Ergebnis für "Märchen" in Alternative Geschichte

Major Lewis Cayce will need to use every weapon in his arsenal to keep his stranded men alive on a deadly alternate Earth in this gripping new adventure set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Destroyermen series. It is 1847, and almost a full year after being shipwrecked on another...

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron. James Fletcher continues on his world conquest. He has realized that nothing short of world domination will allow him to live in peace. No matter how he expands the new neighbors will covet his goods and lands.

Valhöll Brewing: The Mystery of the Golden Red Ale is a wildly original and heartwarming fusion of Norse mythology, small-town Americana, and modern magic. Set in the cozy harbor town of Poulsbo, Washington, this story follows master brewer Lyndsi Stubb as she ventures from the warmth of her brewery into the misty wilds of Iceland...and back again...guided by heritage, hope, and one very unexpected hatchling.

It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo "the Magnificent", the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It's a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it.

Five hundred and twenty years. Five characters. Two realities. A girl born without a mouth or stomach. A woman whose voice can be heard by everyone. A man who can hear the wishes of the gods. A prince trapped in a nightmare. A trailblazer searching for something impossible to understand.

Fight or Die. This battle cry saved the lost 9th Legion of Rome; the historic US 5th Company, 2nd Mounted Rifles; and a 21st century Special Forces anti-terrorist team on distant Arden when the merciless Horde attacked. Having met the enemy and prevailed, survivors long for peace. But a shadow falls over their universe, proclaiming once more that Death is only the beginning of the adventure.

In this second novel, the new American republic is struggling to reconcile its lofty principles with the practical realities of a rapidly expanding nation. Three fairy rangers who helped the country win its independence—Goran the Sylph, Har the Dwarf, and Dela the Water Maiden—now find they must seek new alliances with the likes of Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Ichabod Crane, and the Cherokee hero Junaluska to combat a monstrous new conspiracy against peace, justice, and freedom on the frontier.

Deirdre Kirkwood, the bastard child of Griffin, a Catholic priest, and demon-infested Roanna Douglas, has been raised with her cousins Betsy and Hal, the children of Griffin’s twin, Donovan. Each of them has inherited a powerful magical talent and a wolfhound familiar. Any of them could become the next Merlin of Britain. Deirdre’s quest to know something, anything, about her father leads to a confrontation with El Lobison the Master of all Werewolves. No one is safe from him, as the cousins learn to their terror.

Dive deep into the heart of the murky swamps and tangled forests of Arkansas with me through this book. In the heart of the Arkansas wilderness lies a mysterious swamp that has been the source of countless tales of terror and mystery. For generations, locals have whispered in hushed tones about a creature that roams the dark and thickened woods, striking fear into the hearts of those who dare to venture too close. The creature, known as the Boggy Creek Monster, has become a movement inspiring countless books and films and even causing a whole festival to be celebrated in its name.

What if an ancient god escaped his fate and history was thrown to the wolves? Churchwarden Michaels thought it was just a run-of-the-mill crazy old man who stood in the graveyard, hellbent on studying the 1,000-year-old Viking memorial there. But when things start changing and outright disappearing, Michaels realizes there is more to this old man than meets the eye. Now, Michaels finds himself swept up in an ancient god’s quest to escape his destiny by reworking reality, putting history - and to Michaels’s dismay, Christianity itself - to the Viking sword.

Their story begins with the giant boat-builder, Kaleva, his only son Fornjot, and his three grandsons, Logi, Kari, and Aegir. When the boys go on a god-quest to find the one-eyed god Odin, it is only the beginning of their adventures. Sibling rivalry over birthrights and dominance grows between them that eventually leads to war and death. Blood between brothers will flow.

It is the time of Saturnalia, the most highly-anticipated festival across the whole of the Roman Empire. In the ancient city of Rome, citizens and slaves are preparing to honour the gods and to enjoy a time of freedom and revelry among family and friends. Saturnalia truly is the best of days for all!

Four years after the destruction of the planeport, Earth remains cut off from Heaven. The angels and demons are in disarray, lacking direction and leadership. Someone has to step up and take control, and that person is...Mercury? But when the demoness Tiamat finds out about Mercury's plan to reestablish contact with heaven, all hell breaks loose. Mercury finds himself at the center of a plot to rewrite Earth's history, and the only way to stop it is to travel back in time to prevent the plot from coming to fruition.

This is a tale of witches and wishes, tales and trees, stepmothers, spells and a girl who sleeps in the ashes by the fire.... But it's not the one you know.

It is a time of Old gods, of new beliefs and new restrictions on living. Sherewode stretches nearly from coast to coast, from the Humber in the North, to Buckingham in the South; from Willenhall in the West to Crowland, East of Ermine Street, with tendrils running all the way to Kernow, Scotland and Wales. Everywhere Saxons and the old Ænglish are being crushed under the cruel bootheel of the Normans.

Legends, myths, and old wives tales are told of the Krampus, creatures of Nordic persuasion who venture out of the deep woods around the time of the midwinter festival. None are more feared than the one called smol, but it was not always so.

There's just too much coincidence in one object, which just happens to have a pattern of craters that we recognize as a face. Scientist says that a collision made the moon with another planet, and that it spun around making a perfect circle I'm sorry, but it makes no sense that two worlds collided exploded and so close to our planet. The moon was formed over 60 billion years ago, according to some wacky scientist. I mean, what gravitational pull pulled the debris to one point to form the moon?

When we watch a home video of the past, we are going back in time to remember special events that affect us now. Sometimes we wish we could go back and change specific moments that we regret doing at the time to our loved ones that are no longer here. According to Einstein, the faster speed of light will create a vortex of events and allows the ability to go to past events. Can we go back in time to save a loved one, so they can be with us longer like say you still want to alter time to an event one was near death but a couple of days before this person's end?

This audiobook is about an unusual, yet incredibly brave and fierce warrior, born deep within the Dek Rong Mountains. Learning of his supernatural gifts and powers, this warrior’s caretaker then embarks on a journey to raise him as his own, all the while, teaching him the control and cultivation of his innate abilities, through discipline, heart, and courage. This warrior also discovers self-defense and the inborn desire to fight for what he believes is right, for the ultimate survival of all humanity and all living creatures of the earth, through peace and discernment.

Once upon a time there was a famine on earth. This was prior to human dominance of the planet. Animals ran the world. The famine was the second disaster that had befallen kingdom Animalia since the Continental Drift created the two Supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia from Pangaea. The first disaster was the Coup d'état, an illegal seizure of power, by humans that split Animalia. There was still hope, if only animals could collaborate to save what was left of the wild from the advancing human settlements.