Ergebnis für "beat" in Fantasy

“The wildest, strangest, best Dresden adventure to date...Butcher’s blending of modern fantasy with classic noir sensibilities ensures that there’s never a dull moment.”—SF Site Paranormal investigations are Harry Dresden’s business and Chicago is his beat, as he tries to bring...

Der Dämon Adam wird vierhundert Jahre in die Zukunft versetzt, um ein tragisches Ereignis zu verhindern. Vieles hat sich verändert, und Adam erkennt die Welt der Schattenwandler kaum wieder. Doch dann begegnet er der Vampirin Jasmine, die mit ihrer Berührung eine unbezwingbare Leidenschaft in ihm weckt.

Um hinter das Geheimnis um den Unfalltod ihrer Mutter zu kommen, trat Bree Matthews einer Geheimgesellschaft bei: den Legendborn, die Nachfahren der Artusritter, die die Menschen seit Jahrhunderten vor Dämonen beschützen. Durch die Legendborn entdeckte Bree, welche Macht in ihr schlummert – eine Macht, die sie für immer verändert hat. Im Krieg gegen die Dämonen bahnt sich ein blutiger Höhepunkt an: Nick, der Junge, in den sich Bree verliebt hat, wurde entführt. Um ihn zu retten, muss Bree lernen, ihre Kräfte zu kontrollieren, ohne sich selbst dabei zu verlieren.

Thomas was a part-time freelancer and part-time floundering streamer for the MMORPG King of Death. A super mediocre game that he mastered so much that end-game raids were solo adventures! But when the game's sassy and scintillating fox spirit Akina appears, she pulls him right into the game! It's up to Thomas to save the world from the destroyer of worlds. The ender of times. The queen of the underworld! The tall, buff, and beautiful hellhound Mira! But when she shows up on Level 1, he'll have to use his expert knowledge of the game.

Every man is a swine. That’s what I learned growing up in London’s streets. Having solicited myself at De Luna House for years didn’t change my opinion on men, even though I left the brothel and I’m looking for another job. In fact, after discovering that the world is full of Unnaturals—creatures like vampires and witches that I thought belonged to cheap novels and penny dreadfuls—I believe that even Unnatural males are swine.

One hundred and seventy-five years have passed since god quit on mankind. Without his blessing, Hell itself, along with the ancient power of The Deep, were unleashed upon the world. Two world wars and oceans of blood later, a balance was reached. Demonkind took its place as the ruling aristocracy. Mankind, thanks to its ability to create, fell to the position of working proletariat. Alive, but not living. Lucky us. Welcome to New Golgotha, the east coast supercity.

Melody awaits her grand wedding with the Emperor's son, but there's one problem: she's already married to the elven prince. Danger and temptation steep Torrin, the Empire's capital. Melody finds herself completely unprepared for the lavish, lewd lifestyle there. Unable to find a way out of her marriage to the dauphin, she finds herself utterly trapped until she's uncertain herself if she wants her past to hunt her down or not.

This inventive, page-turning crime thriller with "palpable emotional depth" (New York Times Book Review) envisions a world in which the Red Scare never ended. USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely‑concealed...

In the final instalment of the Song for a Lost Kingdom trilogy, Adeena Stuart and Katharine Carnegie search for the music that neither can complete on their own. Finding themselves living three centuries apart and each assuming the identity of the other, Adeena and Katharine must overcome their own unique challenges, all the while hiding the truth of who they really are from those around them.

Mit dem Auftrag die Buchhaltung der Erzminen der Königin zu prüfen, begegnet der Wirtschaftsprüfer Howard Forsyth dem berüchtigten und gefürchteten Verwalter der Minen. Schon bald wird sein Leben auf einer abenteuerlichen Zugfahrt mit Steam Cars und einem dampfgetriebenen Flugobjekt bedroht. So hatte er sich den Prüfauftrag von Lord Palmerston nicht vorgestellt. Als er dann noch unter Mordverdacht am früheren Buchhalter steht, eilt ihm seine heimliche Geliebte zu Hilfe, von der niemand wissen darf.