Showing results for "Hunger" in Literature & Fiction

When a woman is brutally murdered and an eyewitness claims to have seen the killer transform into a mysterious light, Eli and Dag are forced to set aside their own problems and face a difficult truth: There is another monster out there. Worse, there doesn’t seem to be anybody else who can stop it from killing again. But not all monsters are the same, as Eli and Dag discover. And the most dangerous monster might be the one who can give you what you’ve always wanted.

After her twin’s death, a solitary young woman leaves Rome for Shanghai, the city where her brother Ruben had long dreamed of opening a restaurant. Teaching Italian to Chinese students, she meets a mysterious girl named Xu, who is also running from a turbulent past. Xu's house is dingy and full of rotting food, like a museum of decomposing organic matter. In the gloom of abandoned textile factories and dilapidated slaughterhouses, the two discover an extreme dimension where biting, swallowing, and taking each other in are part of the erotic ritual.

As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Facing the fear of leaving home and wondering where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for the complications that arise when she meets Raina Webber, a devoted, ferocious athlete, whose love of basketball is matched only by her talent for it.

Vincent Hudson is a vampire hunter, and his life is about to be ruined. When a hunting trip ends in tragedy, he is forced to do the unthinkable - seek refuge in Sanctuary Hope, where each family must nominate a member to the city council. But there is a catch. In exchange for refuge, the nominees are turned into bloodslaves for an elite chain of vampires, and unaware of the gut-wrenching reality, Vincent volunteers himself. He only wanted to save his group. Now, a life of captivity and war awaits him....

Ein Lehrer. Sein Schüler. Ein verbotenes Spiel. Logan King, 34, Dozent für Literatur und Sport, fängt an der Jacksonville Academy eine neue Arbeitsstelle an. Nicht ahnend, dass ihn seine Vergangenheit schneller einholt als ihm lieb ist. Es gibt einen Schüler, der ihm vom ersten Tag an das Leben zur Hölle macht und dazu alle Mittel nutzt, die Logan gefährlich werden können. Kyle Jackson, 17, egoistisch, selbstverliebt, sexbesessen und herrschsüchtig ist der König des Internats und macht keinen Hehl daraus, es jeden wissen zu lassen.