Showing results for "Invincible" in Literature & Fiction

Mercenary by name and by nature, Carson is a Lakota Sioux who stays to himself and never keeps women around long enough for anything emotional to develop. But working with his friend Cash Grier on a complex murder investigation provides Carson with another kind of fun - shocking Cash's sweet-but-traditional secretary, Carlie Blair, with tales of his latest conquests.

He’s everything she fears…and everything she wants... Mercenary by name and by nature, Carson is a Lakota Sioux who stays to himself and never keeps women around long enough for anything emotional to develop. But working with his friend Cash Grier on a complex murder investigation provides Carson with another kind of fun - shocking Cash’s sweet-but-traditional secretary, Carlie Blair, with tales of his latest conquests. Then Carlie lands in deep trouble.

La was in trouble. The high priestess of the Flaming God in the ancient city of Opar—forgotten outpost of Atlantis—had been betrayed by her people and locked in the eon-haunted dungeons until Tarzan came to rescue her. La still loved Tarzan, but Tarzan brought her to his people and then left her. Now, together with a strange woman of Tarzan’s kind, she lies bound in the tent of an Arab slave trader, dreading her certain fate. Meanwhile, Tarzan is beset by a strange band of men who have invaded his land…led by a madman bent on evil subversion!

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary earned his rank after being revived from cryogenic sleep to lead the Alliance to victory against the Syndicate Worlds. But his superiors question his loyalty to the regime. Now in command of the First Fleet, Geary is tasked with exploring the frontier beyond Syndic space, a mission he fears deliberately puts the fleet--and himself--in harm's way. An encounter with the alien enigmas confirms Geary's fears.

Aleen Cust has big dreams. And no one―not her family, society, or the law―will stop her. Born in Ireland in 1868 to an aristocratic English family, Aleen knows she is destined to work with animals, even if her family is appalled by the idea of a woman pursuing a veterinary career. Going against their wishes but with the encouragement of the guardian assigned to her upon her father’s death, Aleen attends the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh, enrolling as A. I. Custance to spare her family the humiliation they fear.

Depuis son retour à Sosua, en République dominicaine, Ruth se bat aux côtés d'Almah qui n'a rien perdu de son énergie, pour les siens, pour la mémoire de sa communauté, pour contribuer à faire de sa terre natale le pays dont elle rêve, alors que les touristes commencent à déferler sur l'île. Gaya, sa fille, affirme son indépendance et part faire des études de biologie marine aux États-Unis, où Arturo et Nathan mènent leurs vies d'artistes.

It was a lifetime ago that recently widowed Maggie Flynn was in Wyndham Beach. Now, on the occasion of her fortieth high school reunion, she returns to her hometown on the Massachusetts coast, picking up right where she left off with dear friends Lydia and Emma. But seeing Brett Crawford again stirs other emotions. He shared Maggie’s dreams - and eventually, a shattering secret that drove them apart. Buying her old family home and resettling in Wyndham Beach means a chance to start over for Maggie and her two daughters, but it also means facing her rekindled feelings....

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Ross Chapman is one of life's losers. So when he survives a point-blank shooting, dons a superhero costume and becomes a crime-busting vigilante, something strange is clearly going on. And Ross's transformation isn't the only odd thing happening in Cardiff. Time is distorting - around the city...

A novel about the end of the world. Only the alcoholics can survive this.

A gripping historical thriller and the third instalment in the Rome's Invincibles saga. The battle for control of Rome continues. Octavian has defeated and killed Caesar's assassins, but the road to absolute power is still long and treacherous. A threat now comes from Sextus Pompeius – a cunning pirate who rules the Italian coastline, terrorising Perugia's citizens. Suddenly, Civil War seems like child's play in comparison to a campaign against piracy. Octavian is close to defeat and death.

En la primavera de 1588, la Gran Armada está lista para invadir a Inglaterra. Europa permanece en vilo ante el plan maestro de Felipe II. Una poderosa flota se prepara para zarpar de Lisboa, recoger en Flandes a los tercios, cruzar el canal de la Mancha, desembarcar en la costa inglesa, y conquistar el reino protestante. Aunque la campaña se presume rápida, en El Escorial se organiza meticulosamente un plan paralelo que debe ayudar al éxito de la empresa.

No war can last forever. Now, in the long and punishing battle between the defiant champions of the New Jedi Order and the juggernaut that is the Galactic Alliance, the endgame is finally at hand. The rebel cause is losing ground under the twin blows of Admiral Gilad Pellaeon’s assassination...

Hot Dog, c'est une série de micro-fictions en podcast : les chroniques dystopiques du grand déraillement.Le grand déraillement était annoncé. Comment a-t-on pu s’égarer comme ça ? C’était pourtant gros comme une saucisse au milieu du hot dog… Tout a commencé avec de la science-fiction : le prétendu grand remplacement. De la science-fiction au service d’un programme politique. Un imaginaire, une panique, une angoisse, une maladie. Face au grand déraillement de notre temps, 8 autrices et auteurs de tous horizons relèvent le défi de la dystopie pour déconstruire les discours...