Ergebnis für "We" in Fantasy

There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.

Nina Popoca needs help. So, so much of it. The only place she can find that help is on a sprawling ranch in Colorado. A place hiding more than a community filled with magical creatures trying to live their lives in safety and in peace. A village that might hold the answers to questions she’s had her entire life.

Sie ist eine tödliche Jägerin, er der Prinz des Todes: Menschen lebten, weil sie tötete. Menschen starben, weil er lebte. Die Jägerin Zafira kann nur als Mann verkleidet im verfluchten Wald des Arz ihr Volk beschützen. Wird sie als Frau entlarvt, droht ihr Verbannung oder Schlimmeres. Als Prinz des Todes ist es Nasirs Aufgabe, alle zu vernichten, die töricht genug sind, sich seinem tyrannischen Vater zu widersetzen. Niemals darf er Mitgefühl zeigen, denn sonst wird er selbst zum Opfer des grausamen Königs.

Keith once again finds himself facing impossible odds as he goes up against the most terrifying force in the Frigid Seas. The Primordial's presence threatens the very existence of the System's rule and stands in his path to the final continent of Monstros. Even with the fourth World Monster dead, there's still more to do. Allies to gather, elixirs to craft and monsters to hunt. Especially if Keith wants to launch a successful raid into the uncharted lands of the most dangerous and inhospitable continent in the world of Raiah.

On the top floor of an old building at the end of a cobbled alley in Kyoto lies the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul. Only a select few - those who feel genuine emotional turmoil - can find it. The mysterious centre offers a unique treatment for its troubled patients: it prescribes cats as medication. Follow how each cat brings joy, hope and self-discovery to the human who is lucky enough to have them in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats.

Eine Liebe, die nie starb. Zwei Vampire, die nie vergessen. Und eine Legende, die zur Wirklichkeit wird. Seit Xara weiß, dass sie adoptiert ist, suchen sie schreckliche Albträume heim. Um mehr herauszufinden, reist sie an ihren Geburtsort in ein mysteriöses rumänisches Dorf. Hier verstricken sich ihre Träume mit der Realität und sie muss sich fragen, ob die Legende um eine verfluchte Fürstin mehr als nur ein Märchen ist. Denn sie wird für genau diese gehalten und das allen voran von dem mächtigen Vampirfürsten Dorian und seinem charismatischen Diener Juraj.

Eine Liebe, die weder der Tod noch die Zeit zerstören kann ... Nach dem Tod ihres Vater verkriecht sich die introvertierte Lucy in die heile Welt von Liebesromanen. Als eines Tages ein scheinbar toter, äußerst attraktiver Mann vor ihrer Tür liegt, wird ihre Welt aus den Fugen gehoben. Casziel ist ein Dämon, der nicht mehr wirklich an Erlösung glaubt - zu viel Leid hat er über die Menschen gebracht. Er möchte Lucy dabei helfen, ihr Glück zu finden und dann seine eigene Existenz beenden. Bald schon wird klar, dass die beiden etwas verbindet, was über reine Anziehungskraft hinausgeht.

Wenn deine Wut zur magischen Kraft wird, die die Welt verändern kann. Im Urban-Fantasy-Roman We Will Give You Hell entdeckt die junge Hell ihre ureigene weibliche Magie, die sie zwingt, sich zwischen Macht und Gerechtigkeit zu entscheiden. Es sollte der Sommer ihres Lebens werden: In Schweden wollen die 19-jährige Hellea, genannt Hell, und ihre Freunde vier Wochen lang die urtümlichen Wälder und das malerische Stockholm erkunden. Aber Hell wird aus diesem Urlaub nicht zurückkehren. Zumindest nicht als die Frau, die sie zuvor gewesen ist.

Set in the pre-Christian world of Glome on the outskirts of Greek civilization, it is a tale of two princesses: the beautiful Psyche, who is loved by the god of love himself, and Orual, Psyche's unattractive and embittered older sister, who loves Psyche with a destructive possessiveness. Her frustration and jealousy over Psyche's fate sets Orual on the troubled path of self-discovery. Lewis's last work of fiction, this is often considered his best by critics.

Jia's people learned the hard way that there are no second chances. The Egril, their ancient enemy, struck with magic so devastating that Jia's armies were wiped out. Now terror reigns in the streets, and friend turns on friend just to live another day. Somehow Tinnstra - a deserter, a failure, nothing but a coward - survived. She wants no more than to hide from the chaos. But dragged into a desperate plot to retake Jia, surrounded by people willing to do anything to win the fight, this time Tinnstra will need to do more than hide.

Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a tour de female force in this delightful novel. Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts, where the accusations began that led to the 1692 witch trials, We Ride Upon Sticks follows the 1989 Danvers High School Falcons field hockey team, who will do anything to make it to the state finals—even if it means tapping into some devilishly dark powers. In chapters dense with 1980s iconography—from Heathers to "big hair"—Barry expertly weaves together the individual and collective progress of this enchanted team.

In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samantha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls who call themselves “Bunny.” An invitation to the Bunnies’ Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus workshops where monstrous creations are conjured with deadly and wondrous consequences.

A heart-wrenching standalone novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune, We Burned So Bright follows an elder gay couple on an end-of-the-world road-trip. The road stretched out before them. No other cars, just the headlights on the blacktop. Above, the cracked moon in a kaleidoscope...

Husbands Don and Rodney have lived a good, long life. Together, they’ve experienced the highest highs of love and family, and lows so low that they felt like the end of the world. Now, the world is ending for real. A wandering black hole is coming for Earth, and in a month, everything and...

One of Canada’s most acclaimed horror writers, Gemma Files presents a mosaic of interconnected stories about interconnected families. After fleeing Scotland, five clans settled in the fictional town of Dourvale in northern Ontario. Known as the Five-Family Coven, they are the descendants of witches and witch-children, none of whom were spared persecution in their native country. Now shamans, spellcasters, singers, and thieves, the members of the Devize, Druir, Glouwer, Roke, and Rusk families survive by trading their occult powers and talents.

Im 2. Band der slowburn Romantasy-Dilogie von Hafsah Faizal erfüllt sich das Schicksal der Jägerin Zafira und des Prinzen des Todes Nasir. Trotz aller Verluste sind Zafira, Nasir und Kifah fest entschlossen, dem Königreich Arawiya die Magie zurückzubringen. Doch sie haben kaum noch Verbündete, und die Menschen im Land leben in Angst vor der Rückkehr des Löwen der Nacht. Nasir kämpft außerdem darum, die Magie in seinem Blut zu beherrschen: Er muss lernen, seine Macht zu verfeinern, damit er sie auch gegen seinen Vater einsetzen kann, der unter der Kontrolle des Löwen steht.

Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got five. But every city also has a dark side. A roiling, ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening to destroy the city and her five protectors unless they can come together and stop it once and for all.

Keith has died 12 times. After making a deal with a mysterious immortal, he was sent to a new world in hopes of gaining the offered reward - a chance at a better life with his family. However, Keith failed to realize that this deal did not come with an expiration date, no matter how many times he died. After dying for the dozenth time, Keith renegotiates with the immortal. This new deal will see him sent to the world of Raiah - a world filled with monsters, cowardly monkeys, and a system of magic very similar to the fantasy roleplaying games his brother used to enjoy.

Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six. But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital 'E' Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal.

Life in the perilous Thorn district is a constant battle for Arvelle and her younger brothers. Faced with an unthinkable choice, Arvelle makes a magically binding vow to do the impossible: kill the emperor, an ancient vampire created by the god Umbros. But first, she must enter the Sundering—an arena where only the fastest, strongest, and deadliest survive long enough to be selected for the emperor’s elite guard.