Ergebnis für "Lynch" in Fantasy

Locke Lamora ist ein Held. Nein, eigentlich ist er das nicht: Er ist ein Dieb, ein Lügner und ein Ganove, wenn auch mit guten Manieren. Mit seiner Bande bewegt er sich in den Kanälen und engen Gassen des Herzogtums Camorr, um die Nobilität um ihre Schätze zu erleichtern. Und darin ist Locke unschlagbar, denkt er zumindest. Bis ein weiterer Verbrecher in Camorr auftaucht. Locke muss handeln - und das Abenteuer seines Lebens beginnt.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The first book of the epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin says “captured me right on the first page and never let me go.” “If you haven’t read [The Lies of Locke Lamora], you should. If you have...

Locke Lamora, Meisterdieb, Lügner und wahrer Gentleman, ist mit seinem Kumpan Jean nur knapp dem Piratentod entronnen. Nun ist er wieder auf Beutejagd, doch dann begegnet er einer Frau, die er längst tot glaubte: Sabetha, seine wahre Liebe - und die ist entschlossen, Locke ein für alle Mal zu vernichten, im Auftrag der finsteren Soldmagier. Für Locke und Jean geht es nun um alles oder nichts.

Dies ist die Geschichte von Locke Lamora - Meisterdieb, Lügner und wahrer Gentleman. Aus seiner Heimat Camorr geflohen, macht er sich nun auf nach Tal Verrar, wo er zusammen mit seinem Freund Jean das dortige Spielkasino um seine Schätze erleichtern will. Das erregt die Aufmerksamkeit des Oberbefehlshabers der Stadt, der die beiden Ganoven zwingt, für ihn auf hoher See einen Krieg anzuzetteln. Doch er hat nicht mit den Piraten des Messing-Meeres gerechnet...

'One of my top ten books ever. Maybe top five. If you haven't read it, you should' Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind 'Fresh, original and engrossing' George R.R. Martin, the phenomenon behind A Game of Thrones They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat...

In the second book of the suspense-filled Gentleman Bastard Sequence, hailed by George R. R. Martin as “fresh, original, and engrossing,” Locke Lamora faces a caper so death-defying that nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. For some, only a prize worth dying for makes life worth...

If you’ve ever wondered why Squibs are never offered a place at Hogwarts, what happened when Vernon Dursley first met James Potter, or how Dumbledore and McGonagall formed their lifelong friendship, From the Wizarding Archive should go straight to the top of your wish list. Containing 80 articles written by J.K. Rowling for the original Pottermore website and available for the first time in audio, exclusively from Audible, Harry Potter fans everywhere are in for a treat.

I died. Then I woke up as a glowing rock in a cold, wet cave. No body. No hands. Just mana, a bad attitude, and a pack of adventurers who want to crack me open for loot. Blake got hit by a car. He came back as a Dungeon Core. Now he goes by Nightshard, and his only company is Twinkle, a fairy the Bureau of Magical Regulation assigned to babysit him. Learn to build a dungeon, manage resources, and keep it together, or the Bureau decides he is too unstable to keep around. Nightshard has one thing the other dungeons down here do not: a software engineer's brain. Programmer's logic.

Whodunit? The answer is absolutely spellbinding. In this genre-blending collection of short stories, seven award-winning and bestselling fantasy authors work their signature magic on the puzzle-box plot. Whether unfolding in realities far-flung or deceptively familiar, these mysteries leave an...

Escaping from the attentions of the Bondsmagi Locke Lamora, the estwhile Thorn of Camorr and Jean Tannen have fled their home city. Taking ship they arrive in the city state of Tal Varrar where they are soon planning their most spectacular heist yet; they will take the luxurious gaming house, The Sinspire, for all of its countless riches.No-one has ever taken even a single coin from the Sinspire that wasn't won on the tables or in the other games of chance on offer there.

After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins, the Bonds Magi. It is a fallout that will pit both men against Locke's own...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the third book of the “gorgeously realized” (George R. R. Martin) epic fantasy caper Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Locke Lamora must make the hardest decision of his life . . . or death. “Fast paced, fun, and impossible to put down . . . Locke and company...

From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hands sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight, Mere man shall end this endless night. Gabriel de León has lost his family, his faith, and his last hope of ending the endless night – the Holy Grail, Dior. With no desire left but...

Busy with troubles of her own, Maud the village witch just wants to be left alone. Peace and quiet should be easy enough when you're dead, right? Wrong. Reborn as a powerful lich, Maud is suddenly faced with the attentions of all the righteous heroes, holy clerics, and nosy neighbors of the realm. Now, instead of whiling away the days in her garden with her cat and her knitting, Maud must figure out how much force is required to crush a man's spine, the proper storage solution to keep a spoiling cadaver, and how best to display the remains of the fallen for maximum scare.

THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER HE'S HER GREATEST ENEMY … AND HER DEEPEST DESIRE 'A dark fever dream of a fairytale. Rose in Chains is a heart-pounding, spellbinding, forbidden love story that kept breaking my heart and putting it back together again' Stephanie...

When egos clash during an assemblage of wizards, grandstanding displays of magic become a matter of murder in a witty and suspenseful short story by a New York Times bestselling author. Curmudgeonly conjurer Shiverick joins a conclave of fellow wizards on the strangest beach in the world...

From Brian McClellan, author of the Powder Mage Trilogy, comes this epic second installment in the Glass Immortals series, where magic runs scarce, tensions run high, and world-ending ruin lurks in the shadows of reality… The Ossan Empire is on the verge of collapse, the cindersand that powers...

The hotly anticipated sequel to The Silverblood Promise, continuing the incredible new epic fantasy series perfect for fans of Scott Lynch and James Islington Some doors should not be opened . . . Winter has come early to Korslakov, City of Spires, and Lukan Gardova has arrived with it. Most...

SHE'S HIS ONLY WEAKNESS AND HIS EVERY TEMPTATION Return to a world sparkling with dark magic and desire with this highly anticipated sequel to the enemies-to-lovers romantasy sensation Rose in Chains… Briony Rosewood escaped the worst of it – or so she tells herself. Though forced to serve...

From the masterful John Gwynne, Valour is the second epic fantasy in the Faithful and the Fallen series, following Malice. The Banished Lands are torn by war, as the army of High King Nathair sweeps the realm challenging all who oppose his holy crusade. Allied with the manipulative Queen Rhin of...