Ergebnis für "The Mister" in Zeitgenössische Fantasy

Quinlan knows the truth about who she is, though there's more going on than she knows about. So many secrets remain. And so many lives will be lost. Fintan and the true Veilman have plans. The human world is their target. Can Quinlan and her group save humanity?

In a small village in the nation of Droevinka, orphaned sisters Cline and Amelie Fawe scrape out a living selling herbal medicines in their apothecary shop. Cline earns additional money by posing as a seer and pretending to read people's futures. But they exist in a land of great noble houses, all vying for power, and when the sisters refuse the orders of a warlord prince, they must flee and are forced to depend on the warlord prince's brother, Anton, for a temporary haven.

Anne Perrin is resigned to a life driven by an adolescent trauma: a strict routine, no socializing (outside of the safety of her waitressing job), and no romantic relationships. When her cautious lifestyle lets the perfect partner slip through her fingers, Anne vows she won't let it happen again and ventures into San Francisco to find happiness.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Un cuplu primește cadou pentru luna de miere o călătorie la bordul unui tren neobișnuit. Și acesta este singurul lucru de care poți fi sigur atunci când pătrunzi în lumea creată de Oyeyemi, misterele acumulându-se cu fiecare pagină.

Rowan might be the firstborn of the Whelan sisters, but her magic is far from first class. Outshone by her younger sisters’ rare and powerful gifts hasn’t been easy, but she has always taken her position as leader of their family seriously. Even more seriously when her sisters are endangered and they lose - yet again - the book of Sindal, a magical tome of evil spells and incantations their small coven of three has been tasked to protect.

Quinlan used to have dreams about Queen Fand. She watched, unable to help as the goddess of the fairies was defeated, imprisoned, and finally enslaved to the Veilman. Now, those dreams don't just come to her at night. She's starting to believe that what she sees is real. She needs to learn the truth, and Shane Murphy might be the only one who can help her figure it out. Her boyfriend, Eli, refuses to believe, even though he sees the same things Quinlan sees. But there's so much more to it. Eli knows it's true, but he's not ready to admit it—yet.

When her parents died in a tragic accident and her life in Australia fell apart, Carlie was sent across the ocean to live with a stranger. After a harrowing journey through the mists, she finally found peace with her grandmother, magic with her new friend, and first love with her druidic soul mate. But then she was plunged back into the darkness. Now, haunted by loss and betrayal, and worried that her shattered heart is beyond repair, she must decide whether she has it in her to find her way back into the light.

In the second book of the gripping Into the Mists Trilogy, a new relationship with her grandmother is opening Carlie's soul to the energy and power of the earth. A new friend is opening her mind to the magic and potential within her. And a new love is opening her heart to the sweetest enchantment of all. Yet betrayal hovers around her, and she will face an ultimatum, a sacrifice and a cruel choice that might just break her.

If you could go back to your roots at the cost of losing what you have become, would you?

Within this collection of short stories you will find a variety of monsters - a whole consternation of them, to use the collective noun. In these tales, a creature of make-believe proves difficult to disbelieve, a trickster-god takes an unkindly interest in witnesses, eldritch horrors can be summoned with a quilt, frustrated wolves face dangerous prey, the angel of death wears a plaid sport coat, wise old women are to be feared and heeded, and where one of the most powerful and potentially dangerous objects in the world is a fork.

Searching for the truth is no easy feat when there are so many mysteries in a person's life. Quinlan is aware she's no ordinary woman. What she's not aware of is just how extraordinary she is. Irish mythology has many heroes and villains, though so do other pantheons. Many of them converge to turn Quinlan's life upside down, and other dark mysteries find their way into her mind. Who is Quinlan? Is she related to Fand, the queen of the fairies? Can Fand trust the Veilman? Come and see where this story leads.

Quinlan used to have dreams about Queen Fand. She watched, unable to help, as the goddess was defeated, imprisoned, and finally enslaved to the Veilman. Now, those dreams don't just come to her at night. She doesn't know why it's happening, but things have begun to change for her again. Now, awake or asleep, she sees scenes from other people's lives. She needs to find out what's going on, while still working as an air marshal, and supporting her boyfriend. This is the next step in Quinlan's journey toward the truth. Get ready.