Showing results for "Helena" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

As town greenwitch, Aster's dedicated her life to defending her people from the nightmarish fae of the forest. Yet despite her best efforts, each year a girl is taken as a tithe by the Beast who rules the Folkwood. None ever return. And this year, the Beast claims Aster. Trapped in a cursed palace, taunted by mischievous, invisible servants, Aster despairs of ever making it home. Then the Beast offers her a bargain—if she can restore his rose garden and break the curse on his court, he will set her free.

Helena n'a jamais oublié la beauté de Pandora, la majestueuse demeure chypriote de son parrain, dont elle vient d'hériter. Vingt-quatre ans après y avoir vécu un été inoubliable, elle revient sur l'île, ravie de faire découvrir la splendeur de la mer d'Émeraude et des champs d'oliviers à son mari et à leurs enfants, notamment Alex, son fils aîné si précoce et sensible. Mais quand Helena croise par hasard son premier amour, c'est tout le passé qu'elle croyait enfoui qui resurgit.

Sienna Harris is living in a sunshine paradise on the beaches of North Carolina avoiding the decision of what to do with her life. Trying to live in the human world when you aren’t quite human has its downside and the urge to be near her own kind grows stronger by the day. Ten years after her mother’s mysterious death, Sienna returns to her hometown of Black Paw, Montana, a town full of secrets.

Det är en stekhet sommar i Stockholm. Alice Winter kommer hem efter några månader utomlands och märker att något har förändrats. Ett manshat har börjat breda ut sig i samhället och många kvinnor frågar sig vad man egentligen ska ha män till över huvud taget. Bakom manshatet döljer sig en feministisk sekt som vill göra män till maktlösa spermadonatorer. De styr opinionen genom att sprida elaka rykten och de kampanjar för en ny medicin som kommer att göra att allt färre pojkar föds - Baby X.

When the Bloodmoon rose, death came rushing into the world. Now the water is bitter, blight consumes everything, and the Crone haunts the hills. While the Druid of Blackthorn searches desperately for hope, the Ovate returns from the underworld bringing omens of despair. But Idris, the young bard, Keeper of the Sacred Word, will walk through fire and iron to uncover a question no one has ever dared to ask - a question that carries a world of answers on its back, a question that can change everything.

Hurja Mustarinnan soturi Roke ja kuolleiden mailla Luusuvannossa kasvanut hiljainen Karran ovat kaksoset. Kymmenen vuoden eron jälkeen he kohtaavat lähteäkseen noitasaarelle Vornanmutkaan hautaamaan äitiään, noita Terihania. Periltä he löytävät Sudenmarjan, synkän ja ahdistuneen lapsen, jota kaksoset erehtyvät luulemaan pikkusisarekseen ja Vornanmutkan seuraavaksi noidaksi. Esiäideiltä Karran saa kuitenkin kuulla, että hänestä itsestään on määrä tulla Vornanmutkan ensimmäinen miesnoita. Matkasta kohti velhoutta alkaa Sudenlasten suuri seikkailu.

Unscrupulous and lethal, Erin has everything she needs to be an assassin in a world full of mobsters, monsters, and magic. She wasn’t born with powers, but thanks to her Uncanny Ink - arcane tattoos that transform her body into a magic-fuelled killing machine - she’s more than a match for anyone dumb enough to stand between her and getting paid. Fresh out of prison, Erin wastes no time getting back to what she does best: running down wanted men and claiming their bounties.

En el verano de 1963 un náufrago, Roberto de la Grive, llega a una nave abandonada en los Mares del Sur donde encuentra sólo animales desconocidos y máquinas extrañas. Frente a la nave hay una isla de ensueño, tan cercana como inalcanzable. Confinado en este exiguo espacio y perdido en el vasto mar, Roberto nos pone al corriente sobre su pasado a través de las cartas que escribe a una enigmática «Señora». Pero Roberto ha viajado hasta allí con una misión muy concreta: resolver el misterio por el cual pugnan las nuevas potencias de la época, el secreto del Punto Fijo.

Protecting innocents in the mortal world is not a job to be taken lightly, and life for the paranormal Younglings is spiraling back to Insanityville. Stranded spirits, violent, rogue vampires and evil demons are bad enough…but now there’s a serial killer on the loose. The cunning vampire ministry will go to any lengths to secure the half-angel’s blood, but can they find out Eve’s identity? A tenacious vampire tracker is determined to locate her, and he’s closing in.

Tre tvillingpar i Midgrd har ingen aning om vad som vntar dem. Att resan mot Ragnark har brjat och nornornas profetia r p vg att sl in. Brderna och systrarna kommer frn helt olika vrldar och vet inte att de i rakt nedstigande led r resultatet av tre kvinnors mten med en man som kallat sig Rig. Han, som med brustet hjrta en gng skte sig till Midgrd i jakt p samhrighet. Heimdall - vktaren av Bifrost. Nr Heimdalls ttlingar ovetandes dras till varandra stts mrka skeenden i rullning.

The sound of splintering wood jolts twelve-year-old Torin and Terra awake. Hearing thundering footsteps below, they rush to the top of the stairs as the front door crashes to the floor. A mysterious woman shrouded in black sweeps through the opening. Intruders dash in behind her. They break everything in sight, searching for a shield, a book, and a key—her mysticals.

Promises, rules, bones; Erin Banks will break them all. Unscrupulous and lethal, Erin has everything she needs to be an assassin in a world full of mobsters, monsters, and magic. She wasn’t born with powers, but thanks to her Uncanny Ink - arcane tattoos that transform her body into a magic-fueled killing machine - she’s more than a match for anyone dumb enough to stand between her and getting paid. Fresh out of prison, Erin wastes no time getting back to what she does best: running down wanted men and claiming their bounties.

Mark and Emily cross paths every morning on the bustling subway, each engrossed in their own world—Mark with his finance reports, and Emily with her HR policies. But as fate would have it, their daily commute becomes the setting for an unexpected romance. From stolen glances to shared smiles, Mark and Emily’s connection deepens with each passing day. As they navigate the challenges of their careers, friends, and personal lives, they find solace and excitement in each other.

Diana Bishop est la dernière d'une longue lignée de sorcières, mais elle a renoncé depuis longtemps à son héritage familial pour privilégier ses recherches universitaires, une vie simple et ordinaire. Jusqu'au jour où elle emprunte un manuscrit alchimique : l'Ashmole 782. Elle ignore alors qu'elle vient de réveiller un ancien et terrible secret, et que tous - démons, sorcières et vampires - le convoitent ardemment. Parmi eux, Matthew Clairmont, un vampire aussi redoutable qu'énigmatique. Un tueur, lui a-t-on dit.

The mate I rejected made a grave error. He played his hand too early, and he underestimated what a shifter is willing to survive in the name of love. When my mates, my family, and my pack are all threatened, there will be casualties. Who deserves to survive? And when the pieces start to fall into place—who really gets what they deserve?

When Erin Banks was nine years old, her whole life was capsized. Her baby brother was abducted by a mysterious man with burning, red eyes, and her family torn apart. Since that day, Erin has sworn to discover what happened to her brother and reap bloody vengeance on his kidnapper.

Was tun, wenn man feststellt, dass der eigene Mann einer verfeindeten Organisation angehört? Mit dieser Frage sieht sich die Wissenschaftlerin Rabea Winterfeldt plötzlich konfrontiert. In der postpandemischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 2041, in der nur ein kleiner Teil der Menschheit die tödliche Mutation des Coronavirus überlebt hat, wacht ein Geheimbund von Wissenschaftler:innen, dem Rabea angehört, repressiv über die Sicherheit der Bürger:innen. Diese Organisation befindet sich im Untergrundkrieg mit einem Künstler:innenkollektiv, das sich für uneingeschränkte Freiheit des Individuums einsetzt.

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free!Madame Blavatsky is perhaps most well known as a scholar of Theosophy and co-founder of the Theosophical Society. Her studies of religion, mysticism and philosophy converges in this collection of weird fiction, stories that Blavatsky considered lighter fare compared to her usual writing. In this strange collection, you will find the story of a living ghost tormenting an ex-lover from hundreds of miles away, a revelation of a murder in a most unusual way, a tale from the far east of a seer who allows the visualization of events ...

Muinaissuomalaisiin maisemiin sijoittuva rakastettu fantasiaseikkailu nyt äänikirjana! Sisarukset Arni, Troi ja Aile ovat lapsina joutuneet eroon toisistaan. Arni odottaa muita vielä vuosien jälkeen lumisten tuntureiden juurella, yksin, pimeydessä. Troista on tullut ukkosmies, matkaaja, joka väsymättä etsii taivasta, jossa tähdet olisivat taas oikeilla paikoillaan. Ja Aile, noidaksi haukuttu, ulkopuoliseksi katsottu, kohtaa kylän metsässä sielunkumppaninsa, jonka kanssa hän lähtee etsimään oikeaa kotiaan.

Rakastetun fantasiatrilogian huikea päätös. Maailma on vääjäämättä kulkemassa kohti pitkää talvea. Vain vanhojen mahtien suojeluksessa oleva perhekunta Ailegais, Arni ja Troi kumppaneineen ja lapsineen voi selvitä talvesta. He ovat kokoontumassa yhteen matkatakseen kotiin, suuren veden taakse Pohjankontuun. Mutta joukosta puuttuu yksi: Troi, jonka ympärille koko sisarusten ja heidän perheidensä maailma kietoutuu.