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Enjoying the view from the mountain she has just climbed, Reece Gilmore sees a woman being attacked. But when authorities comb the area, they find nothing - no signs of struggle. No freshly turned earth. Not even a tire track. No one in town seems to believe Reece, except Brody, a gruff loner.

Nylan is the engineer and builder whose job it is to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny. Here a revolutionary new society will be born...if Nylan can get the tower built and defenses in place before the rulers of the lowland nations come with their armies to obliterate them all. And if Nylan can learn to control the magical powers that are growing within him.

Silas Ford is dead, but his mission to save Heaven is just beginning. Fresh off his battle with the demon Malphas, Silas arrives in the afterlife to find two warring angel factions blazing a trail of death and destruction that leads straight to the throne room of God. Left to their own devices, the angels will utterly destroy Heaven and threaten the safety of its inhabitants.

Great Britain, 1923: When Detective Inspector John Redfyre is invited to attend the annual St. Barnabas College Christmas concert in his Aunt Henrietta's stead, he is expecting a quiet evening. But he arrives to witness a minor scandal: Juno Proudfoot, the trumpeter of the headlining musical duo, is a woman, and a young one at that - practically unheard of in conservative academic circles. When she suffers a near-fatal fall after the close of the show, Redfyre must consider whether someone was trying to kill her.

Michaela, beloved wife and mother of two, lies in a coma. Doctors have told her husband Liam not to expect a recovery, but he maintains hope that love can accomplish what medicine cannot. Day after day, he sits by her bedside, holding her hand, sharing the stories of their life together. Then he discovers the evidence of his wife's secret past - a long hidden first marriage to international movie star Julian True.

Retired LAPD detective Mike Travis has put thousands of miles between himself and his former life by sailing to Kona, Hawaii, where he runs a private yacht charter business and co-owns a coffee farm. But once a cop, always a cop—especially when someone he cares about needs his help. When a local girl goes missing, her fundamentalist parents don't even file a report. She is eighteen, after all, and seems to be rebelling against her strict upbringing. But Travis knows the dangers that lurk for young women.

Maddie doesn’t really owe drug lord Carlos Castillo money. So she hadn’t taken his threats seriously. Until now. He wants it, whether she owes it or not. Tyler would save the world if he could. So if Maddie thinks she’s gonna deal with an insane drug lord on her own, she’s crazier than he is.

One of Silicon Valley’s most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups. There are two ways to make money in startups: create something valuable—or invest in the people that are creating valuable things. Over the past twenty-five years, Jason Calacanis has made a...

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. moves deep into Recluce's past to chronicle the founding of the Empire of the Legend, the almost mythological domain ruled by women warriors on the highland plateau of the continent of Candar. He tells the story from the point of view of Nylan, the engineer and builder whose job it is to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny.

After a turbulent time, DCI Ryan's life is finally beginning to return to normal, and he's looking forward to spending an uneventful Easter bank holiday weekend with his fiancée. Then, on Good Friday morning, he is called out to a crime scene at one of the largest cemeteries in Newcastle. The body of a redheaded woman has been found buried in a shallow grave, and the killer has given her wings, like an angel. Soon another woman is found at a different cemetery, followed quickly by another.

Part 2 of 2: Modesitt moves deep into Recluce's past to chronicle the founding of the Empire of the Legend, the almost mythological domain ruled by women warriors on the highland plateau of the continent of Candar. He tells the story from the point of view of Nylan, the engineer and builder whose job it is to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny.

Angel Resendez, bekannt als der „Railway Killer", war ein gewalttätiger Serienmörder, der zwischen 1997 und 1999 mehrere Menschen in der Nähe von Bahngleisen brutal ermordete, darunter auch den Studenten Christopher Maier, während dessen Freundin schwer verletzt, aber überlebend zur einzigen Zeugin wurde. Nach Jahren der Flucht, zahlreichen Festnahmen unter falschen Identitäten und schließlich einem aufsehenerregenden Prozess wurde Resendez 2006 in Texas hingerichtet.

Einst fielen sie, nun soll der Himmel ihnen folgen... Elodie besitzt die Gabe, das Licht himmlischer Wesen zu erspüren. Aber als Halbengel wird sie in Aeternitas, der Stadt der Engel, verachtet. Als sie einen ermordeten Engel findet, kommt ein finsterer Plan ans Licht: Dämonenfürsten und Halbengel wollen den Himmel stürzen! Auch Elodie gerät zunächst unter Verdacht. Doch ausgerechnet Raphael, der undurchschaubare Erzengel, glaubt an ihre Unschuld und bietet ihr einen Deal an: Wenn sie ihm mit ihrer Gabe hilft, die Rebellion zu verhindern, ist ihr ein Platz in der himmlischen Stadt sicher.

Tom Reed is a crime reporter with The San Francisco Star whose superb journalistic skills earned him a Pulitzer nomination. But years later Reed's life is coming apart. His editor wants him fired. His wife has left him to wrestle with his demons. Alone, Reed is tormented by the fear he may have caused the suicide of an innocent man suspected of murdering a two-year-old girl.

The war that began before we entered mortality is escalating into the final battle for freedom, liberty, and the hearts and souls of all men. Into this world filled with turmoil, our Father will send some of his most valiant servants. A child is born who may have the power to change the course of history. But will Elizabeth remember the covenants she made in the premortal world?

Soon after being created, Lucifer becomes jealous of God's power and authority. He then plots to seize God's Throne. God assigns the other Archangels to convince Lucifer of his folly, and return him to His Grace. There follows verbal jousting between formidable Archangels. Lucifer, seething with evil and desiring to do the seemingly impossible, to destroy God, refuses to repent, however, and forms an army of rebellious Angels. God then commands the Archangel Michael to lead Heaven's Angels against Lucifer's demon army. The stage is thus set for the most significant confrontation ever with the ...

Sam Rossel und seine dunklen Anhänger sind besiegt. Der Herbst hat den Sommer auf Whistling Wing abgelöst. Aber Dawna und Indie wissen, dass der Schein trügt. Auf der verzweifelten Suche nach Miley, dem Mann, den Dawna gegen alle Vernunft liebt, begegnet sie Dusk wieder. Der Wolf mit den goldenen Augen rettet ihr Leben, während sich die Schatten auf Whistling Wing zum zweiten Mal mehren. Und Dawna ahnt, dass Dusk viel mehr ist als nur ein Wolf.

Two runaways reach an abandoned oil rig, its inhabitants steadily disappearing. Across the storm, the Institute hunting them down; and a spectral white light, leaving nowhere to hide when secrets come tumbling out... Written & Directed by Elizabeth Plant // A Nettle Hunt Production © 2023 www.towerangelspodcast.com // www.twitter.com/towerangels_pod

Kingston upon Thames ist Taras Gebiet. Hier verbreitet sie als Engel zur Adventszeit magische Weihnachtsstimmung. Doch der Dämon Jason versucht jedes Jahr aufs Neue, Heiligabend zu ruinieren. Wird es Tara gelingen, den Weihnachtszauber zu verteidigen? Schneeflocken vor dem Fenster, Dates auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt, gemütliches Plätzchennaschen – Weihnachten steht vor der Tür.

Basado en hechos reales, esta magnífica novela de aventuras narra la historia de Jimmie Angel, el piloto norte americano, que sobrevolando las formaciones rocosas de la Gran Sabana en Venezuela, en búsqueda de una legendaria mina de oro, tuvo la suerte de ver una impresionante torre de agua cristalina que, desde la cima de una montana, se lanzaba al vacío, en una caída vertical de casi mil metros: el salto de agua ¡mas alto de la tierra!