Ergebnis für "monster" in Historisch

England im Jahr 1882: Es ist Nacht, eine junge Dienstmagd ist auf der Flucht vor der Rache ihres Herrn. Mit allerletzter Kraft schafft sie es, sich in den Waggon eines Güterzugs zu retten – nur um dort eine Entdeckung zu machen, die ihr Leben für immer verändern wird: ein Baby, dessen Haut in einem blauen Schimmer leuchtet. Damit beginnt ein Abenteuer, das von England, in den Wilden Westen bis nach Tokio und an die Grenzen des Vorstellbaren führt. Ein Abenteuer voll Magie, Wunder und tödlicher Geheimnisse.

Mein Name ist Leonard von Montesaro. Die meisten meiner Art nennen mich allerdings den Templer. Und ja, einst habe ich tatsächlich dem Orden der kämpfenden Mönche angehört. Doch die Alte Welt habe ich schon vor langer Zeit verlassen. Meine Heimat ist New York. Hier bin ich der Älteste der Unsterblichen. Ich sorge dafür, dass unsere Gesetze eingehalten werden, dass niemand über die Stränge schlägt. Und wer es dennoch tut... Nun, die Unsterblichkeit kann schnell vorbei sein für die Unvorsichtigen. Der Neugeborene, den ich heute jage, scheint einer der üblichen Kandidaten zu sein. Unbeherrscht, unkoordiniert, leichte Beute.

Er ist ein blutrünstiges Monster. Eine mörderische Ausgeburt des Bösen. In der Arena kann niemand gegen ihn bestehen. Er ist pure Gewalt - wild und primitiv. In seiner Zelle darf ihn niemand aufsuchen. Es ist zu gefährlich. Doch ich bin die Tochter des Hauses. Ich tue, was ich will. Ich zeige ihm, was niemand sonst jemals sehen darf. Er ist nur ein Wilder. Was macht es schon aus? Als er plötzlich spricht, bin ich zutiefst erschüttert. Als meine Welt um mich herum zerbricht, bin ich ihm mit einem Mal ausgeliefert.

Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them to safety, all three begin a journey into the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. What follows is a story of wonder and betrayal.

New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets—both the Allied and Axis special operations during WWII included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the Battle of Kursk? Did a vampire fight for the Canadians in Holland? Did the US drop the second atomic bomb on a kaiju? This collection takes real events from World War II and injects them with fantastical creatures that mirror the “unreality” of war itself. Each story—and two poems—feature mythical, mystical, and otherwise unexplainable beings that change the course of history.

Nach acht langen Jahren ist es Mo Xi endlich gelungen, die Wahrheit über Gu Mangs Verrat ans Licht zu bringen. Die ehemaligen Freunde und Liebenden können die Lügen der Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen – doch beide wissen, dass die Momente, die sie miteinander teilen, nur von kurzer Dauer sein werden. Denn obwohl Gu Mang darum kämpft, bei klarem Verstand zu bleiben, nagt dunkle Magie an seinen Gedanken, und seine Erinnerungen schwinden erneut.

Chloe Mendoza and her team from Monster Hunter International must seek out and destroy an ancient evil threatening Los Angeles at the height of Disco Fever.

AN INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER She knows the taste of death. He’ll stoke her hunger for it. Sarai doesn’t know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice. Hellbent on vengeance, she returns to the scene of the crime as a...

Diana, the Roman Goddess of the hunt, lives alone on the far edge of the Roman Empire. When an old friend arrives looking for help, Diana finds herself thrust back into her old life, and her old problems. With innocent lives caught in the crossfire, Diana realizes that the only way to ensure the safety of her friends and loved ones is to do what she does best: hunt her enemies down.

Hannah Miles navigates the etiquette of monster hunting through the parlours of a magical Regency England. This collection contains: Manners and Monsters, Galvanism and Ghouls, and Gossip and Gorgons.

A killer stalks the grimy streets of Whitechapel — but Scotland Yard seems determined to turn a blind eye. With one look at her best friend's corpse, Liz Sharp already knows the truth: the killer is a werewolf. No one important will hold a werewolf accountable — after all, the monsters rule Europe. Certainly, no one will believe a werewolf victim like Liz: the very scars that make her determined to investigate Sal’s death also condemn her as the sort of female who’d sell her blood for easy money.

Prepare to meet the wicked progeny of the master of modern horror. In Lovecraft's Monsters, H. P. Lovecraft's most famous creations--Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Deep Ones, Elder Things, Yog-Sothoth, and more--appear in all their terrifying glory. Each story is a gripping new take on a classic Lovecraftian creature. Contributors include such literary luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Karl Edward Wagner, Elizabeth Bear, and Nick Mamatas.

A lady never reveals the true extent of her decay. Hannah Miles lives a quiet existence, helping her parents conduct research into a most terrible affliction–until a gruesome murder during her best friend's engagement party pulls her from the shadows. With her specialist's knowledge and demure disposition, Hannah is requested to aid the investigation. Except Hannah discovers her role is to apologize in the wake of the rude and disgraced man tasked with finding the murderer.

#1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author Death isn't finished with them yet. Sarai believed the worst was behind her. However, months after exposing the government’s corruption in what has now been deemed “the Great Unravelling,” she faces scorn from citizens who preferred her and Kadra as the...

In 1899, Genevieve Dieudonne is working as a doctor on a ship of vampire refugees from Dracula's Britain, as Christina Light, a vampire who can literally turn into light, persuades the Emperor to cede a section of Tokyo to her as the Vampire Bund, a Shanghai-like international settlement of the undead and her own power base. New Year's Eve 1999 in the Vampire Bund in Tokyo, and Christina is on the cusp of completing her 100-year plan to become an ascendant power in the world.

War has erupted in the Banished Lands as the race for power intensifies. Corban flees his homeland searching for peace, but he soon discovers that there is no haven in the west as the agents of Rhin and roaming bands of giants hound his every step. Veradis leaves the battleground and rushes to...

Boardwalk Empire meets The Vanishing Half with a touch of earth magic in this sexy and action-packed historical fantasy set in the luminous Golden Twenties from debut author Desideria Mesa, where a part-time reporter and club owner takes on crooked city councilmen, mysterious and deadly mobsters...

When Her Majesty demands she attend The Monsters Ball, a three-day affair at a remote gothic estate, her family threatens to shun her if she attends. She plans to seduce the noblest members of this monstrous society to get information on the fearsome Wolven King.

The first book in acclaimed epic fantasy author John Gwynne's Faithful and Fallen series, Malice is a tale of blind greed, ambition, and betrayal set in a world where ancient monsters are reawakening -- and a war to end all wars is about to begin. The world is broken. . .and it can never be made...

Governor Saxa, of the great city of Carce, a fantasy analog of ancient Rome, is rusticating at his villa. When Saxa's son Varus accompanies Coryluson a visit to the household of his father, Crispus, a retired military commander, Saxa graciously joins the party with his young wife Hedia, daughter Alphena, and a large entourage of his servants, making it a major social triumph for Crispus.