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Wulf Bergner

    Sky Masters
    Reisebüro Galaxis
    Kalt wie Gold. Roman
    Wings of fire
    The Giant Airships
    Detective
    • Detective

      • 595 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Hours before a long-awaited vacation with his family, Det.-Sgt. Malcolm Ainslie receives a call from the chaplain at Florida State Prison. The message is from Elroy Doil, a serial murderer Ainslie helped convict, who is set to be executed. Doil wishes to confess but insists on speaking only to Ainslie. Faced with the chance to close multiple murder cases, Ainslie reluctantly agrees to meet him. What unfolds during their encounter leads Ainslie into a complex investigation that uncovers corruption within the highest ranks of his department and Miami's city government. This challenge tests Ainslie's investigative skills and moral integrity like never before. Renowned for his meticulous research and gripping realism, the author immerses readers in the intense world of a contemporary urban homicide division, capturing the pressures faced by those in law enforcement. The narrative is infused with suspense and vivid details, reflecting the author's legacy as a master storyteller and one of the best-selling fiction writers of his time.

      Detective
      4.3
    • Describes the development, flights, and disasters of the giant airships of the late 19th and early 20th century

      The Giant Airships
      4.2
    • Wings of fire

      • 608 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      Maverick USAF pilot Patrick McLanahan is caught up in explosive events in the Middle East in this new high-action adventure from the bestselling author of FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG and WARRIOR CLASS. * Patrick McLanahan flies into a storm of troubles in a spectacular new thriller, packed with high-adrenalin flying action and adventure. Ostracised by the government, the Air Force and even his own family, aerial combat expert Patrick McLanahan has reached rock bottom. Or so he thought. While testing cutting-edge weapons in the skies over Libya, he and his private team are drawn into a treacherous struggle between northern Africa's power-hungry rulers. In the face of tragic loss, unexpected defeat and ultimate betrayal, the ex-USAF general must finally decide where his loyalties lie -- and soon. For despite all the power at his command, it may be too late to stop the destruction rolling across the Sahara. And this could be McLanahan's final battle.

      Wings of fire
      4.2
    • Lieutenant Jack Gold wird mit antisemitischen Schmierereien konfrontiert, die sich als Routinefall zeigen. Doch bald erkennt er, dass er es mit einem Serienkiller zu tun hat, der sich als Gottes Racheengel sieht und nach seinen eigenen Maßstäben für Ordnung sorgen will.

      Kalt wie Gold. Roman
      4.1
    • Die besten Stories aus \"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\", dem berühmten amerikanischen SF-Magazin, das soeben zum vierten Mal in ununterbrochener Folge den HUGO erhielt, den \"Oscar\" der internationalen Science Fiction. Die deutsche Ausgabe des Magazins erscheint regelmäßig seit mehr als zehn Jahren im Heyne Verlag. 39. Folge Reisebüro Galaxis (The Galaxy Travel Service, Leonard Tushnet) Die Story von der unscheinbaren Agentur, die interstellare Reisen vermittelte... Kohlköpfe (Cosmic Sin, Dean R. Koontz) Die Story von den vier unzertrennlichen Kohlköpfen... Das Auswahlkomitee (Unto us a child, M.R. Anver) Die Story von den mißgebildeten Kindern... Muttersöhnchen (Slammer, Gary K. Wolf) Die Story von dem fidelen Gefängnis... Mammut (Mammoth, Herbie Brennan) Die Story von dem eingefrorenen Mammut... Wer liebt wen? (Chalk Talk, Edward Wellen) Die Story von der Schrift an der Wand... Sareva, meine Hexe (Sareva: In Memoriam, Andrew J. Offutt) Die Story von der reumütigen Hexe... Lochkarten-Harvey (For a while there, Herbert Marcuse, I thought you were maybe right about alienation and eros, Robin Scott Wilson) Die Story von dem Kochkartenexperten... Der Ratten-Gang (The pied potter, A. Bertram Candler) Die Story von den vertreufelt intelligenten Ratten...

      Reisebüro Galaxis
      3.5
    • After the devastating "Flight of the Old Dog", Lt. Col. Patrick McLanahan was virtually exiled from the Air Force's ultrasecret High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center. Now he is offered a chance to test-fly a new, state-of-the-art B-2 bomber--and it is his last chance to prove himself.

      Sky Masters
      4.1
    • Dark winter

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      When maverick agent Nick Stone is despatched to Malaysia by the CIA to assassinate a shadowy biochemist, he expects his mission to be a straightforward part of the fight against Osama Bin Laden’s network of terror. But there are complications - not least the attractive woman who he is working alongside. Target neutral

      Dark winter
      4.0
    • Echo Burning

      • 571 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      Jack Reacher Six Foot Five And Dangerous.Adrift In The Hellish Heat Of Texas.Moving Like A Shark In The Water.Looking For A Lift Through The Vast Empty Landscape.A Cadillac Stops.A Ride, But With A Hitch.A Pretty Young Woman, Alone.Her Husband S In Jail.When He Comes Out, He S Going To Kill Her.Her Family S Hostile, She Can T Trust The Cops, And Lawyers Won T Help.Reacher Is Her Last Option.Will This Be The First Time He Says No - To A Lady In Distress?

      Echo Burning
      4.0
    • The Fist of God

      • 623 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      This is an exciting espionage thriller set during the 1991 Gulf War about an attempt by the British to trap an Iraqui mole who is part of Sadam Hussein's inner circle.

      The Fist of God
      4.0
    • Under Siege

      • 533 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      With Flight of the Intruder, Final Flight and The Minotaur, Stephen Coonts has established himself as one of the nation's premier novelists of technological suspense thrillers. Following the Summer '90 release of the major film version of Flight of the Intruder, the pool of Coonts fans will surely increase. Coonts' hero Jake Grafton is back in D.C. as the War on Drugs escalates to an unexpected climax.

      Under Siege
      4.0
    • Firewall

      • 576 pages
      • 21 hours of reading

      Nick Stone is offered enough money to mean he won't have to work again. The work involves recovering stolen sensitive military secrets from Russian organised crime. In Finland Stone discovers that he's a pawn in a much bigger game than he had imagined.

      Firewall
      3.9
    • Fatal Terrain

      • 620 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      State-of-the-art action in the air, on land and at sea as the USA is drawn into conflict with China in this compelling and authentic new tale from an acclaimed master of the modern action-thriller. Dale Brownʹs spectacular new international bestseller -- packed with high-action entertainment, cutting-edge technology and breathtaking scenes of aerial combat -- looks forward to a near future where Taiwanʹs declaration of independence from mainland China brings a very real threat of major conflict to the Pacific. As China prepares its military response, the US president attempts to avert an international crisis by calling on his own tried and trusted secret strike force. But soon it becomes horribly apparent that with China and the USA moving ever closer to a nuclear showdown, it could be a mission too far for Patrick McLanahan, Brad Elliott, Jon Masters and their high-tech EB-52 Megafortress -- the 'Old Dog' itself.

      Fatal Terrain
      3.7
    • Stranger in a strange land

      • 438 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      This is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with "psi" powers--telepathy, clairvoyance, telekinesis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others--and yet with complete innocence regarding the mores of man.

      Stranger in a strange land
      3.8
    • Lara Cameron is a famous powerful wealthy New York building developer who struggled from brutal poverty in Glace Bay, a banker who took her body as part of her first deal, to Chicago, banker Keller whose love she takes lightly for granted. As her skyscrapers and boutique hotels tower on earth, she is at the top of a male dominated field. She lies and cheats to close a deal, making cruel enemies. She is forty, beautiful, glamorous, insecure, ruthless, vulnerable, secretly generous, rich - and still wants more. She marries an international concert pianist, the Lochinvar of her childhood dreams, but aomeone puts him in the hospital and threatens to take down her empire.

      The Stars Shine Down
      3.7
    • Lisey's story

      • 704 pages
      • 25 hours of reading

      *Soon to be an Apple TV+ limited series starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen* Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark. Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure. Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality. Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.

      Lisey's story
      3.7
    • Terminal

      • 317 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      From the author of Deadlock, Whirlpool and Double Jeopardy comes the reissue of, Terminal. Each of Colin Forbes' books have been published worldwide and translated into 30 languages.

      Terminal
      3.7
    • The world is falling apart and there are plenty of people willing to take advantage. One of them is Pavel Kazakov, a Russian oilman with close ties to organized crime, who wants to build a pipeline through the Balkans. But Kazakov hasn't reckoned with Patrick McLanahan.

      Warrior class
      3.5
    • Navy Commander Bellany is assigned to investigate the crash of a weather balloon in the Swiss Alps. However, for him it is also the beginning of a journey of terror into the incomprehensible.

      The Doomsday conspiracy
      3.4