Ergebnis für "ROAR!" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Original, honest and thought-provoking, Roar is Cecelia Ahern's unforgettable story collection. With her trademark honesty, Cecelia Ahern gives us 30 linked stories, all titled 'The Woman Who...', that capture the different facets of women's lives. Humorous, moving, surreal and poignant, the stories capture the moments the characters are overwhelmed by guilt, confusion, frustration, intimidation, exhaustion - the private moments when they feel the need to roar.

Garron, once a servant with a deadly illness, narrowly escaped death at the hands of Jackson, the ruthless chief of Lord Tet's guards. In a twist of fate, his loyal friend Lord Andros sacrificed his freedom to save Garron's life. Now, Garron is poised to repay the life debt. Alongside Typo, a fledgling and untested Dungeon, Talia, his Wisp ally, as well as Rai, the formidable Dungeonborn lion, Garron is ready to test his mettle. The mission: free Andros from Jackson's iron grip.

How degrading. Stuck babysitting a woman because his alpha said so. As pride beta, he has better things to do with his time, like washing his impressive mane, hunting down thugs for fun, and chasing tail - sometimes his own, if his lion is feeling playful. But his babysitting job takes an unexpected turn when the woman he's assigned guard duty over turns out to be his mate. A female threatened by an outside wolf pack.

Sy’noba, a young female lioness with roots in the African savanna, finds herself battling with her true identity now that she is living in civilization among non-shifters. The pride’s king, Koja, who already has two wives, has his eyes set on Sy’noba, the little sister of his first wife, Asha. With jealousy brewing in the pride, will Asha turn on Sy’noba? Will Sy’noba find herself when her back is against the wall, or will she become Koja’s third wife?

It's time for the last meow. Her whole life, Kat has been fighting for survival. For her freedom. Now, she's done. She wants peace. Even if that means having to risk everything she loves.

Taranis, the powerful King of Storms, bears the weight of restoring the fragile balance of magic between the worlds. It's a shame his inner dragon has other priorities. With his dragon knights at his side, Taranis is determined to defeat the Fomorian mage and shatter his remaining spells. The last thing he expects i

Alex and her friends built a community after their escape from the tunnels. It was a safe haven for refugees to finally realize a life free from underground influence. That was until the community was located by the underground enemy. They have developed new strategies to terrorize those that won't submit to their will. Allies and enemies come from the most unexpected places as Alex tries to find peace in the new world. She must stop the fighting once and for all to save those she loves the most.

Human Lauren has a protective streak a mile wide and one immediate goal in life - get her best friend out of an abusive household. If that involves a little bat-based redecorating, so be it. Unfortunately - or fortunately - a certain sexy-as-hell cop breaks up the fight before she has a chance to really get going. Grayslake police officer Van Abrams is too hot for his own good, and his handcuffs make all those wonderful places tingle. Too bad he, you know, arrested her and stuff.

The world as we know it disappeared with the Roars. Alex was enslaved by those that controlled them. Little does she know that some have survived the Roars and live outside the compounds. Someone out there is very interested in finding her. Alex's world is about to expand beyond her imagination. She might just have what it takes to change everything.

The fate of new world hangs in the balance. Alex's escape has threatened the power the underground civilization holds. The group has uncovered a sinister plan to harvest energy. Alex, Timothy, and Cara embark on a new journey. This time, they must silence the Roars for good.

Callie Penrose - a wizard with a splash of Angel’s blood flowing through her veins - kind of broke the Vatican and their band of holy-warrior wizard-priests, the Shepherds. She returns home to Kansas City to find new gangs of supernaturals roving the streets, preying on the innocent while the local factions do nothing. Although not unified, everyone seems to agree on one point.... Callie Penrose must die. And she’s still hearing those strange Whispers in her mind - much more frequently than before, and not nearly as...forgiving.

Weremole Kira has spent 29ish years of her life half blind and occasionally half dead. In an effort to remain fully alive, she moves to Grayslake, Georgia, with her guide dog - a guide dog who decides to lift his leg and relieve himself on werebear Isaac Abrams' belongings. And when he roars...well, it makes her heart go pitter-patter. Just when she thinks she might have found happiness, a raving she-b*tch werebear chick tries to kill her with the same poison that scarred Isaac to hell and back. The poison that Kira's family happens to manufacture....

When he rebelled against his father, Edmon Leontes lost everything, but a lot has happened in the twelve years since he left his remote home planet of Tao. He has made a new life for himself as the medic aboard a starship with a misfit crew. Edmon thinks he has left his tumultuous past behind him, yet all that changes when his father dies. Phaestion, the man he once called brother, has inherited Edmon's birthright. But Phaestion's ambitions of domination are not limited to Tao, and he is not inclined to let a rival - even one in exile - continue living.

What happens when hitchhikers conspire to find a missing black box? Surfers wipe out in a parallel Jim Crow universe? An L.A. courier travels to white suburbia for an alternative fuel source? A coffee shop Noah loads up her ark with humans? An infant apparition speaks its truth from a busted skateboard? A court martialed soldier confronts his demons? And two drifters misremember their shared past?

In this sequel to Young Lions, three British teenagers—Alan, Sam and Alice—continue to valiantly resist the Nazis and the British Fascists. A Spanish Civil War vendetta spills blood onto the streets of Hereward. Alan and Sam discover that Paul Mason has survived the St. George's Day Massacre. The Resistance attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and Alice is kidnapped by the S.S. Alan joins the Blackshirts and tries to sabotage the German invasion of Scotland.

Ursula thought her biggest worry was hiding her magic powers long enough to catch a husband, until Lord Vauquelin invades and slaughters her whole family. When she emerges from hiding, she finds she's snowed in with a wounded enemy soldier, in a valley full of bears.

A mere farmer in a small village, young Aidan has always dreamed of being a knight in the White Army of Delmar, an anti-dragon country. Despite his poor background, his dream comes true following a chance encounter with a bully knight, and thrilled to now be a soldier, Aidan works hard and pushes towards his dream of becoming a knight. Yet one day, Aidan pays the ultimate price after he saves a baby dragon as it is tormented by his fellow soldiers. For this, Aidan is exiled, and on his way out of the country, he is killed. But for Aidan, death was only the beginning. Waking up three thousand years later, watched over by the very dragon he saved, Aidan is disturbed. With an altered appearance and unstable magical powers he didn’t have before, he is horrified to find that the world has been taken over by an ancient evil that started in Delmar not long after his death. With the help of a time-traveling wizard apprentice and the dragon, Aidan must travel back in time to save the world from this harrowing evil. But after his bitter exile, does he really want to?

After being wounded in battle, WereLioness Lorna has been abandoned by her pride and left to die. However, she finds help from the most unexpected of sources. Game hunter Kyle is there for Lorna in her hour of need, and the two of them strike up the most unlikely of friendships, which is soon followed by the most unlikely of relationships.

My name is Vera Varrone. Over the past few days, everything about my life has changed. But with the love of my dragon and the guidance of my Guardian, I have accepted my role. I am the Warden of the Storm. Still, the dragons have enemies even in a post Supernatural War world. We thwarted Keir’s plans but the bastard son of the Winter and Summer fae courts still has something up his sleeves—I can sense it. Today, we’re bringing him back to the Summer Court to let justice be served, even as he taunts me with the truth of my identity.

Whilst Lauren and the team work to bring Tempest’s systems rapidly online, Eden is throwing all its resources into preparing starship for battle. Production is also working flat out to replace as many of the X-craft as possible after so many were lost at the battle with the Kimprak over Antarctica. With everything now on the line, they must also attempt to create a true alliance with a former enemy if our world to have any chance of defending itself from the alien threat.