Showing results for "Gold" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Gold thread promises Charlotte Miller a chance to save her family's beloved woolen mill. It promises a future for her sister, jobs for her townsfolk, security against her grasping uncle - maybe even true love. But to get the thread, Charlotte must strike a bargain with its maker, the mysterious Jack Spinner. This is an award-winning and wholly original retelling of "Rumplestiltskin".

For years there has been peace in the Shadowhunter world. James and Lucie Herondale, children of the famous Will and Tessa, have grown up in an idyll with their loving friends and family, listening to stories of good defeating evil and love conquering all. But everything changes when the Blackthorn and Carstairs families come to London...and so does a remorseless and inescapable plague. 

This Jamaican-inspired fantasy debut about two enemy witches who must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a common enemy has the twisted cat-and-mouse of Killing Eve with the richly imagined fantasy world of Furyborn and Ember in the Ashes. Divided by their order. United by their vengeance...

When seventeen-year-old Nor rescues a captured faerie in the woods, he gifts her with a magical golden thread she can use to summon him for a favor. Instead, Nor uses it for a con—to convince villagers to buy straw that can be transformed into gold. Her trick works a little too well, attracting the suspicion of Prince Casper, who hates nobody more than a liar. Intent on punishing Nor, he demands that she spin a room of straw into gold and as her reward, he will marry her. Should she refuse or fail, the consequences will be dire.

Kenna ist dem Obsidianpalast nur knapp entkommen – doch dafür opferte Drystan seine Freiheit. Alles in ihr schreit danach, ihn aus den Fängen des Südkönigs zu befreien. Aber bevor sie sich Merikh erneut stellen kann, muss sie den Fluch brechen, der sie an ihn bindet. Ihre Suche nach einem Ausweg führt sie und ihre Freunde in den glänzenden Marmorpalast der Nordfae, wo sie schon bald lernt, dass Worte ebenso gefährlich sind wie ihre Klingen – und dass ihr Vertrauen in die falsche Person alles zerstören kann, was sie zu schützen versucht.

Every five years, at the festival of the great solar eclipse, a volunteer sacrifices himself for the good of the people. As peace cedes to violence within the kingdom of Kathalea, Noa must lead her country away from a bloody tradition and towards sanity. But one man is doing everything he can to ensure that a very special sacrifice will be required this year. Amid fear and adventure, hate and love, prey and predator - she must learn the truth. In this life or the next.

With the great Traction City of London completely destroyed, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw travel across the world, trading with other airships and adventuring on the exciting and exotic routes of the Bird Roads. When their little scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, the ice city of Anchorage offers them sanctuary.

Curses and queens. Pirates and kings. Gods and magic. The final saga of a princess cursed by Midas’s touch, a vengeful Greek god, and a dazzling kingdom in the balance. After barely surviving thieving, bloodthirsty pirates and a harrowing quest at sea to retrieve her stolen treasure, Kora...

King Midas once had the ability to turn all he touched into gold. But after his gift - or curse - almost killed his daughter, Midas relinquished "The Touch" forever. Ten years later, Princess Kora still bears the consequences of her father’s wish: Her skin shines golden, rumors follow her everywhere she goes, and she harbors secret powers that are getting harder to hide. Kora spends her days locked in the palace, concealed behind gloves and veils, trying to ignore the stares and gossip of courtiers.

All sixteen-year-old Tommin wants is to make beautiful shoes and care for his beloved grandmother, but his insatiable need to steal threatens to destroy everything. Driven by a curse that demands more and more gold, he's sure to get caught eventually.

Former Aerial Corps captain Will Laurence and his faithful dragon, Temeraire, have been put out to pasture in Australia - and it seems their part in the war has ended just when they are needed most. The French have invaded Spain, forged an alliance with Africa’s powerful Tswana empire and brought revolution to Brazil. With Britain’s last desperate hope of defeating Napoleon in peril, the government that sidelined Laurence swiftly offers to reinstate him, convinced that he’s the best man to enter the fray and negotiate peace.

Girls of Paper and Fire meets A Song of Wraiths and Ruin in June CL Tan’s stunning debut, where ferocious action, shadowy intrigue, rich magic, and a captivating slow-burn romance collide. In an empire on the brink of war . . . Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir...

Meg is cursed, bewitched with breath taking beauty at the cost of absolute obedience to her father. Rhys, her best friend, is also cursed. He is able to spin straw into gold, but each pump of the treadle exacts a terrible price. Two souls were never so perfect for each other, but fate seems determined to pull them apart.

In Träumen ist nichts unmöglich: Tote können wieder ein Teil unseres Lebens sein, wir erreichen die Ziele, von denen wir nicht einmal zu hoffen wagen, und wir sind mit den Menschen zusammen, nach denen wir uns sonst nur aus der Ferne sehnen. Ich bin in der Lage, Träume zu schenken. Meine Begabung hat sich herumgesprochen und dadurch wurde die böse Königin auf meine Familie aufmerksam. Sie nennt mich Rapunzel. Manchmal frage ich mich, ob es nicht eher ein Fluch ist, anders zu sein.

Iraya Adair has spent her life in a cell. Heir of an overthrown and magically gifted dynasty, she was exiled from her home on the island nation of Aiyca when she was just a child. But every day brings her closer to freedom—and vengeance. Jazmyne Cariot grew up dressed in gold, with stolen magic at her fingertips. Daughter of the self-crowned doyenne, her existence is a threat to her mother's rule. But unlike her sister, Jazmyne has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother's power.

She wanted out. She wanted a new life. She wanted a trophy worthy of a master thief. She wanted to find the source of the treasured crimson gold. She wanted to face an undead emperor on his home ground and live to tell the tale. Careful what you wish for. The Crimson Gold is the third title in this ongoing Forgotten Realms series focusing specifically on the shadowed life of the iconic character class of the rogue. Each novel in the series is a stand-alone adventure, allowing readers an easy entry point into the Forgotten Realms world.

Niemand darf erfahren, dass Lou eine Hexe ist. Denn sie will weder auf dem Scheiterhaufen enden noch auf dem Opferalter der mächtigen Weißen Hexe, die sie sucht. Um sich im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes unsichtbar machen zu können, stiehlt Lou einen magischen Ring. Leider wird sie dabei ausgerechnet vom Hexenjäger Reid entdeckt. Zwar gelingt es ihr, ihre wahre Identität vor ihm zu verbergen, aber entkommen kann sie ihm nicht. Denn der Erzbischof befiehlt den beiden, zu heiraten.

Eine Reihe von Flüchen zieht über das Land, und als der Brunnen von Elk austrocknet, ist es Geselas Aufgabe, den Frosch zu töten, der die Quelle verflucht hat. Doch der Frosch ist kein Frosch, sondern selbst ein verzauberter Elfenprinz - und sein Tod ruft seine Brüder auf den Plan! Als Bestrafung wird Gesela dazu verbannt, am Hof von Casamir, dem siebten Bruder, zu leben. Als ein schöner Prinz um Samaras Hand anhält, ist dies ihre Chance auf ein Leben in Freiheit weit von ihren gewalttätigen Brüdern.

The King’s Courier Tycho has made a treacherous bargain. Now beholden to the magical scraver who saved King Grey’s life, one false move could end everything. Jax escaped his life in Briarlock and traveled with Tycho to Emberfall. But life outside his small village brings unexpected challenges – and unlikely adversaries. After years of hating the royal family and their magic, Callyn never expected to be at the Queen’s side, with magic at her fingertips. But at the royal court, she can’t trust anyone – including the man she thought she loved.

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