eBooks „assassins“
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American Political Thrillers to Read This January 2021
- Thriller
- English
- 163 Words
- Ages 10 and up
- 158
Spy stories always make for a great political thriller. The 2017 political thriller American Coup by Van Arsdale is about a Central Intelligence Agency rookie Chuck Taylor. Taylor finds himself in a deep web of lies and conspiracy involving an assassination plot against the United States president. His hell begins on his first assignment delivering a top-secret letter to a field operator. When the operator tries to kill him, Chuck defends himself and kills the said assassin. His superior then declares him a traitor. Wanted and with orders to be shot on sight, Taylor must turn to his only ally, Lisa Fontaine, to find the truth about all these similar letters assigning assassins to kill the top executives of the U.S. government. American Coup is a powerhouse read and is just one of the several Chuck Taylor and Lisa Fontaine thrillers by Greg Van Arsdale. [more]
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H. P. Blavatsky
Nightmare and Tales
- Mystery & Crime
- English
- 53021 Words
- Ages 8 and up
- 303
- 2
Astounding tales of the weird and fantastic. This is one of the few titles of fiction written by the famous Mme. Blavatsky. Content: a Bewitched Life, the Cave of the Echoes, the Luminous Shield, from the Polar Lands, the Ensouled Violin.
Sir, One morning in 1867 Eastern Europe was startled by news of the most horrifying description. Michael Obrenovitch, reigning Prince of Serbia, his aunt, the Princess Catherine or Katinka, and her daughter had been murdered in broad daylight, near Belgrade, in their own garden, assassin or assassins remaining unknown. The Prince had received several bullet-shots, and stabs, and his body was actually butchered; the Princess was killed on the spot, her head smashed, and her young daughter, though still alive, was not expected to survive. The circumstances are too recent to have been forgotten, but in that part of the world, at the time, the case created a delirium of excitement. [more]
Keywords: nightmare tales, blavatsky, gothic horror, occult mystery, supernatural thriller, suspense and crime, nightmares and tales, ghost stories
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Arthur Rimbaud
A Season in Hell
- Poetry
- English
- 7941 Words
- Ages 12 and up
- 555
- 3
A Season in Hell is an extended poem written and published by French writer Arthur Rimbaud. The book had a considerable influence on later artists and poets, for example the Surrealists. Henry Miller was important in introducing Rimbaud to America in the sixties. He once attempted an English translation of the book and wrote an extended essay on Rimbaud and A Season in Hell titled The Time of the Assassins. The poem is loosely divided into nine parts, some of which are much shorter than others. They differ markedly in tone and narrative comprehensibility, with some, such as "Bad Blood," 'being much more obviously influenced by Rimbaud's drug use than others, some argue. Academic critics have arrived at many varied and often entirely incompatible conclusions as to what meaning and philosophy may or may not be contained in the text, and will continue to do so. [more]
Keywords: a season in hell, arthur rimbaud, french poetry, symbolist poems, avant garde, experimental, surreal
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Harry Currie
Passage to the Past
- Thriller
- English
- 109323 Words
- Ages 16 and up
- 151
It’s strange how the disparate, the improbable and the impossible sometimes interweave.
A fresh dead body in a centuries-old military uniform which can’t be explained.
A former USAF fighter pilot researching in Canada for his PhD at Columbia University. Historic Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, faithfully rebuilt in every detail, and staffed with re-enactors playing the parts of the original 1745 inhabitants.
A beautiful but mysterious young lady from Saint-Malo, France, who speaks with ancient idioms – but disappears every night when the fortress closes.
It all impacts in a hazardous time warp between eras when the 21st century collides with the 18th through an epoch-suspended doorway. Harrowing war-time Atlantic crossings in ancient sailing ships; venerable Saint-Malo; modern medicine taken to the past; assassins; the revered philosopher Voltaire; a desperate need for an aircraft back in 1755, but that’s impossible ...? All surrounded by a timeless love story. The past may give birth to the future, but the future holds her secrets from the past – until someone carries them back – through a mystical doorway which is a passage to the past..
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Keywords: Present, Past, Future
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Jeff Schanz
A Vampyre's Daughter
(6 Chapter Sample Only)
- Fantasy
- English
- 32029 Words
- Ages 16 and up
- 657
- 7
**SAMPLE ONLY**
A troubled Army vet wishes he were dead...
A lonely vampyre wishes she were human...
And a ruthless drug lord wishes he were immortal...
After a failed suicidal mission to destroy an opium kingpin’s yacht, Army vet, Brandt Dekker, is shipwrecked on a desolate island. He is initially happy to be alive -- until his haunting memories return.
A stunning, yet awkward, girl named Lia has been caring for him, along with her mysterious and frightening father. They seem merely eccentric at first, until an astonishing truth surfaces: Lia has fangs. Real serpent-like fangs. She confesses to be a vampyre and yet promises no harm to Brandt.
Panicking, Brandt tries to escape the island, but the only possibility is an ancient derelict boat that has no motor or sails. There is nowhere on the small island to hide. He must come to grips with his new neighbors, and find a way to become allies if they are all to survive. Because, there are real monsters hunting Brandt. Monsters with guns and explosives rather than fangs or claws. Assassins who will find this island and kill anyone in their path to get to Brandt.
With help from Lia to repair the boat, Brandt pledges to set sail and lure the assassins away. But the repair takes days. And as each day passes, Brandt finds himself more and more enchanted by the sweet and gentle woman who claims to be a benevolent vampyre. He doesn't believe he deserves love and happiness, but could they possibly lie in this enchanting girl's embrace?
Her past has imprisoned her on the island, and his has imprisoned his soul, and both of their worst fears come back to threaten their newfound hope together. Brandt had been willing to sacrifice his life for a chance at redemption against his enemies, until he came to the island. Now there is more at stake than he is willing to sacrifice. In a battle to save their lives, Brandt will also fight for his soul against a terrifying enemy that is more powerful than he could have ever imagined.
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Keywords: vampire, urban fantasy, romance, violence, sex, suspense, love, action, guns, army
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A.F. Pollard
A Short History Of The Great War(Fiscle Part-3)
- History
- English
- 138452 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 3
- 1
On 28 June 1914 The Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Heir-Presumptive To
The Hapsburg Throne, Was Shot In The Streets Of Serajevo, The Capital
Of The Austrian Province Of Bosnia. Redeemed By The Russo-Turkish War
Of 1876-7 From Ottoman Rule, Bosnia Had By The Congress Of Berlin In
1878 Been Entrusted To Austrian Administration; But In 1908, Fearing
Lest A Turkey Rejuvenated By The Young Turk Revolution Should Seek To
Revive Its Claims On Bosnia, The Austrian Government Annexed On Its
Own Authority A Province Confided To Its Care By A European Mandate.
This Arbitrary Act Was Only Challenged On Paper At The Time; But The
Striking Success Of Serbia In The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13 Brought Out
The Dangers And Defects Of Austrian Policy. For The Serbs Were Kin To
The Great Majority Of The Bosnian People And To Millions Of Other
South Slavs Who Were Subject To The Austrian Crown And Discontented
With Its Repressive Government; And The Growing Prestige Of Serbia
Bred Hopes And Feelings Of Slav Nationality On Both Sides Of The
Hapsburg Frontier. The Would-Be And The Real Assassins Of The
Archduke, While Technically Austrian Subjects, Were Slavs By Birth,
And The Murder Brought To A Head The Antagonism Between A Race
Becoming Conscious Of Its Possibilities And A Government Determined To
Repress Them. The Crime Gave A Moral Advantage To The Oppressor, But
The Guilt Has Yet To Be Apportioned, And Instigation May Have Come
From Secret Sources Within The Hapsburg Empire; For The Archduke Was
Hated By Dominant Cliques On Account Of His Alleged Pro-Slav
Sympathies And His Suspected Intention Of Admitting His Future Slav
Subjects To A Share In Political Power. [more]
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Peter Bernhardt
The Stasi File
Opera and Espionage: A Deadly Combination (Book 1: Diva Undaunted)
- Thriller
- English
- 137668 Words
- Ages 12 and up
- 511
- 1
Dust from the demolished Berlin Wall has barely settled, the East German police state is teetering on the edge of collapse, and Stasi General HOLGER FRANTZ will stop at nothing to save it. Caught in his intrigue are two unlikely heroes: American lawyer ROLF KELLER, recently divorced, fresh off the bottle, and mysteriously dispatched by his senior law partner to coordinate document drops by a defecting Stasi agent, and aspiring opera diva SYLVIA MAZZONI, Rolf's former lover who has been coerced into acting as courier.
After the scheme goes fatally awry, the reluctant recruits uncover an assassination plot designed to thwart the unification of East and West Germany. In the crosshairs of rival intelligence services and with a professional Stasi killer hot on their heels, Sylvia and Rolf resist the urge to run for their lives, and risk everything to stop the assassins.
2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarterfinalist; 2022 Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest: First Place in Oldie but Goldie Category.
German Edition: Die Stasi-Akte―Oper und Spionage: Eine Tödliche Kombination (Buch 1: Diva Unverzagt)
Also by Peter Bernhardt:
Sequel: Kiss of the Shaman’s Daughter - Revolt, Lost Treasure, and Smugglers (Book 2: Diva Undaunted); 2022 Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest: Second Place in Oldie but Goldie Category.
German Edition: Kuss der Schamanentochter - Revolte, Verlorener Schatz und Schmuggler (Buch 2: Diva Unverzagt)
Red Romeo - Stasi Gigolos and the Spy Hunter of Germany (Inspired by Actual Events)
German Edition: Roter Romeo - Stasi Gigolos und die Spionjägerin von Deutschland (Inspiriert durch tatsächlich zugetragene Erignisse)
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Andrew Scorah
The Omega Sanction
- Thriller
- English
- 63443 Words
- Ages 12 and up
- 3956
- 38
AN OLD ENEMY
Thuringia, Germany, 1945
In the dyeing days of World War II, the allied forces overrun a subterranean factory in the Jonas Valley. A team from 30 Advanced Unit is sent into the tunnels, what they discover is beyond all logic, and known technology of the time.
A TIME FOR REVENGE
London today, MI5’s Adam Bane is working on taking down a uranium smuggling ring. A raid on a warehouse goes horribly wrong when all the players commit suicide. And the consignment turns out to be something completely different, Red Mercury, code name Xerum 25. On the back of this, Bane is seconded to a multi-national team, code name Omega. Before he can leave, he finds he has been marked for death by a Far Right group, Geheime Staat.
Running for his life with assassins jumping out of the shadows, he runs to the only safe place, Omega Base.
RISE OF THE NEW REICH
An armed and highly skilled force has overrun Area 51, the US’s top secret testing site in the Nevada dessert. Using the bases defences, they have thwarted all attempts to retake the base. Led by the self-styled Fuhrer, Oskar Koenig, they are after a device known as Die Glocke. With this device they hope to return to the final days of World War II.
A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF FEAR
What if Hitler had developed a devastating new form of super-weapon? A doomsday weapon.
What if Hitler knew he was going to lose the war? What if this weapon was hidden away somewhere, waiting for the time to be activated. Now imagine an old enemy who has been hiding in the shadows and is still fighting a war most thought had ended with the fall of Hitler. Oskar Koenig knows of this weapon, knows Hitler killed everyone who worked on the device. It was to be used as his final solution; he was going to burn the planet. Thankfully, he never got to use it. Now this old enemy with a new face is going to carry out Hitler’s last wish. The world will bow down to the might of the Fourth Reich or burn.
Bane and Omega Group are plunged into a fight for survival. Taking them from the death lands of Nevada to the hellish last days of the Third Reich. [more]
Keywords: Thriller, Time travel, World War 2, Action and Adventure, Military
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Ryan Brown
Guardians
- Horror
- English
- 89860 Words
- Ages 16 and up
- 80
This chronicle features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in South Florida in the year 2000.
Eboni and Christine Brown are sisters that are bonded by blood and magic. In the underworld, they’re known as Guardians. They are feared and revered but possessing great power can also make them targets.
A mysterious woman arrives in town with her gang of assassins to feast on human hearts, but her plans are more ambitious than just making everyone a snack. She wanted to convert every man, woman and child into her loyal subjects. The feral new threat was just one in many that threatened their daily lives. In addition, lately, factions have been making a play at bringing forth the End Days.
Bossman owned Club Rodeo and was the overseer of the Rodeo Academy. A secret society put in place centuries ago by an evil wizard bent on destroying civilization. The regimen of duties was to destroy any semblance of humanity left within any pledge’s heart. The academy consisted of several hundred acolytes from around the South Florida region who were recruited as dope boys, transporters, and lookouts—but other more promising recruits were offered more life changing opportunities. Michael Walker was born and raised in O-Town where life as shorty should not have been so tough. Life was hard and chances of becoming successful were slim to none; he spent most of adolescence in Foster homes or on the streets. A speech impediment and being poor left him mocked and ridiculed. He often times wished for a better life, when not wishing to end his own. His wishes came true when he met Bossman. The impending apocalypse was one in a laundry list of events that were over the horizon. Graduation also loomed in the immediate future. Eboni had plans to attend college in the fall, as well as some of her friends, but with agents of evil ramping up their efforts against the struggle, she may have to postpone her academic career. [more]
Keywords: Guardians, Chronicles, Fiction, Slayer, New York, South Florida, Key West, Donald Keith, Graduation, Bossman
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BAD Agar
The Angaran Chronicles: The Ritual
- Fantasy
- English
- 13509 Words
- Ages 14 and up
- 200
Much to Alathis' relief, he found the training room empty. He'd thought so; it was six in the evening, so most neophytes were busy with study.Alathis ignored the training dummies lining the left wall and the wooden weapons on the right while attempting to avert his attention from the large mirror in the north. Weapons of every type hung there, from daggers to double-headed two-handed axes. In the first few years, every neophyte was encouraged to practise with all weapons. First, to learn how to wield, so if they fought an enemy who used one, they knew how to fight it. Second to choose which one to specialise. Alathis had fallen in love with the long sword almost straight away. It wasn't too heavy or too short. It could stab and slice. Its hilt and cross-guard could be used as weapons if needs must and wielded with one or two hands. In short, it was adaptable, practical. But above all else, there was certain artistry, freedom to the long sword. It could be wielded like a curved cutting blade or even a specialist stabbing blade such as a rapier.Faster than even his eye could follow, Alathis drew his sword and was in a ready stance. Then he launched into it. His every technique, his every step, every cut, stab and parry were perfect. He'd perform a, a downward vertical strike or any other, then the appropriate dodge, block or dart. Then counter. It was called shadow swordplay. He did it by instinct, with no rhyme or reason. It emptied his mind, forced the fear anyway — the anxiety.They'd been taught meditation from a young age. It'd never worked for Alathis: Sitting and humming couldn't calm his forever busy mind. But swinging a sword or punching and kicking the air, did. Alathis wasn't as naive as most of the other acolytes; he knew Hunters were, for all intents and purposes, assassins. And he knew he had to be a damn good one to live even a year of his apprenticeship. That's if he managed to survive the Ritual somehow.He was so lost in his training he failed to notice the vampire enter the room.'Neophyte Alathis.'Alathis leapt so high he almost hit the ceiling and turned to find Kolmath approaching. The once-elf vampire's face was unreadable, her hands behind her back. She was tall for an elf: around 1.77 metres. Like all her kin, she was long-limbed, graceful. She wore plain white robes like all other teachers. Her skin just as inhumanly stark as her robes. She stared at him with large, dark green eyes and her long grey hair pulled back into a bun. She was beautiful, even for an elf she. It almost made him forget his ingrained instinct at recognising the wrongness vampires exuded.'Teacher,' said Alathis.Kolmath waved dismissal at Alathis' formality and approached the wall of weapons.'Karetil came to me,' she said. 'He's concerned about you.''He is?''Indeed,' she said and reached to touch a broad sword. 'You underestimate him, I think. He may act childish, but he has every bit the same training at reading people like you.'Alathis didn't reply, he just cut the air, first horizontally, then upward diagonally.'You know, when you first came to the coven, I was not sure what to make of you,' said Kolmath, while running her long, slender fingers along the haft of a great axe. 'You were so sullen, sulky you more so than the other survivors of the attack. I understood why, after talking with Telric.'Alathis treated her with his most murderous glare. 'I don't want to talk about that, teacher.'Kolmath turned to him. 'You will have to, Alathis. One day. What you went through, what you had to do, is something even the hardiest of us would find hard to cope with. It might be a good idea to speak of it before going through the Ritual.'Alathis couldn't help flinching at her mention of The Ritual.'Ah. So you are afraid,' said Kolmath as she took a small axe and tested its weight. 'Do not be ashamed; it is only natural.'She swung it a few times, but the swings were so fast Alathis couldn't count them.'Every neophyte in your position is afraid before the Ritual.''Well, except Karetil,' said Alathis.'He, too, is afraid, young Alathis,' said Kolmath. 'Again, you underestimate your friend, he is just far better at hiding it. Or you might be overestimating him, from a certain point of view.'Alathis swallowed. 'I don't want to die.''Everything dies,' said Kolmath. 'Even Hunters, even vampires, even the Jaroai. It is nothing to fear. It is just nothingness.''But-''You can back out,' Kolmath interrupted, but without anger or condescension. 'Stay here a [more]
Keywords: fantasy, dieselpunk, diesel, punk, lovecraftian, horror, psychological horror, dark fantasy, trauma, memories, novella, death, psycological thriller, teen, teen story, love, teen love, cosmic horror, cult, teenager, diesel punk, action, teenagers, swordsman [more]
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