Ergebnis für "Ruin and Wrath" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Die große Fantasy-Saga der Weltbestsellerautorin Jennifer L. Armentrout. Einst wurde die Welt von den Göttern vernichtet. Nur neun Städte wurden verschont. Durch gewaltige Urwälder, in denen die gefährlichsten Kreaturen ihr Unwesen treiben, voneinander getrennt, werden die Städte von Königen regiert, die sich an den Gefühlen der Sterblichen nähren. Dies ist die Welt der schönen Calista, deren magische Gabe der Vorsehung sie zum Spielball der Mächtigen macht. Als eines Tages ein fremder Prinz in die Stadt kommt, ist Calista sofort klar, dass er ihr zum Verhängnis werden wird – in mehr als nur einer Weise.

Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian—royalty who feed on mortal pleasure. Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him information. When her intuition leads her to save a traveling prince in dire trouble, the voice inside her blazes with warning—and promise.

Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian – royalty who feed on mortal pleasure. Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him information. When her intuition leads her to save a travelling prince in dire trouble, the voice inside her blazes with warning – and promise.

Die große neue Fantasy-Saga der Weltbestsellerautorin Jennifer L. Armentrout. Einst wurde die Welt von den Göttern vernichtet. Nur neun Städte wurden verschont. Durch gewaltige Urwälder, in denen die gefährlichsten Kreaturen ihr Unwesen treiben, voneinander getrennt, werden die Städte von Königen regiert, die sich an den Gefühlen der Sterblichen nähren. Dies ist die Welt der schönen Calista, deren magische Gabe der Vorsehung sie zum Spielball der Mächtigen macht.

In Chris Wraight’s Homebound, Ilya Ravallion must choose between the decimated White Scars and living out what remains of her life in peace. An embattled Ahzek Ahriman must race against time to learn what he can of the warp before its gates close to him forever in Ex Libris by John French. Featuring tales from Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Guy Haley and many more, this anthology follows mighty Custodians, scheming sorcerers, and the lowly footsoldiers of the Imperial Army as all negotiate the devastating aftermath of Humanity's greatest reckoning.

Camavor is a brutal land with a bloody legacy. Where the empire's knights go, slaughter follows. Kalista seeks to change that. When her young and narcissistic uncle, Viego, becomes king, she vows to temper his destructive instincts, as his loyal confidant, advisor, and military general. But her plans are thwarted when an assassin's poisoned blade strikes Viego's wife, Isolde, afflicting her with a malady for which there is no cure.

Cayden Veles, renowned Demon Commander of Vareveth, overthrew the throne to save Elowen Atarah, the woman he searched for since childhood. Now he’s determined to fulfill his quest for revenge against her father, even if it means forcing the only person he’s ever wanted into a marriage of political convenience. Elowen Atarah has everything she thought she’d ever want. Finally reunited with her dragons, she now has an army to enact vengeance, but as events transpire, she begins contemplating if she wants more.

She was taken from us…again. And now she’s in the hands of that sadistic psycho. But thanks to our bond, we have abilities that surpass even the strongest of our kind. We’ll get her back. And when we do, those who have hurt her will pay. Along with anyone else who gets in our way.

Das Mysterium der uralten Elfenstadt SimyalaAuf der Jagd nach einem rätselhaften weißen Hirsch geraten die Jahrmarktszauberin Franya, der Halbelf Lindion und der Adlige Wulfhardt in die Ränke des finsteren Namenlosen Gottes. Sein Ziel: die Mysterien der uralten Elfenstadt Simyala. Derweil reist die Skaldin Eyvin in eine ferne Metropole, um dort ein Geheimnis in der überfluteten Unterstadt aufzuspüren. Die illegitime Tochter des berüchtigten Kapitäns Beorn "des Blenders" will die Ehre ihres Vaters wiederherstellen, der einst dem Namenlosen anheimfiel.

Persephone's relationship with Hades has gone public, and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring. Hades, God of the Dead, is burdened by a hellish past that everyone's eager to expose in an effort to warn Persephone away. Things only get worse when a horrible tragedy leaves Persephone's heart in ruin and Hades refusing to help. Desperate, she takes matters into her own hands, striking bargains with severe consequences.

Lei vive di intuizioni. Lui si nutre del suo piacere. Solo nove città sono state risparmiate dalla collera degli dei che ha distrutto il mondo. Ora sono separate da vaste distese selvagge brulicanti di mostri e pericoli inimmaginabili, e ciascuna di esse è governata da un principe o una principessa della stirpe degli Hyhborn, custodi del Regno di Caelum, creature misteriose che si nutrono del piacere mortale.

Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay.

In seinem Exil auf der elenden Welt Sedh verzehrt sich der in Ungnade gefallene Necronlord Oltyx vor Verbitterung. Einst Thronerbe einer Dynastie, befehligt er jetzt nur noch eine schwindende Garnison Necronkrieger in einem nie endenden Konflikt mit Ork-Invasoren. Oltyx hat jedoch nur eines im Sinn: Rache zu nehmen an jenen, die ihn verraten haben, und sein Geburtsrecht einzufordern. Doch die Orks sind nur die Vorboten einer wahrhaft unaufhaltsamen Macht. Wenn Oltyx nicht handelt, um seine Dynastie zu retten, wird die Rache sein Untergang sein.

Jade has returned to Rewyth, where she must decide who she can and cannot trust. With enemies around every corner, she struggles to discover the truth about her identity and where her new power originates from. Her feelings for Malachi confuse her more with every passing day, especially when her mind is telling her he's nothing but trouble.

Europe stares into the abyss. Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone. Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread. And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency.

All that's left of Hallie Walker after the Eudora Jayde mission are nightmares and an ancestry tangled with dark secrets. When her parents send an urgent telegram to return home, she knows it's time to face the past she's determined to forget. In doing so, she unwittingly stumbles into a scheme as old as the planet itself. If only she can convince a certain cocky pilot to fly her home. Reeling from the death of his brother, Kase Shackley focuses on anything but reality itself. But when his past sins spill into the light of day, Kase does what he does bestrun.

Kolis, der falsche König der Götter, ist ins Iliseeum zurückgekehrt und droht nicht nur die Welt der Götter, sondern auch die der Sterblichen in ewige Dunkelheit zur stürzen. Seraphina Mierel, die einst sterbliche Prinzessin, die die Macht der Primarin des Lebens in sich erstarken fühlt, ist die Einzige, die Kolis aufhalten kann. Doch dazu braucht sie die Hilfe von Nyktos, dem Primar des Todes - dem Mann, den sie heiraten, verführen und töten sollte. Doch inzwischen liegen die Dinge anders.

If my mother knew what I was doing, her rage would melt the entire Silver City. But I have no choice, not if I want to save the Northern Kingdom and everyone I hold dear. In this court of vipers and vultures, can I trust the man who I was sent to kill or is he using me for his own goals?

I could save him, but he would ruin me. The beast. The creature that stalks the forbidden wood. The dragon prince. He has suffered a fate worse than death. We all have. A curse put upon us by the mad king. We are a kingdom locked in time. Shifters unable to feel our animals. Stuck here by a deal between the late king and a demon who seeks our destruction. The only one keeping this kingdom alive is Nyfain, the golden prince to a stolen throne. The last dragon shifter.

The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the Kadoshim, dread demons of the Otherworld. They plan to bring Asroth and his host of the Fallen into the world of flesh, but to do so they need the seven treasures. Nathair has been deceived but now he knows the truth. He has choices to make; choices that will determine the fate of the Banished Lands.