Showing results for "Rook" in Dark Fantasy

Ren came to Nadežra with a plan. She would pose as the long-lost daughter of the noble house Traementis. She would secure a fortune for herself and her sister. And she would vanish without a backward glance. She ought to have known that in the city of dreams, nothing is ever so simple. Now, she is Ren, con-artist and thief. But she is also Renata, the celebrated Traementis heir. She is Arenza, the mysterious pattern-reader and political rebel. And she is the Black Rose, a vigilante who fights alongside the legendary Rook.

He is a body snatcher. He kills by taking over the bodies of his victims, leaving no blood or weapons at the scene of the crimes. Disillusioned by the loss of his Catholic faith, Rook seeks answers to his unique ability and finds that heaven and hell are not what he was taught to believe. Now, in their way, angels and demons seek to head off the calamity that Rook is quickly becoming because for each body he takes and each soul he breaks, he is becoming more and more Fractured.

Jaxson Rooks thought it was just going to be another quite night at home with the wife. It is never that easy in the life of a Terran contractor, when they learn that their two daughters have been kidnapped along with his father-in-law. Now it is a race against time as they have to track down the Red Dragon company, who Jaxson has deep ties to, and find where they are holding their family. It's not like anyone would expect a Terran Scientist would bring guns, lots of guns. Not to mention his secret weapon.

Nyro’s ambitious plan to rescue his brother has failed, and now, every member of the Board sees him as a traitor. But, against all odds, he’s still alive, and while there is breath left in him, there is hope. Now, his goal is to find his brother again and make another plan for escape. He must learn all he can about the Black Court, its weaknesses, and secrets. And while he prowls, he hopes to create enough chaos to undermine the Board from within.

Das Studium am sagenumwobenen Aconite Institute hat Runa verändert: Sie ist sich ihrer wahren Identität bewusst geworden. Und sie ist ihrem Mentor Kyril nähergekommen. Doch Runas Fähigkeit, als Schattenspringerin die Seelen Verstorbener ins Jenseits zu geleiten, ruft dunkle Mächte auf den Plan: Zuerst wird sie des Instituts verwiesen. Dann verschwindet Kyril auf einer Wanderung durch die schottischen Lowlands spurlos.

Runa sehnt sich nach einem Neuanfang. Ein Studienplatz am Aconite Institute scheint daher perfekt. Hier kann sie endlich ihre ewigen Albträume und den Streit mit ihrer Mutter hinter sich lassen, die Runa einfach nicht verraten will, wer ihr Vater ist.  Doch kaum in Edinburgh angekommen, werden Runas Träume immer schlimmer – und realistischer. Schließlich erfährt sie von ihrem Mentor, dem viel zu arroganten Kyril, den Grund dafür: Sie ist eine Schattenspringerin und kann die Seelen Sterbender ins Jenseits geleiten.