perez to talk to his old friend, Thorfinn Wagner: the heir to the Throne of Shields.

Der Russenmafia den Rücken zu kehren, ist nichts für schwache Nerven - davon kann Julin ein Lied singen. Als ihm der Boden zu heiß wird, bringt er Skyler nach Sankt Petersburg. Doch dort fangen die Probleme erst an. Skylers Vater hat einen Profikiller auf sie angesetzt. Cesare, Oberboss der italienischen Mafia in Chicago, möchte sie dagegen lebend. Alle wollen ihr Geld zurück und nur Skyler kann es ihnen beschaffen. Doch sie denkt nicht daran, der Famiglia zu altem Glanz zu verhelfen. Sie will kämpfen.

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.