Ergebnis für "Rook" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dark Academia – Schottland – Shakespeare! In dem diversen Urban Fantasy Roman A Midsummer's Nightmare geht es um ein Elite-College auf einer schottischen Insel, ein Shakespeare-Stück und vier junge Erwachsene, die einer uralten Macht trotzen müssen. Der schottischen Insel Hilma steht ein Sommer wie kein anderer bevor: Die Studierenden der altehrwürdigen Elite-Universität proben wie jedes Jahr die Aufführung eines Stücks von Shakespeare. Doch währenddessen entdecken vier Mitglieder der Theatergruppe ihre übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten – und den rachsüchtigen Geist eines Mädchens, gefangen im Gemäuer der Universität.

"The body you are wearing used to be mine." So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her. She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Checquy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain.

Die coolste, liebenswerteste und witzigste Heldin der Urban Fantasy! "Der Körper, in dem Du steckst, hat einmal mir gehört." Das ist sicherlich nicht das erste, was man lesen möchte, nachdem man aus einer tiefen Bewusstlosigkeit erwacht. Erst recht nicht, wenn man von Leichen umgeben ist und jede Erinnerung verloren hat. Doch Myfanwy Thomas findet sich in genau dieser Situation wieder und ihr bleibt kaum eine andere Möglichkeit, als den Anweisungen der mysteriösen Briefschreiberin zu folgen. Aber kann sie ihr trauen?

Suspenseful and hilarious, this novel is an outrageously imaginative thriller for readers who like their espionage with a dollop of purple slime. Myfanwy Thomas awakens in a London park surrounded by dead bodies. With her memory gone, she must trust the instructions left by her former in order...

Simeon Bell just hasn’t been himself. Although he has spent a happy year as a roustabout with the Carnival of Mysteries—accompanied by his beloved, Crow Rapp—lately something has felt off. Maybe he hasn’t been himself because he doesn’t fully know who he is. Abandoned in a foundling home as an infant, he has never known anything about his family and has never met another of his kind. A tiny box found on the carnival midway leads Simeon and Crow on a quest to Simeon’s childhood home in the Victorian slums of London, where he discovers the ability to move through time.

The walls that kept the darkness out are beginning to fall. One hundred and fifty years ago, the Sundering drowned Avoni in darkness, twisting every living thing into a nightmare. The only survivors live under the Aurora Shrouds, mystical barriers shielding isolated towns from the horrors outside. When a Vanguard Courier, uncovers evidence that the Shrouds are dying, he is forced into a perilous journey through the Sundered Lands, where he uncovers long-buried secrets, binding Avoni's fate to a treaty with a forgotten race.

In Higher Down, einem kleinen Dorf in Nordengland, herrscht dicke Luft. Und weil es für den infernalischen Gestank keine normale Erklärung zu geben scheint, ruft der Schriftsteller Marvin Bitterton die Kanzlei Harrowmore Souls zu Hilfe. Doch nicht jedem im Dorf sind die Eindringlinge willkommen.

He came to Earth to hunt fugitives … not claim a mate who sets his blood on fire. Dragon Lord Rook is a warrior. He’s deadly, disciplined, and done with the royal matchmaking games back home. To escape the meddling, he takes a mission on a backwater planet called Earth. Track the fugitives. Serve justice. Return to the stars. Easy. Until she crashes into his path. Sasha thought the worst part of her week was running into her cheating ex. Wrong. Now she’s on the run after witnessing a deal gone very, very wrong…

A delightful and hilarious supernatural adventure featuring a lady-in-waiting who must keep the court safe from murder, from the author of The Rook. Alexandra Dennis-Palmer-Hudson-Gilmore-Garnsey (call me “Alix”), the twelfth Lady Mondegreen, has never had any control of her life. Her...

Kathryn’s world ended the moment she was pulled from it. Torn from Earth and thrown into a realm of winged warriors and ancient war, survival becomes her only goal. After a deadly encounter with the realm’s wildlife, she falls under the wary protection of the Knighthood—honor-bound fighters who view Earthlings with distrust. She is an outsider. A liability. A disruption. And she is not alone in her own mind. An unwelcome presence presses at her thoughts, urging her toward the very warriors who do not fully trust her.

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city's filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look...

Vier alte Blutlinien aus Salem. Zwei Jungs, unterschiedlich wie Tag und Nacht. Ein dunkler Wald, der in den Schatten lauert. Kein Entkommen. Harlow McQueen und Jax Ingram haben es geschafft: Der Abschluss an der Eliteschule St. Andrews in Sydney liegt erfolgreich hinter ihnen. Das echte Leben als Hexe kann beginnen - für den einen in der High Society, für den anderen als Straßenhexe. Jedenfalls dachten sie das. Doch eine Entführung zwingt sie, die Lichtwelt zu verlassen und die Schattenseite zu betreten.

Strengthened by her new queen sib, Shara Isador plans to return to her mansion-in-progress for some much needed rest. She especially wants to get to know her new twin Blood and fears she may have made a mistake in taking them. She does not love them. Yet.

In einer Zukunft, die es gar nicht mehr geben dürfte, sitzt Conny Bligh für den Mord an sich selbst im Gefängnis. Wie konnte ein solches Durcheinander überhaupt entstehen?

What do you do when everything you thought you knew turns out to be a lie? Walk it off and keep moving forward. At least, that was my plan. Until I'm forced into hiding with the four guys from my childhood, who range from wanting me dead to wanting more from me than I'm willing to give. With my allies gone and old foes at my doorstep, we'll have to figure out how to work together before our enemies get to us first. For better or worse, it's time to reveal the truth of the past and settle old debts.

In this historical fantasy, a new recruit to the most powerful supernatural intelligence agency on Earth is accused of going rogue—and must go on the run to clear her name.September, 1940. Three women of the Checquy, the secret organization tasked with protecting Britain from supernatural...

In this spirited sequel to the acclaimed The Rook, Myfanwy Thomas returns to clinch an alliance between deadly rivals and avert epic -- and slimy -- supernatural war. When secret organizations are forced to merge after years of enmity and bloodshed, only one person has the fearsome powers --...

Astra Ordott is in exile. Evicted from Is-Land for a crime she cannot regret, she has found work in an ancient fortress in Non-Land: headquarters of the Council of New Continents, the global body charged with providing humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of this toxic refugee camp. Recovering from a disorienting course of memory pacification treatment, Astra struggles to focus on her overriding goals - to find her Code father and avenge the death of her Shelter mother, Hokma.

Humanity is falling. She has little hope of survival. Charlus Vaughn, a teenage refugee on the run from machine judgement and haunted by her mother's secrets. When a rogue data-pirate crew pulls her from the brink of execution, Charlus finds a place to belong, but something far older and far more dangerous is watching. Entangled in the schemes of an ancient arachnid intelligence, Charlus begins to uncover powers within herself that unravel what she's been told. Her past was hidden for a reason.

The sting of death wasn’t something Xander expected to feel more than once, but now, death seems to have it out for him. Old allies turn into foes. New ones slip through his fingers. It seems this death game is growing crueler with each cycle.