Ergebnis für "Blind" in Epic Fantasy

Je mehr der junge Garion über die Mission, die seine Gefährten und er übernommen haben, erfährt, desto mehr empfindet er sich als Belastung. Seine Freunde sind große Krieger, geschickte Diebe, mächtige Zauberer - und er ist scheinbar nur ein einfacher Junge vom Land. Mit Garion erschuf der New-York-Times-Platz-1-Bestsellerautor David Eddings in den 80er-Jahren eine neue Art des Fantasy-Helden: der vermeintlich einfache Junge, dessen Schicksal es ist, die Welt zu retten.

Widely regarded as Sadegh Hedayat's masterpiece, The Blind Owl is the most important work of literature to come out of Iran in the past century. On the surface, this work seems to be a tale of doomed love, but soon basic facts become obscure and the listener realizes this book is much more than a love story. Although The Blind Owl has been compared to the works of Kafka and Poe, it defies categorization. By preserving the spirit as well as the structure of Hedayat's writing, this edition brings the English listener into the world of The Blind Owl as never before.

Robin Hood has disappeared. In his absence, the Sheriff's rule is absolute. The people cower beneath his iron fist. The land is bled dry, and dying. But not everyone has given up the fight. Only the blind bowman, Robin Hood, can bring these forces together, and lead the uprising. But first, Marian must find him.

The city of Liebe is gone and Oscar presumed dead. With Tabby Miss Cakes adrift in a crumbling realm of myth and memory, she is not sure what’s real anymore—or if anything ever was. When Oscar reappears, inexplicably alive, the two stumble into a bizarrely wholesome world where animals sand horses, kindness is weaponised, and no one seems to notice the sky is falling.

The final chapter in Ashok K. Banker’s acclaimed Burnt Empire Saga, The Blind King’s Wrath depicts the climactic battle between Krushni and her father, the Demonlord Jarsun, for the Burning Throne and the fate of the Krushan dynasty. The Demonlord Jarsun is poised to claim the Burning Throne...

Ravenna has spent the last moons preparing her people for war, and now it is time to fly. She knows that this is right, but facing Davorin has consequences that not even she could predict. Reunited with Miska, with Lenore, Ravenna realises that things are not the same as they were in the time she was away, and they may never be again. Was bringing the sylphs to war really the right thing to do? Or has she doomed them all?

Alamatheus Thorgensson, son of Lord High Inquisitor Thorgen Frederickson and Grand Matriarch Abyssinia Rose, was born a hybrid, carrying both the Courage of Conviction (the magical spark of the paladin) and the Spark of Life (the magical spark of the elementals). Though considered to be one of the more powerful magic users in the land of Creshon, Alamatheus has only known his hybrid nature to be a curse. Considered an abomination by many, Alamatheus finds himself an outcast, even after he has proven himself a Hero at age 35.

I "Den blinde konge" fortsætter Cecilie Eken med at vride og dreje klicheerne fra eventyr- og fantasygenren til en sjov og spændende fortælling, der både rummer dramatiske sværdkampe, forrædderi, uhyrer og en indre dannelsesrejse for den hidsige, viljefaste hovedperson. Rygtet om Eriann og Vidars bedrift i Vestland har bredt sig, og det vælter ind med tilbud fra folk, der har brug for en stærk og modig helt med et magisk sværd.