Showing results for "The T" in Action & Adventure

A raging sea tosses a boy upon the shores of ancient Wales. Left for dead, he has no memory, no name, and no home. But it is his determination to find out who he is—to learn the truth about his mysterious powers—that leads him to a strange and enchanted land. And it is there he discovers that the fate of this land and his personal quest are strangely entwined.

Une nouvelle année de cours débute au Manoir de Castlecatz ! Kovhan rêve depuis toujours d'y entrer et de devenir Aspirant. Mais pour lui qui maîtrise si mal l'indispensable Maggocculture, triompher des épreuves d'admission n'est pas une tâche facile... Il y a pourtant pire. Une menace plane sur Castlecatz cet automne : des incidents magiques se multiplient, certains félins rapportent même avoir aperçu une horrible créature rôder dans les couloirs.

Twenty-four hours. That's all the domestic terrorist cell has given Sophie to stop the assassination of the president of the United States - her mother - and to save the country. But with her father and brother missing, too, she knows this goes deeper than anyone thinks. Only someone inside would know how to make the entire First Family disappear. It's up to Sophie and the few friends she trusts to uncover the conspiracy and stop the terrorists - because they want something from her, she has no idea what it is, and they'll kill her brother if she goes to anyone else....

The man they took prisoner was not the Jonathan Tibbs they remembered. He said that time was running out. That the world faced an enemy it could not defeat. He said everything depended on whether or not they could make a leap of faith. Then, he asked them for five nuclear warheads. The Never Army is the final installment in The Chronicles of Jonathan Tibbs - a mind-bending, genre-crossing, multiple award-winning, action-adventure trilogy.

Shieldmaiden Ingrid Tirsdatter is in the final leg of her first mission. After chasing a dark mage one thousand years into the future, she and her team have spent the past two months trying to stop him from doing the unthinkable—enacting a magical spell that's certain to destroy their world. But when a collection of crystals goes missing, it's clear their enemy is making his final play. And when Axel starts acting peculiar, Ingrid realizes that more than just their home is on the line. If she and her team can't stop the dark mage, her past—and her future—may disappear forever.

Es ist kurz vor den Sommerferien, und eine Hitzewelle hat Nova City fest im Griff. Dennoch ist Nick Bell guter Dinge: Mit seinem supersexy Freund Seth und seinen Freundinnen Jazz und Gibby hat er ein Superhelden-Team gegründet, um die Bürger von Nova City zu schützen. Keine Sekunde zu früh, wie sich herausstellt: Simon Burke kandidiert für das Amt des Oberbürgermeisters. Sollte er gewinnen, würde das das Ende der Extraordinairies bedeuten. Doch damit nicht genug: Gerüchten zufolge ist Superschurke Shadow Star aus dem Gefängnis geflohen.

Band 2 von T. J. Klunes großer Superhelden-Saga. Mit Mut, Charme und Enthusiasmus hat Nick es geschafft: Er ist endlich mit seinem ersten Freund zusammen. Und zwar nicht mit irgendeinem Jungen, sondern mit einem waschechten Superhelden. Doch dann taucht eine Gruppe neuer Extraordinaries in Nova City auf – mit Kräften, von denen bisher noch nie jemand etwas gehört hat. Die Stadt droht ins Chaos zu stürzen, und Nick und seine Freunde müssen erst einmal herausfinden, wer bei alldem eigentlich gut und wer böse ist.

Der grandiose Auftakt zu einer bunten, actiongeladenen Fantasy-Trilogie aus der Feder des internationalen Bestsellerautors T. J. Klune. Nick Bell ist ein ganz gewöhnlicher Teenager. Wobei das in einer Stadt voller Superhelden schon wieder ungewöhnlich ist. Und der beste Autor von Superhelden-Fan-Fiction zu sein, ist ja quasi auch eine Superkraft, oder? Als Nick eines Tages Shadow Star, dem berühmtesten Helden der Stadt – und sein heimlicher Schwarm – begegnet, beschließt er, selbst ein Held zu werden, um Shadow Star zu beeindrucken. Widerwillige Hilfe bekommt er dabei von seinem besten Freund Seth.

The Iron Fey Saga continues… Don't look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them. That is Ethan Chase's unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought...

In the real world, when you vanish into thin air for a week, people tend to notice. After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as "normal" as you can be when you see faeries every day of your life. Suddenly the former loner with...

Russia, 1940. Fifteen-year-old Misha’s life is about to transform when his father is offered a job in Stalin’s inner circle. They move into a luxurious apartment in the Kremlin, but doubts about the glorious new Russia quickly surface. Misha realizes that the secret police can do whatever they like. His own mother is arrested and sent to prison, but Misha and his father daren’t complain. Then as German troops advance on Moscow, the atmosphere in the Kremlin ignites.

With the weight of expectation riding on Nyx's shoulders, the stakes have never been higher. She's got to save herself, her brother, and everyone else who's counting on her survival knowledge... if only she knew how to get them all out. It's back to the drawing board, but there's no way she's giving up her dream of freedom after coming so far, whatever the cost.

The last place you'd expect to find a team of criminals is at a prestigious Philadelphia prep school. But on a class trip to the US Mint - which prints a million new coins every 30 minutes - an overlooked security flaw becomes far too tempting for a small group of students to ignore. United by dire circumstances, these unlikely allies - the nerd, the slacker, the athlete, and the perfect student - band together to attempt the impossible: rob the US Mint.