Showing results for "Elias" in Fantasy

Elia est une Passeuse d’Âmes, un être sans émotions. Elle doit exécuter ceux qui sont devenus des poids pour la société : vieux, malades, opposants... Mais un jour elle ne parvient plus à obéir aux ordres et s’enfuit dans la région la plus déshéritée du pays, là où les Passeurs d’Âmes sont considérés comme les pires ennemis. Au plus profond d’immenses mines à ciel ouvert, Elia découvrira, telle une pépite, une destinée qui la dépasse.

Finlandia, 1939. El pueblo se levanta contra el invasor ruso y, entre sus soldados, nace una leyenda Imagina un país diminuto. Imagina otro gigantesco. Ahora imagina que se enfrentan. El 30 de noviembre de 1939, Finlandia —una nación pequeña con escasa población y apenas unas décadas de...

Cal Kestis has built a new life for himself with the crew of the Stinger Mantis. Together, Cal's crew has brought down bounty hunters, defeated Inquisitors, and even evaded Darth Vader himself. More important, Merrin, Cere, Greez, and faithful droid BD-1 are the closest thing Cal has had to a family since the fall of the Jedi Order. Even as the galaxy's future grows more uncertain by the day, with each blow struck against the Empire the Mantis crew grows more daring.

Kitty und ihre Adoptivschwester Jojo sind genervt. Ihre Mutter hat einen neuen Freund, und dann taucht auch noch ihre seltsame Tante Missy, die Jahre lang verschollen war, plötzlich auf. Der Stern der Reiche, wie man Naytnal auch nennt, braucht Kittys und Jojos Hilfe. Kitty und Jojo haben eine schwere Mission vor sich, denn das Düstere droht, den Stern der Reiche heimzusuchen. Die Albträume erhalten auch hier Einzug, und das Böse verbreitet sich schnell. Ausgerechnet dann taucht in Kittys seltsamen Träumen ein junger Mann auf, der die Liebe zwischen ihr und Dennis aufs Gröbste gefährdet.

On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is...different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can’t leave the grounds because she’s responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight.

A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit. 

After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate–former Beast Lord Curran Lennart–are adjusting to a very different pace. While they’re thrilled to escape all the infighting, Kate and Curran know that separating from the Pack completely is a process that will take time. But when they learn that their friend Eduardo has gone missing, Kate and Curran shift their focus to investigate his disappearance. As they dig further into the merc’s business, they discover that the Mercenary Guild has gone to hell.

Kitty und Jojo haben den gemeingefährlichen Feuerdrachen Thunderbird besiegt und das Böse aus der phantastischen, magischen Welt Naytnal verbannt. Jedoch musste Kitty dafür das Opfer bringen, ihre magischen Fähigkeiten aufzugeben. Die Mädchen begeben sich nun auf eine lange und gefährliche Suche. Nicht nur, um Kittys Macht wiederzugewinnen, sondern auch um ihre Mutter zu retten, die Kitty seit der frühesten Kindheit nicht mehr gesehen hat und die von Thunderbird hypnotisiert und entführt wurde.

Dopo la catastrofe climatica che ha fatto sprofondare la Terra in un inverno perenne, solo chi si trova sotto la cupola di Snowglobe vive al caldo e nella prosperità. Gli altri si raccolgono nei villaggi esterni e, in condizioni disumane, lavorano nelle centrali elettriche che producono l'energia necessaria a garantire ai pochi privilegiati di vivere circondati da lusso e calore. In cambio, gli esclusi possono guardare giorno e notte i programmi trasmessi da Snowglobe: reality show che documentano in tempo reale la vita di chi vi abita. Chi è fuori guarda, sogna. E obbedisce.

Eine herbstliche Nacht in einer südenglischen Provinz: Auf der Flucht vor seinem tristen Leben entdeckt der 18-jährige Jaden in einem Waldstück ein kleines, scheinbar unbewohntes Haus. Dort trifft er auf die gleichaltrige Leila, eine undurchsichtige junge Frau, die er kennen und lieben lernt. Zusammen beschließen sie, eine Weile hier an diesem verlassenen Ort zu bleiben. Sie ahnen nicht, wie gefährlich das ist – denn die mysteriösen Zwischenfälle und Begebenheiten häufen sich von Tag zu Tag.

Nachdem Bruenor den Barbaren Wulfgar in der Schlacht um Zehnstädte besiegt hat, soll der junge Krieger seine Mitschuld an dem Überfall in den Minen der Zwerge abarbeiten. Am Ende seiner Knechtschaft, entdeckt Wulfgar gemeinsam mit seinem Lehrmeister Drizzt Do'Urden die Fährte einer Gruppe Riesen. Bald müssen sie erfahren, dass es der Stoßtrupp einer gewaltigen Armee ist, welche auf Zehnstädte zumarschiert. Ihr Führer, der größenwahnsinnige Zauberer Akar Kessel, plant das Eiswindtal zu unterwerfen.

The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew. And that was going just fine...until she gets a request to host a powerful, neighboring mage. A teacher isn't going to be enough.

The picturesque coastal town of Florence was known for millennia as a pleasure resort for the Nobility. As retribution for their decadence, the cruel and beautiful vampire inhabitants were ""punished,"" driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one—Baron Meinster—refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin.

When a ruthless quartet of robbers leaves a trail of bloody slaughter through a small frontier town, the mayor looks to hire a pair of bounty hunters to bring them to justice. But their path is strewn with peril and supernatural terror—an army of enchanted soldiers swarms the road leading to an abandoned castle! If they want to survive the journey, these hunters must enlist the help of the greatest warrior in the world—the vampire hunter known only as D.

When a two-thousand-year-old jewel of Cleopatra’s is discovered in a Brooklyn construction zone, Annja, Roux, and Garin team up to hunt for the missing tomb of Cleopatra. From the sand dunes of The Sudan, to the misty avenues of London, and the ruins of ancient Alexandria beneath the Mediterranean Sea, Annja uncovers Egyptian mysteries. The great pyramids on the River Nile have secret chambers, mummies, and tombs full of endless gold.

At Midnight's local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves—only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town. Who better to figure out why blood is being spilled than the vampire Lemuel, who, while translating mysterious texts, discovers what makes Midnight the town it is? There's a reason why witches and werewolves, killers and psychics, have been drawn to this place. And now they must come together to stop the bloodshed in the heart of Midnight.

Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist—and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights. Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with. And Gideon Sable—thief, rogue and chancer—owes her a very large favour. Judi makes him an offer he can't refuse: steal her the legendary Masque of Ra, kept safe in a Las Vegas casino, and she'll wipe the slate clean.

It’s been years since anyone has seen Noble Vincent, the player that brought down World-Tree Online’s tyrannical moderator. Even with a lifetime of perceived experiences in the game, he still has centuries to go before the update finally ends and the people trapped in the game are freed. After taking a long vacation and traveling to many worlds, he realizes its time to get his team back together so they can try to reach the top of the World-Tree.

Mamatoco es un pueblo inventado del Caribe colombiano. Podría ser muchos otros en el mundo, pero es ese y en esa región. El narrador saltimbanquea de una historia a la otra. Las anécdotas de los habitantes de Mamatoco tocan fibras universales porque él se toma el trabajo de sacarles jugo. Hace que giren por momentos hacia otras disquisiciones más antropológicas o filosóficas, que en esta oportunidad solo refuerzan la calidad literaria.

El pescador cuenta sus aventuras –extrañas aventuras– y le da una vuelta de tuerca a cada anécdota. Por momentos el pescador filosofa, pero nunca se detiene ni se pone solemne. En cambio busca moverse al ras de lo que recuerda, y siempre está listo para retomar el hilo. El pescador salta de un tiempo a otro. Salta entre los tiempos de su vida, salta entre los tiempos de la historia.