Ergebnis für "Red" in Fantasy

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet.

Vier Jahre ohne Erinnerung. Und sie hat es nie bemerkt. Lio arbeitet in einem kleinen Londoner Café und tut so, als wäre alles normal. Bis die Albträume beginnen. Und Lio zum ersten Mal die Frage stellt, die sie nie hätte stellen sollen: Was ist vor vier Jahren wirklich passiert? Als ein verletzter Fremder in ihrem Leben auftaucht und Flammen aus Lios Händen lodern, zerbricht die Fassade. Hinter dem London, das sie kennt, existiert eine verborgene Welt aus Magie, Runen und alten Feindschaften — und Lio steht mittendrin.

Immer war Darrow stolz darauf, als Minenarbeiter auf dem Mars den Planeten zu erschließen. Bis er herausfand, dass die Oberschicht, die Goldenen, längst in Saus und Braus lebten und alle anderen ausbeuteten. Unter Lebensgefahr schloss er sich dem Widerstand an und ließ sich selbst zum Goldenen verwandeln. Nun lebt er mitten unter seinen Feinden und versucht die ungerechte Gesellschaft aus ihrer Mitte heraus zum Umsturz zu bringen.

Ten years after the events of Morning Star, Darrow and the Rising are battling the remaining Gold loyalist forces and are closer than ever to abolishing the color-coded caste system of Society for good. But new foes will emerge from the shadows to threaten the imperfect victory Darrow and his friends have earned. Pierce Brown expands the size and scope of his impressive Red Rising universe with new characters, enemies, and conflicts among the stars.

When Dante Galand was just a boy, his father, Larsin, sailed away to make his fortune. And never returned. Since then, Dante has become a great sorcerer. A ruler. A destroyer of kings. And he's just learned that his father is living on a forbidden island at the edge of the known world. Where he's dying of a mysterious plague. In the company of his friend, the swordsman Blays, Dante travels to the island. There, his magic can do nothing for his father.

They burned her home. They stole her brother and sister. But vengeance is following. Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in...

World War III is a month old. After attacking and sinking the Destroyer USS Stacy Heath, the Chinese invade Tibet, and India counterattacks. Rather than allow the Chinese to seize control of the subcontinent, the US sends 20,000 US soldiers and Marines in to join the fight. The Russians invade Ukraine, which leaves NATO with no choice but to respond. A full-fledged ground war begins.

Lang ersehnt – die neue Geschichte der irischen Bestsellerautorin Louise Kennedy Es sind die 1980er-Jahre. Die 15-jährige Außenseiterin Róisín und ihre Ma leben in einem bescheidenen, nasskalten Haus am Rande eines kleinen irischen Städtchens. Seit ihr Vater sie verlassen hat, ist es dort...

Um eine unmenschliche und grausame Gesellschaft zu stürzen, ist der Minenarbeiter Darrow selbst zum Goldenen, zum Mitglied der verhassten Oberschicht, geworden. Doch jetzt wurde sein Geheimnis entdeckt und er schwebt in tödlicher Gefahr. Wenn er sein Ziel erreichen will, muss er alles riskieren.

Der Schnitter ist eine Legende, eher ein Mythos als ein Mensch: der Retter der Welten, der Anführer des Aufstandes, der Sprenger der Ketten. Und doch ist der Schnitter ein Mensch: Darrow, geboren auf der roten Erde des Mars, Ehemann, Vater und Freund. Einst brauchten die Welten den Schnitter, doch nun brauchen sie Darrow. Denn nach dem dunklen kommt ein neues Zeitalter – ein Zeitalter des Lichts, des Triumphs und der Hoffnung.

Der Monsterjäger Sebastian Grave ist ein Mann vieler Talente und Geheimnisse und war in mehr als einem Jahrhundert zuhause. Nun reist er in die abgelegene französische Provinz Gévaudan. Der Baron hat Freiwillige zur Jagd auf die Bestie aufgerufen, die für das Abschlachten von Vieh und Menschen verantwortlich sein soll. Zusammen mit dem Dämon Sarmodel und dem jungen Adligen Antoine d'Ocerne macht sich Sebastian auf die Jagd.

All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between contemplative self-discovery and an idle instinct to kill all humans.

Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.

For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down Society from within.

Allister is a combat healer, and a good one at that, capable of healing that which others cannot. In fact, he might even be the best in the entire kingdom. However, he didn't become so powerful by sheer luck or coincidence. Hiding a dark past full of horrors and torment, his already dangerous lifestyle as a Scourge Suppressor is about to become even more perilous. Thankfully, there is one glimmer of light breaking through the darkness.

This is a world divided by blood - red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is, until she finds herself...

A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption. "...narrator Rory Bennet voices Sarmodel like a French Peter Lorre, and it’s *chef’s kiss*" — Book Riot “...[Narrators Rory Barnett and Imogen Church] elevate the...

In einer Welt der Dunkelheit, in der königliche Vampire das Sagen haben, verbringe ich meine Tage als Ritterin in der Stadt, die früher als London bekannt war. Statt einer Lanze und einem Pferd verlasse ich mich auf meine treue Streitaxt ›Babe‹, und reite gelegentlich auf einem Drachen. Jeden Tag tauchen neue Bedrohungen auf, die eine Prise Magie und eine Portion Kampfgeist erfordern.

They fear us. And they're right to do so. Born adrift, we've found each other and formed a family, one that works together to punish any who would hurt us. We already lost one of our own, the closest thing I could call to a mother, and I've sworn to never let it happen again. We make it our...

In a land where humans and elves find it difficult to communicate, Tari—an elf—is bound to Captain Arion—a human military officer—in a ceremony designed to promote friendship between the two races. When the ceremony is over the pair discover that the impossible has happened: they can understand each other in spite of the language barrier. Thrown into a storm of politics, Tari and Arion are put in danger by those who want humans and elves to remain separate. To make matters worse, Tari realizes she has fallen in love with Arion, who has the emotional capabilities of a rock.