Ergebnis für "Circé" in Fantasy

This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times). In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is...

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.

Discover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel. When Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.” —Ann Patchett “Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline...

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!

The #1 internationally bestselling author of Godkiller begins a bold new fantasy trilogy—a dark tale of warring kingdoms, deadly court politics, female rage, and a wild magic that refuses to be tamed. “Death is come to take you home, death of blood and thorn and bone…” Tilde has always...

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.

"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.

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.

Return to The Five Queendoms series with the final book in this “ambitious and engaging” (Rebecca Roanhorse) epic fantasy trilogy, in which a centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born. While a fragile peace has begun to...

For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships—but now it's time to hear her side of the story. Daughters of Sparta is a tale of secrets, love, and tragedy from the women behind mythology's most devastating war, the infamous Helen and her sister...

Brought to you by Penguin. A mesmerising literary debut interwoven with mythology and legend When Scottie realises that she may never become a mother, she makes the heart-breaking decision to flee to the remote North Atlantic archipelago of St Hia. Lashed by storms and far from the mainland, the...