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As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. Now Kate’s going to have to deal with problems on a much bigger scale: a divine one.

Die Heldinnen und Helden der zweiten Staffel überwinden ihre Feinde mit List, Stärke oder Intelligenz. Das Böse wird besiegt, das Gute belohnt und am Ende triumphiert die Gerechtigkeit... Das Hörbuch enthält die Märchen: - Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen - Brüderchen und Schwesterchen - Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau - Die sieben Raben - Das Hirtenbüblein - Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren - Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack - Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot - Der Hase und der Igel - Der Nagel

Dracula II war vernichtet - es lebe Will Mallmann! Paradox - oder? Mallmann war zerrissen worden. Da gab es auch keine andere Lösung. Das dachten alle, die ihn kannten, aber in unserem Job lief nichts normal ab. Nun mussten wir erleben, dass ein Supervampir wie Dracula II nicht so leicht in Vergessenheit gerät...

Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all. But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honor refuse.

Detective Leira Berens' case blew up in her face. A last-minute surge of magic was the only thing that kept her in one piece. The dangerous necklace is still in play and she has no leads. Her new powers hint at a secret sauce in her DNA. Can they help her win the race? Oh yeah, the Feds have noticed and are tracking her. A Light Elf is willing to help . . . along with a swearing troll and an entire magical community she never knew existed. Austin, Texas, just got a lot more interesting. The necklace reappears only to change hands during a dangerous battle. Who has the necklace now?

The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable - and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face....Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident.

Part 2 of 2: Modesitt moves deep into Recluce's past to chronicle the founding of the Empire of the Legend, the almost mythological domain ruled by women warriors on the highland plateau of the continent of Candar. He tells the story from the point of view of Nylan, the engineer and builder whose job it is to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny.

Nurse Mercy Lynch is elbows deep in bloody laundry at a war hospital in Richmond, Virginia, when Clara Barton comes bearing bad news: Mercy’s husband has died in a POW camp. On top of that, a telegram from the West Coast declares that her estranged father is gravely injured, and he wishes to see her. Mercy sets out toward the Mississippi River. Once there, she’ll catch a train over the Rockies. When Mercy finally arrives in St. Louis, the only Tacoma-bound train is pulled by a terrifying Union-operated steam engine called the Dreadnought.

Nylan, the only man among the matriarchal band of “angels” marooned on the high plateau of Candar. Forced to seek a life elsewhere, Nylan descends into a world of warring kingdoms and strange magics in search of a peaceful life with his wife and infant son. His talents, however, make him a valuable weapon - and so the war between chaos and order begins anew.

In his trademark suit of black armor and skull-like helm, armed with a demon-forged axe, Corvis Rebaine twice brought death and destruction to Imphallion - willingly slaughtering countless innocents in pursuit of a more just society. But that was the old Rebaine. Before he killed the mad warlord Audriss and banished the demon Khanda. Before he lost his wife and children, who could not forgive or forget his violent crimes.

On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all. Arlen Bales was once an ordinary man, but now he has become something more - the Warded Man, tattooed with eldritch wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. Arlen denies he is the Deliverer at every turn, but the more he tries to be one with the common folk, the more fervently they believe.

He is the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, but his insights violate the rules of the Order magic of Recluce, and in order to pursue his invention he must go into exile - in the lands of Chaos. Tortured by the knowledge that to preserve Order he must create new devices for war, Dorrin stands between Recluce and the forces of the Chaos that seek to destroy it.

In his trademark suit of black armor and skull-like helm, armed with a demon-forged axe, Corvis Rebaine twice brought death and destruction to Imphallion - willingly slaughtering countless innocents in pursuit of a more just society. But that was the old Rebaine. Before he killed the mad warlord Audriss and banished the demon Khanda. Before he lost his wife and children, who could not forgive or forget his violent crimes.

Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Von den Ammengeschichten und Fabeln bis zu Göttermythen, Sagen und Novellen sind die Grenzen durchaus schwankend. Das Wunderbare gehört für China noch zum natürlichen Weltlauf, so dass hier sich keine scharfe Grenze ziehen lässt. In einem Hause waren drei Töchter. Die älteste heiratete einen Doktor, die zweite heiratete einen Magister, die dritte aber, die besonders klug war und geschickt im Reden, heiratete einen Bauer. Nun traf es sich, dass ihre Eltern Geburtstag feierten.

Wilhelm Hauff ließ sich von orientalischen und europäischen Märchenmotiven inspirieren, als er seine großen Märchenklassiker verfasste. Weltbekanntes und neu zu Entdeckendes präsentiert sein Almanach des Jahres 1826 mit den Geschichten "Der kleine Muck" und "Der falsche Prinz", auch die Fortsetzung des Rahmenmärchens "Die Karawane" wird hier erzählt.

Lady Sarah Goldwyn ist auf der Flucht! Bei sich trägt sie die Tontafel, auf der die Geheimnisse von John Sinclairs Kreuz entschlüsselt werden. Im letzten Moment rettet Sarah sich in die Kirche von Mayfair - doch die Hölle setzt alles daran, an die Tafel zu gelangen! Werden John Sinclair und Suko noch rechtzeitig eintreffen...?