Ergebnis für "Circé" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Der Mythos von Circe - modern und fesselnd neu erzählt. Circe, Tochter des Sonnengotts Helios, ist anders: Denn sie besitzt Zauberkräfte. Von ihrer Familie missachtet und von Zeus verbannt, führt sie ein zurückgezogenes Leben auf der Insel Aiaia unter wilden Tieren, die sie gezähmt hat. In der Abgeschiedenheit entwickelt sie ihre magischen Fährigkeiten weiter, bis sie sich wahrhaftig eine Hexe nennen kann. Doch sie bleibt nicht lange allein: Als Hermes, Daidalos, Odysseus, Iason, Medea und die mächtige Athene ihre Wege kreuzen, muss sich Circe die Frage stellen.

Der Mythos von Circe - modern und fesselnd neu erzählt. Circe, Tochter des Sonnengotts Helios, ist anders: Denn sie besitzt Zauberkräfte. Von ihrer Familie missachtet und von Zeus verbannt, führt sie ein zurückgezogenes Leben auf der Insel Aiaia unter wilden Tieren, die sie gezähmt hat. In der Abgeschiedenheit entwickelt sie ihre magischen Fährigkeiten weiter, bis sie sich wahrhaftig eine Hexe nennen kann. Doch sie bleibt nicht lange allein: Als Hermes, Daidalos, Odysseus, Iason, Medea und die mächtige Athene ihre Wege kreuzen, muss sich Circe die Frage stellen.

Deutschland in naher Zukunft: Es herrscht eine Gesundheitsdiktatur. Die junge Mia Holl muss vor Gericht erscheinen, sie hat die Sorge um ihren Körper sträflich vernachlässigt. So beginnt eine Verhandlung, die immer mehr zum Schauprozess ausartet.

Achill, Sohn der Meeresgöttin Thetis und des König Peleus, ist stark, anmutig und schön - niemand, dem er begegnet, kann seinem Zauber widerstehen. Patroklos ist ein unbeholfener junger Prinz, der nach einem schockierenden Akt der Gewalt aus seinem Heimatland verbannt wurde. Ein Zufall führt die beiden schon als Kinder zusammen, und je mehr Zeit sie gemeinsam verbringen, desto enger wird das Band zwischen ihnen. Nach ihrer Ausbildung in der Kriegs- und Heilkunst durch den Zentauren Chiron erfahren sie vom Raub der Helena.

Huxleys schöne neue Welt reloaded: Die 24-jährige Mae Holland ist überglücklich. Sie hat einen Job ergattert in der hippsten Firma der Welt, beim "Circle", einem freundlichen Internetkonzern mit Sitz in Kalifornien, der die Geschäftsfelder von Google, Apple, Facebook und Twitter geschluckt hat, indem er alle Kunden mit einer einzigen Internetidentität ausstattet, über die einfach alles abgewickelt werden kann. Mit dem Wegfall der Anonymität im Netz - so ein Ziel der "weisen drei Männer", die den Konzern leiten - wird die Welt eine bessere.

In this five-book LitRPG series, you’ll have monster battles, full scale war, quests for hidden artifacts, magic, crafting, cultivation progression, humor, and so much more.

In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost.

The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods.

Follow a week in the life of a modern wizard in Portland, Oregon. Her day-to-day is anything but simple. Watch her shift between the demands of work with vampires, elves, fairies, and trolls. Then, face the hugest challenge of her days: her family. Follow Muriel through a week and see the world through a lens of potential.... It is a week you will not forget!

"Nessun migrante è un uomo qualunque, nessuno merita di essere ignorato. Dietro ogni esule si nascondono storie che tutti dovremmo ascoltare attentamente, perché potrebbero ribaltare ogni pregiudizio". (Marilù Oliva). L'Odissea non è la storia del viaggio di un uomo: è la storia d'amore di molte donne. C'è Calipso, che, avvinta dalle sue stesse reti di seduzione, si innamora di Ulisse ma deve lasciarlo andare. C'è Euriclea, la nutrice che lo ha cresciuto, e ci sono le Sirene, ciecamente decise a distruggerlo.

Continuing the story of the captured Trojan women as they set sail for Mycenae with the victorious Greeks, this novel centres on the fate of Cassandra -- daughter of King Priam, priestess of Apollo, and a prophet condemned never to be heeded. (When she refuses to have sex with Apollo, after he has kissed her, granting her the gift of true prophecy, he spits in her mouth to make sure she will never be believed.)

'I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.' So begins Kaikeyi's story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on tales of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land of Bharat prospers, and how they offer powerful boons to the devout and the wise. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, listens as her own worth is reduced to how great a marriage alliance she can secure.

A vibrant and powerful epic set against an alternate Bronze Age, this tale of gods, men and monsters, conspiracy and war, is a rich, compelling and original tale from a master of the historical and fantasy genres. The people caught up in toils of the gods are merely trying to survive. Victims of vicious whims, trapped by their circumstances or pushed beyond what the mortal frame can bear, a handful of god-touched mortals—a scribe, a warlord, a dancer and a child - are about to be brought together in a conspiracy of their own.

La tension règne toujours parmi les dieux et les sorcières. Véritable pilier de sa communauté, Circé n'a pas le temps de penser à sa vie sentimentale... et encore moins à Hermès, le dieu des voleurs, aussi insaisissable qu'irrésistible. Qu'importe ce baiser qu'ils ont échangé il y a quelques semaines. Hermès est l'un des Douze, le cercle des dieux les plus puissants de l'Olympe, et un flirt entre eux serait une très mauvaise idée.

On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon orders her sacrifice. His daughter is led to her death, and Agamemnon leads his army into battle, where he is rewarded with glorious victory. Three years later he returns home, and his murderous action has set the entire family - mother, brother, sister - on a path of intimate violence as they enter a world of hushed commands and soundless journeys through the palace's dungeons and bedchambers.

In the sultry shadows of the human world, Charon finds a normal fulfilling life. But in the dark hours of the night when the world is asleep, he dons the cloak of the ferryman, guiding souls to the world below. Bound by his duty to the underworld and his love for the simple human life he's living on earth, he struggles to balance the two worlds, his existence, a delicate dance between the living and the dead. His world comes crashing when his heart becomes entangled and he unknowingly falls in love with a goddess.

Venice, 1717. Before Maddalena arrived at the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice's most illustrious music school, fifteen-year-old orphan Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. Luisa is good at violin, but she is not the best. She has peers, but she does not have friends. Until Maddalena. Sent to the Pietà until her noble family can find her a husband, Maddalena is cunning, passionate, and unlike anyone Luisa has ever met. Maddalena can promise the world to Luisa, and when she does, their fates intertwine.