Showing results for "Das Boot" in Thriller & Suspense

Frankreich, La Rochelle, 1941. Es ist ein Höllentrip auf Leben und Tod, dem die U-Boot-Mannschaft der U 96 auf ihrer Feindfahrt ausgesetzt ist. Kapitänleutnant Kaleun und seine Besatzung werden erbarmungslos von feindlichen Zerstörern gejagt. Sie geraten in schwerste Unwetter, werden von Flugzeugen bombardiert und versenken feindliche Schiffe. Viele von ihnen sind unerfahren, die Schrecken des Krieges sind ihnen fremd.

Personal trainer Jonah Bodine discovers more than he bargained for with the half-siblings he didn’t know he had in small-town West Virginia. Not only is his dead father a person of interest in a cold-case disappearance, but the entire town seems way too invested in Jonah’s happily-ever-after potential. His summer of solitude in a lakeside cottage is ruined when his matchmaking sister saddles him with an unwanted roommate. Adorable, snort-laughing nerd Shelby Thompson came to Bootleg Springs looking for answers and ends up getting adopted by the town’s nosy elders.

Treasure. For centuries, it has been the drive for humans to lie, murder, cheat, and steal, and the Nectar is the biggest fortune of them all. An object that can change the dynamics between fae and humans, giving humans fae-like qualities. Thousands of people are now searching for it, and enemies great and small are on the hunt. Tracking down Katrina into the ancient dragon caves, the group sinks deeper into greed, death, and betrayal from foes who have been lurking in the shadows—nightmares from the past who still haunt Croygen.

Hannah Hickok didn’t know she was a witch, but now that she’s embracing her destiny she can’t wait to learn about magic. Given the trouble that seems to find Casper Creek on a regular basis, that’s probably a good thing. Cooper Wyatt is there to lend a helping hand but also eager for her to strike out on her own...until the unthinkable happens. On their first official date, Cooper and Hannah bear witness to a horrifying scene. A local woman, who had gone missing days before, jumps off a downtown building and kills herself. The question is: Why?

Taylor was willing to do almost anything to protect the people she cared about. Even if it meant joining forces with KOR, the clandestine group she’d agreed to work with. But she hadn’t bargained for this. Taken away from the Agency within hours of coming out of a coma, Taylor finds herself isolated from the very people she has vowed to protect. Trapped with a man she can’t trust, in a place from which there is no escape, she must now not only learn how to survive, but she must come to grips with a truth she has desperately been trying to avoid.

Pharmaceutical giant VirtuaPharm is attempting to create that world through their partnership with a fellow megacorporation who’s developing a closed neural network. The network, enhanced through the use of VirtuaPharm’s drugs, is worth trillions. They’ll do everything in their power to protect the product launch, including employing a private army of enforcement officers to stop any interference in their business.

Treat yourself to a glimpse into the dark future world of New Orleans, where humanity's base desires have overshadowed common decency, and very few are willing to stand in the way. With 10 stories by seven well-known independent authors, High Tech/Low Life is guaranteed to please.

Lassen Sie sich diesen Hochspannungs-Roman des Marine-Spezialisten Peter Brendt nicht entgehen! Peter Brendt diente einst in der Bundesmarine, wurde Waffentaucher und gilt zudem als Kenner der US Navy, mit der er auf zahlreichen NATO-Missionen zu tun hatte. Er ist der Schöpfer der "von Hassel"-Romanreihe, die sich um den U-Bootkrieg 1939 bis 1945 dreht. Auch die Thriller-Serie "DiAngelo" über das Katz-und-Maus-Spiel moderner Atom-U-Boote geht auf sein Konto.

It's not really about the boots … or is it? Boot Points is a set of short tales about Violet Parker's purple boots. It is set in the story time between the third and fourth books in the Deadwood Mystery series. Each tale not only explains more of Violet's history, but also shows the role each character plays in Violet's life. In addition to this short story, there is a deleted scene from Nearly Departed in Deadwood, the first book in the Deadwood Mystery Series.

A long shadow looms above the wife of filmmaker Carlton Markham. Then a hand clamps over her mouth, and a blade sinks into her back. Blood splatters on the film reel case beside her, and a young life is cut short. Lawyer Matthew Hope gets a call from Markham, who's been arrested for his wife's murder, but he says he didn't do it. Witnesses fly forward to proclaim his guilt, but Markham's not giving up on his innocence that easily. And when Hope digs deeper into the victim's business—he finds she may not have been the perfect lady that she seemed.

Bea “Mic” Michaels is back and her life has, once again, changed forever as she steps into a new role and all the challenges it brings. With Chris Jordon at her side, she’s prepared to embrace motherhood with open arms. Gazing into the face of her child, she knows anything is possible. The little life they created has restored her hope for a better future, sweeping out the heartache of previous years. Adjusting to their new normal and forging ahead into their now different lives, Mic and Jordon believe nothing evil can ever touch them again.

After escaping the lab, Molly heads toward her hometown and away from Kelle. Caught between two worlds, she struggles to retain the last remaining vestiges of her humanity. Inexplicably, Molly finds herself the unlikely protector of two children, who are both terrified and amazed at her abilities. Meanwhile, Kelle has gathered a horde of undead followers as she continues tracking Molly southward, killing and devouring every human they stumble across along on the way.

Die israelische Marinesoldatin Leah ist mit dem U-Boot auf Patrouille, als plötzlich alle Messinstrumente verrücktspielen. Schnell wird klar: Draußen hat sich eine Katastrophe ereignet, die jenseits des Vorstellbaren liegt. Gewaltiger Unterwasserlärm schreckt die U-Boot-Besatzung auf. Bald steht fest: Auf der Erde hat ein verheerendes Ereignis biblischen Ausmaßes stattgefunden. Über Wasser ist alles zerstört; Häfen können nicht angefahren werden. Eingeschlossen im U-Boot bemerkt Leah, dass sie schwanger ist und sie bereut bitterlich, nicht bei ihrem Mann geblieben zu sein.

Staff sergeant Bea “Mic” Michaels and her black-ops team Steel Corps do what others cannot: They execute missions unbeknownst to the public they ardently defend. Over time, their orders begin to chafe and questions arise. Around every turn is another trial threatening to rip their family asunder. From Colombia, to Mexico, to Russia, and beyond, each mission sucks them deeper into the darkness.

Small-town attorney Lilly Atkins has finally got it all together. Until she finds herself neck-deep in bodies and no charm to fend them off. Hometown sweetheart and resident badass Fae Lynn is everyone's favorite best friend. She's always been the super glue that holds the Posse together. Until she has to take a stand on the street, triggering a scene from the past and cracking the cover-up.

Every man walks with a shadow...but what happens when he acquires a second one? Just ask Brazos, a cold-blooded killer for hire with blood on his hands and a posse on his tail. Desperate for cash, Brazos accepts $200 to gun down a local man named Brant. He’ll earn every penny...but in the end there’ll be the devil to pay. Because to put a bullet in Brant means putting one in his partner as well - an eerie stranger schooled in the black art of witchcraft. This is one killing that brings with it a deadly curse - and a second shadow.

Ein Haus auf den Klippen an der Südwestküste Englands. Auf Mortis Point, hoch über dem sturmumtosten Atlantik, leben Lucy und Daniel mit ihren beiden Kindern. Von den Gezeiten bestimmt, führen sie ein beschauliches Leben - bis zu dem Tag, der alles verändert. Daniels Segelboot wird herrenlos auf See gefunden, kurz nachdem ein Notruf abgesetzt wurde. Von Lucys Mann jedoch fehlt jede Spur. Als Lucy erfährt, dass auch ihre Kinder verschwunden sind, gerät ihr Leben endgültig aus den Fugen. Offenbar befanden Billie und Fin sich ebenfalls an Bord des Bootes.

One man had the courage to stand up for what was right against the tyrants of the New American Republic. The name of Bodhi Haskins became a rally cry for patriots everywhere, giving them the will to fight and take America back from those who seek to destroy her. Bodhi’s wife, Cassandra, finds herself in the midst of a war zone after Bodhi returns to Texas to fight for freedom alongside his former teammates. She’s forced into action to save their family when NAR forces arrive, attempting to cut off the head of the Resistance and end the war.

The Second Galactic Expeditionary Force is a mercenary corporation, fighting for whoever is willing to pay. They recruit from the galaxy’s destitute, its criminals, and loners. All are offered a new life as a GEF trooper, battling their way from one desolate planet to the next. Wrongfully accused of committing genocide against an alien species during a first contact encounter, Fleet Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Echo Griffith was out of options. His trial was a sham, a theater for the masses. He reluctantly accepts the offer of service with the GEF in exchange for his life.

In the unforgiving countryside of eastern Afghanistan, Private First Class Tyson York is thrust into a situation with improbable odds of survival where he learns the difficult lessons of loss, unshakable loyalty, and love. Tyson, deployed to an active theater of war for the first time, is initially appalled at the casual way that his fellow soldiers discuss the deaths of their enemies and he vows to retain his decency as a human being.