Ergebnis für "Sand" in Zeitgenössische Fantasy

Çeda's mission is partly complete...so now she must continue to uncover the riddles her mother has left - especially when those scattered clues are incomplete. The answers lie in the desert, where the few remaining members of the Thirteenth Tribe are hidden, and though they doubt she can make a stand against the Kings, they are prepared to help her in her quest. The remaining Kings, however, have not been idle. One of their own has been murdered, and the hunt is on to find the culprit.

"Hierher kommen Männer und Frauen, die sterben wollen. Oder die, denen es völlig egal ist, was mit ihnen geschieht. Oder solche, denen es ebenso viel Freude bereitet, Schmerzen zuzufügen, wie selbst welche zu erleiden." Lovos, die östliche Stadt des Reiches, ist nicht nur für ihr raues Klima bekannt, sondern auch für die blutigen Kämpfe, die dort in der Arena stattfinden. Dante, Mel und Bross haben einen ganz anderen Grund, warum sie in die Stadt wollen - doch der einzige Weg ist es, sich als Gladiator freiwillig zu melden.

When a gruesome murder is discovered at the Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches theoretical magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister - without losing herself.

Aranos destroyed a Nightmare Beast and wounded a god. The Darkness cannot let his actions stand. Armies are marching, and the lands of the Light are scattered, disorganized, and unprepared for the battles to come. Cities lay under a pall of Corruption, their leaders serving the Darkness while pretending to follow the Light. It's up to Aranos to unite the lands and forge their armies into a force that can withstand the Darkness. To do that, though, he'll have to face hidden enemies, battle the rulers of nations, and convince the people of the Light to march under his banner.

Together for the first time, 14 action-packed tales of demons, monsters, vampires, and cosmic horrors too terrible to name - and the men and women who take them all down. Oh, and toss in an interdimensional insurance salesman for good measure.

Beatrice Barnard doesn't believe in magic. She definitely doesn't believe the predictions of the celebrity psychic who claims that she will experience seven miracles and soon after she will die. When she discovers her husband is cheating on her, Bea flees to Skerry Island, off the Pacific Northwest coast, in desperate need of solitude—taking her husband's birthday vacation by herself. Immediately upon arrival, she finds her life on the line as a rogue woodchopper blade almost kills her. Her survival feels like a miracle.

Dr. Renee Caisson knows there are worse things than an attractive man in uniform drafting her into a secret government project—especially when Major Jackson makes it clear that he isn’t bothered by her questionable past. But when her labs come back with decidedly odd results, the Major is forced to come clean over who the government is actually studying. Renee is shocked to learn her subjects are demonic-looking beings who call themselves “Neighbors”—refugees from a dying world, who arrived during the nation-wide solar eclipse.

Geltheriel's Cleansing Quest is an impossible task, one set by a treacherous elven elder who wants Aranos to fail. To complete it, he has to travel to the lands of humans and dwarves, where he'll find new enemies and have to build new alliances, all while rediscovering powers lost for centuries. His enemies aren't idle, though, and now the dark god Morx has taken a hand in the Sorcerer Ascendant's defeat. Restoring the Arcane Doors is impossible. Freeing the lands of Darkness is impossible. Facing the Lord of Nightmares is impossible. But Aranos is determined to do the impossible.

Dr. Renee Caisson never expected that her scientific expertise would lead to a role playing interpreter between humans and the demonic-looking Neighbors. When the door between their worlds opened, she was drafted by the government to study the otherworldly beings and was able to prove her theory: the Neighbors had been to Earth before—and now they simply wanted to save their dying planet.

As time has passed, Dr. Renee Caisson has begun to see the demonic, alien August as more than a research subject or an unlikely colleague—they’ve become friends. And together, she and August have helped the two societies of Nextdoor and Earth through the confusion of first contact, the danger of misunderstandings, and the anger of mistreatment. But when a popular blogger and conspiracy theorist twists August’s words, an uproar ensues, turning a powerful section of human society against the Neighbors—and resulting in Renee’s house arrest.

“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories — she's come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there, beneath the house he'd built for his family.

Dead women are showing up in the desert east of San Diego, and no one understands why. When the story comes to the attention of reporter Natalie Ellis, she can't help but make comparisons to the tragic deaths she'd investigated years ago.... Bodies may be piling up in his sire's territory, but water vampire and feared enforcer, Baojia, is stuck entertaining the rich and clueless at a club in San Diego. He's taken his exile with all the grace he could muster, but his patience is starting to thin.... Sparks fly when mortal and immortal are thrown together.

På skoleøen Raudra undervises krigerlaerlingen Korau og visdomslaerlingen Eshri i Morikas idealer for fred og tolerance. Deres fremtid ligger fast. Men i det skjulte arbejder staerke kraefter på at vende tilbage til tidligere tiders adelsvaelde. Snart befinder Eshri, Korau og deres venner sig midt i en kamp for et samfund, de altid har taget for givet. Spørgsmålet er imidlertid, om samfundet overhovedet er vaerd at kaempe for? Eshri og Korau opdager snart, at intet er, som de troede Rent blod er første lydbog i trilogien Morika.

Reclusive witch Hulda van Dusen has spent the last five years hiding at home with her beloved grandpapa, but suddenly, he’s gone, and the circumstances don't add up. A series of monstrous, magical attacks makes it clear: Someone wants her dead, too. But Hulda's a fighter and has magic of her own, as do her genius brother and pyromaniac sister. And putting the puzzle together with the help of some new friends might just teach her how to live again...if it doesn't kill her first.

Korau, Eshri og deres venner ankommer langt om længe til Modstandslejren, hvor de håber at finde den tryghed og sikkerhed, de sådan har længtes efter. Men ikke alle har været lige så heldige som dem, og undervejs har Zaak forladt dem. Kan Korau og Eshri tillade sig at ånde lettet op over at være nået i sikkerhed, eller må de forlade lejrens tryghed og kæmpe videre for det, de tror på? Sidsel Sander Mittet er cand.mag. i dansk fra SDU med sidefag i religion og kønsteori fra Bergen Universitet.

Her powers can make the elements change...but Elena will never change how the Fae see her. Half-breed. The lowest of low. Halven, the forbidden offspring produced by the mating of a Fae and a human. The only thing Fae despise more than Halven—well, nothing. When a deadly virus sweeps their world, killing immortal Fae, a secret about a royal bloodline is revealed. The half-breed holds the key to their survival.