Ergebnis für "Thunder" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Sein Schicksal ist es, die Welt zu beschützen. Ihres, sie zu verändern. Im Schatten ihres Zwillingsbruders zu stehen, ist Lyanas Bestimmung, denn als Elementar des Donners steht Luke kurz davor, in den Rat der fünf Elemente aufgenommen zu werden. Am Tag der Prüfung jedoch verändert ein Familiengeheimnis den Lauf der Geschichte - und der Donner Lyanas Leben. Ein Leben, um das sie nun bangen muss, denn Luke will ihren Tod, um sein Element nicht zu verlieren. Im Kampf gegen die Zeit muss Lyana plötzlich eine Welt verstehen, von der sie bisher kein Teil sein durfte.

Mysterious missing person reports, a cursed motorcycle club, and an ancient entity add up to trouble. A bad bargain to stop a long-ago gang war requires a yearly sacrifice from a tightly-knit group of riders, and even their coven of witches hasn't been able to stop the deaths.

Nach einem Anschlag auf ein Therianer-Jugendzentrum gerät nicht nur das Team Destructive Delta unter Druck – auch zwischen Dex und Sloane läuft nicht alles rund. Während der fanatische »Orden von Adrasteia« mit Gewalt und Propaganda für Unruhe sorgt, kommen Geheimnisse aus der Vergangenheit ans Licht, die mehr als nur den Einsatz gefährden. Im Kampf gegen eine Organisation, die immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein scheint, zählt jede Entscheidung. Und vor allem eines: Vertrauen.

A corrupt god demands blood sacrifice from his people, and the young warrior Herkuhlos journeys to the west to save them. But a far greater danger lurks amongst the stone circles of this strange new land that will take more than his immortal strength to overcome. On the wild shores of the cold northern sea, Sif is a young huntress and healer. Both spirit walkers of her tribe have mysteriously vanished, and only Sif can find them. But there is a traitor amongst her people who will do anything to stop her from uncovering the truth.

Sie sind bis zu 15 Meter hoch, wiegen bis zu 75 Tonnen und speien Tod und Vernichtung - die riesigen von Menschen gesteuerten Kampfmaschinen, die BattleMechs des 31. Jahrhunderts. Das Sternenreich der Menschen ist zerfallen. Angeheuerte Söldnerhaufen ziehen mit ihren Stahlkolossen in die Schlachten der sogenannten Nachfolgekriege. Die Piloten der BattleMechs sind tollkühne Männer und Frauen, die für Geld ihre Haut zu Markte tragen, und viele von ihnen finden den Tod, weil ihre Kampfmaschinen veraltet und dem konzentrierten Feuer aus Laserwaffen und Raketen nicht immer gewachsen sind.

Thirty meters tall, 70 tons of quick-striding death and destruction, the armored war machines called BattleMechs are the frontline forces of the crumbling star empire locked in the horror of the endless Succession Wars. Their pilots are MechWarriors, 31st-century knights riding armored machines powerful enough to take a city apart. Grayson Death Carlyle had been training to be a MechWarrior since he was 10 years old, but his graduation came sooner than expected.

Peril and strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington and company. After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington and the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new, technologically powerful, and utterly nefarious enemy. And as if that weren’t task enough, Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling, but still mighty, Solarian League.

Ein Mädchen. Zwei Prinzen. Ein Drachengeist. Meilin zahlt einen hohen Preis für ihren Sieg – als Gefangene des Königs schwebt sie zwischen Leben und Tod. Als sie endlich begnadigt wird, muss Meilin sich den strengen Regeln des Palasts unterziehen. Doch außerhalb der Palastmauern verbreitet sich die Legende von der Frau, die mit dem Schwert kämpft, wie ein Lauffeuer. Das weckt Begehrlichkeiten: Lei, vormaliger Prinz des Südens und nun Kriegsgefangener, braucht Meilin, um die politische Balance zwischen den drei Königreichen wiederherzustellen.

Kiang has shifted into decisive action. The people poisoned by his drug have lost all control and taken to wreaking havoc on the city streets. They all thirst to kill Lei Cheng, who they consider the cause of all their troubles, but they don't shy away from killing bystanders either. The entire country is placed under martial law. The clans survive a crushing blow. Lei Cheng realizes that the time has come for the final showdown, but in order to finally eliminate Kiang, he must first gather together five spirit-chosen.

The war of Troy is looming, and all the kings of the Great Green are gathering, friends and enemies, each with their own dark plans of conquest and plunder. Into this maelstrom of treachery and deceit come three travellers; Piria, a runaway priestess nursing a terrible secret, Kalliades, a warrior with a legendary sword, and Banokles who will carve his own legend in the battles to come.

DELUXE EDITION--featuring stunning sprayed edges! Percy Jackson meets Thunderbolts in this action-adventure romcom where the descendants of gods protect humanity, and Zeus’s snarky, vigilante heir is forced to team up with the globally beloved descendant of Thor. As a Zeus descendant, Pollux...

Francis Sherman and Anna Demilio want only a vaccine, but to find it, they must cross a countryside in ruins, dodging not only the infected, but also the lawless living. The bulk of the storm has passed over the world, leaving echoing thunder and softly drifting ashes. But for the survivors, the peril remains, and the search for a cure is just beginning.

The world’s worst fears have dawned. Nothing stands in the way of total destruction . . . except the love of one woman. Deep in the Amazon jungle a young American woman and the son of plantation owners fall madly in love. For Tanya and Shannon, life is a paradise most only dream about. But...

Protecting her identity means life or death in this immersive epic fantasy inspired by the Mughal Empire. In a different life, under a different name, Razia Khan was raised to be the Crown Prince of Nizam, the most powerful kingdom in Daryastan. Born with the soul of a woman, she ran away at a...

Lei Cheng is now the leader of his own clan, and is gathering under his wing all those who will agree to swear an oath to him. His young clan is fighting for survival in a Celestial Empire already divided up long ago, but Lei's chief task is the same as ever - to find Kiang, still hiding in the shadows. A thread which was supposed to lead to him has broken, and Lei and his boys are starting to run into serious trouble with the law. To avoid that trouble and gain new opportunities for his clan, Lei makes a deal with the authorities.

With panic and intolerance spreading and streets becoming littered with the Order's propaganda, hostility between Humans and Therians grows daily. Dex and Sloane, along with the rest of the team, are determined to take down the Order and restore peace, not to mention settle a personal score. But the deeper the team investigates the bombings, the more they believe there's a more sinister motive than a desire to shed blood and spread chaos.

Falk has only a few days to obtain the Wood Sword in the Lands of the Elves. And he also has to make a trip to the capital to report the successful completion of his quest, and find out why the Empire needs a specialist who can control the Mechanisms of the Ancients in the first place. In the real world, meanwhile, more and more emissaries from Arktania's Gods are appearing all the time, and the confrontation between them is only getting more intense.

As a climate catastrophe swallows south Florida and the Keys, psychic Mira Morales watches the obliteration of her past on live TV. She is losing her former bookstore and home where she lived for decades. Tango Key itself disappears as she witnesses the catastrophe in stunned disbelief. But when she’s recruited by the FBI to go undercover at a government-controlled animal rescue facility, she’s drawn into an even darker storm. She discovers the facility actually weaponizes animals. Dogs, cats, even wild animals are enhanced in ways that defy science.

A young woman who wields the unimaginable power of the dragon must decide where her loyalties lie—and where her heart belongs—in this enthralling fantasy that reimagines the legend of Mulan. The explosive sequel to The Night Ends with Fire! The war may be over, but Hai Meilin is still paying...

Joe and the Dwarves are doing more than surviving in the harsh climate of Jotunheim: they’re thriving. The Ritualist’s improvements to their defenses are paying dividends; and he’s hailed as a genius for ending threats before they come into striking distance of the burgeoning City. Every day, the Town expands further, allowing for more facilities, a larger population, and drawing in ever-more monsters.