Showing results for "Das Tor" in Classics

Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and plot that could unravel time itself, in P. Djèlí Clark's Tor.Com Original, A Dead Djinn in Cairo.

Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song.

The Maiden Thief by multiple NYT and internationally best-selling author Melissa Marr is a dark fantasy novelette about a teenager whose town is plagued by the annual disappearances of girls and young women.

Here is Old Man's War author John Scalzi's sendup of the heroic fantasy genre, now a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

Die fünfzehnte Tür des Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders: Osmanische Soldaten riegeln die Tore zum Tempelberg ab. Es kommt zu einer gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzung mit arabischen Muslimen, denen der Zugang zu den Heiligtümern verwehrt wird.

Rudyard Kipling ist vielen Leuten als Verfasser des Dschungelbuchs ein Begriff, doch auch die Prosa des jüngsten Literatur-Nobelpreisträgers aller Zeiten zieht den geneigten Zuhörer schnell in ihren Bann. "Der Bisara von Pooree" rät zur Vorsicht vor metaphysischen Gegenständen, die man nicht versteht. "Meines Freundes Freund" beweist, dass ein schlechter Freund einem mehr Schaden zufügt als der schlimmste Feind. "Das Tor der hundert Leiden" handelt von einem Opiumraucher, der seine Drogenkarriere Revue passieren lässt.

Years after ditching a corrupt coven in San Antonio, Emma is making a fresh start in Massachusetts as the owner of a new luxury spa. Her life couldn't be more peaceful - until a near-death encounter with ruthless vampire hunters draws attention to her questionable history. According to the vampire elders, Emma's old ties make her a liability. Given one chance to prove herself, she's plunged headfirst into a journey to recover a stolen artifact from the hunters, and assigned her own champion.