Showing results for "Thunder" in Fantasy

Sein Schicksal ist es, die Welt zu beschützen. Ihres, sie zu verändern. Im Schatten ihres Zwillingsbruders zu stehen, ist Lyanas Bestimmung, denn als Elementar des Donners steht Luke kurz davor, in den Rat der fünf Elemente aufgenommen zu werden. Am Tag der Prüfung jedoch verändert ein Familiengeheimnis den Lauf der Geschichte - und der Donner Lyanas Leben. Ein Leben, um das sie nun bangen muss, denn Luke will ihren Tod, um sein Element nicht zu verlieren. Im Kampf gegen die Zeit muss Lyana plötzlich eine Welt verstehen, von der sie bisher kein Teil sein durfte.

Protecting her identity means life or death in this immersive epic fantasy inspired by the Mughal Empire. In a different life, under a different name, Razia Khan was raised to be the Crown Prince of Nizam, the most powerful kingdom in Daryastan. Born with the soul of a woman, she ran away at a...

Kiang has shifted into decisive action. The people poisoned by his drug have lost all control and taken to wreaking havoc on the city streets. They all thirst to kill Lei Cheng, who they consider the cause of all their troubles, but they don't shy away from killing bystanders either. The entire country is placed under martial law. The clans survive a crushing blow. Lei Cheng realizes that the time has come for the final showdown, but in order to finally eliminate Kiang, he must first gather together five spirit-chosen.

Isabella Harpe, last in a long line of witches, drifts with the wind. Her tarot cards always bring in enough to live on, and her instincts keep her mostly out of trouble. Unfortunately, bad boyfriends and even worse luck strand her near the most dangerous place for a witch to land—beside a cursed town, and an even more cursed man.

Mysterious missing person reports, a cursed motorcycle club, and an ancient entity add up to trouble. A bad bargain to stop a long-ago gang war requires a yearly sacrifice from a tightly-knit group of riders, and even their coven of witches hasn't been able to stop the deaths.

The world’s worst fears have dawned. Nothing stands in the way of total destruction . . . except the love of one woman. Deep in the Amazon jungle a young American woman and the son of plantation owners fall madly in love. For Tanya and Shannon, life is a paradise most only dream about. But...

Falk has only a few days to obtain the Wood Sword in the Lands of the Elves. And he also has to make a trip to the capital to report the successful completion of his quest, and find out why the Empire needs a specialist who can control the Mechanisms of the Ancients in the first place. In the real world, meanwhile, more and more emissaries from Arktania's Gods are appearing all the time, and the confrontation between them is only getting more intense.

Joe and the Dwarves are doing more than surviving in the harsh climate of Jotunheim: they’re thriving. The Ritualist’s improvements to their defenses are paying dividends; and he’s hailed as a genius for ending threats before they come into striking distance of the burgeoning City. Every day, the Town expands further, allowing for more facilities, a larger population, and drawing in ever-more monsters.

Lei Cheng is now the leader of his own clan, and is gathering under his wing all those who will agree to swear an oath to him. His young clan is fighting for survival in a Celestial Empire already divided up long ago, but Lei's chief task is the same as ever - to find Kiang, still hiding in the shadows. A thread which was supposed to lead to him has broken, and Lei and his boys are starting to run into serious trouble with the law. To avoid that trouble and gain new opportunities for his clan, Lei makes a deal with the authorities.

Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc. But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home. Neither is magic. That's a problem when their primary objective is to get in, stop the source of monsters, and get back out. When everything leads Idina and her team back to her Muirden ancestral home in Scotland, the mission takes on a completely different meaning none of them saw coming.

The tournament of clans didn't end the way Lei Cheng wanted it to. His fate has taken another surprising turn: Lei is no longer a slave of clan Zhou. That said, he isn't exactly a free man either. Lei now serves as the bodyguard to the young clan leader Yun. And although the work takes up much of his energy, it also gives him the chance to continue his own investigation. Lei seeks his old enemy Kiang. Nobody has ever seen the man's face, only heard the unbelievable rumors that surround him. Just one thing is certain: Kiang is furnishing the clans of the Celestial Empire with a new drug.

Nach einem Anschlag auf ein Therianer-Jugendzentrum gerät nicht nur das Team Destructive Delta unter Druck – auch zwischen Dex und Sloane läuft nicht alles rund. Während der fanatische »Orden von Adrasteia« mit Gewalt und Propaganda für Unruhe sorgt, kommen Geheimnisse aus der Vergangenheit ans Licht, die mehr als nur den Einsatz gefährden. Im Kampf gegen eine Organisation, die immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein scheint, zählt jede Entscheidung. Und vor allem eines: Vertrauen.

Peril and strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington and company. After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington and the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new, technologically powerful, and utterly nefarious enemy. And as if that weren’t task enough, Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling, but still mighty, Solarian League.

Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc. But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home. Neither is magic. That's a problem when their primary objective is to get in, stop the source of monsters, and get back out. When everything leads Idina and her team back to her Muirden ancestral home in Scotland, the mission takes on a completely different meaning none of them saw coming.

Being Chosen was supposed to be a gift. That’s what Tallulah Corentine’s parents told her when they handed her over to the Rain Chasers on her seventh birthday. It was an honor to be born with a destiny, to be hand selected by the gods before taking her first breath. She should be overjoyed. Twenty years later, Tallulah is still waiting for the gift. She might have the power of the storm at her fingertips, but she’s spent her whole adult life living under a cloud.

Elias is no ordinary elf. A giant amongst his kind, he dwarfs not only his fellow elves but the taller, stronger humans as well. Cast out by his own kind, he was sent to live amongst the Northmen at a young age, learning their ways and culture, but never wholly accepted by them. When his oldest friend, King Brynjar, dies in his old age, Elias's position among the volatile men of the Northlands becomes tenuous, and he sets out to make his place in the world. Far to the south, a war is brewing between his homeland of Lonwick and the demonic Felle.

The Soviet sneak attack crippled America, breaking the United States into an array of warring factions ruled by dictators, thugs, and thieves. In the western territories, democracy has survived—thanks to the efforts of Major Hawk Hunter, the greatest fighter pilot of his time, and the Pacific American Air Corps. After narrowly stopping a Soviet ground invasion, Hunter resolved himself to restoring his beloved country—and he will begin by reclaiming Football City.

Luke and Amy arrive at the Messner ranch to discover not everything has gone according to plan. Reunited with his family, and bringing new friends into the fold, Luke works hard to forget the horrors of their journey and make a fresh start with Amy. But others have plans as well, and Luke discovers there is no real safety in this new world. When the lights go out, the rats come out to play.

After years of struggle, Layla Cassidy has finally mastered the dark powers that threatened to control her and turned them to good. She’s ready to fight, but the next battle will be her greatest test yet. The forces of Avalon are growing ever stronger, reinforcing their dominance with almighty displays of brutality. When Abaddon comes close to crushing Layla and her friends, it’s clear that the thunder of war is about to give way to lightning—and that they have no chance of surviving it alone. The final battle against Abaddon is drawing closer.

Thunder on the Left is a story about—but not for—children. It's a public domain mystery by one of the foremost mystery writers of the early twentieth century, Christopher Morley. The title also has nothing to do with politics. It's a story about children who make some declarations at a birthday party about growing old, only to find themselves whisked into the future for all but the last chapter of the book. Here they live the lives of adults, wanting more out of life, struggling with issues unimagined in their childhood.