Ergebnis für "Crux" in Fantasy

Die Erfindung der Nano-Droge Nexus hat die Menschheit in ein neues Zeitalter katapultiert. Die Verschmelzung von Mensch und Internet hat zu einer internationalen Terrorkrise geführt. Kade Lane, ein brillanter Forscher und Miterfinder von Nexus, findet sich plötzlich wieder in einem undurchsichtigen Kampf zwischen unerbittlichen US-Behörden und skrupellosen Terroristen. Sein größter Gegner, die Chinesin Su-Yong, tritt ihm als scheinbar übermächtiges Cyberwesen entgegen. Eine atemlose Jagd beginnt.

Freja Jensen, contemplating retiring from BeeBop Publishing Group in Austin, Texas, received a brown paper parcel in the mail. She opened the package, and saw that it was from Lucas Hansen, or his pen name, Lucas Pedersen. With the letter was a manuscript. Another note received was from a doctor who asked to remain anonymous. Included in a small teakwood box was an ancient sistrum, an Egyptian musical instrument with magical powers, and had the etching of an ankh on top.

Once you get past the Greek warrior Bellerophon and his esoteric-laced crystals, past the menacing black dragon Ophis, past the sinister giant Sinibaldus, you'll discover that The Crystal Crux: Betrayal is a love story, a tale of light and faith in a land of darkness, war and hopelessness. Pero de Alava has sinned against the powers-that-be. His elevated paranoia has made him indecisive and given life to frequent hallucinations and troubling visions. The supernatural is colliding with reality and the caballero fears he is losing his mind.