Showing results for "The Science of Vampires" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Annika never thought of herself as weak - until vampires murdered her parents and kidnapped her to their hidden kingdom of the Vale. As a brand-new blood slave, Annika must survive her dangerous new circumstances - or face death from the wolves prowling the Vale's enchanted walls. But sparks fly when she meets the vampire prince Jacen, and while she hates the thought of falling for the enemy, her connection with the mysterious prince could be the key to her freedom.

After Katmere, I shouldn't be surprised by anything. Including the existence of a world beyond my world called the Shadow Realm. Yet here I am, stuck in a strange, dangerous place with the worst of the supernaturals, the monster that other monsters fear: Hudson Vega. He might be Jaxon's brother and ridiculously hot, but he's a complete bona fide pain in my a-s. The question is whether we'll find a way out before I kill him...or run out of time.

No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don't recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I'm not sure I'll ever break through. Now war is coming, and we're not ready. We're going to need an army to have any hope of winning. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers. Answers that might just reveal who the real monster is among us. And that's saying something in a world filled with bloodthirsty vampires, immortal gargoyles, and an ancient battle between two gods.

Die Erste ist eine größere Bedrohung für uns als die Dominion je war. Nach Iones Tod dachte ich, Gabriellas Rache würde unser größtes Problem werden. Doch nun stehen wir vor etwas, das all unsere bisherigen Kämpfe in den Schatten stellt – und unsere Hoffnung, das Dominion und seine Anführerin zu stürzen, wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Diese uralte Vampirin fordert, dass wir das Blut zurückholen, das Gabriella gestohlen hat, als sie sie aus der Grube unter der Akademie befreite.

My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods...or monsters. I still can't decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me. Then there's Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. But there's something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what's broken in me. Which could spell death for us all.

Timid, socially awkward, and plagued by self-esteem issues, Fred has never been the adventurous sort. One fateful night - different from the night he died, which was more inconvenient than fateful - Fred reconnects with an old friend at his high school reunion. This rekindled relationship sets off a chain of events thrusting him right into the chaos of the parahuman world.

After barely surviving the first onslaught of holy warriors, overzealous priestesses, and determined heroines, the world's most heartthrob-by-necessity Vampire Lord isn't out of the woods yet! Once an introvert just hoping to keep his head attached, Inkume now faces ever more determined adventurers eager to claim his demise… or perhaps, fall under his unexpected spell. But life as an unwillingly charming villain only gets more complicated.

The endgame draws near for Vampire Lord Inkume. After defying fate, surviving relentless sieges, and forging unexpected bonds with the strangest of friends, villagers, and the heroes once sent to destroy him, Inkume now faces a witching hour darker than any midnight ever before. His dungeon, now a true refuge for misfits and monsters alike, stands at the crossroads of annihilation and new beginnings, as the armies of the world finally unite to storm his haunted halls.

It's Darcy Thomas' summer home: the Dungeon of Horrors, owned by Jake, the gorgeous green-eyed uncle she's just met. But the gory fun turns to terror when real bodies are found with the mark of a vampire on their throats - and Darcy is targeted as the next victim.

Doch noch während ich ihn küsse, kehrt ein Fünkchen gesunder Menschenverstand zurück. Die Widersprüche bringen die Hitze in mir zum Kochen. Was tue ich da?, frage ich mich im hintersten Winkel meines Geistes. Das ist der Vampyrfürst! Schmiedin Floriane wird von allen geachtet. Denn sie fertigt die Waffen, mit denen die Vampirjäger ihr Dorf vor Angriffen schützen. Als Florianes Bruder vom Anführer der Vampire tödlich verletzt wird, greift sie jedoch selbst zum Schwert, bereit, ihr Leben zu opfern. Aber Vampirfürst Ruvan will nicht ihren Tod ... er will sie.

Being taken in the middle of the night was just the rude awakening I needed to bring reality crashing back down. Trapped and unable to reach the princes or my team, hopelessness hunts me down like a pack of hellhounds. Making matters worse, I'm at the mercy of the one who's appeared in my nightmares since first laying eyes on him. Face-to-face for the second time, I'm reminded of our mutual hatred. Only, now that the blood bond has taken effect, is it still mutual? I get the sense that something's changed.

As the first vampire ever to run for class president, Lexie has a chance to shed her otherworldly image and get in with the in-crowd. If only it weren't for those annoying pixies! Blix and Mitzi are the Livingstones' houseguests, and they're wreaking havoc. Meanwhile, siblings Maddy and Hudson are having some problems of their own. There's never a dull moment in the lives of these vegetarian vampires!

Seventeen-year-old Gertrude Morgan, the only child of one of the wealthiest couples in America, is shipped away from her home in New York City to the American school in Athens against her will. But the city of Athens has secrets. Her host family calls them tramps. In Greek, they are called vrykolakas, or vryks, which sometimes gets translated to freaks. They are the vampires of Athens, created centuries ago by the Maenads.

When seventeen-year-old Gertie leaves New York to study abroad in Athens, she learns that vampires and demigods are real and unwittingly becomes a catalyst to an uprising led by Dionysus, lord of the vampires.

Gertie has found herself an unwitting member of a vampire uprising, even though her heart is being pulled by its enemy, Hector. How could she possibly leave Jeno, who needs her now more than ever? The vampires have been oppressed for centuries in caves beneath the acropolis without economic resources. They've been wronged, and Gertie wants to help to liberate them. But the vampires want liberty at any cost—even human life. Can Gertie go along with that?

Wolf Bite - Der Aufstand der Vampire. Band 2 der Nummer 1 Bestseller-Serie aus den USA. Die Wölfe und Vampire steuern auf einen Krieg zu und beide Seiten versuchen mich zu benutzen. Mein Leben lang war ich eine Außenseiterin. Doch das änderte sich, als ich ein Vollstipendium für die Elite-Akademie Evergreen erhielt – und Raffe begegnete, meinem düsteren, aber unbestreitbaren Schicksalsgefährten. Auf Evergreen entdeckte ich die Wahrheit über die verborgene Welt der Übernatürlichen und mein eigenes seltenes Erbe. Aber genau das macht mich zur Zielscheibe.

Who's the fairest of them all? Young women from every settlement in the land are being handpicked to enter The Pageant, a contest reminiscent of Miss Universe from the old days. Gwyneth West's social-climbing mother wants her to compete, but Gwyn isn't so sure....The Pageant is government-sponsored. If you're lucky enough to be chosen, participation is mandatory. Aggressive competition is allowed, even encouraged. And then there's the prize...Dallas Black, otherwise known as The Dark Prince, will propose to the winner.

Die Geschichte von Thresh, Ashkana, Timothy, Ferynn und Kleiner Kerl geht weiter! In Stallen, der geheimen Schule der Übernatürlichen, geht es hoch her. Hier lernt die Elite der Magier, Vampire und Werwölfe ab 16 Jahren, ihre Gaben zu beherrschen. Doch unerwartete Ereignisse stören die Ruhe auf dem Campus und säen Verdacht in den Reihen der Jugendlichen... Man sollte meinen, dass Threshs Leben mit dem Friedensvertrag, der Kontrolle über seinen Wolf und dem Rat der Alphas ausgelastet ist, doch in seinem Kopf dreht sich alles um ein anderes heikles Problem: Garal.

Lexi is a survivor; she has spent her whole life moving from one abusive foster home to the next, until she decided to take charge of her own life. Living in abandoned buildings, couch surfing, and working at a strip clubs were a huge improvement on what she had before. All she needs is enough money to feed herself, finish high school, and hopefully go to college. She has a plan. That is until she is caught and sent to live with a strange foster family upstate.

Rose' Liebesleben steht wieder einmal auf dem Kopf. Ihr bester Freund Mason ist hoffnungslos in sie verliebt, und ihr hinreißend gut aussehender Mentor Dimitri hat offenbar ein Auge auf eine andere geworfen. Da versetzt ein Großangriff der Strigoi-Vampire die Akademie St. Vladimir in höchste Alarmbereitschaft. Die Strigoi haben sich mit Menschen verbündet, und nicht einmal Tageslicht bietet Schutz vor den tödlichen Blutsaugern.