Ergebnis für "Revelation of Darkness" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Vor fünf Jahren war Myrina eine ganz normale New Yorker Studentin, bis die Bruderschaft der Ritter Zions die Welt eroberte und alle Frauen ihrer Rechte beraubte. Statt ihre geliebten Bücher zu lesen oder mit Freunden unbeschwerte Nächte in der Stadt zu verbringen, muss sie nun sticken und gehorsam sein. Ihre treue High-School-Liebe und bester Freund, Alex, bleibt an ihrer Seite und ist fest entschlossen, sie zu heiraten. Er besteht darauf, dass dies die einzige Möglichkeit ist, Myrina unter dem neuen Regime in Sicherheit zu bringen.

Die neue, große Space Opera von Bestsellerautor CLIFF ALLISTER! Seit dem Aufbruch der Menschheit ins All sind fast fünfzigtausend Jahre vergangen. Die gesamte Milchstraße wurde erforscht und es gibt so gut wie keine unbekannten Regionen in der heimischen Galaxis mehr. In all dieser Zeit ist man nie auf intelligentes Leben gestoßen! Es gibt offensichtlich außer der Menschheit keine andere intelligente Spezies im All - auch keine Artefakte untergegangener Zivilisationen. Wir sind allein! Dies hat philosophische und politische Auswirkungen.

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason.

GÖTTLICH - MAGISCH - GEHEIMNISVOLL - ROMANTISCH. Fortgerissen aus ihrer Welt, erwacht Myrina in einer Realität voller Trauer, Verwirrung und einem unverkennbarem Verlangen nach ihrem Entführer. Ihr Verlobter ist fort. Die Mission gescheitert. Und ihr neuer Gastgeber, Mr. Tanael Baldur, löst neben Misstrauen vor allem Gefühle in Myrina aus, die ihr das Herz zerreißen. Verfolgt er dasselbe Ziel wie sie? Wer ist er wirklich und gibt es einen Weg, die Ritter Zions aufzuhalten? In den Wirren der Legenden, Welten und ihren Gefühlen kämpft Myrina weiterhin für Freiheit und Frieden in ihrer Heimat.

Late in the 26th century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the Inhibitors---alien-killing machines designed to detect intelligent life and destroy it. The only hope for humanity lies in the recovery of a secret cache of doomsday weapons---and a renegade named Clavain who is determined to find them. But other factions want the weapons for their own purposes---and the weapons themselves have another agenda altogether.

Liz fürchtet nur zwei Dinge: den Anblick von Blut und die Vorstellung, von Vampiren gebissen zu werden. Schlechte Voraussetzungen für ihre neue Anstellung als Blutmagd. Nun muss sie es regungslos über sich ergehen lassen, wenn von ihr getrunken wird. Sonderbarerweise verabscheut der hochmütige Vampir Aydan, für den sie eingestellt wurde, die Vorstellung, von ihr zu trinken, ähnlich wie Liz. Aus ihrer Abneigung zueinander entwickelt sich schon bald eine verbotene Faszination. Mit jeder gemeinsamen Nacht wächst eine neue, noch tiefere Angst in Liz heran: ihr Herz an einen Vampir zu verlieren.

Captain Telryn “Trip” Yert is on the most important mission of his life. Accompanied by Captain Kaika, the sentient soulblade Jaxi, and Rysha Ravenwood—the noble-born scholar and officer he definitely shouldn’t be developing feelings for—he must find a way to close a portal that’s allowing more and more dragons into the world. If he fails, all of humanity could fall to the powerful creatures. As if that wasn’t enough to worry about, the secret Trip has spent his whole life hiding, that he can draw upon magical power, is on the verge of being discovered.

When one fateful night opens his eyes to a world he never knew existed, Riley Shepard must navigate a host of supernatural dangers, all while struggling with new and confusing feelings for his guardian angels. With the promise of friends, family, and freedom finally within his grasp, he fears not only for his heart but for his life, as well.

After the betrayal at Isstvan, Horus begins his campaign against the Emperor, a galaxy-wide war that can lead only to Terra. But the road to the final confrontation between father and son is a long one - seven years filled with secrecy and silence, plans and foundations being formed across distant stars. An unknown history is about to be unveiled as light is shed on the darkest years of the Horus Heresy, and revelations will surface that will shake the Imperium to its very foundation....

In the grim darkness of the far future, the galaxy burns as its disparate races fight for resources, territory, and divine purpose. The Imperium faces threats both alien and heretic, and the touch of the warp is ever a moment from seeping into reality, with deadly consequences. Survival is earned in blood.

In a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both 2,000 years past and 2,000 years into the future, untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveler, Anasûrimbor Kellhus - part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence - from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion.

Digby secured a fragile peace agreement between the empire and Las Vegas. While it’s been only two weeks since then, the city has thrived. A lot can change when no one is trying to smite you off the face of the earth. Unfortunately, more success just means more to lose, and with Henwick hell-bent on finishing what he started, Digby needs power. Enough to protect himself, his friends, and the all-too-fragile peace.

The library holds not only hidden knowledge but also the most unsettling secret the world has ever known, a secret the Templars hope to use to control humankind's destiny. Five keys are needed to access the library-to find them, Ezio must travel to the troubled city of Constantinople, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the Ottoman Empire.Walking in the footsteps of his predecessor, Altaïr, Ezio must defeat the Templars for the final time. The stakes have never been higher, and what started as a pilgrimage has become a race against time.

The galaxy is in flames. Chaos is in the ascendant across the stars. The Great Rift has split the holdings of the Imperium in twain, isolating entire sectors from the light of Holy Terra. But all hope is not lost. The Primarch Roboute Guilliman has returned from deathless sleep and appointed Commander Dante, lord of the Blood Angels, as Regent and Warden of the newly dubbed Imperium Nihilus. In the Baal system, the shattered holding of the Chapter is being rebuilt, and Dante plans the greatest campaign of his long life, to retake half an empire.

Behind the towering walls of Belduar, Calen Bryer and his companions stand in defense of the city and its new king. In over a thousand years, Belduar has never fallen. It has stood as a bastion of hope. But the Lorian empire are at its walls once more, and the Dragonguard are coming.

Corus is a world of humans, but also of strange animals and supernatural creatures. It is a world of magical powers and of a few people who are Talented enough to use them. Alucius, the hero of the story, is one such person. In Legacies we saw how he grew from a Talented child on a lonely Nightsheep ranch in the Iron Valleys to a proficient soldier who used his wits and his Talent to become the first to escape military enslavement in the neighboring country of Madrien.

Terribly wounded during the battle for Hermes, Ryan Hendrix was repaired with cybernetics, transformed into a weapon by Fleet Intelligence...and covertly dropped onto the enemy-occupied colony at Aphrodite to sabotage the enemy and build up a civilian resistance. While Ryan fights the real battle behind enemy lines, Travis Miller and Jessica Leer struggle with politics...and their new commands.

Riven Thane has survived nearly the first half of his journey into the Abyssal Descent, but questions are starting to arise. It seems the Blood God isn't as transparent as he pretends to be. Whispers of lost fragments of the Blood subpillar have surfaced, crucial knowledge that could elevate Riven above the rest of his generation—or brand him a heretic and see him torn apart by the clergy. But he's not alone in walking this sinful path. Elder Thune and his agents are plotting in the dark, and every move Riven makes draws the attention of rivals who're just as desperate to ascend in power.

Seyonne, the slave-turned-hero from Berg's highly acclaimed Transformation, returns to discover the nature of evil - in a "spellbinding" (Romantic Times) epic saga.

Gods walk the Realms! Rising up from the black depths of the Underdark, the drow once more meet the dwarves of Mithral Hall. Bruenor Battlehammer, with Drizzt at his side, won't go down without a fight - but they'll have to fight without Wulfgar or Catti-brie at their sides.