Ergebnis für "Magic" in Literatur & Belletristik

Wenn im Winter der Fluss gefriert, wird der Schattenstaub über das Eis kriechen und gierig das verbliebene Leben des Kontinents verschlingen. Eine Prüfung, so unerbittlich und tödlich wie dieser Feind, soll Rettung bringen. Die Magier des Lichts suchen nach drei Helden, auf deren breiten Schultern, die Hoffnung des ganzen Volkes lasten kann. Drei Recken, die aus blutigen Spielen hervorgehen - kampferprobt, tollkühn und entschlossen. Bei der Göttin des Lichts! Was haben der alte Mönch, die betrunkene Räuberin und der junge Ziegenhirte nur in der Prüfung verloren?

A prophesied king is born, but not all will benefit from his foretold conquests. In a realm where only clerics are permitted to practice magic, Kibure, a mere slave, draws the attention of much more than just his master after wielding an unknown force in a moment of desperation. In a twist of fate, Sindri, the priestess hired to strip Kibure of his power, defies the law, revealing designs of her own. This wayward pair will have to work together if they hope to evade capture at the hands of the Empire's most potent wielders.

Tad has learned more about his past, but he still doesn't know if one side or the other would imprison or kill him simply for existing. Those who know more refuse to tell him more, but share his concerns. Now though, it's time to move forward. He may not know what it means to be a fey but his goal remains the same, namely to open a shop and sell magical items. To get there though, he has a dungeon to master, errant nobles to defy, and the Lawgiver's gaze to avoid. Chaos is in his blood, and he's certain to bring it wherever he goes.

For nearly four-hundred years, the Veil has protected us from the Fae of Alfheimr. In their absence, our lives have shifted from decadence and sin to survival and virtue under the guidance of the New Gods. I’ve spent my entire life tending to the gardens next to the boundary between our worlds, drawn to the shimmering magic like a moth to the flame. All of that changes the day the Veil shatters, unleashing the fae upon our world once again.

Dragons, catgirls, guns, and magic—oh, and the ability to stop time. What more could a modern gal want? Well... If my past would stay locked in a dark corner back on Earth, that'd be nice. Right, there was that one other thing: finding a way home before the world ends. But hey, that's what my mom would call the last step in your five-year plan. The first? Play with magic.

After years of service in the Imperial Expeditionary Force, Jol Rivers has found a tentative home in Littlereach, where he makes a living as a blacksmith. One day, however, a beautiful mage arrives and tells him that he has a mysterious magical power hidden within the items he forges, one that could defeat the malignant forces threatening the Second Empire. She invites him to the Lyceum, an institute for mages where he can develop this power.

Harlow Torrent, Teilzeit-Journalistin und Vollzeit-Switch-Hexe, hat einen neuen Job: Sie arbeitet am Set des neuesten Films von Bella Bing, der in Harlot Bay gedreht wird. Eigentlich sollte es eine willkommene Abwechslung sein, aber als der Hauptdarsteller, Mattias Matterhorn, an seinem ersten Drehtag stirbt, wird Harlow in eine gefährliche Verschwörung hineingezogen. Ein Saboteur befindet sich am Drehort. Er setzt alles daran, den Film zu verhindern, und schreckt auch vor Mord nicht zurück.

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Ein magisch-turbulentes Abenteuer durch die Wälder Englands: der Auftakt der "Signs of Magic"-Serie von Mikkel Robrahn. Die mutige und wild entschlossene Matilda stammt eigentlich aus einer wohlhabenden Familie, doch die Spielsucht ihres Vater hat die Godwins mit einem riesigen Schuldenberg belastet. Die einzige Chance, der Katastrophe zu entkommen, ist das traditionelle Turnier der Superreichen. Wer den jadegrün schimmernden Fuchs fängt, dem winkt ein hohes Preisgeld. Doch nicht allen ist daran gelegen, dass Matilda das Turnier für sich entscheidet.

The ashes of the Winter Festival settled, but peace was a luxury I couldn't afford. The threats were escalating, and staying put meant stagnation. If I wanted to face what was coming, I had to get stronger, even if it meant leaving Waybound's walls behind.

Der zweite Teil der "Signs of Magic"-Serie von Mikkel Robrahn entführt in unheilvolles Marschland. Eine trostlose Sumpflandschaft und ein reißender dreckiger Fluss, das sind die Marschlande. Matilda und Albert sind in diesem wundersamen Schnellreisenetz auf der Suche nach Matildas Eltern, die durch das Portal im Keller dorthin entschwunden sind. Die Zeit drängt, denn die Marschlande werden überschattet von Tzunath, einem furchteinflößendem Monster.

Tad doesn't have any memory before waking up on the beach, apparently the sole survivor of a shipwreck. All he has from his past is a necklace with a symbol no one recognizes. After growing up in the orphanage, he takes a job managing inventory for a merchant catering to adventurers. He knows he's a bit off, the world just smells different to him. When he's confronted by a group of adventurers with more power than ethics, he learns that it's been magic he is smelling all along.

For two years, I’ve lived the dream. Family, friends, career, and four beautiful, wonderful women sharing my life and my home. But life moves forward. My daughter Maddie is getting married, kicking into motion a range of issues we’d thought settled and dealt with. Meredith is starting to feel the baby lust, and that’s a big decision when I could be a grandfather soon. Ariella is fitting in better than I’d expected, but she’s still keeping secrets from us.

Kenna is a human in a magic-biased world, but a night at the club changes everything. There she meets four sexy strangers who unbind the magic she never knew she had. Now, she needs their help to train her wild and unpredictable magic and to find the truth of who she really is before someone she loves gets hurt. She is tormented by events in her past, and the secret she has guarded for so long threatens to destroy everything.

Freed from the dungeon, Tad now has a wider world to explore, even as he is pursued by an enemy intent on using Tad's power for his own ends. More of his forgotten past will be revealed even as he finds out more about his place in the multiverse. New allies and new enemies will appear.

A thousand-year-old cultivator, Drew, is about to ascend to a higher existence. As he begins the process, he finds out he has pissed off one too many demigods. Though he manages to fight off the concerted effort of sect elders and patriarchs...he is slapped away from the higher realms by something. After an instant or an eternity, he awakens on a lower realm! The air is filled with garbage energy, and his emotions of all things are allowing him to control it. For a cultivator that has spent his existence absolutely controlling his thoughts...that won’t do at all.

Diesmal steckt Varg wirklich in ernsten Schwierigkeiten und könnte alles verlieren! Selbst das, was ihm am meisten am Herzen liegt. Doch auch seine bisherigen Entscheidungen sind nicht folgenlos geblieben und er findet Gönner unter seinen alten, etwas verrückten Bekannten, die ihm neue Verbündete einbringen.

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move. Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals.

Alle wussten sehr gut, wozu ein Heiler des Ordens imstande war… Und sie wussten auch, dass ein Heiler vor niemandem katzbuckelt. Ich bin dabei, die alte Herrschaft der Familie Bulatow wiederherzustellen, und jetzt habe ich alles, was ich dafür brauche. Einschließlich von Unterstützern aus einer anderen Welt. Arbeite für mich - oder geh mir aus dem Weg!

Once upon a time, there was a forgotten era of magic and monster. But the remnants—and all memory—of the old world have been replaced by the sane, the scientific, and the rational. But sometimes the magical past isn’t content to stay past. That’s where Jack Damian comes in. It’s his joy to protect our present from the supernatural remnants of an earlier time, a different history. It’s his job to make the past safe. Jack is called to the Tate Museum, where dozens of people have disappeared beneath the surface of a painting.