Ergebnis für "Soul" in Literatur & Belletristik

Herzen haben keine Knochen, sie können nicht brechen - oder etwa doch? Von der Trailersiedlung in die Welt der Rich Kids: Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter bleibt der 18-jährigen Beyah nichts anderes übrig, als zu ihrem Vater zu ziehen. Dem Vater, den sie kaum kennt und der mit seiner neuen wohlhabenden Familie auf einer Halbinsel vor der texanischen Küste lebt. Wider Erwarten birgt die Welt der Schönen und Reichen mehr Überraschungen, als Beyah je gedacht hätte. Speziell Sonnyboy Samson scheint Abgründe in sich zu tragen, die ihr gar nicht so unbekannt sind.

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Frith has problems. His crush is dating someone else, his sisters have glitter-bombed his prosthesis (again), and he's a seer-of-spirits in York, the most haunted city in England, and all his friends are ghosts. To make matters worse, it seems that famous spirits are mysteriously vanishing from York's haunted streets and alleys. Charlie is determined to stay out of it, but Sam, the irritating new seer in town, expects him to track down who -- or what -- is responsible and uncover the dark purpose behind these disappearances.

Die Toten zu sehen, hat einen Preis. Der 16-jährige Charlie hat ein Geheimnis: Seit ihn eine Krankheit nicht nur seine Beine, sondern fast das Leben gekostet hat, kann er Geister sehen. Eine Tatsache, die er am liebsten ignoriert – bis immer mehr Seelen aus York spurlos verschwinden. Gemeinsam mit dem mysteriösen Seher Sam und seinen Freunden muss sich Charlie auf die Suche machen. Bald ist klar: Ohne Hilfe erwartet die Geister ein grauenvolles Schicksal. Und während Sam und Charlie sich langsam näherkommen, geraten sie selbst in zunehmend große Gefahr.

Sogar die Toten haben ihre eigenen Schauergeschichten. Gemeinsam haben Charlie und Sam die Geister von York gerettet. Nun können sie endlich ein normales Paar sein – wenn es so etwas denn gibt. Doch dann werden sie Zeugen eines brutalen Angriffs und erkennen, dass eine neue Gefahr in den Schatten lauert. Eine Gefahr, die größer ist als jede zuvor – und die es auf die Lebenden abgesehen hat. Außerdem treibt sich die geheimnisvolle Organisation "Die Hand" in der Stadt herum. Bald schon geraten Charlie und seine Freunde zwischen die Fronten und dieses Mal steht das Leben aller auf dem Spiel ...

The New York Times best-selling Mortal Instruments continues - and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary, and Simon. Can the lost be reclaimed? What price is too high to pay for love? Who can be trusted when sin and salvation collide? Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

Thrilling short stories featuring fan favorite characters from the beloved High Republic series each written by a New York Times bestselling author.

"Fremde Welten, dunkle Geheimnisse und eine verbotene Liebe. Das Abenteuer geht weiter." Die epische Fantasy-Reihe von Kirsten Storm, Finalistin beim Radio Planet Berlin Award 2022 als Autorin des Jahres. Rubys Leben wird bedroht. Doch wer steckt dahinter? Und was bezweckt er? Bendic und sein Drachengefährte Aris wollen Ruby helfen, es herauszufinden, doch als sie unverhofft hinter das Geheimnis ihrer Träume kommt, eskalieren die Ereignisse. Der Ordensführer Konrad Wigg setzt seine Leute auf Ruby an.

Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They'll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever. Will Jacob come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be?

One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change, and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono. Now, he has broken free.

It's not that he's a bit of a nerd or likes to cosplay. It's not his taste in books. Techno-thrillers are cool, right? It's not that he's a gamer, or even how obsessed he is with movie and book quotes. No. His big secret, the one that keeps Noah up at night, is that he's gay. When that tightly sealed away part of him finally comes to a boil and he can't keep his secret any longer, Noah takes a chance and lets everyone in on his secret. All he wants is to be free of its burden and able to live his life as his true self.

To save those closest to her, Simi traded away everything: her freedom, her family, and the boy she loves. Now she is sworn to serve a new god, watching over the Land of the Dead at the bottom of the ocean.

Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor. Tom doesn't know who the stranger is or what he wants, but the Spook suddenly decides it's time to travel to his winter house, Anglezarke. Tom has heard it will be a bleak, forbidding place, and that menacing creatures are starting to stir somewhere on the moors nearby.

Mourning the loss of her cousin and missing bond, Dyna lies trapped with the enemy. Alone and afraid, the time has come to be her own savior. She will use every skill and spell her Guardians taught her to survive. Because the damsel is dead. This time, she fights. Cassiel and the Guardians are desperate to find their Maiden. Except they cannot do it alone. The journey to cross Troll Bridge proves harder than ever as they race against the impending winter.

In the town of St. Hilaire, most make their living by talking to the dead. In the summer, the town gates open to tourists seeking answers while all activity is controlled by The Guild, a sinister ruling body that sees everything. Dec Hampton has lived there his entire life, but ever since his parents died, he's been done with it. He knows he has to leave before anyone has a chance to stop him.

A cataclysmic explosion has given earthly teens astronomical powers-when the star Mentarsus-H went supernova at their conceptions, the teens absorbed the shattered soul of the star and inherited unimaginable abilities. Now the Star Shards have become like gods, drunk on their own power-and ripe for manipulation by The Bringer, a creature who would turn them against one another and transform the planet into his own personal feeding ground. But who is more dangerous: The Bringer or the Star Shards?

When magical mermaid Sereia saves her little sister and overshadows brother and the sea’s rightful heir, Triton, the position of next ruler of the sea is in question. Determined to keep his throne, Triton curses Sereia, transforming her into a human and stripping her of magic. Banishing her from their underwater kingdom, he gives her a final warning: if you should ever return, you will become a monster.

To save those closest to her, Simi sacrificed everything—her freedom, her life as mami wata, and the boy she loves. Now she serves a new god, watching over the Land of the Dead at the bottom of the ocean. But the tide of change is coming, and when Simi discovers demons have entered the human realm bent on destruction, she must break her vow and return to the world above the water. The fate of the world lies in her hands.

All her life, 17-year-old Chessie has had recurring dreams about a little white farmhouse. Quaint? Not quite. The house is the site of the unsolved murders of Villisca, Iowa, where eight people were slaughtered in 1912. With her parents on the verge of divorce, Chessie is stuck spending the summer with her grandparents in Villisca - right across the street from the axe murder house.

For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice to end all future atrocities. Tarisai is determined to survive. Or at least, that's what she tells her increasingly distant circle of friends. Months into her shaky reign as empress, child spirits haunt her, demanding that she pay for past sins of the empire.

Arrah has sacrificed almost everything in her battle against the Demon King. Now, forced to give up the gift of magic she’d sought for so long, she must decipher the legacy of her past life as the orisha Dimma—and weave an uneasy alliance between her beloved Rudjek, the Demon King, and the remaining orishas, hoping to restore peace to all of their worlds. But as Arrah’s half-demon sister resumes her quest for destruction, peace may require the ultimate sacrifice.…