Ergebnis für "Chance" in Epic Fantasy

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution. There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. The city chafes under the heavy...

Reality is cruel. The rising level of technological development has led to a rising level of unemployment. They're laying off everybody, from teachers to technical servicemen. What's the point of holding onto a person if they can be replaced by an advanced mechanism? But what are the people to do? How are they to live? Where are they to get money from? There is only one answer - Barliona. The official government project is gathering steam, luring more and more people into its net.

Ein Krieger. Eine Mission. Eine zweite Chance, die Apokalypse aufzuhalten. Sam muss mit ansehen, wie die dämonischen Streitkräfte der Dunkelheit das Land Westria verschlingen und zerstören. Die Finale Schlacht ist vorbei. Zumindest denkt Sam dies.

Aaron Hueber survived what should have been the end of Isyndor, and Cassandra’s Reformation finally gave the Saints structure: factions, missions, and a growing sense of shared awareness. But this stability is an illusion. To secure allies and legitimacy, Aaron is forced into brutal Ascended politics, taking on new squires as the Swords Faction becomes official. Yet even as the Saints consolidate, Evermarch rots from below as something dark and hungry gorges itself on its foundations.

Thousands of Heroes protect the land, defending against the periodic incursions by gigantic monsters known as World Threats. This was the way it had always been and Clay Shuntwise was perfectly fine with that. Running deliveries for his family’s shop in the sleepy town of Renton, the young teenager barely even thought about Heroes and their role in keeping the world safe. That was, at least, until a World Threat came crashing down on him.

Die Geschichte verändern, eine Katastrophe nach der anderen... Ein Jahr ist es nun her, dass Sam in die Vergangenheit zurückgereist ist. Doch seine Mission ist noch lange nicht beendet. Während Meerjungfrauen entführt werden und der Bürgerkrieg der Zwerge immer weiter hochkocht, ist Sam die beste Hoffnung, die Welt vor der totalen Vernichtung zu retten. Bewaffnet mit dem Wissen der Zukunft, muss Sam jeden Vorteil nutzen, den er hat, um jeden Tag stärker und mächtiger zu werden. Wird Sam in der Lage sein, genug Macht zu erlangen und die Geschichte erneut zu verändern?

Bloomsbury presents Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian Tchaikovsky, read by David Thorpe. Welcome to Alkhalend, Jewel of the Waters, capital of Usmai, greatest of the Successor States, inheritor to the necromantic dominion that was the Moeribandi Empire and tomorrow’s frontline in the...

It’s been a year since Sam traveled back to the past, and his mission is far from over. With mermaids being kidnapped and the dwarven civil war heating up, Sam is the best hope for saving his world from total destruction. Armed with knowledge of the future, Sam must use every advantage he has to get stronger and more powerful with each passing day.

He was her first love. Now, he’s the enemy. And her only hope . . . Disaris, a farmer’s daughter gifted with the talent for deciphering dangerous secrets, has become the weapon of assassins and the coveted prize of an army. To save her sister, she's married a monster, burying her past and...

Fate can be an ill thing. The factions of Maetlynd sunder—and the war of fate begins. After encountering a demon in the mountains—Alevist faces the cost of the vengeance he has sought. Caught between staring back at the woman he loves and the being possessing her, he has to face whether or...

Erik is content farming for his family for the rest of his life, while his brother and cousin can't think of a worse fate. For different reasons, they leave the life they know behind. Soon, their world crashes down around them as they realize it is cruel, brutal, selfish, and violent. Now, they must not only rely on one another, but also on gypsies, thieves, mercenaries, dwarves, and a mage for their survival. In the end, Erik will face danger, deceit, murder, death, evil, and - most terrifyingly - himself, to become the hero he was always meant to be.

Tudo o que Reyna e Kianthe desejam é abrir uma livraria que sirva um delicioso chá, em um lugar acolhedor, com direito a assoalho de madeira, luzes amareladas e plantas por toda a parte. Mas esse sonho parece estar bem longe de se tornar realidade — afinal, Reyna trabalha na Guarda Real de uma rainha tirana e Kianthe é a Maga mais poderosa que existe.

For fans of Elden Ring, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, and Joe Abercrombie comes a debut, post-apocalyptic epic sure to reel you in. Relics of the past scattered. A hero broken. A world on the brink. A paragon left for dead, Alevist Lightseeker sought peace—but peace had other plans. Thirty...

In a world where magic is common, Breanna is among the rarest of her kind and highly sought after—by all the wrong men. With a roll of his dice, in steps the God of Chance, who sets her up on a quest to free the Realm from a powerful spell. There’s just one problem. Chance expects her to team up with a wizard—who is also a devilish rake. Her world is turned sideways when everything seems to happen at once. It’s a race to save the world they know, but with magic gone wild, dangerous foes and pesky gods determined to meddle, will they survive to complete their quest?

У меня были грандиозные планы на жизнь, но я умудрилась умереть и попасть в другой мир. Мир, где по ночам можно встретить демонических тварей, а в леса и вовсе лучше не заходить, если ты простой человек – целее будешь. Вот только я оказалась не обычным человеком и выжила там, где не должна была.

Chance's story takes a look into the life of the famous Elvin character from the Pirate Vixen series. Many characters from the incredible Pirate Vixen series make an appearance in this audiobook, such as Thurber, the famous Captain Redbeard, Captain Ariella before she was Captain of the Red Dawn (she was just a wee lass), Torgus, and a few others to the listener's surprise.

The Tower of Trials awaits those who desire to challenge themselves...The Dungeon Core known as Clay had successfully trained up the local Heroes of Sunfall Island to repel the recent attack by a World Threat, but as he was beginning to prepare for the next Dungeon Adventure Season in his dungeon, something happened to bring his plans to a screeching halt. In short, his little part of the world was unexpectedly invaded by thousands of foreign Heroes.

For twenty-one years, Talia of the Tenth House has been her house's deepest shame. Now, she's their last hope. Each year at the Tournament of Gold, first-blooded and firstborn male warriors battle alongside their massive, otherworldly monsters for fame and power. But when Talia's beloved younger...

Will a drastic change in Clay’s dungeon be enough to prepare the local Heroes for the next World Threat? Becoming a Dungeon Core was the last thing that Clayburnside Shuntwise had ever thought he would become, but unfortunately, he didn’t really have a choice. However, after Clay fully embraced his new existence, he thoroughly applied himself to train the local Hero population to defend against the gigantic monsters that threatened the entire world.

Reborn into the brand new and unfamiliar form of a Dungeon Core, Clay struggles through learning more about Heroes and the dungeons they delve through to get stronger. According to the guide that was trying to help him understand his new life, Clay should already know most of what he needed to succeed; all of the finer parts regarding the relationship between Heroes and dungeons should be common knowledge. The problem? Despite wishing that he had been that lucky in his past life, Clay had never been a Hero…but now he might be forced to become one.