Ergebnis für "The Magic of Endings" in Literatur & Belletristik

Smart men never dabble with demons. I never claimed to be smart, but at least, I’m powerful enough to control them. When I bound Havoc to me nearly 300 years ago, I never realized how difficult he’d make my life, although “accidentally” lighting him on fire every now and then does bring a smile to my face. Havoc is handsome, mysterious, and somehow, my closest companion, even if we don’t always get along.

In this “ bewitching” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic...

Once upon a time, there was a forgotten era of magic and monster. But the remnants—and all memory—of the old world have been replaced by the sane, the scientific, and the rational. But sometimes the magical past isn’t content to stay past. That’s where Jack Damian comes in. It’s his joy to protect our present from the supernatural remnants of an earlier time, a different history. It’s his job to make the past safe. Jack is called to the Tate Museum, where dozens of people have disappeared beneath the surface of a painting.

A prophesied king is born, but not all will benefit from his foretold conquests. In a realm where only clerics are permitted to practice magic, Kibure, a mere slave, draws the attention of much more than just his master after wielding an unknown force in a moment of desperation. In a twist of fate, Sindri, the priestess hired to strip Kibure of his power, defies the law, revealing designs of her own. This wayward pair will have to work together if they hope to evade capture at the hands of the Empire's most potent wielders.

Ilona Andrews, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Daniels series, invites you to a fresh start for Kate, Curran and Conlan, in a long novella and a short novel. The places and faces may be different, but they’ve brought some familiar friends and all the special brand of chaos they create!

Ihre Sünde ist für ihn wie ein Rausch. In Virtue gibt es zwei Regeln. Erstens: Traue keinem Sündenmagier. Und zweitens: Verlasse nie den Pfad der Tugend. Kaya hat sich immer vorbildlich an diese Regeln gehalten. Bis zu jenem Tag, an dem sie eine Einladung in den königlichen Palast erhält. Die Prinzessin bittet Kaya um ihre Unterstützung, denn der Sündenmagier Caden Nox hat nach ihr verlangt. Der König der Unterwelt, wie er in Virtue genannt wird, ist bereit, seine Mitmagier zu verraten. Aber nur unter einer Bedingung: Kaya muss für ihn eine der sieben Todsünden begehen.

An almost-mage discovers friendship—and maybe something more—in the unlikeliest of places in this delightfully charming novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Teller of Small Fortunes. Certainty Bulrush wants to be useful—to the Guild of Mages that took her in as a novice, to...

A mercenary in magic-torn Atlanta who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen it all - and some things she couldn't even have imagined. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow like an ocean current. But once every seven years, a paranormal flare comes and brings magic like a tidal wave. Now Kate faces problems on a much bigger scale: a divine one.

Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she's faced could have prepared her for this.... Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar.... Kate's father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in his never-ending bid for power.

After his eventful trip to the non-magical molopor in the distant domain of Anghysbel, Minalan’s return to civilization and magic finds him challenged by the changes wrought in the crypt of Szal the Yith. With nine distinctive sets of memories, besides his own, Minalan struggles to define himself in a turbulent time. With his brain buzzing with memories and feelings that aren’t his own and a list of vital tasks he must accomplish in order to save the world of Callidore from destruction, Minalan sets pen to parchment to chronicle his days in the heat of the struggle.

Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be. Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later, a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones.

After the sickness known as the Doom destroyed civilization, magick has become commonplace, and Fallon Swift has spent her young years learning its ways. Fallon cannot live in peace until she frees those who have been preyed upon by the government or the fanatical Purity Warriors, endlessly hunted or locked up in laboratories, brutalized for years on end. She is determined to save even those who have been complicit with this evil out of fear or weakness - if, indeed, they can be saved.

A Restless Truth is the second entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light. "Narrator Aysha Kala delivers action and romance in this sequel to A MARVELLOUS LIGHT."- AudioFile Magazine “Sublime...

Für dich werde ich der Sturm sein – die Veränderung, die Virtue braucht. Kaya glaubt, ihre große Liebe Caden für immer verloren zu haben. In Helsinki versucht sie an der Seite von Prinz Aspen ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Doch dann taucht Cadens rechte Hand Choi am finnischen Hof auf und überbringt ihr eine Nachricht, die der Sündenmagier kurz vor seinem Tod verfasst hat. Eine Nachricht, die Kayas Welt auf den Kopf stellt und sie einen Entschluss fassen lässt: Sie wird nach Virtue zurückkehren, um Cadens Tod zu rächen – und um an der Seite ihrer Freunde gegen die geltenden Gesetze zu rebellieren.

Zahn’s life has been anything but ordinary. While hunting archaic relics infused with magic from continent to continent, his latest search brings him to Hollywood, and then face-to-face with a movie star he has idolized for years. Until now, he has only cared about the quest. But as lust and love break into his life, Zahn is caught up in a violent competition to retrieve one of the most powerful magical creations of all time from its ancient resting place.

After years of service in the Imperial Expeditionary Force, Jol Rivers has found a tentative home in Littlereach, where he makes a living as a blacksmith. One day, however, a beautiful mage arrives and tells him that he has a mysterious magical power hidden within the items he forges, one that could defeat the malignant forces threatening the Second Empire. She invites him to the Lyceum, an institute for mages where he can develop this power.

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Du bist die Dunkelheit, Caden, – und ich habe Angst, mich in dir zu verlieren. Nach all den Enthüllungen möchte Kaya nur eines: Caden vergessen und in ihr altes Leben zurückkehren. Doch das ist längst nicht mehr möglich. Nicht nur, weil ihr Sündenmagier-Erbe ihr dabei einen Strich durch die Rechnung macht. In Virtue tobt ein unerbittlicher Krieg zwischen jenen, die weiterhin gegen die Sünde kämpfen, und jenen, die sich von den alten Tugenden abwenden wollen. Plötzlich ist Kaya gezwungen, sich für eine Seite zu entscheiden.

Finde deine Magie! Mit "The Rules of Magic" hat die Bestseller-Autorin Alice Hoffman eine berührende Geschichte über Liebe, Magie und den wunderbaren Zusammenhalt der Familie geschrieben. New York, Anfang der 60er Jahre. Franny, Jet und Vincent Owens sind keine gewöhnlichen Kinder, denn sie entstammen einer Familie von Hexen: Die schöne Franny hat blasse Haut und, passend zu ihrem Temperament feuerrote Haare. Jet ist sensibel und kann Gedanken lesen, und der charismatische Vincent verfügt schon in jungen Jahren über eine überwältigende Anziehungskraft auf das andere Geschlecht.

All Dag Gates wants is a place to call home. (And to practice magic freely.) All Stefan Bjorne wants is peace in his adoptive country. (And less paperwork.) All Mikkel Vinters wants is both of them. (No, really, he could do wedding bells.) So why, pray tell, is half the magical community set on denying them all their wishes?