Ergebnis für "Pyramiden" in Zeitgenössische Fantasy

"Look after the dead," said the priests, "and the dead will look after you." Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country whose largesse, and indeed treasury, is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father. And particularly when your only visible means of support is a recently acquired qualification from the Guild of Assassins.

Ich war ein Jäger und habe den Kodex geehrt. Für meine Verdienste um die Menschheit und dafür, ein „angemessenes Leben“ zu führen, wurde ich belohnt. Mit einem Leben nach dem Tod und einer neuen Welt, in der ich wohlverdienten Frieden finden sollte. Doch irgendetwas lief schief und erneut finde ich mich dem Kampf ausgesetzt. Die Ungeheuer, die mich hier erwarten, sind weitaus furchteinflößender als jene aus meinem vergangenen Leben. Sie sind klüger, grausamer und unberechenbarer.

A year has passed since the events that nearly brought the game, Carpe Noctem, crashing down. Now, just as things are beginning to get back to normal, a new threat emerges. When an unkillable player attempts to take over the virtual world, Max and Kira are called in to take him down. To win, the party will have to form their own house, infiltrate a tropical palace, pull off an elaborate heist, and maybe do a little dancing.

La piramide è il simbolo del potere, delle gerarchie. Il personaggio di questo racconto percorre un viaggio lungo una notte attorno a se stesso e scopre…aveva capito che il rapporto tra informazione e potere era lo stesso che tra corruzione e politica. Quasi si confondevano. Trovò quindi il modo di stabilire che tutte le comunicazioni passassero da lui. Da lui invece ne uscivano pochissime. L’indispensabile. Alle volte neanche quello. Stava mettendo in pericolo l’azienda. Ma doveva farlo. Giusto il tempo necessario per arrivare in cima.