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Team Hades, genetically modified to be the best, lost one of their own a long time ago. Losing her changed them since they no longer had a heart to protect, turning them into deadly weapons. When I show up, Team Hades is thrown into a spin of mixed emotions, ones they were never trained to master. None of them can understand why they are drawn to me, why the memories of their heart are resurfacing, and it's tearing them apart. Could I be the one they lost? Or is this just another test?

Cryptids are turning up dead all over Charlotte, and this time it's not Harker's fault. He's tasked with finding out who is killing shifters and leaving their bodies in conspicuous places, and the best way to do that is to go undercover where the killings are taking place, find out who's in charge, and persuade them to stop.

He's the ass-kicking, wise-cracking, hard-drinking demon hunter you never knew you needed. He's Quincy Harker, and he's here to save your ass whether you want it or not. The immortal magic-wielding son of Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray from the classic novel Dracula, Harker now lives in North Carolina hunting down demons and sending them back to Hell. This Omnibus Edition collects the first 12 novellas in the Quincy Harker series.

Orphaned as a young child, Mirin O'Malley has been brought up by her grandparents on their isolated, rambling estate Hob's Hallow. Long ago her family prospered due to a deal struck with the mer, the terrifying creatures who live in the depths of the sea: safety for their merchant ships in return for a child of each generation. But for many years the family have been unable to keep their side of the bargain and their fortunes have suffered as a result. When Mirin's grandfather dies, her grandmother puts in train a plan to restore their glory - but at the price of Mirin's freedom.

Voici les "11 nouvelles fantastiques" les plus célèbres d'HG Wells. Herbert George Wells est un écrivain britannique considéré comme le père de la science-fiction contemporaine. Cette nouvelle est issue d'un recueil d'histoires qui nous embarquent dans la quatrième dimension fantastique. "L'Étoile", le passage d'une étoile sème comme un vent de panique. "Dans l'abîme", une descente au fond de l'océan dans une sphère à la découverte d'êtres fantastiques.

When Earth is rocked by evidence that extraterrestrials may have seeded human DNA throughout the universe, a one-way expedition into deep space is mounted to uncover the truth. What linguist Meg Dupris and her crewmates aboard the Earth ship Damocles discover on Didet - a planet bathed in the near-eternal daylight of seven suns - is a humanoid race with a different language, a different look, and a surprisingly similar society. But here, it’s the "Earthers" who are the extraterrestrial invaders, and it’s up to Meg - a woman haunted by tragedy and obsessed with the power of communication - to find the key to establishing trust between the natives and the newcomers.

Nine months ago, Zeus' murder catapulted the Greek gods back into public life. Now, the whole pantheon revels in new temples, casinos, and media empires - except Apollo. An overachiever with a bursting portfolio of godly duties, the amount of email alone he receives from rapacious mortals turns each day into a living hell. Yet there may be hope, if only he can return Zeus to life! With the aid of Thalia, the muse of comedy and science fiction, Apollo will risk his very godhood to help TV producer Tracy Wallace and a gamer geek named Leif, who hold the key to Zeus' resurrection.

An ancient, nature-loving race, the Nahan have protected their secret world by cultivating the myths of fanged, bloodsucking monsters that haunt legends. Yet they walk through our world as our coworkers and our neighbors, hiding in plain sight and coexisting in peace. They survive... and they prosper.

Kingston James Parks' day starts off badly enough when he arrives at work to find the FBI has raided his place of employment. It gets worse when the Green Zombie Soldiers (really) start shooting at him, and becomes downright surreal when getting shot at triggers his breakthrough, and he teleports to safety. He's become a superhuman, a "jumper."

"The wonderful visit" fu una delle prime tre opere di Wells, pubblicata nel 1895, anno in cui pubblicò anche "La macchina del tempo". Nel racconto lungo si parla di un angelo, atterrato su questo mondo, e non riconosciuto nella sua qualità di visitatore angelico. Il rapporto fra i mondi, situazioni spazio temporali diverse, l'esistenza di una vita oltre la vita, costituiscono il substrato del racconto, oltre che essere un tema dominante nella scrittura di Wells; e non è un caso che il racconto venne dedicato al suo acaro amico, morto di polmonite quello stesso anno.

Syrah Carthan doesn’t know why she accepted a job as the first female fire chief at Sequoia National Park, where, decades earlier, a forest fire killed her parents. That day, her brother, Romelo, disappeared, as if pulled into the scorched earth itself. Syrah has always had an uncanny affinity for the natural wonders of the park she protects, but after she sanctions a prescribed burn that goes terribly wrong, she quits her position in disgrace.

Eine Serie unerklärlicher Morde hält London in Atem - in der neuen Paranormal-Fantasy-Reihe von Robin G. Hunter. Düster und spannend, mysteriös und humorvoll nimmt die erste Staffel dieses Audible Originals ihre Hörer mit in den magischen Untergrund der Metropole. Nils Nelleßen, Judith Mauthe und Anke Reitzenstein sprechen die Hauptrollen. London, 2020. Die Magier des hermetischen Ordens wachen über den zerbrechlichen Frieden, der zwischen den Menschen und den paranormalen Wesen herrscht.

Dunkle Kräfte unterwandern den hermetischen Orden. Die magische Macht befindet sich im Ungleichgewicht - nichts ist, wie es scheint. Mystisch und hochspannend geht es weiter im dritten Teil von Robin G. Hunters Paranormal-Fantasy-Reihe Im Namen des Ordens - gesprochen von Hans Jürgen Stockerl, Nils Nelleßen und Judith Mauthe. London, 2021. In der magischen Unterwelt brodelt es. Der hermetische Orden ist kein sicherer Ort mehr. Nathan Blake, der Sohn des Protectors, ist plötzlich zurückgekehrt - von den Toten?

Ein tiefer Riss zieht sich durch die magische Welt Londons. Die Feindschaft zwischen dem hermetischen Orden und der Neuen Arkana lässt eine ganz neue, schwarz-magische Bedrohung heraufziehen, mit der niemand gerechnet hat. Noch einmal entführt die vierte Staffel ihre Hörer in die fantastische Unterwelt der britischen Metropole - mitreißend gesprochen von Nils Nelleßen, Judith Mauthe und Sascha Rotermund. Das Gleichgewicht der magischen Macht gerät immer mehr aus den Fugen.

Eine ungeheuerliche Verschwörung zieht ihre Kreise bis in die höchsten Reihen des hermetischen Ordens. Wem können Sally und Caleb noch vertrauen? Auch im zweiten Teil von Robin G. Hunters Paranormal-Fantasy-Reihe "Im Namen des Ordens" nehmen die Sprecher Anke Reitzenstein, Nils Nelleßen und Judith Mauthe ihre Zuhörer mit in den magischen Untergrund Londons. Eine Reihe hochrangiger Londoner Politiker wurde aufs Übelste verprügelt. Die Täter? Johnny Depp, die Queen und Albert Einstein - oder wohl eher deren Doppelgänger. Nun hat es sogar den Premier erwischt. Werden die Attacken von paranormalen Wesen begangen?

The student witches are growing increasingly reckless, preying on the mundanes below the mountains as their tutors plot and scheme to take advantage of the chaos. And no one seems to know why. Emily is in no condition to intervene. But she cannot refuse. Heading to Laughter, Emily finds herself dragged into a world of schoolgirl games, staffroom politics, and a deadly plot aimed at the heart of the Allied Lands themselves.

Im Kreuzfeuer der mächtigen Fae Caleb und Sally werden zum Spielball uralter dämonischer Kräfte. In Londons mystischem Untergrund findet in der fünften Staffel Sallys Kampf gegen den König der dunklen Fae ein atemberaubendes Finale – gewohnt fesselnd wie humorvoll gesprochen von Nils Nelleßen, Judith Mauthe und Sascha Rotermund.

Nobody said being a Royal Blood would be easy. After getting the magical council off his back, Eli Grayson is finally ready to track down the mysterious figure known only as ‘Athena’ and get some of his questions answered.

Eli Grayson is back. Life has been good to him since saving the elven princess and uncovering his powers as a Royal Blood. That is, until an army of the dead rises and threatens the fragile peace they'd achieved. As if that wasn’t enough to deal with, the ruling magical council has learned of his existence and wants to haul him in for judgement. Together with bond mates both new and old, he quickly finds himself on a magical realm-hopping adventure to uncover the source of the undead and win over the council.

Eli Grayson knew there was no such thing as magic. He knew there were no other worlds filled with magical races beyond his imagining. He knew he was a regular guy, just trying to recover from a brutally difficult breakup. That is, until he foiled an assassination attempt on an elven princess who showed him exactly how wrong he was. He's thrust headfirst into a hidden world of potent magic and sinister plots only to discover he has powers of his own.