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Questa serie fonde magistralmente il genere dark urban fantasy con elementi thriller paranormali e un tocco di commedia. Offre un cocktail di generi unico che trascina i lettori in un mondo pieno di segreti, cospirazioni e minacce soprannaturali. Con trame avvincenti e colpi di scena inaspettati, le storie ti guidano attraverso un labirinto di organizzazioni segrete e poteri nascosti che influenzano il nostro mondo. È un viaggio intelligente, dal ritmo serrato e divertente che ti terrà con il fiato sospeso.

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    The Rook

    • 512pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura
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    Now a Starz® Original Series "Utterly convincing and engrossing---totally thought-through and frequently hilarious....Even this aging, jaded, attention-deficit-disordered critic was blown away." --Lev Grossman, Time Myfanwy Thomas awakens in a London park surrounded by dead bodies. With her memory gone, she must trust the instructions left by her former in order to survive. She quickly learns that she is a Rook, a high-level operative in a secret agency that protects the world from supernatural threats. But there is a mole inside the organization, and this person wants her dead. Battling to save herself, Myfanwy will encounter a person with four bodies, a woman who can enter her dreams, children transformed into deadly fighters, and terrifyingly vast conspiracy. Suspenseful and hilarious, THE ROOK is an outrageously imaginative thriller for readers who like their espionage with a dollop of purple slime.

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    The rook

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    'The body you are wearing used to be mine.' So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her. She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Checquy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare and deadly supernatural ability of her own.

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    Lorsqu'elle reprend conscience dans un parc de Londres, entourée de cadavres d'hommes en costume portant des gants en latex, Myfanwy Thomas ne se souvient de rien. D'après la lettre qu'elle a trouvée dans sa poche, elle savait qu'elle allait perdre la mémoire et s'est laissé tous les indices nécessaires pour découvrir qui veut l'éliminer. Elle rejoint ainsi la Checquy, une organisation secrète chargée de combattre les forces surnaturelles qui menacent la Couronne britannique. Au sein de cette version paranormale du MI5 anglais, la jeune femme, entourée de surdoués aux pouvoirs plus que spéciaux, devra se frayer un chemin dans un univers semé d'embûches et lever le voile sur une conspiration aux proportions inimaginables...

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    • 496pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura
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    Rook Myfanwy Thomas is trying to prevent all out supernatural war with the oldest enemy of the Checquy, but someone keeps trying to assassinate her.

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    Codename Blade

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    »X-Men trifft auf Akte X.« Library Journal Einer der bedeutendsten Friedensverträge der Neuzeit steht bevor – und die Normalsterblichen werden nie davon erfahren. Die britische Behörde zur Bekämpfung von Monstern will sich mit einer Bruderschaft von Monstermachern verbünden. Doch in beiden Organisationen gibt es Widerstand gegen den Frieden. Auch die britische Agentin Clements ist nicht begeistert von der Vorstellung, dass ihre Erzfeinde plötzlich ihre Verbündeten sein sollen. Da gibt es einen Anschlag auf die Delegation, und Clements wird die Leibwächterin von jemanden, den sie verabscheut: einem Mitglied der Bruderschaft.

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    THE CHECQUY: A centuries-old covert organization that protects the nation from supernatural threat. THE GRAFTERS: A centuries-old supernatural threat. After centuries of rivalry and bloodshed, two secret and otherworldly organisations – The Checquy and The Grafters – are on the verge of joining forces, and only one person has the supernatural skills – and the bureaucratic finesse – to get the job done: Myfanwy Thomas. But as a wave of gruesome atrocities sweep London, ingrained paranoias flare, old hatreds ignite and negotiations grind to a halt. It is up to Myfanwy to find the culprits before they trigger a devastating, all-out, supernatural war between the reluctant allies.

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