Showing results for "The Dark Game" in Literature & Fiction

Dopo la tragica perdita dei genitori, Willow è sola, disperata e con il mondo intero che sembra volerla schiacciare. I tre fratelli Voronin non la uccidono. La tengono. La osservano. E, in modi diversi e oscuri, la vogliono. Ora Willow è intrappolata, sotto lo sguardo di tre predatori tanto affascinanti quanto pericolosi. Se non riuscirà a fuggire, rischia di perdersi nei loro giochi perversi, nei loro segreti più torbidi e nel peccato che li lega.

It started with a girl. Her father, as it turned out, was a barbaric maniac. Decades into the 21st century, the madman seemed terribly out of place. Yet he was also a powerful mogul - and determined to turn the life of every man who had ever been romantically involved with his daughter into a particular variant of hell only made possible by the latest VR technology. All 17 of his girl's former lovers would suffer in virtual reality until they snapped. For the first 16, the project succeeded. But the 17th was different. The 17th was Dark.

Spektakuläre Magie, originelle Wesen und eine aufregende Geschichte: Der Auftakt der Fantasy-Saga "Der dunkle Kristall", bekannt durch die Netflix-Serie! Jim Henson hat nicht nur die weltberühmten "Muppets" geschaffen, sondern revolutionierte auch das Fantasygenre auf der Leinwand: Sein Film "Der dunkle Kristall" (1982) besitzt Kultstatus, was die Serienmacher von Netflix unlängst dazu bewogen hat, die Vorgeschichte des Meisterwerks zu erzählen. Der Serienhit "Der Dunkle Kristall: Ära des Widerstands" basiert auf der auf Deutsch noch unveröffentlichten Fantasy-Saga von J.M. Lee.

⚜️STEP INTO YOUR NEW FANTASY OBSESSION⚜️ 'Perfect for fans of darkly twisted court politics, morally grey characters, and a whole heaping of female rage' HAZEL McBRIDE, bestselling author of A Fate Forged in Fire 'A gripping, darkly lush fantasy tale . . . You won't want to put this one...

Michael's plans have shifted, or rather, he has upended them. His once simple plans for raising House Wolf have morphed into something different. Will he succeed at his new goals? Will the Forerunners? Or will Michael's allies be made to pay for his overreach?

“The master of the storytelling game.” —People Sidney Sheldon’s masterful #1 New York Times bestseller Master of the Game has enthralled millions of readers the world over. Now, at long last, the breathtaking saga of the ambitious and powerful MacGregor/Blackwell family continues in...

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: Masks of Nyarlathotep is an epic tale of globe-trotting adventure inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, presented as a 1930s-style radio drama. Dark Adventure Radio Theatre presents the tale with an absurdly large cast of professional actors, exciting sound effects and thrilling original music by Troy Sterling Nies. Now, in partnership with Chaosium, we've adapted their most famed and beloved game supplement of all time - Masks of Nyarlathotep - into a fully dramatized super episode of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre.

Michael has escaped the clutches of the Dark, if only temporarily. Surfacing in the world above, he finds matters no less complex than down below and survival as challenging as it had been in the dungeon. Is the harder path the one you must forge on your own? Many want Michael as their ally. Yet more want him dead, and the Dark is not done with him either. Can he find a way to navigate the treacherous waters of the Game and uncover the mysteries about himself? Or will Michael bend to Powers greater than him?

In the game of predator and prey, sometimes the greatest trap is discovering you no longer want to escape. I've always escaped into gaming when reality became too much. As MistressOfMischief, I found freedom behind a screen, building a bond with my online partner, Rogue, that felt more real than most of my relationships. For two years, we shared victories and late-night conversations—I thought I knew him. I couldn't have been more wrong.

Michael findet sich im Reich des ewigen Königreichs wieder, ohne zu wissen, wie er dorthin gekommen ist oder wer er ist. Trotzdem muss er am Großen Spiel teilnehmen und sich ein neues Schicksal schmieden. Würdest du in einem Kerker voller Monster und seltsamer Magie überleben, wenn deine Niederlage den Tod bedeutet? Allein und mit wenig mehr als seinem Verstand als Hilfe muss Michael als Spieler vorankommen, seine Feinde besiegen und Erfahrung sammeln. Und das alles, während er Intrigen um ihn herum navigiert und seine Bestimmung entdeckt.

Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. The Dark Fantastic is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA novelist, fan-fiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st century.

Before the Malazan Empire, there was a time that set the stage for all those tales yet to be told . . . The winter is bitter. Civil war threatens Kurald Galain for the warrior Urusander’s army has begun its march on the city of Kharkanas. Led by the ruthless Hunn Raal, it intends to cast aside...

'I was hooked!' Meet your new favourite detective DCI Liz Field in this dark and twisty crime thriller You can't hide from the past… Fifteen years ago, five vulnerable teenagers took part in a life-changing study of OCD. Now, their psychologist has been brutally stabbed and left for dead. DCI...

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Survival is the Only Rule. Sanger Rainsford is a master of the kill. He lives by a cold, unwavering creed: the world is comprised of only two classes - the hunters and the huntees. But when he washes ashore on the jagged rocks of Ship-Trap Island, Rainsford is forced to learn a blood-chilling...

Have you ever wanted to be a better version of yourself? Eve Dawson would do anything to be a better mother. So when a pill promises to replace sleep with hours of extra productivity every day, she takes it. Within days, Eve is renovating the house at dawn, doing yoga before breakfast, and...

In the breathtaking sequel to No.1 Sunday Times bestseller The Scorpion and the Night Blossom, the world is on the brink of destruction… The mó — beautiful, ravenous demons who drink the souls of mortals — roam free and they will not cease until all the realms fall to darkness...

She's finally under my complete control, yet it's not enough. I hold her body captive but not her heart. She has no money. Nowhere to go. No one to turn to for help. She knows I took everything from her to make her mine, so she fights me at every turn. This began as a game, but she needs to understand that I will do anything to win. Anything. She is my possession. Nothing, and no one, not even her, will keep us apart. One way or another, I'll get what I want. And I want her...all of her.

'I devoured it in no time. The chemistry is off the charts' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Katee Robert gives us a hot and heavy novel with characters you will fall in love with right from the beginning' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From the author of Neon Gods and the Dark Olympus series comes this must-read dark romance...

Michael has taken the Game by the throat. No longer content to lurk in the shadows, he has started down a path that will inevitably bring him into conflict with the Powers. But the Powers are no easy foes. Nor are they Michael’s only adversaries. Other enemies stir. Some confront him openly, while others watch patiently from the sidelines. A lone wolf no more, and with many of his own pieces in play, Michael may find himself more exposed than he believes. The stakes are high. And the schemes of the players convoluted.