Der Geist des Llano estakado

Karl May

Im Llano estakado, einer trockenen Hochebene, treiben die sogenannten Geier ihr Unwesen: diese Verbrecher verändern die Wegmarkierungen und berauben dann die verdursteten Menschen. Einhalt gebieten konnte ihnen bisher niemand, aber ein geheimnisvoller Geist jagt nun seit einiger Zeit diese Geier und tötet sie durch einen Schuss in die Stirn. Der Geist entpuppt sich als Bloody-Fox, der als Kind blutend und ohne Erinnerung im Llano neben seinen ermordeten Eltern gefunden wurde. Bloody Fox ist ein Waisenkind, dessen Eltern den berittenen Räubern aus dem gefürchteten Llano Estacado zum Opfer gefallen sind. Er kennt eine geheime Oase mitten im Llano, die den Ausgangspunkt seiner Rachezüge bildet. Er startet seinen Rachefeldzug, aber da gibt es auch noch den Geisterreiter und eine Oase, die es in sich hat.

Carmens Messenger

Harold Bindloss

Jake Foster wanted to change something in his own country with small steps. To do this, he had to marry Alice, who is ready to invest in his business, in his idea. After the signing of the contract, he feels relieved because now he can increase income of his country. But is it worth the sacrifices for which he went?

The Safety Curtain and Other Stories

Ethel M. Dell

A set of melodramatic love stories, first published in 1917 by the hugely successful English writer of popular romances. This collection contains five of Ethel M. Dells best short stories: The Safety Curtain, The Experiment, Those Who Wait, The Eleventh Hour, The Place of Honor. In The Safety Curtain, a dragonfly-like dancing girl is rescued by a subaltern when he offers her a marriage of convenience and takes her to his station in India. But she hides a mysterious past and eventually it catches up. Will love be able to conquer all? If you enjoy the works of Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

The Angel of Pain

E.F. Benson

This early work is a novel by Edward Frederick Benson. The author focuses on an unusual landscape. Sometimes it refuses to reality and we can see really something fantastic. In this story, only well-provided people will be able to survive in the conditions in which the author put them. And what about those who are just trying to stand up? Many questions, but as always few answers.

The Lost Ambassador

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Captain Austen Rotherby is on a mission of revenge in Paris and chances upon Louis, the head waiter of his favorite restaurant. Bored, he follows Louis to a shady café where he spots a pair hes long been intrigued by a South American gentleman and a young girl. Because of certain complications, Captain Rotheby finds himself forced to leave Paris, only to find himself travelling with the aforementioned gentleman, Mr. Delora, and his niece, Felicia. Arriving in London, Mr. Delora falls ill and excuses himself, leaving Captain Rotheby to take care of Felicia. They install themselves at the Milan Hotel, where Louis works, and waits for Mr. Delora, who seems to have vanished into thin air...

The Phantom Car

Fred M. White

Sebastian Wilde really was a great man. He seemed to be paralysed from his hips downwards, which, indeed, was the case, though his arms were vigorous enough and his affliction had not robbed him of the brightness of his eyes or blunted the edge of his amazing intellect. He had no friends and visitors; he was pleased, in his words, to work quietly on the task of his life and, perhaps, when this is completed, he can go out of his obscurity and again take his place in the great world. However, what could such a noble person hide?

1925. The Story of a Fatal Peace

Edgar Wallace

This book belongs to the pen of a well-known British author of mystery genre Edgar Wallace and was written during the Great War (the WW1). It is set in a possible 1925, ten years after the war has ended. Wallace utilized his experiences of the Boer War in two Future-War novels Private Selby and 1925: The Story of a Fatal Peace. 1925 accurately predicts that a short peace would be followed by a German attack on England. As you get closer to the end you wonder how on earth Wallace can bring all this to a happy ending. But he doesnt! The Germans are coming, and the British are easy prey. A warning indeed.

The Ranchman

Charles Alden Seltzer

In the style of the early writers of the modern western, the Charles Alden Seltzer paints a vivid story of the depths to which any person can sink without discipline, charity and love. This is one of the best Seltzers work. He wrote his westerns from the experience of living on his uncles ranch in New Mexico. Seltzers best works also include The Two-Gun Man, The Boss of the Lazy Y, etc. Many of his novels were turned into Hollywood movies. The Ranchman is a rootin-tootin western love story. Non-stop action, good guys and bad guys, and no shortage of gun-fighting to keep you guessing until the end whether the hero will actually get the girl. A real page turner, with action and romance trailing at every turn.