Kenneth Oppel Knihy

Ďábelská léčba je svižný a nepředvídatelný thriller,který rozehrává partii vyrovnaných soupeřů-lékařky,agenta FBI a geniálního zločince.Je neodolatelný,inteligentní a skvěle napsaný.V této knize najdete tolik strhujících akčních scén,že uspokojí i toho nejnáročnějšího čtenáře.Zajímaví hrdinové a hrdinky čelí stejným morálním problémům,které víceméně řešíme i my v běžném životě a románu dodávají nevšední rozměr. KENNETH OPPEL je mistr napětí!V tomto románu vrství jeden příběh na druhý a dodává tím svému románu na životnosti a věrohodnosti.Autor proplétá děj tak komplikovaně a přitom logicky,že čtenář je upřímně fascinován.Knihu vydržíte číst bez dechu až do konce!

Griffin is ashamed when a prank goes wrong. He banishes himself and ends up in the terrifying world of the dead. Shade, Griffin's father, knows something bad has happened to Griffin - they find themselves on a collision course with Shade's enemy.

Many Silverwings believe they have found paradise - a huge conservatory where insects are piped and there are no predators. But Shade and Marina aren't sure. What happens when the bats suddenly disappear?

Shade, a young Silverwing bat and the runt of his colony, is determined to prove himself on the long and perilous winter migration. But his life-or-death quest is a race against time, and demands qualities he is not sure he possesses.

A small bat’s curiosity leads to an action-packed odyssey in the acclaimed Silverwing trilogy from Kenneth Oppel, now available as a collectible boxed set. Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony, and he’s determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum. But when a fierce storm separates Shade from his colony, he soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life—and that journey is just the beginning of an epic trilogy of adventure, wonder, and suspense. Ideal for fans of Tolkien and fantasy, this boxed set includes paperback editions of Silverwing, Sunwing, and Firewing.

As the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, a new world is left in its wake. . . . Dusk He alone can fly and see in the dark, in a colony where being different means being shunned—or worse. As the leader's son, he is protected, but does his future lie among his kin? Carnassial He has the true instincts of a predator, and he is determined that his kind will not only survive but will dominate the world of beasts. From the author of the internationally acclaimed Silverwing trilogy comes an extraordinary adventure set 65 million years ago. Kenneth Oppel, winner of a Michael L. Printz Honor for Airborn, has crafted a breathtaking animal tale that reaches out to the human in all of us.

A legendary ghost ship. An incredible treasure. A death-defying adventure.Forty years ago, the airship Hyperion vanished with untold riches in its hold. Now, accompanied by heiress Kate de Vries and a mysterious gypsy, Matt Cruse is determined to recover the ship and its treasures. But 20,000 feet above the Earth's surface, pursued by those who have hunted the Hyperion since its disappearance, and surrounded by deadly high-altitude life forms, Matt and his companions soon find themselves fighting not only for the Hyperion—but for their very lives.

An exhilarating journey to the stars—or a heartbreaking battle for survival? Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and his love interest, Kate de Vries, an expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Matt secretly plans on asking Kate to marry him, but before they even set foot aboard the ship, Kate announces her engagement—to someone else. Despite this bombshell, and Matt's anguish, they embark on their journey into space, but soon the ship is surrounded by strange and unsettling life-forms, and the crew is forced to combat devastating mechanical failure. For Matt, Kate, and the entire crew of the Starclimber, what began as an exciting race to the stars has now turned into a battle to save their lives.

An exciting adventure story set in the air and on the high seas “ complete with feisty hero and heroine, pirates, tropical islands, high-speed chases, narrow escapes and much more ...