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Locan was once the deadliest man in the Dominion. Now he’s a nobody—a stranger living quietly at the edge of the world. And that’s just how he likes it. But when bandits raid his home in the night, killing and burning, Locan is forced to reveal his skill with a blade. A vicious enemy ordered the attack—someone Locan thought he killed years ago. But the vampire Solis Deadhand is alive. And far to the north he is building an empire of blood and magic.

Like most spies, Jason Bourne lives in the shadows. But for Bourne, whose entire memory was stripped away by a bullet, those shadows hide dangerous secrets. When a desperate stranger in Zurich asks for his help, she calls him by the name David Webb, which is the identity he left behind years ago to become Jason Bourne. This woman tells him an incredible story–that her sister disappeared with David’s help after the deaths of four terrorists in the mountains. Now men from this same extremist group are trying to hunt her down.

Just after 4 pm on September 6, 1901, 28-year-old anarchist Leon Czolgosz pumped two shots into the chest and abdomen of President William McKinley. Czolgosz had been on a receiving line waiting to shake the president’s hand, his revolver concealed in an oversized bandage covering his right hand and wrist. McKinley had two Secret Service agents by his side, but neither made a move to stop the assailant. After he was apprehended, Czolgosz said simply, “I done my duty.”

When a magical storm tears their ship to pieces, legendary assassin Locan A’Shadow and his companion, Cetrik, stagger ashore in a ruthless and broken land. The rulers of Paleir once commanded mighty sea dragons, forging an island of warring kingdoms into a proud and prosperous nation. Now, Paleir’s cities lie in ruins. No dragon has been seen there for centuries… Until now.

Former FARC revolutionary Sofia Lozano has become the world’s most cunning assassin, and now she’s selling her services to the highest bidder. But when the CIA learns that Sofia’s newest client is an international terrorist syndicate with plans to kill countless civilians, her name is placed on David Rivers’ kill list. As David and his team track the elusive operative from Colombia’s triple canopy jungles to its Pacific mangrove swamps, his team stumbles onto a larger conspiracy: a narco-sub loaded with cocaine and evidence of a terrorist attack-in-progress.

David Rivers is an elite-level assassin. He’s an expert in the art of violence. Honing his skill first as a Ranger, then as a mercenary, and now as a CIA contractor conducting covert action around the world. But in his secluded mountain home in Virginia, David Rivers lives a double life. There, Rivers is known as a caring husband to his new wife and the doting father to his young daughter. Soft targets to his enemies. Half a world away, on a mission to assassinate a foreign operative, Rivers uncovers his worst fear.

In the aftermath of the Great War, elves, dwarves, and men are rebuilding their kingdoms. Meanwhile, a sinister plan has been put in motion as secret factions plan to assassinate Alfrahil, the crown prince of Eldora. With fire raining down within the city walls, the young prince rides for his life and escapes. Braving unforeseen dangers, he is determined to unmask the conspirators and discover the truth.

One year to turn a killer into a hero. She’s counting the days—and the bodies. Dr. Dante Krueger thought Zara’s frozen rage was unstoppable. He thought Thea’s shattered mind was unfixable. But Senna “Nightblade” Blackthorne is something worse: unrepentant. A contract assassin with a confirmed body count in the triple digits, Senna is driven by a code so ruthless even other villains fear her. Confined in a maximum-security cell designed to counter her hyper-lethal skills, she’s classified as: SUBJECT: Senna “Nightblade” Blackthorne TRUST LEVEL: 5/100 (Extremely High Risk) ...

Royal Obsession: Radical separatists, created at the onset of the Great Conflict, have been made obsolete by years of peace. They live in their subterranean Shadow Maze and only emerge when it’s time to breed. For Varrik, that time is now. Varrik, current leader of the Shadow Assassins, knows his people are on the verge of extinction. If they cannot adapt, they will die. Yet if his son were a direct descendant of the High Queen it would secure a place for future generations. Protecting his people is his first priority, so Varrik assembles a hunting party and kidnaps the royal twins. He is...

Fallen Star: When a devastating accident ends Jillian’s dancing career, she thinks her life is over. Then a gorgeous man, claiming to be her alien protector, offers to heal her injuries. She has nothing to lose by trusting him and everything to gain. But trust doesn’t come easy for Jillian. Odintar has never met a woman as captivating as Jillian. He’s lived life on the fringes, tolerated yet never truly accepted. Desire ignites between them with the first brush of his hands. He was sent to protect and heal her, but he wants so much more. Their enemies are closing in and Jillian is ...

When a soul-bond is forged as a chain, breaking it may burn the world. Kaela Vale has already died once for love—and for rebellion. Reborn beneath a scorching soulmark that brands her very heart, she vows never again to be anyone’s weapon. Yet the magic that resurrected her has other plans. Standing at her side is Elias Theran—scarred survivor, reluctant hero, and the man destiny has shackled to her with a bond older than any throne. Together they are the prophecy’s spark…and its bait. As the fractured rebellion teeters on the brink of ruin, cryptic manuscripts hint that the ...

They were abandoned. Tossed out and left without love before the man they would later call father scooped them up and changed thier lives forever. While still in thier adolescence, father molded them into killing machines, mercenaries for hire sent all over the world to do the dirty work of those in power. Over a decade after the great fire destoryed thier training grounds in Anconcagua, the scramble is on to find the hundreds of well-trained assassins, scattered all over the globe now trying to fit into a society that had abandoned them as orphans. The only problem is father isn't the only ...

Viele sprechen mit Bezug auf Assassin's Creed Shadows von dem wichtigsten Release für Ubisoft seit Jahren. Grund hierfür sind die strauchelnden Geschäftszahlen der letzten Jahre und die zahlreichen Skandale, die das Unternehmen immer wieder gebeutelt haben. Während wir diese Dinge in einigen Episoden unseres Magazin-Formats Savegame besprochen haben, wollen wir uns heute ausschließlich dem Spiel Assassin's Creed Shadows widmen. Wir hat uns der Ausflug ins Japan des 16. Jahrhunderts gefallen? Wir analysieren verschiedene Aspekte des Spiels, darunter Gameplay-Mechaniken, Story-Elemente, ...

Shadow. Light. Superhero ... Villain. Joanna Archer's life was forever shattered at sixteen when she was savagely assaulted and left for dead in the unforgiving Nevada desert. By all accounts, she should be dead. Now, by day, Joanna masquerades as a photographer in the glittering facade of Las Vegas. But when darkness descends, she prowls a more sinister Sin City, seeing answers … and revenge. Yet in a city where the struggle between Light and Shadow remains eternal, Joanna’s nightmare is just beginning ... for those in the Shadows have been looking for the girl who got away. And this ...

MI6 operative Elliot Kane has spent 15 years managing events overseas that never make the papers. He is a ghost in his own life, assuming and shedding personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when the woman he loves, another operative named Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in Kazakhstan, he is forced center stage in his own life.

When a high-level intelligence official is nearly assassinated in the heart of New York, Navy SEAL-turned-black ops operative John Ryder is pulled back into a war he thought he left behind. The attack bears the signature of The Fourth Estate, a ruthless shadow organization manipulating governments, wars, and economies from the shadows. But the deeper Ryder digs, the more personal the mission becomes.

For Caillen Dagan, a defiant soldier of fortune, survival isn't a right, it's a brutal daily battle. Moving through the Ichidaian universe like a wraith, his brushes with the law and death are legendary. But when an act of rare heroism reveals his hidden birthright, he's forced into a world much more dangerous and cold-hearted than the bloody streets where he was raised-one of obscene wealth and lethal politics. Ferocious and determined, Desideria serves as an official bodyguard for her queen. Born of questionable genetics, she will do anything to prove herself worthy of the weapons she carries....

As Sharaam crumbles under siege, a mercenary crew hires an assassin to kill the king. For Tash, it's a chance at glory—to be the best blade in the dark Sharaam has ever known. For Pitt, it's a way to get his cutthroat crew past the Tsarii siege and out of this hellhole, maybe even with some gold to their name. For Iananr the Bound One, it's a dream of shadows and human blood.

If you like Grisham but hunger for more action, check out The Shadow Lawyer The court has limitations. Chuck Brandt does not. If the government won’t punish the guilty, Brandt will. Brandt is back and he’s on the warpath! You don’t give Brandt orders. You watch the headlines and hold your breath. Some secrets should never see the light of day. Chuck Brandt will find them—and deliver justice. Chuck Brandt is #1 on the FBI’s most wanted list, but he has even bigger problems. His photo has gone viral. A shadowy lawyer has put a million-dollar bounty on his head—but that’s just ...

Ymir made a vow to master magic and to take care of his women. To do that, he'll stay at the Majestrial Collegium Universitas, but he'll stay on his own terms. He has a new business idea that will make life at the college sweeter and keep all the scholars randy. Ymir’s new business scheme requires a kitchen girl: the flirty dwarf named Toriah Welldeep, whose cheerful smile hides a broken heart.