Ergebnis für "Wicked Lady" in Epic Fantasy

Vaasa hat Reids Leben gerettet – doch zu einem hohen Preis: Als Gefangene des dunklen Magiers Ozik wurde sie von ihrem Hexenzirkel, ihrer Magie und ihrer großen Liebe Reid getrennt und soll nun als Oziks Marionette auf dem Thron von Asteria sitzen. Während Ozik seine Intrigen spinnt, muss Vaasa mit allen Mitteln kämpfen, um ihre Magie, ihr Herz und ihre Freiheit zurückzugewinnen. Reid setzt derweil Himmel und Hölle in Bewegung, um Vaasa zu retten, und führt Krieg gegen Asteria. Doch als ihm die Verbündeten wegbrechen, muss er sich allein hinter die feindlichen Linien schleichen.

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and not long after entering Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere.

The once-great mansion is decaying, the vast network of clients have broken ties long ago, and the remaining family scrabbles over crumbs as the last remnants of their fortune are spent repaying their debts. The family seems doomed, beyond all hope of salvation. Lucy Lamplighter, returning to her home after her father’s death, intends to save her family by any means necessary. Gambling everything she has left, she stakes it all on a desperate bid to rebuild House Lamplighter before the vultures begin to swoop.

Lazarus was warned that Quinn's power might be too great, even for him, but nothing prepared him for the truth of it until she held a dagger over him, and he was powerless to stop it. Now at odds with himself, the future king of Norcasta must find a way to regain control of his house and secure an alliance with the Pirate Queen...before fate tips its hand once more, and his carefully laid plans are led astray.