Showing results for "Hels" in Literature & Fiction

Ten “Doc” Low is a medic with a dark past, riding the wastes of the desert moon Factus, dispensing medicine to the needy and death to those who cross the laws of the mysterious Seekers. Cursed by otherworldly forces, she stays alone to keep herself safe, and to keep others safe from her … But when she experiences a terrifying vision of conflict and the deaths of those she once called friends, she must drag herself back to the land of the living to stop a war before it begins.

The water-covered world of the Swell has been ravaged by the incursion of the moon shards as they make their way through the endless oceans, corrupting and transforming everything in their path. With little information and no clear direction, the remaining pockets of humanity press forward to retain what life they have on the dangerous waters. Enchanted sea glass is still the key to humanity's survival, but there are some who would seek to exploit the celestial objects for their own cause.

Velkomin to Hel or High Water! The show is a real-play podcast of Dungeons and Dragons 5E. If you have never played D&D not to worry, some of our players haven't either. We explain things as they happen. The setting we're using is called Iskløft. Iskløft is a low fantasy, grim, and violent Viking-themed setting for fifth edition D&D that focuses on the desperate struggle for survival of the characters. Is their honour more important to them than victory? Will they break their oaths to succeed? How far will they go to thrive in an otherwise harsh world? There's only one way to find out..!

After grueling two years of slavery under the dread Gorgon Euryale, Shannon has led her friends on a magical escape from Gray Downs, the haunt of the Devourer. Suffering losses during the escape, they hope for better times. However, the Ten Tears find the future bleak, as the portal Dark Prayer drops the young mages into the middle of the Dancing Bay. There begins a leg in their journey to find the Eye of Hel.

Two best friends discuss the plot, theories and characters of the Sarah J. Mass book universe. Follow us on Tiktok and Instagram @acourtofheavenandhel

No one returns from Hel. Hermod aims to change that. With Baldr’s death, Ragnarok has begun. Now, Odin has one last desperate gambit: To send Hermod to the farthest reaches of creation to bring back his son’s soul. The son of a valkyrie, Hermod alone can make such a trek. But to do so he must descend into horrors beyond imagination. But even if he makes it there, can he make back? You’ll love this grim fantasy because it retells classic Norse myths in a whole new way.

Centuries ago, the gods of earth and sea went to war and ravaged the worlds of humans. Now, the oceans have swelled and mortals have made their homes on floating cities, using precious sea glass as the key to their survival. Vila is one of those survivors, fighting every day for control in this brutal world as a Blue Lady and prize fighter. But when a strange corruption seeps through the waters of the Planks, Vila must find allies in an unlikely group to help the people she loves.

Loss in any form seems to burden us with more weight than anything that can possibly be gained or learnt from. The loss of a person, a loved one, is often overwhelming. Lives so interwoven that the severing or loss of one life leaves the other weakened, unable to function for some time. Recovery comes in a myriad of forms but is usually debilitating, slow and, in the end, we are not as whole as we once were.It is a subject that authors return to again and again.

Ett uteblivet telegram, en noga planerad diamantkupp och ett försäkringsbedrägeri i den högre klassen. Allt det här, och mycket mer, finns samlat i denna spännande novellsamling från berättargeniet Jeffrey Archer. Historierna har han samlat på sig under flera års resande och många bygger på kända händelser, medan andra är helt och hållet fiktiva. Gemensamt är att samtliga noveller avslutas med oväntad vändning - något som får läsaren att brista ut i ett "AHA".

Nur die kläglichen Reste ihres Lebens nimmt die 24 jährige Faith im Rucksack mit, als sie überstürzt vor ihrem Ex in die USA flieht. Die Angst gefunden zu werden, treibt sie bereits nach wenigen Tagen von einem Ort zum nächsten, bis sie bei dem berüchtigtsten Motorradclub Amerikas in Texas landet. Sie lernt die "Sons of Hel" kennen und ihr Vorhaben weiterzureisen gestaltet sich schwieriger als erwartet. Sobald die Nomads samt ihrem Präsidenten Tyr eintreffen, erhebt er Anspruch auf sie und stellt ihre Welt auf den Kopf.

Cette nouvelle inédite met en scène Polly qui a coutume de voler les gens qui l'ont contrariée. Jusqu'au jour où, humiliée et épouvantée par un parfait inconnu, elle réagit comme elle l'a toujours fait. Mais jamais elle n'aurait pu imaginer que son désir de vengeance aurait des conséquences aussi terrifiantes.

Helena Truit, Hel, had spent her entire life from the age of seven cleaning up after her parents. Because of her they spiralled into a world of drugs and gambling, which meant it fell to her to dig them out. Drowning in debt and thrown from their cluster, Hel gives up her promising future to slave away all day and night just to scrape together enough to make payments to loan shark Bram Woodroe, alpha of the Woodroe Cluster. If rumours are true, this dangerous man is one of the top names in sex-trafficking and when her parents sank too deep, they offer him the only thing they have. Her.