Ergebnis für "Downfall" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Carter Sanders ist ein junger Soldat, der noch vor Ende seiner Ausbildung zum Volkshelden wurde. In den darauffolgenden Monaten nutzt er seine körperlichen Modifikationen, um überall in der Galaxie Aufträge zu erfüllen. Diese Missionen auf fremden Welten lehren ihn, seine enormen Fähigkeiten und Talente effektiv zu nutzen. Während des tobenden Krieges der Menschen mit den echsenartigen Lorganern muss er sich mit seltsamen Entdeckungen und Piraten herumschlagen, die die Lage schamlos ausnutzen.

When a freak accident ruins his body and his memory, Wes Malcolm loses his scholarship and his place in the world. Every treatment has failed, save one: a fully immersive VR game, designed by his late, disgraced father, that mimics the condition his body used to possess. To everyone's disbelief, his body and mind slowly improve, bit by bit, but it's still not enough. Then one night, he wakes up in a world just like the game his father designed. Here, he can grow, learn, and thrive.

I let it go - all of it. Everything I'd been saving up all my life, building and growing inside me, too much to hold in one half-human body. It pushed and fought to be free with a force that turned me into a bomb with a timer vibrating on zero. I was free. But so was everything I'd fought so hard not to be... Brothers Cal and Niko Leandros know trouble when they see it - and then proceed to wipe the floor with it. But now it seems their whole world is falling to pieces.

Logischer denn je! Endlich geht die Krosann-Saga weiter. Mit mehr als 60.000 begeisterten Rezensionen (Ebook, Print, Hörbuch) gehört die Krosann-Saga zu den beliebtesten Fantasy-Reihen in Deutschland. Sechs ruhige Jahre sind vergangen, doch ein drohender Krieg stürzt die Hand des Schwertmeisters in eine neue abenteuerliche Mission. Und Nika? Sie muss sich um ihre eigenen Probleme kümmern. Auf ihre Art. Und dabei kommt ihr ausgerechnet Kareks Bande in die Quere. Ihr ist es egal, wer unter ihr König ist. Es kann nur einen Gewinner geben. Logisch.

How far can a hero fall? Far enough to lose his soul? Dhamon Grimwulf, once a Hero of the Heart, has sunk into a bitter life of crime and squalor. Now, as the great dragon overlords of the Fifth Age coldly plot to strengthen their rule and to destroy their enemies, he must somehow find the will to redeem himself. But perhaps it is too late. Downfall marks the return of Dhamon and other characters from author Jean Rabe's bestselling Dragons of a New Age trilogy.

Princess Adriana has only known one thing in her life; evil. She lives on the island of Malum, banished there by those who claim they are good, those who live the life of luxury on the island of Aiven. But her mother has raised her to extract revenge on those families, and now is the time. The four heirs of the evil families cross the barrier, ready to start a war with Aiven. But Princess Adriana finds more than just revenge on the island... Prince Rowan has everything he could ask for, except for a potential queen.

Atticus, der tyrannische König und Vater von Braith und Jack, wird von Menschen und Vampiren wegen seiner Gnadenlosigkeit und Brutalität gefürchtet. Doch wie ist aus dem offenen jungen Mann, der er einst war, dieser kaltblütige Herrscher geworden? Mit fünfundzwanzig Jahren ist Atticus der letzte Erbe der mächtigsten Vampirfamilie und lebt unter dem Dach seines Vaters. Dort führt er ein Leben in Luxus und voller Privilegien, bis er Genny begegnet, einer jungen Vampirfrau aus einfachen Verhältnissen.

Die Katastrophe von P3X-888 wird zur Schicksalsfrage für die gesamte Menschheit. Der Feind erhebt sich und holt aus zum alles vernichtenden letzten Schlag, noch ehe auf der Erde begriffen wurde, in welchen Konflikt man hineingeraten ist. Inmitten einer Gemengelage, die seit Jahrmillionen besteht, stolpern Nikos und Jacek in einen Konflikt hinein, der weitaus größer ist, als sie es sich jemals hätten vorstellen können. Unterdessen ist die Führung daheim noch immer ahnungslos und weiß nicht, dass der Untergang längst begonnen hat.

Lance was just trying to get through his terrible day when his world came crashing down. As the blazing sun dipped below the horizon, Lance's heart pounded in his chest, each beat pushing him closer to the edge of desperation. Racing against time and a cosmic cataclysm, he must navigate a ravaged world after a monstrous CME strikes the Earth, plunging it into darkness. But this harrowing journey is not solely to survive the aftermath; it's a race to reach his injured father in distant Kansas, where a lonely farmhouse stands as their last beacon of hope.

Thor Finn's attempt to conquer the solar system has been stopped cold, his plans shattered and his fleet broken. It should be a time to rejoice. But in defeat, Finn has revealed a secret only he knew: An alien invasion fleet is on its way toward Earth. And it will arrive in a matter of months. Led by billionaire-turned-strategist Toman Benez and the pirate warlord Kansas Carruth, the system's battered forces prepare their defenses and muster a fleet. Total war is coming for them. If they fail, it will mean the end of the human race.

The New York Times best-selling master of alternate history delivers the captivating first novel in his new World War II series. Harry Turtledove imagines how the war in Europe would have ended had British prime minister Chamberlain refused to allow Hitler's annexation of the Sudetenland.

1945: Russian troops have entered Berlin, and are engaged in a violent orgy of robbery, rape, and revenge! Wehrmacht officer Hasso Pemsel, a career soldier on the losing end of the greatest war in history, flees from a sniper's bullet, finding himself hurled into a mysterious, fantastic world of wizards, dragons, and unicorns!

Cal's "honeymoon" didn't start off quite how he'd planned. For starters, he was heading somewhere he didn't actually want to go. And secondly, he was going alone and unmarried. He had no idea that his first visit to New York City would also land him in the middle of a domestic terror attack, forcing him to flee Manhattan in a desperate bid to survive. This was no ordinary terror attack. The Movement, in a misguided attempt to seize political control of the USA, unwittingly invited the destruction of their homeland.

Alex believed his whole life that he was a normal human, until one random day, he discovers he has powers. In an effort to use his newfound abilities, he joins the US military. Alex soon finds that the US has its own secrets. When Alex got his first deployment, things seemed to be going well, until it all went wrong, and an unknown enemy attacked other countries. The US reacted quickly, and they, along with some other countries, won the battle, but a new race of humans and a new species rose up from the ashes.

Stand for Justice is the jaw-dropping conclusion to the Celestial Downfall Trilogy. After executing a brave, if not foolhardy plan to usurp the Seraphim, Azrael's battle has only just begun. For the first time in history, humans, demons, and angels are working together. Her dream of a future where angelic slavery is abolished is within her grasp. But every deal comes with a price. Is Azrael ready to pay?

In the stunning sequel to Fallen to Grace, Azrael must face a new world with new masters. She's the Queen of Celestia--or so the Council of angels wish her to believe. The Seraphim, the true ruler of Celestia, holds Gabriel captive and tinkers with dark magic. Azrael must master her powers and her heart like never before in order to save Gabriel and lead a coup against the Seraphim.

King Vanderwall was given two options: Kill the humans or die. Seventeen years later, his sons now face the same threat...Orian, Prince of the Midland, is sworn to protect his human, but now he must choose: His life or hers. When an irrevocable disease spreads through the Earth plane, Orian must find a way against the odds to win.

Brax and Carmen are exploring the ocean when they come across the dead body of a dragon on an island. He was an outcast, living far away from Drachia, and he was only recently killed. It turns out that the old enemy - one that the dragons believed were all destroyed - have returned. And they want revenge, one dead dragon at a time.