Ergebnis für "True Blood" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Liebe, Mord und Alltagsleben - eine bissige Lektüre mit Tiefgang: Sind Vampire wirklich gesellschaftsfähig? Wenn es nach "Vorübergehend tot" von Charlaine Harris geht, ja. Zumindest, wenn es um den gut aussehenden, düsteren Mann geht, den Kellnerin Sookie Stackhouse eines Tages in einer Bar kennenlernt. Leider ist er nicht der einzige Vampir auf der Welt und so überstürzen sich in der friedlichen Kleinstadt Bon Temps bald die unangenehmen Ereignisse.

Die Kellnerin Sookie Stackhouse hat eine Pechsträhne. Zuerst wird einer ihrer Kollegen ermordet und es gibt keinerlei Hinweise auf den Täter. Kurz darauf steht sie einer Bestie gegenüber, die ihr mit giftigen Krallen schmerzhafte Wunden zufügt. Dann: Auftritt der Vampire, die ihr nicht ganz uneigennützig das Gift aus den Adern saugen... und das ist erst der Anfang.

Sookie Stackhouse hat nur mit einem Vampir freiwillig Umgang, und das ist ihr Geliebter Bill. Aber er ist in letzter Zeit so distanziert - und außerdem in einem anderen Staat. Sein finsterer, unattraktiver Chef Eric hat eine Idee, wo er sein könnte. Ehe sich Sookie versieht, ist sie in Jackson, Mississippi, um sich in der Unter-Unterwelt des Club Dead umzusehen. Das ist ein gefährlicher kleiner Laden, in dem sich die elitäre Vampirgesellschaft trifft, um auszuspannen und sich einen Schluck Null Rhesus Negativ zu gönnen.

Tess Graham weiß nicht mehr weiter. Auf der Flucht vor ihrem ehemaligen Arbeitgeber, einem mächtigen Dschinn, gehen ihr allmählich die Möglichkeiten aus. Aus reiner Verzweiflung beschließt sie, in die Dienste eines einflussreichen Vampyrs zu treten. Sie weckt das Interesse Xavier del Torros, der als rechte Hand des Königs der Nachtwesen tief in die Intrigen der Alten Völker verstrickt ist. Obwohl Tess seine wahre Natur fürchtet, fühlt sie sich schon bald unwiderstehlich zu ihm hingezogen.

Sora finds this to be doubly true after meeting the struggling Burkhard Clan and the mischievous Ravi. The wind dragon has stolen his breath, and heart, away. Sora suspects he might have found his mate. But his inability to be truthful with Ravi eats at Sora. When the Jaeggi attack, Sora can’t keep his secrets any longer. Not when Ravi is in the center of the war raging around them. He has to reveal who he really is. It’s the only way to be with Ravi and give the Burkhards the help they need.

Sookie har et problem. Hendes vampyrkæreste, Bill, har været fraværende og uopmærksom på det seneste. Pludselig meddeler han, at han skal på forretningsrejse, men der ligger tydeligvis mere bag. Da en varulv forsøger at kidnappe Sookie, fortæller Bills leder, Eric, at Bill er blevet kidnappet. Han beder Sookie om hjælp til at finde Bill, og naturligvis træder hun til med det samme. Men da Sookie finder ud af, hvorfor Bill er blevet kidnappet.

Sookie har ikke ligefrem heldet med sig; først bliver hendes kollega myrdet, og derefter bliver hun overfaldet af et bestialsk væsen. Med hjælp fra kæresten Bill og andre af de lokale vampyrer, overlever Sookie med nød og næppe angrebet. Som tak for hjælpen indvilliger Sookie i at tage med til Dallas, hvor hun skal udnytte sine telepatiske evner til at lede efter en forsvunden vampyr. Det er planen, at hun skal udspørge forskellige mennesker, der er involveret i sagen.

"I have a television so I know what a family is supposed to look like but mine is nothing like that. To begin with, both my parents are dead. Not the kind of dead where you bury them in the ground, say some nice words, cry a lot and then never see them again. Nope, when they died they refused to ‘go into the light’ or whatever it is you’re supposed to do when you die. Instead, they came back home. As ghosts. Have you ever been sent to your room by a parent who has no corporeal form? I have and it sucks..."

Sookie Stackhouse er 25 år og servitrice i en af sydstaterne. Der er en ting, som adskiller hende fra de andre unge i byen - hun kan læse menneskers tanker. Og kun de levende menneskers tanker. Da en "ung" vampyr en dag kommer ind og bestiller et glas blod, er det en stor lettelse for hende, at der endelig er et menneske, hvis tanker hun ikke kan høre. Hun bliver forelsket i vampyren Bill.

Vicki Nelson, formerly of Toronto’s homicide unit and now a private detective, witnesses the first of many vicious attacks that begin plaguing the city of Toronto. As death follows unspeakable death, Vicki, in an attempt to stop these forces of dark magic, is forced to renew her relationship with her former partner, Mike Celluci - along with another, unexpected ally…. Henry Fitzroy, the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII, has learned over the course of his life how to blend with humans; how to deny the call for blood in his veins.

Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen. It began when three young boys - Caleb, Fox, and Gage - went on a camping trip to the Pagan Stone. And 21 years later, it will end in a showdown between evil and the boys who have become men - and the women who love them.

The vampires have been vanquished! Harry Keogh and the armies of the dead have destroyed the evil that once plagued the world. Nathan and Nestor, secret twin sons of the Necroscope and a proud gypsy woman, were children when their father, his humanity poisoned by his fearsome struggles, sacrificed himself to save mankind. Yet there are vampires still, vampires crueler and stranger than any the Necroscope had faced. When these new, merciless killers swoop out of the sky, Nathan and Nestor are men - but they have few of Harry Keogh's miraculous powers.

Amarl is a hizeen, a half-spirit, and the first of his kind ever to enter Askula Academy, whether he wants to or not. There, he joins the other novices seeking to become ithtaru, the supernatural defenders of the Umpratan Empire. He'll learn the arts of battle and magic, and the secret to the powerful abilities that make ithtaru an invincible force.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to her beloved Hollows series with The Turn—the official prequel to the series that will introduce you to a whole new side of Rachel Morgan’s world, featuring Harrison’s signature “spellbinding blend of sharp wit and vivid...

Calron is turning eight soon... will he awaken as an accursed Lightning Cultivator or does fate have something else in store for him? Over a millennium ago, the Lightning Gods ruled Heaven and Earth with their destructive lightning magic. No other Elementalist or Martial Artist could contend against their overwhelming power. Until the fated day . . . when the seven Primordial Thrones broke their slumber.

For thousands of years, the Darkness has chosen its champions—granting power, feeding ambition, and demanding sacrifice to those it favored. The Vampire Paul is not this champion. He is, however, cunning and patient. Ryet, cursed by his demonic transformation, is bound by blood to Syrsee, a witch whose very existence fuels his hunger and his torment. Each drop of her blood brings him closer to becoming the monster he fears, even as their connection grows intoxicatingly intimate. Is it love between them? Or just an addiction?

When Lenore Warwick turned twenty-one, she expected lots of bar-hopping, parties with friends, and the occasional hookup. What she got was the realization that she's both a witch and a vampire, and that there are things in this world that want her dead. Thank god she has her enigmatic vampire lover, Absolon Stavig, to help show her the ropes. But while Lenore struggles to fit into her new topsy turvy world, full of blood, sex, and magic, she also has to contend with her messy and complicated love for a vampire who isn't always what he seems.

Everson Croft here, professor of mythology and nervous as sin. Tonight's the night I tell Caroline the truth: about my feelings, my magic, everything. So why am I surprised when Detective Vega calls me to a new case? An elusive creature is chewing up residents in a housing project run by rival gangs. One more mangled body and the place will explode into warfare. Problem is, someone's protecting the killer.

Det overnaturlige samfund i Bon Temps, Louisiana, er så småt ved at komme sig oven på to katastrofer: Først orkanen Katrinas hærgen og så en voldsom eksplosion på det hotel, hvor et stort vampyrtopmøde blev afholdt. Sookie Stackhouse overlevede med nød og næppe og er tilbage på vampyrbaren Merlotte's, hvor hun langer årgangsblod over disken. Men alt er ikke, som det plejer, for flere vampyrer blev dræbt eller såret i attentatet, og hendes hamskifterkæreste Quinn er blandt de savnede.

Sookie har vænnet sig til at være omgivet af forskellige typer af udøde, changeling, shapeshifting og andre overnaturlige væsener, men selv hun har sine begrænsninger. Selv om hun har brug for at komme sig oven på hendes store vampyrkærlighed, Bill, som forrådte hende, og vænne sig til hendes nye kæreste, den sexede shapeshifter Quinn, deltager hun i en længe planlagt vampyrtopmøde.