Adam Christopher élabore des récits qui explorent les recoins sombres de la psyché humaine et une fascination pour le surnaturel. Son style se caractérise par une narration fluide et une construction magistrale de la tension, captivant les lecteurs dans des intrigues prenantes. L'auteur brouille souvent les frontières des genres, créant des expériences littéraires uniques et mémorables. Ses romans explorent la relation complexe entre la réalité et la fantaisie, souvent avec une touche glaçante et troublante.
The narrative weaves together the lives of three distinct characters: a disillusioned young priest confronting a man harboring a dark secret, a solitary pensioner experiencing a transformative Thanksgiving at a diner with a sharp-tongued waitress, and a recent graduate from small-town Ontario who embarks on a journey to the city, placing his faith in a questionable life coach. Each character grapples with their own struggles and aspirations, highlighting themes of hope, transformation, and the search for meaning in their lives.
Holmes is a former consultant to Scotland Yard, and an addict. He travels to
New York City to check into a rehabilitation center and stays on in Brooklyn
with Dr Joan Watson, who becomes his sober companion.
Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between
Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The Empire is dead. Nearly two
decades on from the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine's
forces have fled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of
the New Republic, danger and loss are ever-present companions, even in this
newly forged era of peace. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of
the dark side, foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths
of space, on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is
undeniable...and Luke's worst fears are confirmed when his old friend, Lando
Calrissian, comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace. After his daughter
was stolen from his arms, Lando searched the stars for any trace of his lost
child. But every new rumor only led to dead ends and fading hopes-until he
crossed paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a
young girl. Ochi's true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a
junkyard moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred
blade to the assassin, promising that it will give him answers to the
questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must
complete a final mission: return to Exegol with the key to the Sith's glorious
rebirth-the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself, Rey. As Ochi hunts Rey and
her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and Lando race into the mystery of
the Sith's lingering shadow and aid a young family running for their lives.
Branded terrorists and on the run from the Fleet, ex-Marines Carmina Serra and
Charlie Carter and mining superstar Zia Hollywood crash land on planet
Lucifer. Populated by two warring factions - a religious cult and a crime
syndicate - Lucifer is blighted with a spate of murders that threaten to
plunge the planet into civil war...
Daud - traitor and assassin - has returned to Dunwall, a city shaken by the
overthrow of Empress Emily Kaldwin. He is seeking a mythical weapon, said to
have the power to kill the Outsider, and will go to any lengths to find it.
But there are those who are watching his every move. Travelling the Isles to
complete his mission, Daud will soon discover that old enemies have been
waiting for him, and new enemies are easy to make...
When a familiar-looking woman arrives at the Los Angeles offices of Raymond
Electromatic-PI turned hit man and the world's last robot - he takes on the
case of a missing movie star, and is soon plunged into a glittering world of
1960s Hollywood. But when he uncovers a sinister plot, this robot is in the
wrong place, at the wrong time.
Captain Idaho Cleveland has one last mission before he retires:
decommissioning the Coast City, a distant research outpost orbiting the toxic
star Shadow, only connected with the outside universe via ham radio.
Chief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show Stranger Things. Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper's protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked "New York" out of the basement-and the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does "Vietnam" mean? And why has he never talked about New York? Although he'd rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can't deny the truth any longer. And so begins the story of the incident in New York-the last big case before everything changed... Summer, New York City, 1977. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth. Soon Hopper is undercover among New York's notorious street gangs. But just as he's about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a darkness deeper than any he's faced before.
A strange, shrouded figure appears in Dunwall, seeming to possess powers once wielded by the assassin known as Daud. Faced with the possibility that their deadliest foe has returned, Emily and Corvo plunge headlong into a life-and-death race against time. If they fail to learn the truth about this mysterious enemy, the result could be destruction on an unimaginable scale.
The official new novel set in the world of Dishonored, the award-winning video
game. Billie Lurk has acheived the impossible: the Outsider has fallen. But
now the Void is unbalanced, and the fate of the world is at stake.
