Ergebnis für "Was" in Epic Fantasy

Wenn das Schicksal ruft, beginnt eine Reise »Eine erzählerische Sicherheit, die für ein Debüt selten ist ... Fans von Robert Jordan und Brandon Sanderson werden viel Bewundernswertes finden.« Guardian Es sind zwanzig Jahre vergangen, seit die gottgleichen Auguren gestürzt und getötet...

It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets.

The long-awaited continuation of one of the greatest fantasy trilogies ever written. The world was nearly destroyed, but now knows hope again. At the end of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Ineluki the Storm King, an undead spirit of horrifying, demonic power, came within moments of stopping Time...

Accidentally murdered by a cleric in another universe during a botched resurrection, Arnold, a semi-pro gamer, wakes upon an altar to find himself incarnated into the overweight body of a farmer who could have been his fatter twin. He’s not the hero. He’s not the villain. He’s certainly not the chosen one who is there to save the world. He’s a clerical error. It could be a bad joke, but apparently, it happens so often that they have a standard procedure for returning you.

The Hero of Humanity—the man summoned to slay the Demon King—he went and destroyed all who wronged him, humans and gods included. At the end of his bloody campaign, he had nothing left. He retired to a humble cottage built from the divine, wood of the World Tree that he chopped down. All was well until, one day, the world shook. The Hero wanted nothing to do with it and went to sleep. The next day, he went outside and saw that his property had been transferred to yet another world.

The Hero of Humanity—the man summoned to slay the Demon King—he went and destroyed all who wronged him, humans and gods included. At the end of his bloody campaign, he had nothing left. He retired to a humble cottage built from the divine wood of the World Tree that he chopped down. All was well until one day, the world shook.

The Retired Hero of Humanity—the man who decided to hide in his woodland cottage after his bloody business was done—has gone on vacation at the insistence of one his house guests. A long forgotten dream stirs in his chest. Jericho wants to give a go at being a merchant and selling his wares at a seaside town's festival. He's never been a merchant before, but it always looked so fun, so why not? Giselle is happy to oblige; she just wants to see Jericho enjoy himself. Jericho is eager to see how far his woodcarving skills will take him. Will he be the king of figurines?

The retired hero of humanity—the man who decided to hide in his woodland cottage after his bloody business was done—has finally gained access to the dungeon beneath his cottage. Levels, gear, challenges, heart-pumping—and risk-free, non-dramatic, non-world-ending—scenarios await the hero, his devoted wolf-woman partner, his pet plant monster girl, and their cottage guests.

The dragons did not choose the strongest. They chose the one who remained. Kane Jackson has spent his life feeling invisible. The oldest son of a father who left and a mother who built a new life without him, Kane learned early how to stay quiet, work hard, and expect nothing. In the mountain kingdom of Aeridor, dragons choose their riders from the boldest and strongest. No one expects them to choose the boy who stands at the edge of the crowd. But when Vaerathon, the ancient King of Dragons, descends from the sky and chooses Kane before the entire High Flight, everything changes.

Eckard, crown prince of Everfont, has defied his father, King Granorg, and fled the city to save his mother from an unknown sickness. Accompanying him is Eltaniel, his younger brother, a cunning yet cold man who believes the ancient people that built Everfont may have the cure. They are joined by Marle, Eckard's betrothed, and Royan, a young man at court. Together, the four intend to traverse the desert beyond Everfont's walls to the Funnel, where they will be taken to new worlds in search of their long-forgotten forefathers.

Prophet of Bas and imbued with the strength and magic of her goddess, Roseen is a woman bound by faith and compelled by honor. When a powerful vision calls her back to Madani, her home, and Sheelin, the island where she first experienced her calling to Bas, she encounters a land ravaged by war and desecrated by marauders. She also finds Cade, a talented blacksmith forced to craft swords for the invading Army of Righteousness and with whom she shared a childhood and now shares a different type of bond altogether.

Prisoner 43-1-12 contends with the voices of her past, present, and future in the war-altered world of Illirium. From a ranch outside a rural town, to a prison formed from city ruins, and a wilderness marked by supernatural encounters, There Was Music explores the struggle between identity and the cost of survival, the power of music, and the hope of healing.

When there is something you can't or won't do yourself, you get a bastard to do it for you. They are thieves, cheats, and murderers, loyal to nothing but the coin. Everyone knows that. Yet in war, payment in blood is more likely than payment in coin. Staegrim knows coins better than he knows people, and he isn't giving his life away for free. Not to the rebels, not for the lords, and not for all of the bloody coins in Rengas. But then... Everyone has a price.