Ergebnis für "Back to Blood" in Zeitgenössische Fantasy

Das Feuer in ihrem Blut brennt heiß! Mackenzie Smith ist anders - schon ihr Leben lang. Als einziger Mensch wurde sie mitten im idyllischen Cornwall in einem Rudel Gestaltwandler aufgezogen. Doch auch wenn sich Mac nicht transformieren kann, etwas Seltsames fließt in ihrem Blut. Ihr feuriges Temperament und ihr Kampfgeist machen sie zu einer kühnen Kämpferin. Und dennoch ist ihre Präsenz in dem Rudel eine tödliche Gefahr für all seine Mitglieder: Denn sollte die Bruderschaft - die die Herrschaft über die Wandler innehat - jemals herausfinden, dass Mac ein Mensch ist, sind sie alle dem Tod geweiht.

Mack begins her training at the mages' academy in the hope that, by complying, the stasis spell will be lifted from her old friend Mrs. Alcoon. However, once there, she finds herself surrounded by unfriendly adults and petulant teenagers, the majority of whom seem determined to see her fail. Feeling attacked on all fronts, Mack finds it harder and harder to keep a rein on her temper. Forced to attend anger management classes and deal with the predatory attentions of Corrigan, the Lord Alpha of the shapeshifter world, her emotions start to unravel.

Mack might be, to all intents and purposes, a normal looking human, but she lives with a pack of shapeshifters in Cornwall in rural England after being dumped there by her mother when she was just a young child. She desperately wants to be accepted by her surrogate family, not least because a lot of them hate her for merely being human, but for some reason her blood just won't allow the transformation to occur.

Vicki Nelson, formerly of Toronto’s homicide unit and now a private detective, witnesses the first of many vicious attacks that begin plaguing the city of Toronto. As death follows unspeakable death, Vicki, in an attempt to stop these forces of dark magic, is forced to renew her relationship with her former partner, Mike Celluci - along with another, unexpected ally…. Henry Fitzroy, the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII, has learned over the course of his life how to blend with humans; how to deny the call for blood in his veins.

Chris Gordon and Tanya Demidova are the world's top close quarters battle experts. As fast and powerful as elder vampires, with supernatural weapons that match their supernatural speed, strength, and senses. But how does a close quarters warrior fight an enemy that is literally light years away - 25,000 light years away?

Magically compelled by bad guys, Arwen Forester shot her half-dragon ally in the thigh. She longs to make amends to him, but she’s busy with a new quest: Get rid of the tattoo that lets dark elves control her.