Ergebnis für "Snape" in Fantasy

Zaubertrankmeister, Hauslehrer von Slytherin und Doppelagent im Kampf gegen Voldemort – kaum eine Figur aus dem Harry-Potter-Universum ist so schwer zu durchschauen und zugleich faszinierend wie Severus Snape. Einst selbst Zauberschüler fällt er als Lehrer in Hogwarts durch seine Abneigung gegenüber Harry auf.

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore ist eine der bekanntesten und zugleich geheimnisvollsten Figuren des Harry-Potter-Universums. Ist der Schulleiter von Hogwarts allwissend oder einfach nur seltsam? Wohlwollend oder böswillig? Und was ist es, was ihn in den letzten Jahren seines außergewöhnlichen Lebens antreibt, was sind seine Motive? Den einzelnen Lebensstationen folgend setzt sich Irvin Khaytman mit dem vielschichtigen Charakter des Gründers des Ordens des Phönix auseinander.

Neal Stephenson is a blazing new force on the sci-fi scene. With the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, he has "vaulted onto the literary stage." It weaves virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility - in short, it is the gigathriller of the information age.

Once upon a time, my world was small and sheltered. Everything changed the moment I stepped over my Safety Line, barrelling towards a coupling with a man I hardly know. He wants me. All of me. Dunked in a charged political pit, I must secure the ships needed to quell the spill of murderous beasts still flooding the continent. But one wrong move could spur the war I’ve worked so hard to avoid.

SNAP, a multinational celeb TV show and magazine, is the Holy Grail for Maxie Gwenoch. When she snags the job as managing editor, she's looking for fame, fortune, and Jimmy Choos. What she finds is a media empire owned by Baron Kandesky and his family. A family of vampires. They're European, urbane, wealthy, and mesmerizing. And when she meets Jean-Louis, vampire and co-worker, she's a goner.

When Maxie Gwenoch snags the job as managing editor of Snap, an international gossip conglomerate, she's looking for fame, fortune and Jimmy Choos. What she finds is a media empire owned by Baron Kandesky and his family. A family of vampires. They're European, urbane, wealthy and mesmerizing. And when she meets Jean-Louis, vampire and co-worker, she's a goner. Maxie believes she's found her ultimate career. She doesn't realize that she's found a family feud like none other, a centuries-old rivalry between vampire families, with her as the linchpin.

A flesh-eating demon from outer space is loose in a river in the English Roman City. Morgan Le Fay, legendary sorceress and so-called sister of King Arthur of the Britons, breaks through to the 21st century with her dragon Aithusa; her intent is to kill the Welsh because she failed to do so when she was first on earth 1500 years ago. Who do you call when these kinds of disasters happen? Well, it is Danny, Lenny and Me, Investigators of Weird Happenings. Except this time, they may have taken on more than they can successfully resolve. A fantasy to die for.