Showing results by narrator "Paul Adrian" in Literature & Fiction

Let the secret history of the world be told - of the alien virus that struck Earth after World War II and of the handful of the survivors who found they now possessed superhuman powers. Some were called Aces, endowed with powerful mental and physical prowess. The others were Jokers, tormented by bizarre mind or body disfigurements. Some served humanity. Others caused terror. And now, 40 years later, as a gang war between the Shadow Fists and the Mafia rages out of control in the streets of Jokertown.

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. He is best known for Moby-Dick, the opening line of which - ‘Call me Ishmael’ - is one of the most famous opening lines in literature. This BBC collection features lively full-cast dramatisations of three of Melville’s best-known works.

Forty years after the Wild Card Virus' release, the World Health Organization decides it's time to take a delegation of Aces, Jokers, politicians, and journalists on a fact-finding mission to learn how other countries are dealing with the virus that reshaped humanity. Leading the team is Gregg Hartmann, a senator with presidential aspirations and a dangerous ace up his sleeve.

A full-cast dramatisation of this comic tale about an 18th-century gentleman who tries to tell his life story but continually finds that he must digress.... Featuring some of the best known and most well-loved characters in English literature, including Uncle Toby, Corporal Trim, Dr Slop and the Widow Wadman. Beginning (or attempting to begin) at the moment of his own conception, Tristram Shandy recounts his progress through the world and utterly fails to stick to the point.

Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, has been found brutally murdered in her popular restaurant, the Crystal Palace. Now two men are out to find her killer: Jay Ackroyd, the Ace private investigator who discovered her ruined body, and the vigilante archer known as the Yeoman, who has been framed for the crime. Their quest leads them on a nightmare odyssey of madness, violence, passion, and political intrigue that will forever alter the fates of Aces and Jokers everywhere.

Dublin - 6 Jahre zuvor. Weder war Wayne damals ein Meisterdieb, noch hieß er McLair. Er war Wayne Bailey, der Schüler von Orlando Barrueco, und suchte seinen eigenen Weg zum Glück. In der Spelunke "Broken Window" versuchen die zwei Ganoven, das wertvolle Opalfeuer zu stehlen. Erste Bekanntschaften mit späteren Freunden werden gemacht und Schüler und Meister geraten in einem ungewöhnlichen Duell aneinander ...

Dublin - 6 Jahre zuvor. Weder war Wayne damals ein Meisterdieb, noch hieß er McLair. Er war Wayne Bailey, der Schüler von Orlando Barrueco, und suchte seinen eigenen Weg zum Glück. In der Spelunke "Broken Window" versuchen die zwei Ganoven, das wertvolle Opalfeuer zu stehlen. Erste Bekanntschaften mit späteren Freunden werden gemacht und Schüler und Meister geraten in einem ungewöhnlichen Duell aneinander.