Ergebnis für "monster 1983" in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy

Owen Pitt ist Buchprüfer. Eines Abends erfüllt er sich einen lang gehegtenTraum und wirft seinen Boss aus dem Fenster. Allerdings nicht ganz freiwillig, denn dieser hatte sich vor seinen Augen in einen leibhaftigen Werwolf verwandelt und versucht, ihn zu fressen. Als Owen im Krankenhaus erwacht, ist ein Agent bei ihm. Er erklärt ihm, dass es Monster wirklich gibt und seine Organisation sie im Zaum hält, natürlich unter strenger Geheimhaltung. Und er macht Owen ein interessantes Jobangebot.

Owen Pitt liebt seinen Job. Denn was könnte schöner sein, als sich tagtäglich mit Vampiren, Werwölfen oder alten Göttern anzulegen? Leider gehört es in diesem Berufsfeld auch zum guten Ton, sich stets neue und übermächtige Feinde anzuschaffen. Diesmal bekommt es Owen mit einem Totenkult zu tun, der von einem fanatischen Nekromanten angeführt wird. Und der hat es ganz speziell auf Owen abgesehen.

In Las Vegas findet ein Symposium der besonderen Art statt: Monsterjäger aus der ganzen Welt sind eingeladen. Doch schon bald erreicht sie eine erschreckende Nachricht: An einem Truckstop in Nevada wurde ein blutrünstiges Massaker verübt von einer nicht klassifizierten Kreatur. Da meldet sich der Sprecher einer amerikanischen Geheimorganisation: 10 Millionen Dollar soll die Gruppe erhalten, die das Monster zur Strecke bringt. Der Wettlauf beginnt! Owen Pitt und sein Team greifen zu den Waffen.

Earl Harbinger ist jahrhundertealt doch man sieht es ihm nicht an. Harbinger ist ein Werwolf und, wie die Ironie es will, Anführer und bester Jäger der Geheimorganisation Monster Hunter International. Er hat es geschafft, seinen Fluch in eine Tugend zu verwandeln, und kämpft auf der Seite der Guten. Das kann man aber leider nicht von jedem Übernatürlichen behaupten, und so steht Harbinger bald einem Werwolf gegenüber, der nur eins im Sinn hat: möglichst viele Anhänger um sich zu scharen und die Menschheit auszulöschen.

The chaos god Asag has been quiet since the destruction of the City of Monsters, but Monster Hunter International know that he is still out there, somewhere - plotting, waiting for his chance to unravel reality. When Owen and the MHI team discover that one of Isaac Newton's Ward Stones is being auctioned off by Reptoids who live deep beneath Atlanta, they decide to steal the magical superweapon and use it to destroy Asag once and for all. But before the stone can be handed off, it is stolen by a mysterious thief with ties to MHI and the Vatican's Secret Guard.

Daniel Becker ist der Anwalt, dem Monster vertrauen! Der zweite Band der neuen Urban-Fantasy-Serie von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Royce Buckingham. Rechtsanwalt Daniel Becker würde natürlich auch normale Menschen vor Gericht vertreten. Doch seit er sein persönliches Monster-unter-dem-Bett vor dem Gefressenwerden durch den noch monströseren Richter bewahrt hat, suchen immer skurrilere Gestalten seine Kanzlei auf. Als Daniel einen Auftrag der Bürgermeisterin von Seattle erhält, hofft er daher, endlich in der normalen Welt den Durchbruch zu schaffen. Leider ist auch ihr Anliegen übernatürlicher Art.

Accountant turned professional monster hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, managed to stop the nefarious Old Ones' invasion plans last year, but as a result made an enemy out of one of the most powerful beings in the universe. Now an evil death cult known as the Church of the Temporary Mortal Condition wants to capture Owen in order to gain the favor of the great Old Ones.

When Monster Hunter International's top hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, was given a tip about some hunters who had gone missing in action, he didn't realize their rescue mission would snowball into the single biggest operation in MHI's history. Their men are being held prisoner in a horrific nightmare dimension, and the only way to reach them is through the radioactive ruins of a monster-infested war zone. As if that wasn't bad enough, it's also the home base of the powerful creature behind the devastating attacks on the Last Dragon and Copper Lake.

Monster Hunter International may have had its roots in the United States of America, but there are plenty of monsters in the big old world. And wherever there are monsters, humans will need monster hunters. Here then, stories of the things that go bump in the night and the men and women who bump back—focusing on the myths, legends, and folklore of Czechia, by Czech authors. Includes a new short story by Larry Correia.

When hunters from around the world gather in Las Vegas for a conference, a creature left over from a World War Two weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a rampage across the desert. A not-so-friendly wager between the rival companies turns into a race to see who can bag the mysterious creature first. Only there is far more to this particular case than meets the eye, and as Hunters fall prey to their worst nightmares, Owen Zastava Pitt and the staff of Monster Hunter International have to stop an ancient god from turning Sin City into a literal hell on earth.

Earl Harbinger may be the leader of Monster Hunter International, but he's also got a secret. Nearly a century ago, Earl was cursed to be a werewolf. When Earl receives word that one of his oldest foes, a legendarily vicious werewolf that worked for the KGB, has mysteriously appeared in the remote woods of Michigan, he decides to take care of some unfinished business.

Gaia has an eldritch problem, and Cain is tasked with stopping it before it gets out of control. To do that, he'll have to make an uneasy alliance with a human black-ops organization called Aegis. Run by the US government, Aegis has the personnel and resources to stop an eldritch invasion in its tracks. The problem is, Aegis has been taking a short-term approach, blowing up eldritch wormholes as they form on Gaia rather than cutting them off at the source.

As the daughter of Dracula, you would think I’d be born the perfect monster. You couldn’t be more wrong. As far as monsters go, I’m a screw up—if I’m not tripping over my own feet, I’m accidentally murdering someone (it’s a real issue, guys). Left with no choice, Dad decides to send me to Prodigium—otherwise known as Monster Academy—to train me on how to be a better monster. When bodies turn up on campus, I’m the prime suspect (not that I can blame them).

Meet Monster. Meet Judy. Two humans who don't like each other much, but together must fight dragons, fire-breathing felines, trolls, Inuit walrus dogs, and a crazy cat lady - for the future of the universe.

After being attacked by a serial killer, being saved by Loki - so-called god of mischief, lies, and chaos - being dragged to Alfheim, losing every cent in her bank account, and caring for her grandmother, Amy Lewis has lost her scholarship to veterinary school. But it's all right. She has a plan. If she manages to keep her day job as a receptionist and her night job as a vet tech, she may be able to get her scholarship reinstated and save enough money for the dreaded "miscellaneous fees". Too bad her day boss is unbearable....

My life is out of control. Raphael is now my lover, Mygi is trying everything they can to kill me to get him back, and I’m still a ruler of a dying people with enemies lurking in every shadow. And for all of that, I only have a single lead that could unravel the mysteries of Raphael’s past. His mysteries, which are also the secrets of Mygi, a company very much willing to kill to keep those secrets. All I can do is focus on one problem at a time, follow the threads, and connect the dots. I need to take the fight to them and I won’t be stopped.

Privatdetektivin Lucy hat sich auf übernatürliche Fälle spezialisiert. Und von denen gibt es so einige in Berlin, wo es von übersinnlichen Phänomenen nur so wimmelt. Denn vor dreißig Jahren ließ die Strahlung einer Bombe den Aberglauben der Menschen lebendig werden. Heute brüten Dschinns in Kreuzberger Shisha-Cafés, Feen tanzen in Friedrichshainer Clubs, und Hipster-Kobolde sind die Herren der Kneipen von Neukölln.

I'm Kat—I've got a ghost inside my head, and he helps me fight monsters. Together, we hunt the dark creatures of Hope City to pay the bills. But picking up pint-sized beasts on the MonsterSlayer App isn’t cutting it anymore. I need to enter the big leagues. Hunt bigger monsters, get bigger rewards. It's not all about the money, fame, or glory. Hunting down the big bads might just give me a lead on the damned necromancer who killed my parents. But will I be able to look into the dark maw of my city and survive?

She spends her days chasing around her high-energy, half-shifter toddler and her nights working full-time trying to make ends meet. Oh, and add in the absolute cluster of a situation her ex dumped in her lap on his way out? Well, that's just icing on the cake. With virtually no options left, Emerson heads for Haven, a sanctuary city for monsters and humans alike. Survival means taking a job at The Monster's Den—a club that caters to the inhuman residents of her new home. But freedom comes with complications of its own.