Ergebnis für "Crimson Hunger" in Literatur & Belletristik

Es ist falsch. Es ist grenzwertig. Es ist verboten. Trotzdem sage ich nicht ein Wort, um ihn zu stoppen. Das ist offiziell die schlimmste Woche meines Lebens! Nachdem mein Freund mich abserviert hat, verliere ich meinen Job - was meinem Boss natürlich erst einfällt, als ich mit einem klapprigen Mietwagen bereits 400 Meilen bis zu einer Tagung gefahren bin, die gar nicht stattfindet. Zu allem Überfluss stiehlt mir auf dem Rückweg jemand das Auto. Der einzige Lichtblick ist der Gentleman, der mir anbietet, mich zur Polizeistation zu fahren, weil die Polizei nicht auftaucht.

Removed from the concerns of the galaxy at large and regarding the Warmaster's unfolding Heresy with cold detachment, he has dedicated his hollow existence to the preservation of all the knowledge once held in the great libraries of Tizca, should mankind ever seek such enlightenment again. But his sons can see the change in their primarch - he is a broken soul whose mind and memories are slipping away into the tumult of the warp.

Will Shaw and his friends are typical college students, enjoying dances and parties without much care for life beyond. When Thomas, a handsome Naval officer and newly arrived student, nearly stumbles into Will and his friends, Will's heart spins, though he doesn't understand why. Sparks of something new burst within, opening his eyes to possibilities he'd never dreamed. In the giddy fog of a forbidden courtship and the safety of the campus bubble, the world's troubles seem far away. Until they aren't.

As the trials for Sangui City's throne reach their climax, Red finds herself at the center of a millennia-old prophecy. As the newly awakened dhampir, she holds the power to reshape the future—or destroy it. Octavia Beaumont, driven by her quest for acceptance, must confront the painful truths of her past to secure her place as ruler. But as ancient secrets unravel, she discovers that the greatest threat may come from those she trusted most.

Bought. Conditioned. Sold to the enemy. My name is Blaire. I'm head of security to a man who controls the Russian underworld in Europe. His name is Maksim and he's my master. He bought me ten years ago and conditioned me with brutality to worship and protect him. And I have protected him. I've slain everyone who has tried to do him harm. Everyone but a man he loans me to; a man who threatens to break me and everything in which I believe.

The Crimson Hunger is not just another horror tale—it is an immersive descent into the shadows of an ancient curse. Set in a forgotten village where fear lingers heavier than smoke at dusk, this story follows the whispers of a lone narrator who recalls the night an unspeakable evil awoke. A vampire, older than memory itself, rises with a thirst no well of blood could quench. One by one, villagers vanish into the silence of midnight, leaving behind only pale corpses and unanswered screams.This is a gothic horror folktale told in the voice of a weary storyteller by the fire—slow, trembling, ...

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA starring Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, Shirley Henderson and Mark Gatiss. 'Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them....' So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cast of low-lifes, physicians, businessmen, and prostitutes, meet our heroine Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can.

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds...and remembers.

A secret chamber. A mysterious shipwreck. A murder in the desolate salt marshes. A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated. Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene...

It was supposed to be easy: find the drug maker. Find her, and drag her back to the dragons to deal with. She deserves death for what she's done. For someone like Weston, the best alpha in the world, the one who shuts people up just by walking in the room, it would've been. Until he learns what she is. Finding a fated mate is nearly impossible. Very few are able to do it. But the call of their bond is unmistakable. Against all odds, and in the worst situation imaginable, he's found his true mate. Her.

Violet Zennor was raised fighting in underground arenas. Ruthless and skilled, she becomes an heiress after her father's death. But her freedom is short-lived. Her father planned to send her to the Darklands, where her stillborn brother was sold. Despite pressure, Violet refuses. After an assassination attempt, she realizes she must confront her father's legacy. Seeking help from Miren, Ellie, and Asher, she prepares for the ultimate journey: into the Darklands, to the Anchorhold. This gripping tale explores a sinister fantasy world where blood is power and magic is a weapon.

All Hanna Heikkinen wants is to be reunited with her father again. After all, that's why she ventured into the dark and dangerous fantasy world of Tuonela, the Land of the Dead, in order to save his life. But this time her devotion to her father comes at a cost—her growing relationship with Tuoni, the God of Death himself, who held Hanna captive in exchange for her father's life. The last thing she expects is to feel remorse, yet the dark and sexy God is all she can think about.

In her twenty-fifth adventure, vampire hunter and necromancer Anita Blake learns that evil is in the eye of the beholder... Anita has never seen Damian, her vampire servant, in such a state. The rising sun doesn’t usher in the peaceful death that he desperately needs. Instead, he’s being...

The final book in the Crimson Empire trilogy, a game-changing fantasy epic featuring an unforgettable warrior. Former warrior queen and now pariah, Cold Zosia wakes in the ashes of a burning city. Her vengeance has brought her to this -- her heroic reputation in tatters, her allies scattered far...

Band 2 der Spicy Dragonshifter-Romantasy-Dilogie in einer Welt voller mythischer Kreaturen, politischer Intrigen und einem Love-Triangle zwischen Mensch und Fae-Göttern. Nichts ist jemals so, wie es scheint. Vor allem, wenn man ungewollt in eine andere Welt stolpert. Als ganz normaler Mensch hätte Morgan nie erwartet, dass sie kopfüber in eine Welt der Feen, Magie und Drachen hineingeraten würde. Drachen, die zufällig auch Götter sind und von der Vielzahl der Feenvölker verehrt werden.