Showing results for "MAGIC" in Survival Stories

Für den Höchsten Magier war der Tod immer eine Art Missverständnis – nach der siebten Reinkarnation pflegt man ein anderes Verhältnis zu diesem Prozess. Er war nichts weiter als ein unwesentliches Hindernis für die Verwirklichung seiner Pläne. Dabei hatte er jedoch etwas Wichtiges vergessen: Wenn diese Pläne höheren Wesen im Weg stehen, wird das bestraft. Der letzte Tod bringt keine Erleichterung. Er wird in eine fremde Welt versetzt, in einen fremden Körper, aber das Schlimmste ist: Sie nehmen ihm die Erinnerung an alle vorherigen Leben bis auf das letzte.

Most people want to save the world; 17-year-old Tora Reynolds just wants to get the hell off of it. One of the last survivors in Earth's final years, Tora yearns to escape the wasteland her planet has become after the sun turns "red giant," but discovers her fellow survivors are even more deadly than the hostile environment. Holed up in an underground shelter, Tora is alone - her brilliant scientist father murdered, her mother and sister burned to death. She dreams of living on a planet with oceans, plants, and animals.

Pen's life is about secrets: the secret of the city's spirits, deities and monsters, living just beyond the notice of modern Londoners; the secret of Pen's intricate scars that disfigure her so cruelly; and the most closely guarded secret of all: Parva, her mirror-sister, forged from her reflections in a school bathroom mirror.

Caelia is the new Earth. That's what the Consulate told everyone, and against all odds Tora finally has made it there. She can't see the ocean from her cell in the Consulate's containment center, and she doesn't know what happened to the weapons her father died for and she's risked her life to save. But as she plans her escape, she runs into the last person she ever expected to see - her dad.

Thirteen-year-old Mark Harrison has a week to hike across the desert. He will meet his parents on the other side. By his fourth day, he’s made good time. As he settles in for the night, he gazes up at the stars, feeling completely content. Suddenly, a blue light streams from the sky, jolting Mark into another dimension. Now, in a land filled with strange jungle animals and primitive tribes, Mark desperately battles hunger, armed enemies, and superhuman powers.