Ergebnis für "Eldest" in Literatur & Belletristik

Žaneta, an extraordinarily unique Khajiit living on the island of Vvardenfell, has her peaceful world turned upside down when her family - the most important part of her life - is violently attacked. With her husband murdered and her children missing, Žaneta makes the courageous decision to go after them herself. Traversing across a country full of political turmoil and on the brink of an unknown epidemic, Žaneta presses on to discover where her loved ones have been taken.

A kingdom starved. A prince's war. And a young knight standing between ruin and redemption. When the Wildermen dam the River Walis, the crown rides to break their hold. Lucan marches beneath banners he does not trust, his father beside him, into a campaign that will test all measures of loyalty...

In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's...

Lucan is the son of a landed knight in a kingdom that is surrounded by diverse threats. As he comes of age, he must make peace with both the tasteful and distasteful of his responsibilities. Most important of all, he must find a way to either tame or accept his own ambitions.

Before meeting his pathetic and all-too-predictable demise in the middle of a pie-eating contest, Zack was living the high life: schlubbing around his parents' basement, subsisting on pizza, video games, computer screens, and web novels. He had it all . . . while still being a big, fat nothing. But when he's forced to ditch his pudgy mortal corpse, Zack finds himself taking the place of a recently-killed demonic sect elder known as Slifer, who—even as an elderly man—is one serious badass.

Going to Level 2 gives me unimaginable power. So naturally, now that everyone I care about is in trouble, I can't do it anymore. The Elders can, but will they teach me, and if so, at what price?Ultimately, it comes down to a choice. What am I willing to sacrifice for those I love?

Death Lord Umbriel. The Oblivion Gate. The final showdown in the abyssal hells . . . Gray Lexly and the rest of his class are tasked with the impossible. They must train themselves to dive into the deepest levels of the abyssal hells and face off against the last two remaining Death Lords who...

När två vandrare hittar en traumatiserad pojke som irrar runt ensam i ett avlägset hörn av Adirondackbergen i delstaten New York, följer de hans steg tillbaka till en stuga där de gör en fasansfull upptäckt. Fallets allvar gör att FBI, med specialagent Jill McDade i spetsen, tar över...

Within this book, twenty-one timeless insights from Neale Donald Walsch, NY Times bestselling author of Conversations with God, offer clear, uplifting wisdom for anyone seeking greater peace, clarity, and purpose. Drawn from a lifetime of spiritual exploration, each insight is delivered in a...

In The Curse of Katie Elder, Thomas R Clark blends infamous historical figures from the Old West into a splatterfolk story unlike anything you've read before. A tabloid podcaster, a biker boss, and an undead outlaw ante up at a game of Texas Hold'em. A trail of mangled bodies has brought them...

In die 2. Ebene gelangen zu können, macht mich unglaublich mächtig. Jetzt stecken alle, die mir wichtig sind, in Schwierigkeiten, aber ich kann die 2. Ebene nicht mehr erreichen. Die Ältesten können es, aber werden sie es mir beibringen? Und falls ja, welchen Preis werde ich dafür zahlen müssen? Letztendlich werde ich eine Entscheidung treffen müssen. Wie viel bin ich bereit für diejenigen zu opfern, die ich liebe?

In this novella set in 1924 London, ex-boxer Harry Stubbs is on the trail of a mysterious legacy. A polar explorer has died, leaving huge debts and hints of a priceless find. His informants seem to be talking in riddles, and Harry soon finds he isn't the only one on the trail - and what he's looking for is as lethal as it is valuable. The key to the enigma lies in an ancient Arabian book and it leads to something stranger and more horrifying than Harry could ever imagine.

Before he was Slifer, supreme elder of the Black Rose Sect, he was Zack, devourer of junk food. Then the pudgepot relocated into the body of a top-tier cultivator, which he used to gain power while trying to reform the various evil demonic sects of his new home into something a bit less, well, demonic. It hasn't been easy. Especially since the Great War between the demonic and righteous sects broke out for realsies. These days, Slifer has his hands full keeping his secret identity secret, collecting System cards, and holding the "good guys"—especially the fearsome, enigmatic Lady Chi—at bay.

For Liv Brodbeck, magic has changed everything. Cel, the ancestral word of power inherited from her father, now slumbers in the back of her mind. After years of study, the ancient magic of the Old Gods is hers to wield, from brutal, cutting shards of ice to frozen, immovable walls. No longer a mere scullion, she is now an apprentice of the Watchful Guild of Magim, under her teacher, Master Grenfell.

BLOOD RUNNERS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY. A dystopian LitRPG where power is earned, bought, and stolen. In New Chicago, everything runs on a hidden system. Stats. Upgrades. Bounties. The elite stay clean by paying others to take the fall—and Hunters like Marisol level up by bringing those “Runners” in.

The protector of the land is dead. A blood plague infests the soil and sea, eldritch angels vie for dominion over hearts and souls, and holy war boils between four gunpowder empires. The line between truth and falsehood, the righteous and the wicked, hope and annihilation is buried deep beneath blood-soaked sand.

Zaneta’s ship makes port in Narsis on the mainland of Morrowind, and she begins uncovering who’s behind stealing her children while searching for any signs that will lead her to them. Crossing through mountains and Imperial territory, she’s reminded of her emotional history here while revisiting old, familiar cities. That is, until she’s dragged to the doorstep of hell and back.

Having been pulled across time to aid heroes in the past while protecting a future yet to come, Zaneta finds her way back to the present - and the people responsible for stealing her children. The pursuit leads her north into Skyrim, where she, with help from the empire, is on the heels of the kidnappers, steadily nearing the end of her nightmare. In this spectacular conclusion, Zaneta covers the vast countryside with aid from an ancient dragon and mysterious strangers who, in the end, could help save the people she loves most.

Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part epic masterwork. Entwining stories and worlds form a vast and complex canvas; here is the conclusion readers have long...

Depuis des décennies, le mal règne dans l'Empire d'Alagaësia. Un jour, "Eragon", un jeune fermier, découvre au cœur de la forêt une pierre magnifique. Elle est si bleue, si lisse ! Fasciné, il l'emporte à Carvahall, le village où il vit avec son oncle et son cousin. Comment pourrait-il deviner qu'il s'agit d'un œuf, et qu'un dragon porteur d'un héritage ancestral, aussi vieux que l'Empire lui-même, va éclore ? Dès lors, la vie d'Eragon est bouleversée. Contraint de quitter les siens, il s'engage dans une quête qui le mènera aux confins de l'Alagaësia.