Showing results for "Rituals" in Fantasy

Rezkin lives—a secret known only to a chosen few. Now, Azeria is one of them. Joining forces, they avoid discovery while seeking the power to stand against Caydean's demons. A tale of ancient technology draws them to the land of a forgotten people. Can the secret treasure of the infamous Demon War help the rebels turn the tide?

"Cuando uno de mi especie ama, lo hace con una intensidad de la que ningún ser humano es capaz". Ser una persona con habilidades especiales no siempre es fácil, sobre todo, si lo que te diferencia de los demás es tu capacidad de ver y hablar con espíritus. Para Gema es una pesadilla, o al menos lo es hasta que es acogida por la familia de Eileen y descubre que no es la única diferente. La cosa se complica cuando conoce a Álvaro y aprende que existe todo un mundo lleno de criaturas extrañas, hermosas y... peligrosas.

Police officer David Hanlin is asked to investigate the presumed murder of a child in an obscure rural village in Cornwall. During the protagonist s short stay, he is slowly subjected to a spectacle of psychological trickery, sexual seduction, ancient religious practices and nightmarish sacrificial rituals.

With the mine reopened and his farm under construction, Falkor and his party go exploring in the tunnels below the village. Though he defeated the first contender that had hunted him down, Falkor was sure that more would be coming for him, and he needed to get stronger as quickly as possible. Fighting and defeating the monsters of the underground seemed to be the fastest way to accomplish that goal. But unexpectedly strong monsters from the deep depths of the underground are appearing closer to the surface than they should be.

On her 57th birthday, Lily’s mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of 12. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic. More...and darker. When Lily and Rule discover that others suffered the same mysterious loss - at the same time on the same night - their investigation into the darkness begins. Joining them is someone Lily never thought she’d see again: Al Drummond, who once tried to destroy her.

Boston Homicide Detective Caitlin Reagan walks a razor's edge, propping up her life on emotional constructs designed to help her manage grueling PTSD. She keeps her mother, boyfriend, and work separated and controlled, all in service to one horrible, tragic act she committed amid the Iraq war.

Aspiring painter Alden Oakes is invited to join a mysterious art commune in Arkham: the New Colony. When celebrated Spanish surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr visits the colony, Alden and the other artists quickly fall under his charismatic spell. Balthazarr throws a string of decadent parties for Arkham’s social elite, conjuring arcane illusions which blur the boundaries between nightmare and reality. Only slowly does Alden come to suspect that Balthazarr’s mock rituals are intended to break through those walls and free what lies beyond. Alden must act, but it might be too late.

Geh nicht in den Wald... Eine mysteriöse unbekannte Macht hält das Dörfchen Clapham in Atem. Geheimnisvolle Lichter, unheimliche Geräusche und Menschen, die im Wald tot aufgefunden werden, oder dort für immer verschwinden verängstigen die Einwohner. Die Alten sagen: Der Wald ist verhext. Die Jungen sagen: Ein Mörder geht um. Plötzlich geschieht das Unfassbare: Ein kleiner Junge verschwindet. Die abenteuerlustige Alison überredet Fletcher das Kind zu suchen.

A mad surrealist's art threatens to rip open the fabric of reality, in this twisted tale of eldritch horror and conspiracy, from the wildly popular world of Arkham Horror.

Endlich: Das zweite magische Abenteuer von Alex Verus! London ist immer eine Reise wert. Und wenn Sie schon mal da sind, empfehlen wir Ihnen einen Besuch im Emporium Arcana, dem Zauberladen des Magiers Alex Verus. Bis vor kurzem gab es hier zum Beispiel einen magischen Wunscherfüller. Doch er wurde gestohlen. Die junge Luna versuchte, mit ihm einen Fluch zu brechen, um endlich mit dem Mann zusammensein zu können, den sie liebte. Doch magische Wunscherfüller machen nie nur das, was man ihnen aufträgt, und sie fordern immer einen schrecklichen Preis.

As they blunder towards doom, Warlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson find themselves inconvenienced by a variety of eldritch beings. Christmas brings a goose that doesn't let being cooked slow it down; they meet an electricity demon, discover why being a redhead is even trickier than one might imagine, and Holmes attempts an Irish accent. And, naturally, Moriarty is hanging around...in some form or other.

Я пошла на преступление, чтобы призвать демона-защитника, который обеспечит мне победу в дуэли. А еще черный диплом с отличием, блистательную карьеру во дворце и безбедное будущее… Стоп! А почему в круге призыва вместо могучего шипасто-клыкастого монстра, какой-то мужик?