Ergebnis für "Gargoyles" in Literatur & Belletristik

Freiheit, Gleichheit, Terror... Frankreich, im Winter 1793, Henri hat Catia vor der Guillotine gerettet und flieht mit ihr aus Paris. In höchster Not finden sie Zuflucht bei einer Bauernfamilie in der Vendée. Robespierre, der unerbittliche Führer der Revolution, betrachtet ihre Flucht als persönliche Schmach und setzt alles daran, Catia und Henri nach Paris zurückzubringen. Im Auftrag der Six veranlasst er eine gnadenlose Jagd auf das Paar. Mittlerweile erhebt sich die stolze Landbevölkerung der Vendée gegen Robespierres Terrorregime.

Freiheit, Gleichheit, Krieg... Frankreich, im Sommer 1791, zwei Jahre nach dem Sturm auf die Bastille. Freiheit, Gleichheit und Brüderlichkeit scheinen endlich verwirklicht. Doch eine Frage ist weiterhin offen: Was wird aus dem König? Eine friedliche Lösung dieses Problems scheint unmöglich. Mitten in dieser Debatte wird Henris Mentor Mirabeau ermordet. Der Steinmetz wünscht sich nun nichts sehnlicher als Catia an seiner Seite. Doch die ist als Revolutionsheldin zur Ikone geworden und längst nicht mehr Herrin ihres eigenen Lebens.

Der Fluch… So schnell es geht, muss ich den Schaden an meinem Schiff beheben und diesen Planeten verlassen. Nachts finde ich nur in der Kirche Zuflucht und werde zum Stein. Ausgerechnet SIE begegnet mir dort. So süß, so harmlos, so lecker und so menschlich. Gerade als ich alles hinter mir lassen und abhauen will, erlöst sie mich von meiner jahrelangen Pein. Damit ist unser Schicksal endgültig besiegelt…

History meets Fantasy! Die Kathedrale NotreDame de Paris - der aufregendste Ort der Welt. Nicht nur Gotteshaus, sondern auch Heimat der Gargoyles, jener mysteriösen Wasserspeier, die dem Adel mit ihren übernatürlichen Kräften uneingeschränkte Macht garantieren. Durch einen Unfall geschieht das Unmögliche: Einer der Gargoyles verbindet sich mit Henri, einem 22jährigen Steinmetzlehrling. Eine Todsünde, da dies nur Angehörigen des Adels zusteht. Henri weiß nicht wie ihm geschieht, gejagt von der Obrigkeit und den anderen Gargoyles muss er fliehen.

An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time The narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells in the moral vacuum that is modern life. As the book opens, he is driving...

Der Schnee peitscht in immer dichteren Flocken über den vereisten Waldweg. Jack und Cliff geraten in Not und müssen sich daher in dem leerstehenden Anwesen Pendergest Manor unterstellen. Aber ist das Gebäude wirklich verlassen? Sie entdecken eine aktuelle Ausgabe der Tageszeitung, hören auf einmal Geräusche aus dem Obergeschoss und im Garten scheint die lebensgroße Gargoyle-Figur einer Vogeltränke zum Leben zu erwachen. Welches Geheimnis umgibt das einsame Haus?

Immerse yourself in the chilling world of black magic and the occult with Greye La Spinas captivating tale, Gargoyle. When artist Luke Porter is approached by the enigmatic occultist Cagliostro Moderno to visit the foreboding Fanewold Castle, he is initially doubtful. However, a series of bizarre coincidences leads him to the castles ominous gates, accompanied by a frightened Moderno. Here, they unravel the dark machinations of The Master, a shadowy figure devoted to Lucifer, intent on subjecting Lukes innocent cousin Sybil to a dreadful ritual. With the help of Sybils loyal handmaid Alden, ...

Welcome to the life of George Basine, and those of his family and friends; as legendary author and screenwriter Ben Hecht takes the listener through a maze of ethical struggle and identity related dilemmas involving the everlasting questions of perception and self-perception...

A witch on the run from her cruel family. Four sinfully hot gargoyles offering her a shot at revenge... for a price. For a witch without magic, marrying into a prominent coven was supposed be my greatest honor—and the only way to clear my father’s massive debt. But when my groom turns out to be a demon in disguise, I stab him at the altar and flee…Straight into the arms of New York’s most notorious mobsters.

Laszlo the Gargoyle, engineered by the Vatican through a top-secret breeding program, possesses a rare combination of dragon and human traits. Placed in a perilous situation, he is tasked with a mission by the mysterious government agency known only as The Hand on a manhunt to find Gottlieb the Clairvoyant, a powerful and dangerous fortune teller armed with a sinister deck of haunted tarot cards and psychic abilities.

Twelve months after his change, Alec MacAidan is still getting used to his many vampire talents. While most vampires would give anything to have more than one supernatural power, Alec craves nothing more than peace and time alone with Cronin. But when Alec meets entities from outside this realm, he's left powerless in their presence. Zoan are half-lycan, half-dragon creatures that have slipped through time and reality, seemingly undetected by man and vampire. Or have they?

A witch with no power captured by four vicious, possessive, sinfully hot gargoyles…Not exactly the makings of a happy ending. Yet here in the arms of New York’s most brutal monsters, I’ve never felt so safe. So cherished. As we work to obliterate our enemies and solve the mysteries of my past—a past that very well holds the key to unlocking my lost magic and breaking their curse—my gargoyles and I have grown impossibly close.

Enemies lurk in every shadow, and they’ll stop at nothing to claim the one thing they believe stands in their way of world domination: Me. Add to that a series of deadly betrayals, a dangerous magic I can’t control, and a curse dooming the men I love to eternal damnation, and things aren’t looking too hot for the home team. The clock is ticking, but despite the horrific odds, one truth remains unshakeable: My gargoyles and I were meant to find one another.

My family has always found me lacking. From the way I dress, how I look, to the type of magic I have. My family name is full of pomp and prestige, and I want nothing to do with it. I’m a witch that knows how to set a goal and I have one in mind. I want a real family. It seems too good to be true that I can give the list of traits I want in a partner and have my deepest desire answered, but I’m out of options. From the very first moment I meet Elliot Bramblewick, I have hope. But he’s tricky. I’m not expecting him to be hiding two other mates.

Snowed in with the Gargoyles is a cozy monster story with lots of spice, fated mates, and size difference issues. You’ll love it if you enjoy romance in which the heroine doesn’t have to choose between her heroes and stories where spice is the plot.

The poem "The Gargoyle" has established itself as a mainstay in American poetry and Halloween literature. Gruesomely worded, but well "described" for the horror fan.

For over a quarter of a century, Gorlen Vizenfirthe has entertained fans of wandering bards. Famous for playing his silver-strung eduldamer with one hand of flesh and one of stone, he has traveled from the dankest dens of Dankden to the desiccated domiciles of Wumnal Wells, first in search of a gargoyle with a hand of flesh, and then on the trail of the elusive wizard who swapped their hands in the first place. The Gargoyle’s Handbook collects for the first time all the Gorlen tales that take place before the events of the novel Underneath the Oversea.

Hilarious and poignant, The Gargoyle Hunters is a love letter to a vanishing city, and a deeply emotional story of fathers and sons. Intimately portraying New York’s elbow-jostling relationship with time, the novel solves the mystery of a brazen and seemingly impossible architectural...

A climactic battle of magic and steel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Legend of Huma! The Titans have gained the Fire Rose and seized the ogre realms from the Grand Khan Golgren. With the powerful artifact created by the god Sirrion, they have literally recreated the capital, Garantha, and they intend to remold the people next. Although the Titans believe Golgren is dead, the half-breed survives. With few he can trust and facing magic, treachery, and distrustful gods, Golgren must find the answer in his own past if he has any hope of overcoming the Titans and the powers of the Fire Rose.

I’m running out of time. In six months, on my 1,000th birthday, I will permanently turn to stone. Unless I find my fated mate. As Gargoyle King of New York City, the last place I expected to find true love was on a dating app. But when one mysteriously shows up on my phone, I decide I have nothing to lose. I sign up and immediately have a match. And she’s human.