Ergebnis für "Trap" in Fantasy

Dennis E. Taylor, author of the best-selling Bobiverse trilogy, explores a whole different, darker world in this sci-fi stand-alone. Determined to give his wife and children a better life back home, Ivan Pritchard ventures to the edge of known space to join the crew of the Mad Astra as an asteroid miner. He's prepared for hard work and loneliness—but not the unthinkable. After coming into contact with a mysterious alien substance, Pritchard finds an unwelcome entity sharing his mind, and a disturbing physical transformation taking place.

One important lesson I've learned in the assassination business is that to be the best, you have to roll with the punches. Now that I'm queen of Ashland's underworld - by default, not by choice - a lot more punches are being thrown my way. But I suppose that's the price of victory for taking down some of the underworld's top dogs. Good thing I have my Ice and Stone magic to help me survive my volatile new position.

With the convergence upon the world, SC and friends band together to stop Sialia's evil plans for remaking humanity. In their greatest challenge yet, they'll discover new powers, unleash abilities rumored only in myth, and form the final resistance against the Instructors. Join them in the exciting conclusion of Places of Power.

The great hunt is over. In the end, Timothy managed to keep his invaluable prize. A victory? Perhaps. But glory and adrenaline are very powerful narcotics, and tolerance builds quickly. Once deprived of them, life immediately becomes gray and bleak. What's more, his beautiful lover is beginning to transparently hint that she could find herself a more interesting beau. What is a talented player to do in this case? The solution suggests itself: rush headlong into the most dangerous adventures, taking risks and walking the blade of a knife.

The third book in the legendary series featuring the pilots of Rogue Squadron The Rebels have taken the Imperial headquarters world of Coruscant, but their problems are far from over. A killer virus called Krytos is spreading among the population and fomenting a counterrevolution at the heart of...

It's been six months since we took down the Tower, ending the violent rule of the Dark River Pack in New York. Life is better than I've ever known it, living on my father's estate in Boston with my fated pack. But the shadows of the past hang over us, and Arben, my dark prince and guardian of our pack, rarely makes it home. He's hunting down the last of our enemies, while we work on our bonds and provide shelter for the first group of omegas rescued by the Underground. Then, duty calls and we have to leave home to help my dad set up an alpha council.

Sama is intent on claiming October for his own, and he has all of eternity to plot her abduction. When Danny goes off the rails, Team Terraway has their hands full trying to fend off a psychosis that’s set in deep. When an attack on the council sets everyone spinning, October learns she must draw clear lines to show Captain Finn where her loyalties lie. Duty can only be expected to drive a person so far, but love is what motivates October to run away from her Reapers. She won’t hesitate to lay down her life if there’s a chance it might save them.

Major Joshua Speed has escaped our time back to his native 1950s, but the past ain't what it used to be. Alien invasions, costumed criminals, and Red martial artists dominate his days. He's beginning to wonder if something is very wrong with the world.

As a reaper, Jade Blackwell mistakenly believed her job would be as simple as helping souls cross over after death. And maybe it would be, if the angel of death wasn’t out to get her. With no idea why she’s on his hit list, she attempts to get answer by locating the reaper she replaced. But to do that, she must travel through hell with a guardian angel who doesn’t agree with her dangerous plans.

A sensitive and two ghost hunters walk into a bar. The barman is silent and the barflies long dead. It sounds like the start of a joke, but it's not. An active haunt in a derelict biker bar on Route 66 is a dream come true for the PEEPs team, until it turns violent. Join Mia Cooper and the PEEPs team on an adventure from the cultural confines of Chicago's Field Museum down Route 66 to Lucky's Bar, where evil is always on tap.

Ella came to the magical Hidden Lands thinking she was on the greatest adventure of a lifetime. Instead she accidentally helped to destroy the beautiful valley of the Fey. Now, hunted as criminals by the Den, she and Aric must flee the destruction they have wrought. America beckons and so does one last mystery; one that can only bring more death. As much as Eireden wants to join Ella, his honor won't allow it - she has chosen Aric, and besides he has a name and a throne to fight for.

The trap is set, but who is the hunter and who is the prey? Find out in this heart-pounding conclusion to the Dark Dream trilogy.

The Hunter and The Trap presents two thrilling and suspenseful stories by Howard Fast, one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. In “The Hunter,” celebrated but down-on-his-luck novelist Andrew Bell returns to New York from an African safari only to find himself the prey in someone else’s big game hunt. Bell must seek the help of an old friend in order to escape with his life.

The High Queen of the Elves has conquered Earth, but I don't care about that. I don't care about the High Queen, or the Rebels seeking to overthrow her. All I care about is getting my baby brother the treatments he needs to recover from his potentially fatal disease...and those treatments have a steep price. Fortunately, I have magic of my own, and I'm a very, very good thief. Unfortunately, the powerful Elven lord Morvilind has a hold over me. If I don't follow his commands, my brother is going to die.

Every morning, I wake up with no knowledge of who I am, except for a few strange quirks: I prefer old-fashioned dresses that button to my chin. I can shift into the form of a fox at will. And a werewolf who's equal parts magnetic and terrifying keeps following me around. Then the human co-worker who helps me gloss over my amnesia goes missing just as a werewolf power struggle erupts around us. To rescue Rosa and protect myself, I must team up with the very alpha whose existence represents my greatest fears and desires.

For bounty hunter Gus Marcus, life was always about dealing with the scum of society, but he thought his luck changed when he encountered the seductive Lady Luck. Offering Gus the job of a lifetime, Lady Luck sends him on a gore infested, chaotic adventure to recapture her seven lost charms. Within sadistic fairy tale worlds full of demented characters, Gus must wade through insanity in order to recover the charms while keeping his eye on the payout...everlasting luck.

Elle and Dex concoct a plan to lure in the Allegiant vampires responsible for the recent spate of human abductions, but a surprising revelation threatens to change everything. While Elle works hard to keep the ugly truth of who she really is from Dex, it turns out Dex is keeping a secret of his own.

Если жизнь кажется невыносимо тяжелой, беспросветной и скучной - не смейте мечтать о чудесах! Чудеса случаются. И в этом их главная опасность. Для этого необязательно бежать за сто морей или провалиться сквозь волшебную кроличью нору на другую сторону земли.

Scarred from the death of his parents, young Prince Uhlrich must set aside his eagerness for revenge in order to utilize the strength of the one person who is both his worst enemy and closest ally - a death-bred executioner who cannot see or speak, and stricken of all emotion. Enter a world of torment where trust is an unlikely relic and fear dwells within every infested shadow of despair. Where the ability to control an executioner can greatly alter the tides of war.

Getting trapped in a psychotic fae’s twisted game isn’t my idea of a fun Friday afternoon. When one of them shows up in my territory of Toulouse uninvited, I was never going to just let it slide. Now I’m stuck, in a locked room mystery in another dimension.