Ergebnis für "Arcadia" in Zeitgenössische Fantasy

Imagine if a superhero failed to save a city and the villains won. With the city in ruins and no hope in sight, the United States government has no choice but to surrender. Suddenly, the world becomes a darker, deadlier place for anyone who opposes Lord Boundary and his crew. Arcadia Austin isn’t faring well under the new regime, but she has managed better than most ex-heroes. With the ability to blend in, Arcadia has the rare opportunity to start over, or, in her case, drink her life away.

Welcome back to Rotherweird. The town of Rotherweird has been independent from the rest of England for 400 years to protect a deadly secret. Sir Veronal Slickstone is dead, his bid to exploit that secret consigned to dust, leaving Rotherweird to resume its abnormal normality after the travails of the summer...but someone is playing a very long game. Disturbing omens multiply: a funeral delivers a cryptic warning; an ancient portrait speaks; the Herald disappears - and democracy threatens the uneasy covenant between town and countryside.

Goïmron gathers a small band of trusted companions, and they set off to find Tungdil and save Girdlegard from the mysterious Albae. But the story's only half-over. Brabandor's on the trail of something extraordinary; Rodana is trying to change her fate, and Klaey remains an unknown quantity: his lust for power is unparalleled, and he'll do anything to get it. And the most worrying question of all . . . will their quest, change Goïmron himself?

Gervon Wynter has returned to Rotherweird and has not only taken over the town but is busy destroying the countrysiders' life too. Can our small band of heroes find a way to outwit a genius whose master plan is five centuries in the making?

The population of Arcadia, Michigan consists of 2,932 human beings who live under the watchful eye of 42 ancient gods. Sarah and Jake Paulson come to Arcadia for a nice fishing vacation, but find themselves embroiled in a decades-old divine conspiracy. There are plenty of small towns in America, but only one like Arcadia, Michigan. We hope you come for a visit. If you do, be sure to keep an eye out for the zebra. And stop by Ruby's for a milkshake. They're delicious!

Pyn-Poi's mother Marak wants her to grow up to be the matriarch of the tribe, learning how to cook, to make medicines, how to care for everyone, but Pyn-Poi would rather be out among the trees like her father Sook-Sook, learning how persuade tree roots into bridges, to feel when shoots are too crowded, when drooping leaves need attention. Then something starts going wrong in The Real: when the rains come, instead of nourishment, they bring a noxious stench that's poisoning people and plants alike.