Showing results for "Beagle" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years on a hillside in Southern Italy's scenic Calabria. Set in his ways and suspicious of outsiders, Claudio has always resisted change, preferring farming and writing poetry. But one chilly morning, as though from a dream, an impossible visitor appears at the farm. When Claudio comes to her aid, an act of kindness throws his world into chaos. Suddenly he must stave off inquisitive onlookers, invasive media, and even more sinister influences.

Seit Anbeginn der Zeit lebt das Einhorn allein in seinem fliederfarbenen Wald, doch eines Tages trägt ihm ein Schmetterling zu, dass es das letzte seiner Art sei. Also begibt sich das magische Geschöpf – begleitet vom wenig talentierten Zauberer Schmendrick und der unbeugsamen Räuberbraut Molly Grue – auf die Suche nach seinen Artgenossen. Der Weg führt es durch eine Welt, in der Gier und Finsternis vorherrschen, sich aber auch Mut und Freundschaft finden. Schließlich stellt es sich sogar dem kaltherzigen König Haggard und dem feurigen Roten Stier.

Best-selling author Patricia A. McKillip (The Riddle-Master of Hed) is one of the most lyrical writers gracing the fantasy genre. With the debut of her newest work, Dreams of Distant Shores is a true ode to her many talents. Within these chapters you will find a youthful artist possessed by both his painting and his muse and seductive travelers from the sea enrapturing distant lovers. The statue of a mermaid comes suddenly to life, and two friends are transfixed by a haunted estate.

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Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!