- Publicată în mai 2016 - Traducere din engleză de Loredana Frăţilă-Cristescu - Hardcover, 208 pagini - Domeniu: Crime
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Richard Stark reconstruiește cu realism atmosfera anilor șaizeci, concentrându-se asupra felului în care funcționau organizațiile criminale și a legăturii acestora cu rețelele de prostituție.
Vânătorul spune povestea lui Parker, un infractor pentru care niciun jaf nu mai pare o misiune imposibilă. Dar atunci când se asociază cu alți patru jefuitori pentru a sustrage banii dintr-o tranzacție cu arme, este trădat și e pe punctul de a-și pierde viața. Pe când ceilalți îl cred mort, Parker își construiește metodic planul de răzbunare, principala lui țintă fiind unul dintre membrii celei mai mari organizații criminale din New York. Dar va putea un singur om să țină piept unui întreg sistem criminal? Urmarea este o vânătoare sângeroasă în care Parker nu ezită să ucidă și să își pună viața în pericol.
Crime, războaie și trădări, minciuni și senzualitate, prăbușirea unei mari dinastii și intrigile politice care au influențat decisiv istoria Franței. „Blestemați! Blestemați! Blestemați fiți cu toții până la a treisprezecea spiță a neamurilor voastre!“
Hotărât să pună mâna pe bogățiile puternicilor cavaleri templieri, regele Filip al IV-lea îl condamnă la moarte prin arderea pe rug pe Jacques de Molay, marele maestru al Ordinului Templierilor. Dar acesta moare aruncând un îngrozitor blestem asupra regelui, a papei și a mai-marilor regatului, iar din acel moment pare că toate nenorocirile se abat asupra Franței...
"Sălbatic, senzual, plin de viaţă, bogat documentat..., printre cele mai bune romane istorice." (The Times Literary Supplement)
"Regii blestemaţi are de toate: regi de fier şi regine sugrumate, războaie şi trădări, minciuni şi senzualitate, înşelătorii, rivalităţi de familie, blestemul cavalerilor templieri, bebeluşi schimbaţi la naştere, femei-lup, prăbuşirea unei mari dinastii, iar toate acestea (sau mare parte din ele) sunt luate direct din paginile de istorie. Şi, credeţi-mă, familiile Stark şi Lannister nu sunt mai interesante decât Capeţienii şi Plantageneţii. Fie că eşti pasionat de istorie sau de literatura fantasy, nu vei putea lăsa din mână romanele lui Druon: este Urzeala tronurilor în original." (George R.R. Martin)
Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are behind this adaptation of Terry Brooks' epic fantasy book series (drawing mainly from the second novel in the trilogy, The Elfstones of Shannara). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Jonathan Liebesman (taking over from Jon Favreau, who remains as producer) directs the two-hour premiere, which was filmed on location in New Zealand
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2.American Crime
Season 2 debuts January 6 on ABC
After winning an Oscar for his 12 Years a Slave screenplay, John Ridley returned to TV with American Crime, an anthology series that earned the praise of critics in its debut season. This second season (which temporarily displacesNashville on Wednesday nights) reboots the series with a new setting and story—involving a sexual assault scandal that ensnares two Indiana high schools—but returns much of last year's cast, including Felicity Huffman, Regina King, Timothy Hutton, and Lili Taylor. They're joined by newcomers including Hope Davis and OutKast's Andre Benjamin.
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3. Todd Margaret
Season 3 debuts January 7 on IFC
When we last left the hapless Todd Margaret (David Cross) back in 2012, he had just destroyed the world after making the last of his increasingly poor decisions that began with his moving to England from America. So how, exactly, is this IFC comedy series (now with a shortened title) returning for a third season? With a major twist, and a very, very different take on the characters. Co-stars Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Blake Harrison, and Will Arnett return, joined by Jack McBrayer.
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4. Shadowhunters
Debuts January 12 on Freeform
Freeform—the new name for the network formerly known as ABC Family—jumps into the fantasy genre for the first time with this adaptation of Cassandra Clare's young adult book series The Mortal Instruments (which was previously adapted—poorly—for the big screen in 2013). Originally expected to focus on the first novel (City of Bones, also the source for the movie), the 13-episode first season will instead draw from events throughout the book series and will also include new characters created by showrunner Ed Decter
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5. Colony
Debuts January 14 on USA
USA Network's recent move into more ambitious programming (which has already produced the hit Mr. Robot) continues with this sci-fi thriller that reunites Lost writer-producer Carlton Cuse with star Josh Holloway. Set in a near-future Los Angeles that has been occupied and colonized by an advanced alien race—with human loyalties divided between cooperation and rebellion—Colony also stars Sarah Wayne Callies, Ally Walker, and Thora Birch. The network has been welcoming comparisons to Callies' previous show,The Walking Dead. Trailer
A sexy book about two seventeen-year-olds—one a victim of human trafficking; the other the son of the man who enslaved her—who fall in love and question everything they ever believed…
Haven Antonelli and Carmine DeMarco grew up under vastly different circumstances. Haven, a second-generation slave, was isolated in the middle of the desert, her days full of hard work and terrifying abuse. Carmine, born into a wealthy Mafia family, lived a life of privilege and excess.
Now, a twist of fate causes their worlds to collide. Entangled in a web of secrets and lies, they learn that while different on the surface, they have more in common than anyone would think.
In a world full of chaos, where money and power rule, Haven and Carmine yearn to break free, but a string of events that began before either of them were born threatens to destroy them instead. Murder and betrayal are a way of life, and nothing comes without a price—especially not freedom. But how much will they have to sacrifice? Can they escape their pasts? And, most of all, what does it mean to be free?
Juliette Romero had a debt to pay, a debt that wasn’t even hers. But it was the only way to keep her family safe and all she had to do was sell her body and soul to the devil.
Killian McClary wasn’t called the Scarlet Wolf for nothing. He’d been the head of the McClary Organization since he was fifteen and had built a reputation for being a ruthless son of a bitch when it came to running the city’s underbelly, not to mention merciless when it came to punishing those who betray him. He didn’t believe in weaknesses. Only results. Juliette, with her shy smiles and hot little body was a weakness unlike any other and yet he was powerless to resist one more taste of her sweet flesh.
Two: Become his for a year.
When given the choice between her life or her body, what could Juliette possibly do, but submit to a man whose very name invoked fear in the hearts of others? She just never anticipated falling for his dark, hungry eyes and clever hands, or the way the beast in him made her feel oddly safe and cherished.
But what will happen when Killian’s dark past finally catches up to him and threatens the woman he can no longer imagine himself without? What will happen when both sides find themselves caught in a web of passion, lies and broken promises? Can Juliette tame the wolf or will her love for him devour them both? Three: Don’t fall in love.
Boundaries will be crossed, loyalties will be tested and lives will be changed forever.
Debuts January 14 on USA
