Showing results for "Élisabeth" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Magic has two immutable rules - every spell requires a sacrifice, and every curse can be broken. Amira Brindonu is a sorceress turned assassin, bound in a curse that forces her to obey her father, even to the point of high treason. When he orders her to kill the future emperor, she fails, but discovers a secret that could bring the whole of the empire to its knees. The archduke is stricken by a curse that could sentence him and his people to damnation, but Amira could be the only key to breaking it.

Ogni scelta porta con sé delle conseguenze. Nel mio caso, mi ha costretta a stare lontana da casa. La separazione è stata brusca, ma ora sto finalmente tornando. L'accademia mi aspetta, sono stata ammessa. So di essere pronta, ma so anche che ci sarà anche lui. Posso ignorarlo, non sarà un problema. Se non fosse che lui non è della mia stessa idea. Dimitri è disposto a tutto per fare di nuovo parte della mia vita, ma stavolta il mio cuore mi dà indicazioni contrastanti, soprattutto quando sono sola con il mio istruttore, Vladimir.

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year at the British Book Awards 2020. Winner of Best Audiobook (Fiction) at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020. Read by Elisabeth Moss, star of the hit Channel 4 TV series. Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel...

In a world where UFO sightings have become alarmingly frequent, the US government's top-secret A.L.I.V.E. Project was created to prepare for an impending alien threat. Dr. Maeve Leander, raised in the shadow of this covert operation, now leads the research on Alvie, the project's first alien subject. To Maeve, Alvie isn't just an experiment; he's family. But when a mysterious new agency seizes control of A.L.I.V.E., Maeve's world is turned upside down.

The race to Mars had ended generations ago, pushing those seeking fame to venture beyond known borders. Major corporations battled to be first in securing resources and the future, vying for ownership of a new galaxy, akin to historical westward settlers. A single blinking red light signaled a seismic shift—a colossal deposit of zosmodious ore that eclipsed all others. The catch? It lay on an uncharted planet, Code Name Viridian. Could this audacious find reshape the course of humanity, transcending even human boundaries?

Instead of mentors, they got monsters. That's what Xerak, Vereez, and Grunwold think when three strange creatures shimmer into being within the circle of Hettua Shrine. Their conclusion is reasonable enough. After all, they've never seen humans before. As for Margaret Blake, Peg Gallegos, and Tessa Brown—more usually known as Meg, Peg, and Teg—they're equally astonished but, oddly enough, better prepared. Age and experience have accustomed them to surprises.

On an island akin to Portpatrick (Scotland), Anne Adams, a librarian recovering from a car crash that killed her brother, steps onto the grounds of Winterbourne. Anne will live in the vast house alone. The library is magnificent, with priceless first editions, a librarian's dream. And then she discovers a secret room off the library, full of horrendous banned books - and the diary of the missing librarian whose experiences at Winterbourne mirror her own in an uncanny way.

When grief pushes Lilly to leave her small Michigan town, all she has is a cryptic note, an old locket, and a one-way ticket to Wakefield, Maryland, the town her mother once called home. But Wakefield is no ordinary place. Here, the air hums with ancient energy, shadows whisper secrets, and time itself feels… different.

In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America’s rising eugenics movement—when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin—in this tragic and uplifting novel of social injustice, survival, and hope for listeners of Susan Meissner, Kristin Hannah, and Christina Baker Kline.

Caecilia has long been torn between her birthplace of Rome and her adopted city of Veii. Yet faced with mounting danger to her husband, children, and Etruscan freedoms, will her call to destroy Rome succeed? Pinna has clawed her way from prostitute to the concubine of the Roman general Camillus. Deeply in love, can she exert her own power to survive the threat of exposure by those who know her sordid past?

Sauvé contre son gré et à l’insu de tous d’une mort certaine grâce à l’intervention de Rébecca, Briann d’Angresay est de nouveau contraint à l’exil. Comme promis, le fidèle Guillem, désormais beaucoup plus qu’un serviteur, l’a rejoint, et c’est ensemble qu’ils s’engagent sur la Voie des roses - le pèlerinage vers Sainte-Marie-en-Galice que tant les Christiens que les Géminites effectuent - comme auxiliaires dans une compagnie qui protège les voyageurs des brigands à l’affût.

Au XIIe siècle de notre ère - celle de Jésus et de sa sœur Sophia - , l’Europe est divisée entre les Christiens et les Géminites. Si, chez ces derniers, l’usage de la magie est encouragé, chez les Christiens, qui considèrent la sœur du Christ comme une envoyée de Satan, le seul fait d’être pourvu de talent peut valoir la mort.

De ses années d'enfance vécues à l'hôtel Olympia, Danika n'a aucun souvenir sinon ceux de ses rêves, dont elle ne sait départager la réalité de la fantasmagorie. Ces tantes, ce grand-père, tous les personnages qui peuplaient l'hôtel, ont-ils réellement existé? Quant aux années de pensionnat qui ont suivi, elle en garde un goût amer en raison des trop rares visites de son père, Stavros, et de l'absence totale de sa mère, Olympia.

Sur son lit de mort, le roi Sanche de Tolosà demande à Briann de veiller à ce que Raymon, son fils cadet, mais surtout Ysabel, la veuve d’Henri, son fils aîné récemment assassiné, puissent lui succéder sans heurts. En réalité, s’il craint que Manuel Gutiérrez, duc de la puissante Barcelona, conteste cette passation de pouvoir, ce sont avant tout les mystérieux estrahñats, indétectables et invulnérables à la magie, qui l’inquiètent, car il sent les royaumes christiens du Nord prêts à lancer leur nouvelle Croisade contre la Géminie tout entière.

Der erste große historische Roman der Spiegel-Bestsellerautorin Elisabeth Herrmann ("Rechtsanwalt Vernau"-Reihe). Ein Dorf in Ostfriesland, 1834. Helene Vosskamp wächst in einer Fischerfamilie in bitterer Armut auf und muss schon als Kind schwere Schicksalsschläge hinnehmen. Ihre Familie wird Opfer einer Intrige, die Eltern sterben und sie selbst kommt ins Gefängnis. Aber Lene hat eine Vision, die sie aufrecht hält: Eines Tages will sie die Welt bereisen und mit Tee handeln. Es beginnt eine Odyssee, die sie nach China, Indien und schließlich Java führt.

Nick, leader of the half-breeds and the last true hero, has spent his life fighting a dark pull toward the gods - a pull he now knows is linked to his father Krónos and the Titan's plan to escape from the Underworld. But Nick's hidden powers are coveted by more than just his father. Imprisoned by Hades, Nick battles every form of torture imaginable as the god schemes to break him. Only one thing keeps him sane - one woman who gives him the strength to fight the relentless darkness.

TITUS - to most his gift seems like a blessing, but for him it's a curse the other Eternal Guardians-those who protect the mortal realm from threats of the Underworld-seek to exploit. One he would gladly trade for the chance to be free . . . Obsessed. Her touch is like a drug. From the moment he met her, Titus knew she was different. Even dangerous. Yet though his guardian brethren are convinced Natasa is working for Hades, Titus can't stop thinking about her. Can't stop fantasizing about her.

Demetrius - He's the hulking, brooding warrior even his fellow Guardians avoid. Too dark. Too damaged. And given his heritage, he knows it's best to keep everyone at arm's length.Isadora is missing. The words pound through his head like a frantic drumbeat. For her own protection, Demetrius did all he could to avoid the fragile princess, his soul mate. And now she's gone-kidnapped. To get her back, he'll have to go to the black place in his soul he's always shunned.

Zander - the most feared of all the Eternal Guardians. It's rumored he can't be killed, and he always fights like he has nothing to lose. But as a descendant of the famed hero Achilles, he's got to have a vulnerability . . . somewhere. Forces of daemons are gathering and have broken through the barriers of the Underworld. Now more than ever the Eternal Guardians are needed to protect both their own realm and the humans.

“Elisabeth Thomas had me mesmerized from the first page. Dreamy and brimming with dread, Catherine House will swallow you whole." — Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls Trust us, you belong here. A gothic-infused debut of literary suspense, set within a secluded...