Ergebnis für "The Cloak" in Drachen & Fabelwesen

My name is Nadia, and I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. But my husband Riordan is a senior member of the Family of the Shadow Hunters, the secretive organization dedicated to defending Earth from the Dark Ones and the predators of the Shadowlands. Someone has stolen thirty-four million dollars from the Family and left no trace, which should be impossible. And something more dangerous is happening than a mere theft. Because someone is hunting the Shadow Hunters...

It's time to strike back. For a long time I've known that the mad wizards and corrupt scientists of Singularity keep their hidden stronghold on the ruined world of Valsidhar. So when a Valsidharien Elf arrives on Earth, asking for the High Queen's help, it's too good of an opportunity to pass up. But the Valsidharien Elves are about to lose their war, and after they fall, Singularity and its allies will come for Earth next...

The point of no return is here. My name is Nadia, and I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means it's my job to keep the peace between the humans, Elven commoners, and Elven nobles under my command. So when one of the Elven nobles pushes things too far, it might mean civil war between the High Queen and the rebel nobles. But the civil war is itself a trap because the malignant wizards of Singularity have been preparing for this moment for a very, very long time...... and their deadliest weapons are ready.

Combined for the first time in one volume are books #10-#12 of the internationally best-selling CLOAK MAGE series: CLOAK OF EMBERS, CLOAK OF TITANS, and CLOAK OF ILLUSION. My name is Nadia, and I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means it's my responsibility to broker a peace deal between the dwarves and the Elven commoners... and there are lots of Elven nobles who would like to see the deal fail. So when the Lord Inquisitor Arvalaeon arrives on my doorstep, critically wounded and missing the last week of his memory, things have just gotten even more complicated.

The life of a dwarven prospector is one of shame, loneliness, and a constant battle for survival. Striking it rich is the only way for Naen to keep his bones from bleaching in the sun without heritage or memory. When riches finally fall into his hands, he encounters a group of indentured servants fleeing from a vengeful master.

The Mountain of Ice-Cloak is beset by the ürsi scourge. Every spring they raid flocks and scour the valleys. Migration and trade have slowed to a trickle. Queen Jade was a warrior in her youth, but now a disease gnaws at her bones. As she weakens, the folk favor her eldest daughter to lead them. But prince Firehelm believes Ice-Cloak needs a warrior, not a healer. He wishes to strike back against the ürsi, discover their nest, and gain the folk's favor.

Over nine hundred years have passed since song and hammerfall rang beneath the snows of Ice-Cloak. The remnants of the dwarves live in exile in the human kingdoms, eking out their survival as itinerant tinkers and farriers. The young dwarf-maid Tourmaline dreams of better things than mending pots for the humans. When horror strikes her caravan, she and a desperate band of dwarves escape into the wild north in pursuit of a fool's hope. 

The Gate of Ice is the only way in or out of the mountain—at least that's supposed to be true. There's a second gate, a smuggler's gate dug in secret over decades by a Southcaver named Yale. The Southcaver dwarves might not be the most reputable in the mountain, but they have a certain tenacity and rebellious streak that Yale depends on. Topaz, a Southcaver smelter's daughter, decides to accept proposals of marriage. She doesn't anticipate getting mixed up with the existence of the Second Gate, much less the fate of the whole mountain.

Standing on death’s door, Grey Cloak finds himself in the greatest fight of his life. Wars are won on the battlefield, and it will take every ounce of strength and skill Talon can muster to overtake the dreaded tower of the Wizard Watch. Guarded by Riskers, dragons, and the Black Guard, will the heroes have what it takes to defeat the evil forces and finally crack open the tower and defeat the dreaded underlings. Meanwhile, the blood brothers walk on the razor's edge between life and death and find themselves in a trap that threatens to destroy them all.