Showing results for "An den Winter" in Fantasy

Intrigue and danger enter Brydie MacKay's life when Gage walks into her carefully controlled world. He brings news that her grandmother has died, and as her last living relative, Brydie has inherited her estate and must travel to Scotland to accept her legacy and all it entails. Brydie doesn't want the inheritance, not after the way she was treated, and when a series of actions unfold that illustrate her "legacy" is not just a physical entity but a turbulent birthright proclaiming she is the descendant of the Celtic winter goddess, Cailleach Bheur, she tries to run.

Born the forbidden child of two Aura, magical beings possessing god-gifted powers, she carries a burden of title. Prized a weapon of destruction by her father and hunted as a monster of carnage by others. The odds knew no favor to the wicked or kind in Numengarth, but Snowlin turned human, powerless, and a disappointment to the creator who intended to wield her in his claim for power over the continent. After twelve years disparaged into exile, she sets to return and claim what the realm owed her: revenge on both her father and the night king who hunted to take more than her life.

Sono passati sette anni da quando una cometa ha colpito la Terra, oscurando il sole e trasformando il mondo in un paesaggio ghiacciato e desolato popolato da creature spaventose. Esseri famelici, che sembrano emersi dalle pieghe stesse della notte. Vampiri? O qualcosa di ancora più antico e terrificante? Nella campagna britannica, un manipolo di superstiti forma una resistenza nel rifugio antiradiazioni di un castello medievale.

Change is the only constant, and not all change is good. The change most recent for Tristan Walker was all the free time he now had after finding his girlfriend in a compromising position with a few other people. He went back to his normal routine of life and had mostly forgotten the indiscretion when he found himself waking on his couch after a bright flash of light, with two suns hanging in the sky.

Piers Adams never knew his parents or birthplace. All he wants from his mundane life is a better apartment and fewer working hours serving drinks at a club in Asheville, North Carolina. Sure, weirdness happens around him occasionally. Coincidences, right? He can’t possibly wish things into existence. After all, he’s only human. Maybe. It’s hard living down to a nickname like Wicked, but Prince Wycke Bertillian of the magical realm tries. He enjoys his lack of responsibilities until he’s coerced into a clandestine mission: find an evil sorceress’s hidden son in the human realm.

As a commoner, Kaylina Korbian's duty is to bow to aristocrats, avoid rabble-rousers, and call the haughty royal rangers "my lord"—especially the arrogant Vlerion of Havartaft. Handsome, powerful, and a legendary swordsman, he's the last person you'd want to cross. Naturally, Kaylina irks him at their first meeting, and he arrests her. Unbeknownst to her, the city is dealing with political strife and assassinations, and the rangers are on edge. Kaylina must work with Vlerion to clear suspicion from her name, even as she unearths a dark secret about him that will either bind them together.

Elias Moon is torn between loyalty to his father and his growing affection for an Elf, the very race his father is determined to annihilate. As the Blood Moon rises, the Lycans prepare to go to war against the Elves in a feud fueled by lies and betrayal. But when Elias learns of his true heritage and falls in love with Dorothy Mills, the lost daughter of the last Elf King, he must make a stand to stop the senseless genocide and protect their forbidden love.

When Bethany Aodhán, resident—and reluctant—relic hunter for Deva's Fae Council, is assigned her next task, little does she realize just how many unwanted ghosts it will raise. The missing relic—Borrhás's Horn—enables the user to raise elements of winter against their enemies. It quickly becomes clear that the Horn is now in the hands of a powerful witch who has very specific targets in mind—everyone involved in the hunt for Agrona's Claws.

Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales, hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack – but her sister is nowhere to be found. As Lucy waits for her return, she starts to unearth strange rumours about Jess’s town. Tales of numerous missing men, spread over decades. A baby abandoned in a sea-swept cave. Whispers of women’s voices on the waves. All the while, her dreams start to feel closer than ever…

When Damian ran straight into a firefight to save an attractive civilian, he didn’t realize he was also sacrificing the career he’d spent twelve years building for a man whose flirting is only slightly less lethal than his blades. Now they’re stuck in Damian’s childhood bedroom as he tries to salvage his job, avoid his mother, and keep Cassander from getting murdered.

Zuri and her mercenary brothers had a simple mission. Transport a captured harbinger to Erania and collect the bounty. But this job turns out to be anything but easy. Their welcome to the northland is nothing short of frigid. A scuffle with border guards and her prisoner's attempted escape leave Zuri injured—and she and her brothers stuck in quarantine. Worse, the bounty comes with silken strings attached. Strings held by a scientist with a daring, dangerous plan.

After Tristan found himself on planet Yaraganin with the rest of humanity, it took weeks to find his way to the spot he would call home. Himself and five other women from the earth and their children made the long trek to Beast Grove. With five other local women and their children, he set up the start of their homestead just in time for the start of a Deep Winter, one that only comes every hundred years. Now the race for survival starts. The fear of starving to death hangs over their heads due to the increased metabolism their higher attributes give them.

Winter Academy - Europe's #1 Fantasy Bestseller—Now finally available in English! Mina's first year at the legendary Winter Academy is anything but smooth. Tasked with mastering her ice magic to help protect the world from plunging into eternal frost, Mina struggles with unruly powers and the relentless criticism of Professor Abercroft, her enigmatic and demanding teacher. But her life takes a chilling turn when she's abducted and taken to the court of the ruthless Winter King.

Stephen Crawford, a dimensional traveler and former physicist, is obsessed with releasing his new friends who he has inadvertently 'captured', removing them from reality and giving him complete control over them. He believes the key to achieving this lies in uncovering the secrets of dimensional travel and manipulating the very fabric of reality. Driven by guilt and a desperate longing to undo his actions, Stephen embarks on a relentless quest, amassing power and control over multiple dimensions.

When shadows long thought vanquished return to Turadorsa, a warrior and his friends will be sent on a quest for the legendary Winter Lands to find a mysterious person or weapon their mentor only called "Bhaltair." The group will have to cross the country, leaving behind everything they've ever known, facing danger and magics they never imagined along the way. From trolls, giant spiders, ancient beasts, and the dangers of the frigid cold of the Winter Lands, their journey will be filled with peril.

Silla Nordvig rennt um ihr Leben. Die Königin von Íseldur hat Krieger ausgesandt, um Silla nach Sunnavík zu bringen, wo sie der Tod erwartet. Doch die letzten Worte ihres Vaters schicken Silla auf eine gefährliche Reise: Sie soll die tückische Knochenstraße bereisen. Ein Weg, der von Kriegerbanden, Kreaturen der Finsternis und einem geheimnisvollen Mörder heimgesucht wird und an dessen Ende ein sicheres Versteck auf sie wartet. Doch nachdem sie den ersten Teil der Strecke nur knapp überlebt hat, schleicht sich die verzweifelte Silla in einen Versorgungswagen der berüchtigten Bloodaxe Crew.

Ein Winter. Dunkle Wochen. Vier Brüder und eine Knospe ... Wir sind keine Könige. Wir sind keine Helden. Wir sind die Moratas! Und unsere Abgründe sind tief. Moralisch mehr schwarz als grau. Verdorben, zerstört und süchtig. Sage, der Puncher. Phoenix, der Hexer. Angel, der Teufel und Rocco, der Harlekin. Unsere Mädchen kommen, unsere Mädchen gehen, es bleibt der Pitch. Ein Ort für Sünde, Absolution und Freiheit. An dem wir sind, wer wir sind. Im Sommer spielten wir dort ein gefährliches Spiel. Mit unserer Stiefschwester.

Gejagt von einer Hexenmeisterin/ Der magische See in Flammen. Die Glyphenmeisterin Chadoka sinnt auf Rache. Um sich der Bedrohung zu erwehren, reisen die Fellwandlerin Anuscha und ihre Gefährtin Chenka in das Tal der magiebegabten Sippe. Sie wollen ein mächtiges Geschenk übergeben, doch bald sind sie Gejagte. Elija versucht neue Verbündete zu gewinnen, um die wieder erstarkten Invasoren abzuwehren. So begibt er sich auf die Suche nach dem mysteriösen Flussvolk. Es erwarten ihn Herausforderungen, die seine mentale Kraft überfordern könnten. Ein Wettlauf beginnt.

The tales warn of faeries lurking beyond the iron-bound trees, eager to snatch wayward children. Yet at the onset of every winter, Neve and Vale cross the iron’s protection and dance to the snow bees' song. The year Neve comes of age, a faery lord joins the dance. He tempts Neve into accepting a dangerous magic and then steals Vale away.

Two sisters torn apart by a curse. A prince on a quest to save his realm. Erianna was banished by the Snow Queen at a very young age because of a curse that turned her into a beast every full moon. She must find a way to break the curse by her 21st birthday or she will remain a beast forever. After years of isolation, she finds herself in the abandoned garden of a young girl who looks a lot like the sister she was forced to leave behind.