Showing results for "the sleepless" in Genre Fiction

It's been years since Nadja Kulka was convicted of a cruel crime. After being released from prison, she's wanted nothing more than to live a normal life: nice flat, steady job, even a few friends. But when one of those friends, Laura von Hoven - free-spirited beauty and wife of Nadja's boss - kills her lover and begs Nadja for her help, Nadja can't seem to be able to refuse.

Globales Unheil bahnt sich an. Die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, bricht auseinander. Die komplette Sleepless-Serie vom preisgekrönten Bestsellerautor Andreas Brandhorst. Das Hamburger Start-up Harmony bringt ein neues Medikament auf den Markt: "Sleepless". Es bietet Menschen die Möglichkeit, teilweise oder ganz auf Schlaf zu verzichten, ohne müde zu werden. Sie gewinnen also Zeit, die sie bisher schlafend verbrachten, als Lebenszeit hinzu. Doch schon bald wird klar: Immer mehr Menschen leiden nach der Einnahme des Medikaments Sleepless an Psychosen und mentalen Veränderungen.

Rosgard is in dire need of leveling up and acquiring new skills to use his unique spell. And yet Waldyra thwarts his efforts by offering him another temptation. How could one fail to use the opportunity of visiting a mysterious and unexplored location known as The Great Beyond? Even though the most powerful clan in Waldyra—The Sleepless Ones—is joining him, the journey is bound to be a rough ride. Still, Rosgard hardly has any choice in the matter.

Rostislav Grokhotov, an ordinary clerk working for a privately-owned company, just wanted to earn some extra money in the game. He had no specific plans for his new character. Little did he know that his new nickname Rosgard would become the game's next greatest legend. Even the game's Creche zone may contain items of interest if you're observant enough. Rosgard's find didn't just change his own life drastically - it enveloped an entire game world in turmoil to boot! The adventuring player becomes a valued prize for Waldyra's leading clans. Our hero has to conceal his real name.

Rostislav Grokhotov does not want to become anyone's pawn. Therefore, his unexpected acquisition makes him ponder his own goals. Having become the sole owner of a unique spell coveted by top-ranking clans, he no longer wants to go with the flow. That way would only lead to ruin and obscurity. He'd need to go all in-and to have a good plan. With several more contingency plans for good measure. What are the opportunities available to someone in the possession of a unique spell capable of dispelling the veil over the unexplored continent of Zar'Graad?

Grief-stricken widower Lord Matthias Waterford, master of Havensbeck Manor, sends messages in a bottle to his lost wife and child. He throws them into the river by night, never knowing they are being found and read by spirited vicar’s ward Bernadette Goodrich! A Christmas Ball brings the two together in a plot by a mischievous little brother and an interfering butler!

En el universo literario de Manuel Scorza las luchas por la reivindicación campesina no cesan. Esta vez el protagonista es Raymundo Herrera, el jinete insomne, arrojado personaje que cabalga infatigable durante siglos para salvaguardar el título que reconoce la ancestral posesión de las tierras de Yanacocha. Sin embargo, su acción es infecunda sin un plano catastral que lo corrobore. Así, un innombrado ingeniero acepta trazar los límites y con ello acompañar el reclamo de los dirigentes de la comunidad.