Showing results for "Chains" in Fantasy

Er ist ihr größter Feind. Und sie ist seine Gefangene ... Früher einmal herrschte ein brüchiger Frieden zwischen den Reichen Evermore und Bomard. Um ihn zu wahren, besuchten Kinder beider Seiten gemeinsam ein Internat, wo sie ihre magischen Kräfte schulten. Doch dann kam es zum Krieg, und nun haben die dunklen Mächte Bomards gesiegt. Die junge Briony Rosewood gerät mit vielen Frauen ihres Hofes in Gefangenschaft. Ihrer Magie beraubt, werden sie in einer spektakulären Auktion versteigert.

Rylan was attacked, his young son murdered, his baby daughter taken. But his assailant left him with two gifts: the gift of magic...and an oath to darkness. Gil Archer is the son of a legend and one of the most powerful battle mages in the Lyceum. He is sent on a mission to recover Rylan, but ends up on a far more dangerous path. And war is coming for them both.

Emperor Cynead has usurped command of the Memoridons - Tower-controlled memory witches - and consolidated his reign over the Syldoonian Empire. After escaping the capital city of Sunwrack, Captain Braylar Killcoin and his Jackal company evade pursuit across Urglovia, tasked with reaching deposed emperor Thumarr and helping him recapture the throne. Braylar's sister, Soffjian, rejoins the Jackals and reveals that Commander Darzaak promised her freedom if she agreed to aid them.

Cast into a brutal military camp by his once loving master, Mateo feels like the last six wonderful years of his life have been a lie. With the mysteries surrounding him growing, Mateo knows that his only option is to become one of the supernaturally powerful Duelists and grow in power until he can take his fate into his own hands. That plan is thwarted from the beginning when he gets stuck with the lowest-ranked Root Card against his will, ensuring that his growth as a Duelist will always be excruciatingly slow.

Felix and his allies have failed. The Hierophant has taken four Unbound, seized the Chthonic Star, and stands ready to unlock the unbreakable prison of the gods. But the battle isn’t over—not while the Fiend still draws breath.

Trained to kill from a young age, Gavin Lorren finally escaped that life. No more killing innocents. No more working alone. Holed up in a quiet city that has outlawed magic, Gavin finds himself drawn into dangers unlike any he’s ever faced before. Each job tests him more than the last, and each tied to the kind of magic he’d hoped to avoid.

Es hora de romper las cadenas. ¡Llega el próximo fenómeno de romantasy! Las fuerzas oscuras han vencido y el héroe destinado a salvarles ha muerto. La guerra entre Eversun y Bomard ha terminado. Briony Rosewood, princesa de Eversun, es capturada, despojada de su magia y subastada en Bomard al mejor postor: Toven Hearst. A pesar de los horrores de su nueva realidad, la familia Hearst esconde secretos que hacen creer a Briony que no todo está perdido. ¿Y si su enemigo es su única esperanza?

La guerre est finie, les ténèbres ont gagné, et l’élu est mort… Capturée alors que son château tombe aux mains de l’ennemi, Briony Rosewood n’a qu’une certitude : le monde qu’elle a toujours connu n’existe plus. Bomard a triomphé, et les sujets d’Evermore sont condamnés à un sombre avenir, car seuls la servitude, l’emprisonnement et la mort les attendent. Les rescapées, privées de leur magie, sont rapidement livrées aux plus offrants lors d’une vente aux enchères, et en tant que princesse, Briony est un prix convoité.

Reeling in the wake of the wraith attack on Centarya, expanding fear of the future consumes Serenna's thoughts. Training for the conflict to come, Prince Vesryn exploits new tactics to drive Serenna toward her untapped power. But she soon finds herself confronting a dilemma that takes her focus away from the impending war.

Die neue Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Cassandra Clare geht in die zweite Runde. London, Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Schattenjägerin Cordelia Carstairs hat eigentlich alles, was sie sich je wünschte: Verlobt mit ihrer großen Liebe James Herondale baut sie sich ein neues Leben auf - und mit dem legendären Schwert Cortana beeindruckt sie Freund und Feind. Doch das Glück ist nur Fassade, denn James' wahre Liebe gilt der mysteriösen Grace. Außerdem wütet ein Mörder unter den Londoner Schattenjägern.

Wie hoch ist der Preis wahren Heldentums - und wahrer Liebe? Von der eleganten Londoner Soirée zum rauschenden Ball - und unter dem Abendkleid verborgen ein tödlich scharfes Schwert: In Cordelia Carstairs Brust wohnen zwei Seelen. Denn eigentlich sollte die junge Schattenjägerin heiraten. Sie jedoch plant eine Zukunft als Dämonenjägerin - auch in ihren Kreisen eher unüblich Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. Während Cordelia noch mit ihrem Schicksal und der aussichtslosen Liebe zu James Herondale hadert, bricht Unheil über Londons Schattenjäger herein.

The first of Agon’s chains has broken. It is only a matter of time before he is free and the world is engulfed in chaos and death. There are few left to stop him. Most of the gods can only sit and watch in horror from their prison in the heavens, but the resurrection of the father-god, Corrias, gives the people of Iraldas a sliver of hope. A fighting chance. Yet, Corrias' failure to defeat Agon in ages past is not forgotten. Many believe that it is only the might of the Warrior-god Telm that can defeat the Beast, and Telm is dead.

In a bleak corner of the city of Valgaast, the House of Malveil awaits. A place of darkness, its halls throb with a sinister history. Its rooms are filled with malice. Its walls echo with pain. Now it stirs eagerly with the approach of an old heir - Colonel Maeson Strock of the Astra Militarum has returned home to his ancestral mansion. He is a man broken, both by the horrors of war and by personal loss, and he has come home to take up the mantle of Planetary Governor.

As the city that produces the most selium - that precious gas that elevates airships and powers strange magic - Hond Steading is a jewel worth stealing. To shore up the city's defenses, Detan promises his aunt that he'll recover Nouli, the infamous engineer who built the century gates that protect the imperial capital of Valathea. But Nouli is imprisoned on the Remnant Isles, an impervious island prison run by the empire, and it's Detan's fault.

Morgan has felt left behind since her best friend moved away. On a quest for something more, she dreams of stepping out of her comfort zone and maybe becoming her own knight in shining armour. Jack's life isn't going to plan. The small-town life he retreated into after a bad break-up is starting to feel less idyllic and more isolating. Trying to write new, more exciting stories for themselves, they lean hard into weekly role-playing games with their friends and plans for a fantastical Renaissance Faire adventure.

The witch Ilvani's nightmares of a storm and a suffering soul are luring shadow creatures into Ikemmu, bent on hunting her down and killing her for reasons no one can ascertain. Ashok, however, is determined to find a way to stop it before the shadow creatures destroy the city he worked so hard to save. The trail leads him, the witch Ilvani, Cree, and Skagi along a caravan to Rashemen, where similarly strange attacks are happening among the secretive masked witches of the steppes.

Kidnapped from my college campus, just as I tasted freedom, I’m sold to the Angel of Death—Angelo Santi, the vampire mafia King. I’m now a captive in a world I never knew existed, caught in a tangled web of ancient feuds and dangerous desires. He claims that I have the power to save his people by reigniting a dying magical stone. He’s delusional. I have no powers, but if I try to escape, he’ll start by killing my best friend and move to everyone I’ve ever loved.

Die junge Schattenjägerin Cordelia und ihre große Liebe James stehen gleich vor mehreren Herausforderungen: Während James gerade erst seine Gefühle für Cordelia entdeckt hat, ist diese vor ihrer unglücklichen Scheinehe nach Paris geflogen – ausgerechnet mit James' bestem Freund an ihrer Seite. Doch anstatt ihr nacheilen zu können, muss James sich auf die Suche nach seiner gleichfalls verschwundenen Schwester Lucie begeben.

Dion, now king of Xanthos, is finally in command of the naval fleet he's always dreamed of. But his hopes for peace are jeopardized when King Palemon, in dire need of ships to rescue his starving people from the frozen wastelands of the north, invades the Salesian city of Malakai. Too weak to confront Dion directly, Palemon turns to magic: mysterious copper chains from the lost civilization of Aleuthea, which have the potential to control dragons...and Dion.

Across the ruins of Ferron, the rotstorm ever rages. From its nightmarish depths, demons and goblins and rust-folk have struck forth and claimed the Northern Marches as their sanctuary. Through the Undal Protectorate, the land is gripped in a Claw Winter, a frozen mirror of the punishment laid down to the west. Abandoned on the island of Riven, Floré and her comrades must find their way back to the Protectorate. Floré's daughter Marta is hidden somewhere in the north, dying from the skein-magic she cannot yet control. And now, a centuries-old problem threatens to cause new problems for Floré.