Ergebnis für "Audiobooks" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares… but it turns out they're real.

Er malt immer wieder das Blatt eines Baumes, nur dies eine. So hat Tüftler kaum Zeit für seine Freunde und Nachbarn...

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College-Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down Society from within.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Es sind die Rituale, die bis zum Schluss bleiben: Die Pille mit dem morgendlichen Kaffee, die Compact Disc mit den Liedern von früher, die man noch einmal auflegt. Nach 121 Jahren hat Lorenzo das Leben satt und ist bereit, ihm ein Ende zu setzen. Doch die Sterne haben noch Pläne mit ihm.

Diese Welt ähnelt unserer eigenen, mit dem einzigen, aber eminenten Unterschied, dass hier aristokratische Clans mit magischen Fähigkeiten die Macht innehaben. Diejenigen ohne Magie werden „Nullen“ genannt und als Versager betrachtet. Iwan, unser Held, war zum Tode verurteilt–bis ein alter Krieger ihn rettete und der Geist seines mächtigen Vorfahren ihm magische Fähigkeiten verlieh. Nun hat Iwan einen fürstlichen Titel geerbt.

Frei, mächtig und im Besitz des Speicherrings eines verstorbenen Lords–was ihm jetzt noch fehlt, ist eine neue Identität, um seine Laufbahn als Erzmensch-Erkunder zu beginnen. Da seine Zeit in Faralethals Minen endet, steht Freddy nun endlich die Welt offen. Mit der Beute seiner überraschenden Siege im Gepäck plant er, die Erkunder-Szene im Sturm zu erobern. Doch das Leben in der großen Stadt ist hart für jene ohne Rückhalt. Viele werden in Macht hineingeboren – und noch mehr sind bereit, alles zu tun, um sich einen Vorteil zu verschaffen.

Jin Rou wanted to be a cultivator. A man powerful enough to defy the heavens. A master of martial arts. A lord of spiritual power. Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck in his body. Arrogant Masters? Heavenly Tribulations? All that violence and bloodshed? Yeah, no thanks. I’m getting out of here. Farm life sounds pretty great. Tilling a field by hand is fun when you’ve got the strength of ten men—though maybe I shouldn’t have fed those Spirit Herbs to my pet rooster.

Nach einem Leben im Exil kehrt Tarikh al Sal-ka-Nar in seine Heimat, das Wüstenreich Aun-Mal, zurück. Dort, wo vor Jahrhunderten die Stadt seiner Ahnen unterging, und ein rachsüchtiges Adelshaus noch immer den Tod des letzten Sprösslings aus dem Hause al Sal-ka-Nar anstrebt, erhofft Tarikh, Antworten auf seine rätselhafte Gabe zu finden. Begleitet von seinem treuen Hengst Amnur macht Tarikh sich mit neuen Weggefährten auf, um den Thron der Sande zu erreichen.

As niece of the king, Elise Lysander cares about two things: sneaking into gambling dens, and avoiding an advantageous marriage at all costs. When her uncle holds the life of her deathly ill father over her head, reluctantly, Elise puts her fate into the hands of Legion Grey, the handsome and mysterious dowry negotiator. He may be arrogant and infuriating, but soon Legion incites a blistering, forbidden passion she can’t ignore.

A penniless noblewoman, Kat is on the verge of losing everything when she's offered a well-paid job that could be her salvation… or her ruin. Drawn into court's deadly intrigues, she's given a single task: spy on the powerful fae lord known as the Night Queen's Shadow. Bastian Marwood is handsome, ruthless, and cunning, but Kat can't decide if he's a threat to her kingdom or just her heart. To uncover the truth, she must play a dangerous game of desire and deceit, pushing him to reveal his secrets while protecting her own.

Raised and trained in seclusion at a secret fortress on the edge of the northern wilds of the Kingdom of Ashai, a young warrior called Rezkin is unexpectedly thrust into the outworld when a terrible battle destroys all that he knows. With no understanding of his life’s purpose and armed with masterful weapons mysteriously bestowed upon him by a dead king, Rezkin must travel across Ashai to find the one man who may hold the clues to his very existence.

When the vicious Blood Brotherhood prince I’ve been hidden from all my life finally comes to claim me at my wedding and kills my heinous groom, he gives me one choice—stay here and take my chances with the unknown force raining poisoned arrows on my ceremony or leave with him as his bride. He’s the man I was raised to fear. He’s the most ruthless warrior in all of Malhaven. Few dare to even speak his name. But with my family’s safety on the line, I choose the unthinkable and agree to become his queen.

Doch er wird stärker, als sie je für möglich gehalten hätten. Seit Arwin als Kind beschworen wurde, kennt er nur Krieg. Und um das Leben der Dämonenkönigin zu beenden und den Krieg zu gewinnen, muss er sich selbst opfern. Doch als er den finalen Schlag führt, wird der Held der Menschheit verraten. Gefangen in einer magischen Explosion, die ihn auslöschen sollte, erwacht Arwin einen Monat später – und stellt fest, dass alle bereits ohne ihn weitergemacht haben.

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer. He’s a man who can get you anything you want … at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. But for one client, he’s never asked for repayment. Not until now.

Ren Varrow war nie der Heldentyp. Ein stiller Alchemist mit Talent für Tränke, der lieber den Kopf unten hielt, während andere nach Ruhm strebten. Doch als ihn eine führende Gilde in einen tödlichen Dungeon lockte und ihm in den Rücken fiel, hätte seine Geschichte eigentlich dort enden sollen. Stattdessen wurde sie zurückgespult.

My father sold me to the Shadow King. Faerie is a completely different world than the one I'm used to. Winged creatures fly in and out of mirrors, and fantastical gardens conceal treacherous illusions. Shadows draw me in a little more for each day my magic grows, but I can't afford to let my guard down. To survive, I must play by the king's rules and protect myself from the nightmares, dreams, and fantasies that govern his seductive realm. Most of all, I must resist him. If I don't, my kingdom will fall.

15. Jahrhundert: Ein kleines Dorf in Transsilvanien wird von der Inquisition in Schutt und Asche gelegt. Die Überleben werden verschleppt...

I'm a doctor and a researcher. My pack is small, in a quiet part of central Texas. It's a simple existence, and I like it that way. It's just me and my two besties, living our best single lives. That is until the mandate comes. Every unmated wolf in the entire world called to one place. I'm a psi, the weakest designation there is. I can barely shift, and there's no chance of me getting matched—only humiliated. It can't get worse—until it does. I've barely made it off the bus when I lock eyes with the hottest wolf I've ever seen, and he reeks of power.