Ergebnis für "Magic Sparks" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Was bedeutet es, wenn man sich in einer Welt voller Werwölfe und Vampire seine eigenen übernatürlichen Kräfte nicht erklären kann? Emma Ballamy ist eine junge erfolgreiche Polizistin und kurz davor Detective beim Londoner CID zu werden. Doch ihre letzte Station während ihrer Ausbildung wird ausgerechnet die Supernatural-Squad. Die Abteilung, die sich mit den übernatürlichen Bewohnern der Stadt, wie Werwölfen und Vampiren, herumschlägt, gilt allgemein als Karrieresackgasse.

Vampire, Werwölfe, Morde und Grabräuberei - ein ganz normaler Tag im Leben von Emma Bellamy. Kaum hat sich Detective Constable Emma Bellamy mit ihrem neuen Posten als Leiterin der Supernatural-Squad abgefunden, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse erneut: Ein Vampir wurde auf mysteriöse Weise im Zentrum von London ermordet und mehrere Gräber von Werwölfen geplündert.

Ein neuer Tag - viele neue Rätsel. Endlich scheint sich im Leben von Emma Bellamy so etwas wie Ruhe einzuschleichen. Die kleine Abteilung der Supernatural Squad gewinnt langsam an Einfluss, die Vampire und Werwölfe von London beginnen sie zu respektieren und endlich hat sie das Gefühl, dass sie überhaupt weiß, was sie in ihrer neuen Position tun soll. Doch Emma hat keine Zeit, Atem zu holen, denn ein Vampir klettert auf das London Eye und drei Werwölfe entführen einen Touristenbus.

Teyo Verada wants nothing more than to be a shieldmage, wielding arcane energies to protect his people from his world’s vicious diamondstorms. When he’s buried alive in the aftermath of his first real tempest, the young mage’s life is about to end before it can truly begin - until it doesn’t. In a flash, a power he didn’t know he had whisks him away from his home, to a world of stone, glass, and wonder: Ravnica.

Ein mysteriöser Mordfall, politische Intrigen und ein Kampf gegen die Zeit... Das Gipfeltreffen der magischen Wesen steht kurz bevor. Im DeVane Hotel in London wollen sich Vampire, Werwölfe, Ghule, Kobolde, Druiden und Pixies treffen, um zu beraten, wie sie das Zusammenleben mit der menschlichen Bevölkerung verbessern können. Das Treffen könnte eine Chance sein, die Welt zum Guten zu verändern - und Emma Bellamy wird dabei sein.

Schwert oder Kaffee? Das ist hier die Frage. Viv, eine wilde und tapfere Ork-Kriegerin, ist nach Jahren voller Abenteuer und Fährnisse des Kämpfens müde geworden. Sehr zum Unwillen ihrer Gefährten beschließt sie, das Schwert an den Nagel zu hängen – und dafür ein Kaffeehaus zu eröffnen. In der Hafenstadt Thune setzt sie zusammen mit dem Hobbit Cal ihren Plan in die Tat um und lockt mit dem exquisiten Getränk schon bald Krieger, Zwerge und Wesen jeglicher Art an... und leider auch den bösen Elf Fennus, der von Viv ein geheimnisvolles Artefakt stehlen will.

Ivy Wilde, die faulste Hexe von Oxford, befindet sich noch immer in den bürokratischen Fängen des Heiligen Ordens der Magischen Erleuchtung. Was tatsächlich nur noch so semi-schlimm ist, denn so kann Ivy ungehindert Zeit mit Raphael Winter, ihrem saphirblauäugigen Untergang, verbringen. Als er dann noch ihre Fähigkeiten benötigt, um für ihn am Set der Serie Verwünscht (Ivys absolute Lieblingsshow!) zu spionieren, ist Ivy sofort Feuer und Flamme. Denn wenn man etwas so sehr liebt, dann kann der Auftrag auch nicht schwer werden. Oder gefährlich. Oder etwa doch...?

I watched in horror as dark magic sprang from my hand faster than an imp after your socks. I didn't know my name, let alone that I had such power. The man was dead. I panicked. I ran. How was I to know I was a dark magic enforcer, tasked with keeping magic hidden from the world? Yeah, total noob move, I know. But my memory is returning, and the Hidden have given me 24 hours to make amends. Cover it up. Finish the job I was given, or else. Failure isn't an option.

The Planeswalkers have defeated Nicol Bolas and saved the Multiverse - though at grave cost. The living have been left to pick up the pieces and mourn the dead. But one loss is almost too great to bear: Gideon Jura, champion of justice and shield of the Gatewatch, is gone. As his former comrades Jace and Chandra struggle to rebuild from this tragedy, their future, like the future of the Gatewatch, remains uncertain.

I'd been gone for a year, incarcerated in a hidden prison. The verdict was guilty; the punishment, death. Invoking the Law, I've got my freedom until my sentence is carried out. Three days, then I'm history. Gone, not even a memory. Wiped from the collective consciousness of those that knew, even loved me. Magic drives me on as I try to right so many wrongs committed in the name of justice.

Take one wizard - that's me - add a hot female vampire, give them a nice place in the country and what do you get? Paradise. Heaven on earth. So, of course, someone decided to go spoil it. No, it wasn't me, not this time. The Hidden world is in chaos, and apparently I'm the one that's supposed to deal with it! Smart trolls, even smarter vampires - and not the nice ones like Kate - witches on the rampage, inebriated gremlins, and imps intent on causing nuclear Armageddon, they have all combined to ruin my perfect life.

I'd had less than a week to recover from an incident that left me half-dead. My body was battered and bruised in ways I can't even begin to describe. Dark magic use had consumed me, spat me out a husk of a man. I was little more than flesh and bone, weary to my very soul. So, of course, there was a knock at the door. My smile faded, happy face turning to tears, as Kate - a gorgeous vampire and the woman I lust over at every available opportunity - told me the news. Dark magic came to me as my eyes snapped to black and my tattoos felt fit to burst with energy.

Guess what? I got married! One dark magic enforcer and his hot vampire wife are swapping the madness of this hidden life for a week's honeymoon in Paris. Here's the plan: Lots of sexy times, some fine dining, and a little sightseeing. No beasties, no wizards, no witches, no zombies, no work. Just us. What could possibly go wrong?

The zombie venom entered my bloodstream, the Council HQ was ready to blow, and I was tapped out of magic. With the hunger already on me, wyrmlings closing in, and my body shutting down, I was almost defeated. But where there's life, there's hope. I had a family, I had friends, and I had the chance at a future. All I had to do was find a cure before I became one of the undead, destroy the maniacs after me and my boss, and life would be peachy, right? Wrong.

I'd had it with magic. Me and it were no longer friends. Five years I'd been clean for, not even a taste of the good stuff. No longer a space cadet. Life was quiet, life was good. Life was as boring as a conference on boring hosted by Professor Boring. So, I have to admit, that when I got drawn back into the Hidden world I wasn't as reluctant as I made out. What I wasn't expecting was having to deal with a dragon holding the dwarves' gold hostage, accidentally unleashing a maniac on the city, and fighting for my life as everything goes into free fall.

A hundred years I've waited for this, my chance for revenge. To confront and kill the person who murdered my parents and caused such unbearable heartache. Tokyo has other ideas. As neon burns my retinas, and bizarre, utterly foreign Hidden try to thwart me at every turn, I lose control. Obsessed, single-minded, and utterly deranged, I sink deeper and deeper into a desperate madness as I chase across the megalopolis seeking vengeance. I'm not called Black Spark for nothing, and my nemesis is going to pay for her crimes.

Nine and her friends are headed to the mortal realm in search of the only thing that will shake a very tricky witch off their tail: a priceless stargold locket. It lies hidden in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures, guarded by Nine's old foe – the formidable gangmaster of all the thieflings in London. Even if Nine can get her hands on the locket, the friends must find a way to release its power – and for that they must travel through the World Between Worlds to the lighthouse on the Isle of Illusion, where nothing is quite as it seems…

Can this rag-tag team of lusty misfits defeat the pirates and prevent a magical apocalypse? Can Jordan convince the girls to kiss and make up, using nothing but his rugged charm and his enormous… negotiation skills? Whatever happens, one thing is for sure. Jordan Threat is going to enjoy this strange new world of Magic Steampunk Pirate Booty.

Unfortunately, not all people from magical bloodlines have powers, and at 22, I’m several years past the age they usually appear. So I’ve resigned myself to a boring, magic-less life. Then something strange happens. I get stuck in the middle of a bar fight, and instead of just punching the guy back, I blow a hole in the wall. So...I guess I do have powers. But they’re unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. This shit is definitely not normal. And it seems the magical authorities agree. I can go to school, learn to control my magic. Or they’ll take it away. Permanently.

Sorcha knew the mission was dangerous. Leaving the safe grounds of her brother's kingdom and parlaying with the elves across their border...well, treachery seemed at least as likely as true peace. But to support her sister, Sorcha would brave far more than the underhanded ways of the elves. Or so she thought, before she was taken hostage.