Ergebnis für "Le Pacte" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Once a hero, Kael Veyne walked the streets of Avelmar adorned in triumph. War-mage, lover to Lady Elira, he rose from humble birth to the kingdom’s highest honors—until a single night of courtly treachery destroyed everything. Accused of unspeakable crimes he did not commit, Kael is condemned to the kingdom’s deepest prison. There, beneath stone and shadow, something ancient whispers his name.

Alors que Cameron s'apprête à devenir alpha et que les jeux de pouvoir se resserrent, le royaume s'enfonce dans le chaos. Pour survivre et protéger ses amis, Nora n'a qu'un seul choix : briser les traditions lycanthropes et bouleverser l'ordre établi. Mais déclencher une révolte pourrait bien tout réduire en cendres. Les alphas qu'elle défie ne reculeront devant rien pour conserver leur dominance et obtenir le trône.

The Tanith First have been pulled back from the front line and are enjoying some well-deserved rest – but that is about to end. An enemy prisoner – one of the deadly Blood Pact – wants to betray his masters, but he will only talk to Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt. Can he be trusted, and what exactly does he know? Gaunt must discover the truth and avert a deadly threat to both his own life and to the Sabbat Worlds Crusade itself.

I came to Dariu to win a husband—and an empire. I wasn't prepared for that husband to be so set in his brutal ways, for his people to see our marriage as a bad omen... or for my heart to be aching for three princes I can't have. I can't afford to let any of those problems stop me. My kingdom is counting on me, and all the conquered countries of the empire need my help. I'll win the respect of every skeptic and enemy, no matter what dangers I have to face.

Vicki Nelson has received the call that no daughter ever wants to receive - that her mother has died. Marjory Nelson’s coworkers at the Queen’s University Life Science Department told her that she suffered a heart attack, and that they’d be waiting for Vicki to arrive in Kingston to make the funeral arrangements. But what begins as a personal tragedy turns into the most terrifying case of Vicki’s career, when her mother’s body disappears mysteriously from the funeral home.

Nouvelle inédite dans l'univers des "Guerriers du silence" en préambule à la saga.

The new King of Terrania may no longer hunt for Old Ones, but the world is far from safe. As the crew of Black Hind continues to search out the Old Ones and return them to their rightful homelands, the reach of a dead consort haunts the new king from beyond the grave.

Depuis que je suis devenue la tueuse attitrée de la communauté surnaturelle du Vermont, je n'ai plus une minute à moi, course-poursuite, exécutions, meurtres en série... Bref je n'ai ni le temps, ni l'envie de m'occuper de ma vie privée. Alors quand mon ex, Michael, un vampire aussi sexy que redoutable a débarqué en ville, cela m'a un peu contrariée.

“As darkly whimsical as the most beloved fairy tales and soaked in gothic atmosphere.” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning Step into the House of the Beast in this dark fantasy debut from The Legend of Korra graphic novel illustrator Michelle Wong, about...

Je suis flic, et à part une petite bizarrerie et un sérieux manque de sex-appeal dont je me passerais bien, ma vie est plutôt sympa. Mais un soir tout vole en éclat. Traquée par des types bizarres, je me retrouve baby-sittée par mon nouveau boss, un type beau à tomber aux instincts meurtriers peu rassurants, qui semble éprouver à mon égard une allergie aussi violente qu’inexplicable. Alors, telle Alice, je plonge dans le terrier du lapin blanc ; sauf que, dans mon cas, la curiosité n’y est pour rien : mon imbuvable garde du corps m’y a poussée.

In the sprawling city of Manchester, forensic investigator Isla Crowley is secretly a werewolf, hiding her dual nature while solving the city's most bizarre crimes. When a series of gruesome murders begin occurring during the full moon, Isla teams up with Elias Thorn, a brooding but charming historian with knowledge of ancient supernatural lore. As they delve deeper, they uncover a hidden war between rival werewolf packs vying for dominance, a deadly cult that seeks to eradicate all supernaturals, and a mysterious artifact tied to Isla's own past.

All Scott wanted to was to blend in...to observed quietly from the shadows...to be one of the middle school crowd, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape his destiny and the voice of his recently deceased father reminding him, "No one should ever have to stand alone." So, when he stumbled across three larger boys torturing a wiry little boy named Paul, Scott's pet peeve of bullying and his overwhelming sense of justice thrust him into the heart of the conflict.

Caina Amalas has found the lost relics of Iramis, but with the relics comes deadly peril. For Grand Master Callatas is ready to work his terrible Apotheosis, and all he needs to unleash the dark power of the nagataaru is the Staff and the Seal of Iramis...once he takes them from Caina’s dead hands. Yet if Caina and Callatas do not work together, they are doomed.

Some time ago, humans…us, made pacts with demons all the time; it’s written in a text somewhere I read. Little did I know, how true that actually was; after getting out of an abusive relationship, I picked up a book at a local library…more out of boredom then anything. I didn’t think reading a few spell words from it, would summon a demon named Dizzin. Aside from the black demon like wings and the horns that jet out of the top of his head, he seems absolutely normal. Problem is, the words I spoke, had somehow made a blood pact with him…what that means…I’m not even sure myself.

Marie, the dutiful princess of Northhelm, chafes under the rigid protocol that governs her life. Then a growing darkness threatens the kingdom and uncovers the lie at the center of her whole life - a single pact that changes everything. Throwing off convention, she joins Rafe, a handsome, charming newcomer, on a quest to save her kingdom. Except he doesn't know she has a mission of her own - to discover the truth about her identity. Increasingly drawn to Rafe's strength and good humor, Marie is torn by her double purpose.

After her father's unexplained disappearance, the entrancingly beautiful healer Rhianwyn Albray finds herself in a perilous position. She's nineteen, living alone, and unwed—which, by the king's law, is strictly forbidden. Several men rally to claim her as their bride, but when a mysterious Irishman, Lord Broccan Mulryan, requests the king's permission to wed her, Rhianwyn immediately objects. Though he is handsome and there is an undeniable physical attraction, he's also demanding, arrogant, and not husband material.

After barely surviving the horrors in ACM mine 1134, Justin Barclay and his ghostly tagalong board a colonist ship bound for a new world. As they explore the futuristic colonist city within the ship, they quickly realize all is not as it seems. The arrival of Dr. Hallie Hayes, a fugitive scientist, arrives on the colonist ship shortly after. Her charge: get her life’s work to the core Coalition planets before it falls into the wrong hands. But she’s too late.

The destruction of the Dark Room has locked away the Eldest forever… or so it seems. The Boneyard discovers a bloodthirsty cult desperate to bring back the Old Ones, and Dustin Graves rescues the strangest of sacrifices: a Welsh corgi.

Stress weaves its way into Tia’s heart, and a break from the harsh reality is just what the doctor ordered. But a trip to Emerson’s family home reveals yet another hidden secret, and Tia is confronted with a shocking reality. The man she thought she knew so well has been keeping the truth of who he is from everyone.

Shifting alliances throw the diplomatic situation into chaos. In this second of a planned five-novel series, you will find out what's happened to the survivors of the expeditionary force, who's manipulating the Alliance, and, finally, what the true motivations of the frightening crabs are. Can Admiral Stokes and his naval commanders prevail against a rapidly shifting tapestry of potential foes?