Showing results for "Cassandra" in Contemporary

Cela va sans doute vous surprendre, mais travailler pour Hela, la déesse de la mort, fait sacrément baisser votre cote de popularité. Personne n'aime les faucheuses, surtout celles qui se mêlent de ce qui ne les regardent pas. C'est plus fort que moi : il faut toujours que je fourre mon nez partout. Entre les ténèbres qui envahissent les limbes et le tueur en série disjoncté qui sévit dans les parages, j'ai de bonnes raisons d'être à cran.

"Lady Midnight" er første bind i trilogien "Mørkets Magi", hvori historien om den unge Skyggejæger Emma Carstairs fortsætter. Der er gået fem år, siden Emmas forældre døde, og Skyggejægerne næsten blev udryddede. Emma er ikke længere et sørgende barn, men en ung og viljestærk kvinde fast besluttet på at opklare sine forældres mord og hævne sit tab.

Cassandra Penelope Dankworth è una persona molto abitudinaria. Ama i musei, le tute comode, il fidanzato Will; detesta la confusione, i cambiamenti, il capo che beve dalla sua tazza. La sua vita scorre su binari piacevolmente prevedibili... fino a quando viene scaricata da Will, licenziata dal lavoro e la caffetteria all'angolo finisce i muffin alla banana. E tutto in un solo giorno! Il suo mondo crolla. Ma poi Cassie si accorge di avere il potere di tornare indietro nel tempo e sistemare le cose. Ha infiniti tentativi a disposizione per riuscirci, come potrebbe fallire?

Paying off a debt to the gods is never easy. In Kuala Lumpur, deities from a handful of major faiths tiptoe around each other and damned souls number in the millions. Now the Dragon King of the South wants to throw sorcerer and former triad soldier Rupert Wong right in it. The ocean god's daughter and her once-mortal husband have been murdered, leaving a single clue: bloodied feathers from the Greek furies. It's a clue that could start a war between pantheons, and Rupert's stuck in the middle.

Cassie Palmer is the Pythia, chief seer of the supernatural world. John Pritkin is a half demon and a legendary war mage. Mircea Basarab is a first-level master vampire and the general of the World Vampire Senate. Each is formidable enough alone. But they recently discovered that, together, they are far more than the sum of their parts. With their power combined through a perilous spell, they are the closest thing left on Earth to one of the ancient gods. That comes in handy, considering that the old gods are exactly what the supernatural community is currently fighting.

What Should Be Wild has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...

“A delight….[A] funny and warmhearted exploration of the sacred and the profane.” —Washington Post “Reading The Next Queen of Heaven is like hanging on to the back of an out-of-control carnival ride—terrifying, thrilling, a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.” —Ann Patchett New York...

This set contains the first three books in the Wild Hunt series: The Silver Stag, Oak & Thorns, and Iron Bones.

A heartwarming tale of terror in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Meet Sarah and David. Once upon a time, they met and fell in love. But now they’re on the verge of divorce and going to couples’ counseling. On a routine trip to their counselor, they notice a few odd things: the lack of cars on the highway, the missing security guard, and the fact that their counselor, Dr. Kelly, is ripping out her previous client’s throat. Meet the zombies....