Ergebnis für "The Scarlet Dress The brilliant new novel from the bestselling author of The House By The Sea" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

England, 18. Jhdt. Vampirische und menschliche Aristokraten leben Seite an Seite. Das Bluttrinken ist eine geregelte Angelegenheit, gemordet wird höchstens im Geheimen. Als in Frankreich die Revolution ausbricht, schleust ein Engländer namens Scarlet Pimpernel Adelige auf die Insel, um sie vor der Guillotine zu retten - menschliche wie vampirische. Dadurch droht jedoch das prekäre Gleichgewicht in England zu kippen. Ein Dienstmädchen findet sich plötzlich zwischen den Fronten wieder.

A scarlet tide of Rondian legions is flooding into the East, led by the Inquisition’s windships flying the Sacred Heart, the bright banner of the Church's darkest sons. They are slaughtering and pillaging their way across Antiopia in the name of Emperor Constant. But the emperor's greatest treasure, the Scytale of Corineus, has slipped through his fingers and his ruthless Inquisitors must scour two continents for the artefact, the source of all magical power.

Former Marine and lonely single dad Will Hawthorne just wants to clear his head with a weekend in the woods with his live-action-role-playing group. But a careless misstep sends him tumbling through a cave into an alien world. There he finds a dying civilization of bizarre human-animal hybrids, filled with effete males and frustrated females who are soon pursuing him for their own ends. For Will has stumbled into this world's most powerful legend - a legend of the one who will come to reverse its decline - the legend of the Makalang.

As if hitting 30 wasn't enough, unmated Scarlet Wickham is summoned to this year's Gathering. As a woman marked to be the mate of an Alpha pair, she's not going to find happiness anywhere other than in the arms of two Alpha werewolves. So, off she goes with her sisters in tow. 'Cause yeah, she's one of the plump Wickham triplets, and they're all being carted off to werewolf speed dating.