Ergebnis für "Brennen" in Fantasy

Ben Mears, ein mittelmäßiger Schriftsteller, kehrt nach Jahren in seine Heimatstadt Salem's Lot zurück. Er interessiert sich auffällig für das Marsten-Haus, das als Spukhaus gilt und seit dem rätselhaften Tod seiner Bewohner im Jahr 1939 leer steht.

Früher hätte sich die Menschheit durch ihre Lügen fast ausgerottet – die Überlebenden haben geschworen, dass es nie wieder so weit kommt. Heute erscheint jedes gesprochene Wort narbenähnlich auf der Haut. Die Elite herrscht stumm, während die sprechende Bevölkerung als Abschaum gilt. Olive und Kyle kommen aus zwei verschiedenen Welten. Die achtzehnjährige Olive lebt in einer Welt, die von absoluter Stille und Reinheit geprägt ist. Selbst unter der stummen Oberschicht gilt sie als Juwel. Kyle dagegen trägt tausende Wörter auf der Haut und ein gefährliches Geheimnis im Herzen.

Zurück in Cardiff versucht Gwen sich damit abzufinden, Aran niemals wiederzusehen. Doch dessen alter Feind Orcus – der Gott der römischen Unterwelt – hat es nicht nur auf Annwyn, sondern auch auf Gwen abgesehen. Aran holt sie zurück, um sie in Sicherheit zu wissen. Die Unruhen im Reich führen dazu, dass eine uralte Macht in Annwyn freigesetzt wird, die den Herrscher verändert – und Gwen erkennt den Gott, den sie liebt, kaum noch wieder. Als die Lage zu eskalieren droht, beschließt sie – gemeinsam mit Arans Verbündeten Hades, Hel und Osiris – alles zu riskieren, um ihn und Annwyn zu retten ...

Ein Tyrannenkönig, der gestürzt werden muss – und das, während die Zeit gegen mich läuft und meine Schwestern irgendwo in der Dunkelheit verloren sind. Mein Name ist Kiki, und ich bin eine gescheiterte Dämonenjägerin. Für Menschen wie mich sollte es eine Zwölf-Schritte-Gruppe geben. Doch statt Erlösung finde ich ein Geheimnis – eines, das mich in ein fremdes Reich schleudert, weit weg von allem, was ich kenne. Kein New York. Keine Regeln. Nur Fragen … und Flügel auf meinem Rücken. Und dann ist da dieser Mann – Soren. Mit Augen wie Eis und einer Aura, die nach Ärger riecht.

Totgeglaubte stehen vor dir. Lügen wuchern im Herzen. Geheimnisse kommen ans Licht. Die Stadt Tudor ist nicht wiederzuerkennen. Jedes gesprochene Wort steht unter Strafe. Der Kampf um die Wahrheit führt Liv und Kyle in die dunkelsten Abgründe. Doch sie sind nicht die Einzigen, die kämpfen. Die Zeit drängt – versagen sie, steht Tudor in Flammen.

This is not my week. Or month. Or year. My now-ex-boyfriend cheating on me with my best friend? I'd get over it eventually. Finding out my sister has Lycan wolf DNA and I have hours to get her out of the city before she's locked away in a government research facility? I definitely didn't see that one coming. To save my sister's life, we take off in the middle of the night following cryptic instructions from our late father to what was supposed to be the toxic wastelands. Imagine my surprise when we stumble into a fairy tale civilization of wolf shifters where magic is real.

As Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable comes close to solving the laws of conserving magic and tapping the gods' power base, the Creeping Sword is drawn more deeply into the fight between warring gods.

The port town of Oolsmouth used to be a quiet, peaceful trading city. But with Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable, Shaa, the Great Karlini, and the Creeping Sword all about to converge there, it seems unlikely to stay that way. The usual power struggles - gods vs. mortals vs. gods-know-who in the everlasting Dance of Gods - are brewing in Oolsmouth, and tension is building. But the ship carrying Shaa and the Great Karlini into town has been hijacked, the Creeping Sword has already missed the boat....

When the Great Karlini’s laboratory catches on fire, Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable knows it’s a sign of bad things to come. They are: the last battle between gods and mortals is looming; before it does, certain answers must come to light. Just who is the Creeping Sword? Will Shaa free himself from the curse his brother inflicted upon him? And most important of all, who will be left standing? The Dance of Gods concludes in a fast-paced final movement.

In a world of magic, where computers and nanotechnology are long gone, where thoughtless gods struggle for power with little regard for those below, one unlucky man must make some tough decision... Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable isn’t sure what’s going on in the village of Roosing Oolvaya. Someone - probably a god - has trapped Max’s friend The Great Karlini in a castle that keeps trying to move at the most inconvenient times, and naturally it’s up to Max to figure out how to spring him.

Unas horas después, estoy ebria, sin hogar y jurando que jamás volveré a enamorarme, sin tener idea de que el peligrosamente sexy rey seelie está en la ciudad buscando a una fae como yo. Cada generación, el rey realiza una competencia para elegir a su reina, pero–y se niega a dar explicaciones al respecto–Torin busca una farsa, no un matrimonio real. Cuando me ofrece cincuenta millones para participar, solo puedo pensar “¿Qué podría perder?”. La respuesta es simple, mi vida, porque mis contrincantes están literalmente dispuestas a matar por la corona.

In the back of an ambulance, River Greer counts each breath her little sister takes until the final one: Sage’s body is giving up, ravaged by a mysterious illness. The late-night rush to the ER, however, turns into a surreal nightmare when River is abducted and ferried across the universe to the fabled Thule: a world beyond worlds, where Victorian mores collide with magic and Arthurian legend.

I never expected life to be easy . . . As the youngest female Alpha in the region, I had to fight to keep my title and claim my pack. Through blood and sweat, I dragged Cerberus out of the dark ages and built a safe haven. I was proud of everything I'd done. Everything changed on what was supposed to be the best day of any shifter's life. All the walls I'd built came crashing down with one look at my fated mate. Never once in my wildest nightmares, did I expect this dark and unhinged Alpha to be mine.

I was happy. I had finally won—the past was behind me, my enemies dead, and my mate at my side as we jointly ruled our pack. Or so I thought. Being Alpha isn't easy, and bad blood lingers between our elders. Fights and distrust hover like unwanted pests, our pack a tinderbox set to explode with only a single spark. To make matters worse, loose ends with the vampires threaten our safety, and that last thing I want is more dead cubs. I'd kill every vampire in the west if that's what it would take, but it seems there's something bigger at play, pulling the strings for all supernaturals.

It has been a year since the disappearance of Special Agent Eric Walker. His former partner Tori Reyes has been in remorse and has continued to investigate his suspected captors but is oblivious to the supernatural forces at play.

Joe Slade is a detective with a hot lead and an existential crisis. Still seeking to escape his fictional existence, he and his mentor, Ellodrine, a wizard who suffers from reinterpretation, hunt for the artifacts that will open a way to the World Where the Books Are Written. The trail has taken them to the rugged frontier of the Old West. There, they will discover twisted plots and dangerous foes, who will launch them into a blurring journey through the genres.

I was lucky to escape my last pack with nothing but a few scars—a cheap price to pay for my freedom. It was supposed to be just another run to calm my wolf, but I wasn't going to ignore those cubs' screams for help—even if they were from a rival pack. What I didn't expect to find was a feral vampire, or the wolf who would change everything. The Alpha who caught me is like all the others-all raging temper and muscles. And yet . . . his pack is different than mine. But no matter how much my wolf cries 'mate', I need to break free.

Bruce has lost his inspiration, and is struggling to come up with anything for his latest project. A writer, he is deep in the depths of despair.

In Book One, four witchy friends find their way back to each other to defeat an enemy, the Shadow who hunted their parents, with the help of the Gargoyle that has protected their family for centuries. Now, in this bonus short-story, Morgan is faced with using her new power as a witch and discovers she has a special affinity for one particular wand. Now, she just need to face her fear of magick.... But can she learn in time to save them all?