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After tightening the Bonds with his friends, Sean worked toward new things and trying to fix past mistakes. He and his growing family had just moved into a new home and hired on new staff for day-to-day matters. All he wanted to do was craft and love his wives, and it seemed like the peaceful life he hoped for might be within his reach.

Ireland, 1000 AD. Gormflaith is unhappily married to Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and although a queen she struggles with her limited position. As an immortal Fomorian with the secret gift of magic, Gormflaith has a burning desire: to find and destroy the hidden fortress of her sworn enemies, the Descendants, who seek to kill her kind at all costs. She begins to use her magical powers, and discovers she is more skilled than she ever realised... but can she control what she will become?

After crushing the first obstacle, he was now set to fight a duel as Fredrick’s champion. Sean won the duel handily, once he got past the surprise of facing both Aria and Cuander, Lord Sharpeyes’ prized cuon, and went on to save Aria from death at the hands of Lord Sharpeyes’ son, Knight Evan Sharpeyes. But Sean’s troubles are just beginning. The plans Lord Sharpeyes have set into motion began to unfold, setting the stage for events that will push Sean to his limits.

Having accepted the love of both Myna Mooncaller and Fiona Mithrilsoul, Sean discovered happiness he hadn’t ever thought he would know, and began to acknowledge how different this society was from his old world. Everywhere they went, they ran into trouble. First had been bandits, which actually proved to be fortuitous, with Ryann Cullin entering Sean’s service after that attack. The sudden harsh blizzard had been the worst trial they had to endure. Cold that even Sean couldn’t withstand had nearly stopped them in their tracks, but they managed to reach Flento.

Die Sagen und Märchen sind in überwiegender Mehrzahl den mündlichen Überlieferungen der Wenden entnommen, die in der Nieder- und Oberlausitz sesshaft sind. Dieses Hörbuch enthält eine Fülle von Mythologie und zeigt die Traditionen der Sorben. Die Sammlung umfasst Märchen und Sagen wie Der Wendenkönig, Der dumme Hans, Pumphut, Der Schirrmann und die Schirrawa, Der Grünbart, Der Prinz und sein Zauberpferd, Der Zauberlehrling, Die Schwanjungfrauen, Die verzauberte Prinzessin und viele weitere mehr.

Dracula (1897) first brought vampires to the popular literary consciousness, and they have been firmly entrenched in horror stories ever since. Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor, travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious 'Count' who has instructed him to purchase a property in England on his behalf. Thus begins a series of awful events, where Harker finds himself in the midst of a nightmare, in a deadly game of cat and mouse where he himself is hunted as prey.

Frankenstein (1818) is the definitive fable about genetic modification gone haywire which is only too relevant to modern times. Victor Frankenstein decides to build a 'man' from assembled body parts stolen from corpses. What results, of course, is a 'monster', but the mastery of Shelley's storytelling leaves a listener asking themselves what a 'monster' really is - and feeling thoroughly frightened.

Theodor Storm (1817-1888) hat sich Zeit seines Lebens für die Sagen- und Märchenwelt seiner norddeutschen Heimat interessiert. In diesem Hörbuch sind sechs der schönsten, zwischen dem Märchenhaften und Phantastischen changierenden Erzählungen des Autors zu hören. Als Theodor Storm im Herbst 1842 nach Abschluss seines Studiums in seine Vaterstadt Husum zurückkehrte und hier Anfang des folgenden Jahres eine Rechtsanwaltspraxis eröffnete, legte er eine Sammlung von Märchen, Sagen und Spukgeschichten an, für die er regionale Chroniken auswertete.

"Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober" ist ein Kunstmärchen aus der Epoche der Schwarzen Romantik. Das Märchen ist in auffälliger und verschiedenster Weise zweigeteilt. Es stehen sich zwei Welten gegenüber, die Magische und die Alltägliche.