Od chvíle, kdy se Árie dozvěděla o smrti své matky, uplynulo už několik měsíců. I Perry už je nějakou dobu Krvepánem a dívka o něm nemá žádné zprávy. Nyní se však mají znovu setkat. Po tomto okamžiku oba nesmírně touží, a skutečně jsou naplněna všechna jejich očekávání. Tedy aspoň zpočátku. Bývalá Osadnice však není Perryho druhy přijata nijak laskavě a kmen se začíná bouřit. Éter bouří každým dnem víc a víc a jediným příslibem bezpečí je Poklidná modř. Je však tento bezpečný přístav skutečný?
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD • From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that “hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel” (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl). Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today The Boston Globe’s #1 Thriller/Mystery of 2024 So Far A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews “Kept me frantically turning the pages and somehow made me cry at the end . . . Brava!”—Kristin Hannah, author of The Women “Melds tense suspense with a powerful exploration of devotion, obsession, and love.”—People (Best New Books) 1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another. A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.
When the body of a local teenager turns up in a community garden, veteran homicide detective Gus Ramone teams up with T. C. Cook, a legendary, now retired detective, and Dan "Doc" Holiday, his former partner who left the force under a cloud of suspicion.
Will truth and virtue triumph over the deadly darkness of an all-consuming evil? The war against the dragon minions of Queen Takhisis rages on. Armed with the mysterious, magical Dragon Orbs and the shining, silver Dragonlance, the Companions of the Lance lead their people in a desperate final battle. Knight and barbarian, warrior and mage, dwarf and kender—no one has reckoned how high the price of defeat, or even victory, might be. But now, in the dawn of a new day, the dark secrets that have long shadowed the hearts of the Companions come to light. If they are to truly defeat the five-headed dragon goddess, they must find a way to overcome their own personal conflicts and doubts. From betrayal and treachery to fragility and weakness, the greatest battle now lies within each of them. Dragons of Spring Dawning is the third book in the Dragonlance Chronicles.
Fascinující fantasy příběh dlouho ztracené královny, její nejisté a nebezpečné cesty na trůn a přátelství i hlubších vztahů, které vznikají, když se temné nadpřirozené síly snaží zničit poslední zbytky dobrých, spravedlivých a věrných.
The gods that once held control over human existence are in trouble. New gods are challenging the power of the high god, Torval, for rule of the world. New religions are giving power to these brash interloping young gods, and the only way to stop them lies with the five bones of the Vektia Dragons--for these bones hold the primordial power of creation and destruction. The hope of the Vindrasi lies in finding the dragon bones before the followers of the new god Aelon can use them to redefine existence. But the Vindrasi gods have a traitor in their midst... In the land of mortals, Raegar, a Vindraisi turned Aelon warrior-priest, searches for the spirit bones. Torval has a champion as well--Skylan Ivorson, sea-raider and high chief of the Vindrasi clans, cousin and sworn enemy to Raegar. But Skylan and his people are captives in Sinaria, where they must fight for survival. The fates of men and gods and are rushing headlong to destruction. Skylan can stop the calamity, but only if he discovers the secret of the dragon.
"But in a city of shadows and secrets, that's never easy - especially when the truth is so surprising that even the most astute detective would be shocked into carelessness in the moment of discovery." "And as Saxon knows, it's never wise to be careless in the presence of a killer."--BOOK JACKET.
Přečtěte si to. A jestli se Vás někdo zeptá, jak to skončí, prostě LŽETE!
Báječná rodina Sinclairových.
Soukromý ostrov.
Velice bystrá dívka, se kterou je něco v nepořádku.
Skupina čtyř přátel – lhářů –, jejichž přátelství začne být destruktivní.
Revoluce. Nehoda. Tajemství.
Lži a další lži.
Pravá láska.
Pravda.
Set in Italy in 1958, 'The Savage Garden' is the story of two unsolved murders - one committed in the late Renaissance, the other in 1944, during the dying days of the German army's occupation.
