Showing results for "Creatures" in Contemporary

Tech designer Sloane Reinhart and her ten-year-old daughter, Gwyneth, were living ordinary lives outside of Milan, Italy, when an extraordinary event occurred. The sky turned to swirling hues of purplish red and blue, and a thunderclap shook the land. Then there was a blinding flash and a gale force of wind that separated Sloane and Gwyn from each other—and Earth.

Spellbound Security's Cleveland office has made a name for themselves protecting celebrities of every kind. Stage Illusionist Lukas Reign is in need of a watchdog. Good looks, suave style, and a hint of mystery make him magic's latest bad boy. And now someone wants to kill him. This case will require all of Danica and her team's skills, plus a hefty dose of luck. Each night he's on stage, Lukas performs death defying illusions, and it's up to Danica and her team to make sure they stay illusions.

All across the world, people look up at the moon and dream of gods. Gods of knowledge and wisdom, gods of tides and longevity. Over time, some of these moon gods incarnated into the human world alongside the other manifest natural concepts. Their job is to cross the sky above the Impossible City—the heart of all creation—to keep it connected to reality. And someone is killing them. There are so many of them that it's easy for a few disappearances to slip through the cracks. But they aren't limitless.

From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the...

This astonishing collection of all-new tales by some of the most acclaimed writers at work today is called, simply, Stories. Edited by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline) and Al Sarrantonio (award-winning author of forty books and editor of numerous collections)...

The Gift is a magical, fable-like Christmas story from Cecelia Ahern, the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of P.S. I Love You and Thanks for the Memories. The story of Lou Suffern, a successful executive frustrated by the fact that he spends more time in the office than with his...

After witnessing the devastation of the end of the world, Salvos returns to the Netherworld stronger than ever. She is still resolved to find her first companion, but the threat of corruption still weighs on her mind. Because she knows she has to speak to the one responsible for the Apocalypse. She knows she has to speak to her father—the Devil himself.

Bobby Dollar ist ein Engel. Als Anwalt kehrt er hin und wieder herab zur Erde, um die Sterbenden gegen die Mächte der Hölle zu verteidigen und in den Himmel zu geleiten. Dieser Krieg zwischen Himmel und Hölle verschärft sich, als plötzlich eine dritte, unbekannte Macht auf den Plan tritt...

Я так хотела заполучить место преподавателя в престижном заведении, что провела с друзьями магический ритуал. Учить драконов магии? Смеётесь?! Впрочем, ректор не понимает шуток. Он серьёзно вознамерился выставить меня и моих приятелей из академии. Неужели мстит, что я выгнала его из своей спальни?

...Тысячу лет стена непроницаемого тумана отделяет фьорды от мира людей. За туманом - неизвестность, пугающие загадки. Потерянные земли, населённые ильхами - варварами, о которых никто ничего не знает. Попасть туда можно лишь одним способом - став невестой ильха.

Ein Muss für alle Hundeliebhaber und Fans der Reihe "Die Chronik des Eisernen Druiden". Oberon wittert sofort ein niederträchtiges Verbrechen, als er von dem Verschwinden eines preisgekrönten Pudels in Oregon hört. Hat sich doch ein ähnlicher Fall erst kürzlich im Bundesstaat Washington ereignet. Die Polizei kümmert sich nicht weiter um die Angelegenheit, aber Oberon hilft der Gerechtigkeit nach. Wenig später fällt ihm auf einer Fahrt nach Portland, die er zusammen mit der Wolfshündin Orlaith und dem Boston Terrier Starbuck unternimmt, ein zweiter Fall vor die Pfoten.

In this terrifying tale by New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey, a young aspiring serial killer goes in search of a mentor—the supreme, the ultimate killer. What he finds is much greater and much worse than he ever could have imagined...