Showing results for "Disciples" in Fantasy

Before meeting his pathetic and all-too-predictable demise in the middle of a pie-eating contest, Zack was living the high life: schlubbing around his parents' basement, subsisting on pizza, video games, computer screens, and web novels. He had it all . . . while still being a big, fat nothing. But when he's forced to ditch his pudgy mortal corpse, Zack finds himself taking the place of a recently-killed demonic sect elder known as Slifer, who—even as an elderly man—is one serious bada--.

Envolons-nous jusqu'à l'empire d'Orrun, où, après vingt-quatre ans de paix, le règne de Bersun doit prendre fin. Dans la chaleur suffocante de l'île impériale, sept candidats s'affrontent afin de prendre sa place. À l'image de leurs Gardiens respectifs, ce sont des guerriers, des penseurs, des stratèges exceptionnels ; les meilleurs qui soient. Puis l'un de ces candidats est assassiné. Il revient à Neema Kraa, l'étrange et brillante Érudite de l'empereur, de démasquer le coupable avant la fin des épreuves.

When Tokyo falls victim to a deadly terrorist attack, Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro knows who is responsible, even if she doesn't have proof. She urges her commanding officers to arrest the perpetrator - an insane zealot who was just released from police custody. When her pleas fall on deaf ears, she loses her temper and then her badge as well as her best chance of fighting back.

Winter has come, but Dar won’t be able to rest just yet. An emissary of The White comes through Hearthway headed toward Bellhaven to investigate rumors of their treatment toward the ancient races. While entirely true, Dar has already taken care of those responsible and follows Karn into Bellhaven to observe and further his own goals.

The world of Krynn is ever changing, and even the gods can be taken by surprise. And if that’s true of the gods, what chance can a mere mortal have? Caught up in forces none of them could hope to face alone, a small but determined band of adventurers come together in a desperate attempt to stop an invasion. Mina, as enigmatic as ever, escapes imprisonment to set off on a quest that will test even her considerable will. All the while, evil spreads across the land, gaining ground with each new day.

As fate would have it (fate being an elderly wizard with a cunning plan), a thief named Chris the Tout would suddenly be forced to become Erast von Rut, the third son of Baron von Rut, and be sent to the mysterious and distant place called Raven's castle where he'd study magic. However, no one ever accepts a fate forced upon them without a fight, and our newly made baron won't obey his new employer that easily.

По желанию одного вредного старика, после смерти я оказался в альтернативной реальности, возникшей после смещения оси мира в 1943 году. Здесь тоже 21 век, но развитие науки и техники пошло по несколько иному руслу благодаря появлению магических существ, мистических ритуалов и сверхъестественных способностей.