Showing results for "Twelve" in Dark Fantasy

War ravages the troubled lands of the nine Baronies. The once-great cities of Arelium, Kessrin, and Talth are forever scarred by the passage of the greyling tide, their graveyards filled with the corpses of those who fought and died on their blood-stained walls.

Wesoła Banda Piratów zaproponowała nieprzyjaciołom zawieszenie broni. Jeśli kosmici zostawią nas w spokoju, my odpłacimy się tym samym. Niestety, wróg nie zamierza ustąpić. Nad Ziemią zawisło nowe niebezpieczeństwo, a piraci muszą po raz kolejny wyruszyć w rejs po Galaktyce, aby zażegnać kryzys. Tymczasem nowo powstała Marynarka ONZ, wspierana przez reaktywowaną Legię Pozaziemską, ma własną misję do wykonania. Musi znaleźć sojuszników, którzy wspomogą ludzkość w walce. W wyniku działań nieprzewidywalnych Ziemian wielowiekowe kosmiczne koalicje stają w obliczu rozłamu.

Straight out of the West (or, you know, somewhere through a gloom portal), in a thunder of hooves (but they're kinda like giant turtle hooves, if you can picture it?), comes Montana Coggeshall, gun (sword) slinger. Sure, he's survived Fiends' Night and an all-out goblin war. But for his people in Coggeshall to truly be safe, Montana needs to go out and find the source of all these crazy attacks.

Mordred - the bastard son of King Arthur - has returned, and he will stop at nothing to utterly destroy everything his father ever created, burning the Arthurian legend from the history books for good. He’s already defeated Nate Temple once, corrupting the fabled Knights of the Round Table into darker, nigh-invincible, merciless killing machines: Knightmares.

Zoey, a young Queen-in-training at SaDiablo Hall, is wounded...and vulnerable to taunts and criticism. When an opportunity arises to befriend a stranger seeking sanctuary at the Hall, she puts herself and others in danger by ignoring Daemonar Yaslana’s warning to back off. Meanwhile, the witch Jillian’s family prepares for her Virgin Night, the rite of passage that assures a woman will retain her power and her Jewels. The trouble is Jillian secretly went through the ceremony already. Now she has to explain the omission of that detail to her powerful and lethal family.

The capital Umo Portana has fallen to the goddess Utuni. But Gryff isn’t about to let the rest of Utun fall to the serpent Archon. The only problem is, Utuni’s blood aura makes her legions more powerful with each monster that’s killed, so Gryff and his team realize they’re going to need a little help. Gryff expects maybe a few Utun men to join his cause. He definitely doesn’t anticipate raising his own army. But, with his own forces, Gryff could lay siege to the capital and usurp Utuni once and for all.

Mason’s plate is pretty damn full. The war with the Master is ramping up, but Mason and Aurora have been made heads of the Order of Elementa, their troops are being dispatched to every corner of the realm, Mason has made a metal dragon that kicks ass, breathes fire, and flies. And, oh yeah, all his women are raring to give him badass heirs. But when his tour across the land ends up conflicting with the Master’s plans, Mason finally stumbles upon the secret to defeating his nemesis.

Les cartes changent une nouvelle fois de main : Cersei Lannister, la noire régente, s'empêtre dans la toile d'araignée qu'elle a tissée pour neutraliser sa bru, la petite reine ; arrivée au terme de son éprouvante quête, Lady Brienne, la pucelle de Torth, va faire une découverte aussi inattendue que mortelle ; Sansa Stark, marionnette entre les mains de Lord Petyr Baelish, dit Littlefingers, prépare un retour en force qui devrait faire couler beaucoup d'encre... et de sang ! Un chapitre de plus se clôt sur le royaume des Sept Couronnes, avec son lot d'alliances contre nature, de trahisons sanglantes et de morts inutiles.

Beneath the dusky glow of a millennium moon, an ancient mystery is unfolding. Two very different vampires have each consumed a vial of blood containing the life force of two primordial princes. Braden Bratianu was only five years old when he was sired into the Vampyr race. The only fledgling to be made - not born - he struggled with his new identity. Kristina Riley Silivasi came from a troubled home and a tragic past. Rescued from a Dark One by an Ancient Master Healer, then mistaken for an ancient vampire’s destiny, she was swiftly ushered into a terrifying universe.

"На краю архипелага" - фантастический роман Артема Каменистого, вторая книга цикла "Рай беспощадный", жанр боевая фантастика, попаданцы. Слишком тесен тропический ад, вот и приходится бороться снова и снова за место под солнцем. С конкурентами, с диксами и даже с самой природой.

Ein Jahr ist seit dem großen Brand von London vergangen. Die Kriegerin Meruhe rettete Andrej und Abu Dun vor dem gefallenen Gott Loki, um sich dann zusammen mit ihren Dienerinnen und Andrejs Sohn Marius auf den Weg nach Konstantinopel zu machen. Noch immer kann Andrej nicht fassen, dass Marius noch am Leben ist - hatte er ihn doch einst nach dem Massaker in seiner Heimat eigenhändig begraben.

Wie lange wird das Bündnis zwischen Schwarz- und Weißmagiern halten? Das spektakuläre Finale der Alex-Verus-Serie. Vor langer Zeit führten Magier und Djinn Krieg. Letztere unterlagen und wurden von den Siegern in einfache Gegenstände wie Lampen oder Ringe eingekerkert. Doch sie sinnen seitdem auf Rache. Nun ist es einem Djinn-Fürsten gelungen, eine Magierin in Besitz zu nehmen. Schwarz- und Weißmagier müssen sich eiligst verbünden. Doch Hellseher Alex Verus ahnt, dass dieser Pakt nicht lange halten wird. Buchstäblich jeder hat seine eigenen Ziele – auch Alex.