Ergebnis für "Shadowborn" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

"Gehe niemals einen Pakt mit dem Schattenkönig ein – das war die eine goldene Regel, und ich war dabei, sie zu brechen." Jeden Monat eine unschuldige Seele an den König des Schattenreichs opfern – so sieht Jujus Leben als Mitglied und zukünftige Hohepriesterin des mächtigsten Voodoo-Clans in ganz New Orleans aus. Und sie hasst es! Schlimmer wird es nur noch, als sie erfährt, dass Dean – seines Zeichens sexy Barkeeper und Jujus bester Freund – einen Pakt mit ebenjenem Teufel geschlossen hat.

Attica was born to slay monsters. As a Vanguard of the Shadowborn, he grew up hunting the radiant horrors—terrifying light beasts known as Flashwraiths—that stalk the Spiralrealm. Armed with a living Shade, he prowled the gloom between tiers, culling the unnatural to protect his people. But when the Settlement falls to a devastating Flashwraith assault, Attica is cast into the abyss he once defended against. His sole opportunity for redemption is via a doomed mission. He must retrieve the shattered Crown of Shadows and destroy the prophesied Child of Light.

Vor zwanzig Jahren bin ich aus meiner Heimatstadt Moonfell geflohen, einer paranormalen Gemeinschaft in den Vororten von New York, die vor den Augen der Menschen verborgen ist. Ein Ort, von dem ich mir geschworen hatte, nie wieder an ihn zurückzukehren. Aber der grausame Mord an einem jungen Werwolf hat mich zurückgebracht. Und ich bin hier, um den Fall zu lösen. Als ich tiefer in den Fall eindringe, wird mir klar, dass dies kein gewöhnlicher Mord ist. Jemand oder etwas hat es auf die paranormale Gemeinschaft abgesehen.

In The Shadow Rising, the fourth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor now wields the sword Callandor. He is both the Champion of Light and the Dragon Reborn. Now, he seeks answers to another prophecy that lies with the warrior people known as the Aiel to put him on the path of learning how to wield the One Power. Accompanied by Moiraine Damodred, Rand arrives at the Aiel Waste and is granted permission by the Wise Ones to enter the sacred city of Rhuidean.

Wenn die Finsternis dich verschlingt und deine Albträume lebendig werden, gibt es kein Entkommen mehr … Als Lyn die schockierende Wahrheit über Blazeʼ wahre Identität erfährt, ist die Flucht bereits unmöglich – sie befindet sich tief im Schattenreich, gefangen in den Klauen des düsteren Thronerben selbst. Widerwillig begleitet sie Blaze und seine Armee zum königlichen Hof von Nyxia. Aber je tiefer sie in das dunkle Reich vordringen, desto mehr wird Lyn mit bitteren Wahrheiten konfrontiert, die nicht nur ihre eigene Zukunft, sondern das Schicksal zweier Königreiche auf ewig verändern könnten.

Etienne: Having another being in my head isn’t always the easiest to deal with. He’s loud, annoying, and is trying his hardest to keep me from looking at Leo, the sexy police officer who is currently hunting me down for illegal magic use. I’m not actually doing anything illegal, but that doesn’t mean I can’t use the occasional run-in with Leo to remind him just how much I like him (he’s being dramatic when he claims I tried killing him the last time we bumped into each other). After Leo dies and I bring him back, it becomes clear that the wrong person knows what I can do.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Die junge Schattenjägerin Emma Carstairs hat ihre Eltern gerächt, doch sie findet keinen Frieden. Denn aus der Freundschaft zu ihrem Parabatai Julian ist Liebe geworden - und nach den Gesetzen der Schattenjäger hat eine Beziehung zwischen zwei Parabatai tödliche Konsequenzen. Um Julian und sich zu schützen, lässt sich Emma daher ausgerechnet auf Julians Bruder Mark ein. Mark, der fünf Jahre bei den Feenwesen lebte und dessen Loyalität nicht wirklich geklärt ist. Zumal Unruhe herrscht in der Unterwelt.

Die junge Schattenjägerin Emma Carstairs hat ihre Eltern gerächt, doch sie findet keinen Frieden. Denn aus der Freundschaft zu ihrem Parabatai Julian ist Liebe geworden - und nach den Gesetzen der Schattenjäger hat eine Beziehung zwischen zwei Parabatai tödliche Konsequenzen. Um Julian und sich zu schützen, lässt sich Emma daher ausgerechnet auf Julians Bruder Mark ein. Mark, der fünf Jahre bei den Feenwesen lebte und dessen Loyalität nicht wirklich geklärt ist.

The shadows are in my blood. I can feel them crawling through me, slithering under my skin and taking me hostage. But the darkness within me, isn't nearly as bad as the darkness that lives around me. The four heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister. But they haven't figured out yet, we're the strongest creatures they've ever known...

Ever since magic stormed the world, the price for human survival is surrendering your firstborn to the monsters. But this year it's Nova's turn, and the monsters better watch their backs.

The Deathwatch are the elite of the elite - small teams of Space Marines handpicked for special missions that require the utmost courage and cunning. Now recovered from the injuries sustained on his previous mission, Codicier Karras must lead Talon Squad in the hunt for a missing inquisitor. Their only clue is the name of an Imperial planet that has been taken over by the T’au. Is the missing inquisitor alive or dead? Worse still, has she gone rogue, jeopardising one of the Inquisition’s most secret projects?

The shadows are in my blood. I can feel them crawling through me, slithering under my skin and taking me hostage. But the darkness within me isn't nearly as bad as the darkness that lives around me. The four Celestial Heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister. But they haven't figured out yet, that we're the strongest creatures they've ever known. And when that secret comes out, we need to be ready to face them as well as any other cruel Fae who rises against us. It’s us or them. And it damn well won’t be us.

Fleeing from his home country was the hardest thing Owen Greene thought he had to do to evade the clutches of a persistent Core Wielder. But now, he has to face even more hardships as he travels through new territory in search of a safe haven along an underground network called the Silent Road. Traversing the lands of Avathon once again, Colt O'Malley faces more than the murder he committed against a councilman in Milarc. Not only is there the Legion to avoid, but also Hunters, a merciless group known for seeking people with Astran power like Owen for their own personal gain.

Das Prequel zu Obsidian - für alle, die nicht genug bekommen können von den Lux. Dawson will selbst über sein Leben entscheiden. Und das geht nur außerhalb der Lux-Enklave, weg von seiner Familie. Er hat einen Plan, doch dann taucht Bethany an seiner Schule auf und wirft alles über den Haufen. Es ist Liebe auf den ersten Blick - und eine unmögliche Beziehung. Denn Dawson hütet nicht nur sein eigenes Geheimnis, sondern das seiner ganzen Rasse. Bethany darf nie erfahren, was Dawson und seine Geschwister wirklich sind.

The Shadowborne had always fascinated Will. His grandfather's stories told of mythical warriors wielding dark, ancient magic, defending justice and battling dragons. But that's all they were, bedtime stories...until the Shadows embraced Will himself. Now, propelled from the normal world into the mythical realm of Aeril, Will must learn to control his newfound power while discovering his place in this strange, new world.

The four Celestial Heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister. But they haven't figured out yet that we're the strongest creatures they've ever known. And when that secret comes out, we need to be ready to face them as well as any other cruel Fae who rises against us. It’s us or them. And it damn well won’t be us.

In this dark and gritty collection - featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman - nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil.... Unfortunately, that's exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line.

I was four hours old when I was cast out by my mother. I was cursed, she said. Kinder to let me die in the snow and the wind than let me live, only to be betrayed. I was 12 when the Duke found me and turned me into a Shadow: Bodyguard, spy, and assassin. I was 14 when he brought me to court. He wanted his niece on the throne by any means possible. I was to be her weapon, wielded as she and the Duke saw fit. But she wants more. She’s playing her own game.

With The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson surprised listeners with a New York Times best-selling spinoff of his Mistborn audiobooks, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period corresponding to late 19th-century America. The trilogy's heroes are now figures of myth and legend, even objects of religious veneration. They are succeeded by wonderful new characters, chief among them Waxillium Ladrian, known as Wax, hereditary lord of House Ladrian.