Resultados para "Úrsula" en Acción y aventura

¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar! El archipiélago de Terramar sufre una grave crisis: la magia está desapareciendo. Ged el Archimago deberá abandonar su amada Roke para descubrir el origen de la desgracia y restaurar el equilibrio. Junto al joven príncipe Arren, emprenderá un arriesgado viaje que los llevará hasta los confines del mundo, hasta la costa más lejana.

Primera entrega del emblemático ciclo de Terramar. En el mundo de Terramar la magia es un elemento indispensable. Un principio fundamental rige ese mundo: el equilibrio entre la vida y la muerte, que pocos pueden alterar. Pasados diez años, Ged capaz ya de actuar en beneficio de otros, decide recobrar la mitad de un anillo perdido en las tumbas de Atuan; sin embargo la sacerdotisa le involucrará en las profundidades de Terramar. ¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar!

¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar! Al hechicero Aliso le aterra conciliar el sueño, pues hacerlo significa trasladarse a la tierra de los muertos para encontrarse con su esposa. Ella falleció muy joven y desea tanto regresar a él que lo besó a través del bajo muro de piedra que separa nuestro mundo de la Tierra Seca, donde la hierba está marchita, las estrellas, siempre quedas, y los amantes se cruzan sin reconocerse. Cada noche, los muertos atraen a Aliso hacia ellos para, a través de él, liberarse e invadir Terramar.

Segunda entrega del emblemático ciclo de Terramar. Han pasado más de diez años desde que Ged se enfrentara a su propia sombra en "Un mago de Terramar". Capaz ahora de actuar en beneficio de otros, decide recobrar la runa de la unión, la mitad perdida del anillo de Erreth-Akbé, guardado, se cuenta, en las Tumbas de Atuan. La sacerdotisa de las Tumbas es Arha, que lleva el significativo apodo de la Devorada, y que no tiene identidad, pues la ha perdido para ponerse al servicio de los Sin Nombre, las potestades tenebrosas de Terramar.

¡Déjate llevar por la magia de Terramar! El mal medra, y la magia se ha pervertido. En todas partes hay miedo e incertidumbre; magos y reyes quieren que una mujer de Gont les muestre el camino. Tenar, sacerdotisa de Atuan, cuida de Therru, una muchacha que ha conocido el horror, y dedica toda su fuerza y sabiduría a protegerla de sus perseguidores y llegar a entender un mundo que está cambiando de una manera misteriosa.

DEMON CLAWS: The battle against the demons has been won. The town of Tibbet’s Brook is enjoying a peaceful winter until the body of local businessman Rusco Hog is discovered on the old Tanner farm, his fatal injuries pointing towards a demon attack. BUTTER COOKIES: For Selia Barren, the Town Speaker, the evidence doesn’t add up. She suspects foul play. Rusco didn’t become the richest man in town by making friends, and it seems everyone in Tibbet’s Brook has a motive.

Idina Moorfield’s elemental magic has changed. The problem may be spreading. Now, it’s affecting Hellion Squadron and the monsters they face. But how does Idina’s team do their job when magic keeps changing all the rules before they can learn them? Hellion’s missions can’t pause just because Bravo Team’s abilities are causing a little more havoc than normal. They’ll have to improvise, work together, and cover each other’s backs until Uncle Richard’s deadly research provides either an explanation or something they can use. If it ever does.

Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal—they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds. The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing. As Bryce, Hunt, and their friends get pulled into the rebels' plans, the choice becomes clear: stay silent while others are oppressed, or fight for what's right.

Just when John thinks things are finally calming down, the world never fails to throw a new twist his way. And the latest one is deadly. A distress call from Katrine has set John on a crash course with a band of vicious dimensional raiders led by a supreme mage who are already planning an invasion, while back home, the clock is ticking on the prophecy of the beast invasion that will wipe humans from the face of the world. Worse still, John’s mana is growing stronger, forcing him to choose between sealing his mana away and becoming mortal, or destroying the world by his very presence.

The apocalypse is approaching as his Doom Points tick up and John is finding it harder and harder to keep it together. His deepening knowledge of magic seems to be helping but as a hidden society creeps out of the shadows, intent on throwing the world into chaos, it may not be enough.

Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc. But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home. Neither is magic. That's a problem when their primary objective is to get in, stop the source of monsters, and get back out. When everything leads Idina and her team back to her Muirden ancestral home in Scotland, the mission takes on a completely different meaning none of them saw coming.

Idina Moorfield and her team face a new threat—silent, potentially deadly, and coming from within Hellion Squadron this time. Video footage of their last mission is threatening the program's anonymity, making tensions rise. Bravo Team even took out their last target, but they still can't seem to win. Is Hellion Command falling apart from the inside out, because even their commander can't keep his magic under control. Commander may have found a pattern to their problems, but hang on, it's bigger than anyone thought.

Detan Honding, a wanted conman of noble birth and ignoble tongue, has found himself in the oasis city of Aransa. He and his trusted companion Tibs may have pulled off one too many cons against the city’s elite and need to make a quick escape. They set their sights on their biggest heist yet - the gorgeous airship of the exiled commodore Thratia. But in the middle of his scheme, a face changer known as a doppel starts murdering key members of Aransa’s government.

Coel ap Math and Snorri Yaroslav serve on the Frontier with Debts of Commission they can never hope to pay. When an enemy no one believes exists wipes out their detachment, the two warriors find themselves disgraced, destitute, and dishonorably discharged. They are soldiers without a cause and must pay off their commissions or face a lifetime of indentured servitude or a rope. When an Eastern sorcerer makes them an offer they cannot afford to refuse, they join a disparate band of associates.

Idina Moorfield and Hellion Squadron are going on their first mission. Months and months of training is finally paying off. No amount of training could have prepared them for this. A monster unlike anything they have seen before. Idina and her team are going to have to come up with new tactics to capture or kill this monster... if they can. The world is changing. Magic is changing. Can Idina, Richard and Hellion Squadron adapt to the changes and stay on top of the monster threat they're facing?

Lieutenant Colonel Richard MacBlair has appeared out of thin air. Idina Moorfield has far more questions than the few answers her Uncle is willing to give her. He wants her to wait and she’s tired of waiting. Does she have a choice? Not really when Uncle is also your boss. Why is he trying to ignore their family connection? Has he been helping her from the sidelines all along? Someone is gunning for Idina and has her in its sights. She just doesn’t know who or what it is.

Idina Moorfield isn’t the only one on her team with unusual powers. Her buddy, Stop remembers everything he sees, and Cake is a new kind of man of steel. That’s the last two, which means everyone in Idina’s unit has a unique talent. Why would the Army want to bring them all together? Her commander, Hines is still refusing to answer her questions. She’s on a need-to-know basis, and right now, she doesn’t need to know. But Idina’s untapped powers are getting stronger and more aggressive.

When Eric Carter helps a friend with a deadly ritual that could determine the fate of the most powerful mage family in Los Angeles he steps into the middle of centuries-long feuds with people who make the Borgias look like the Brady Bunch. Eric's just fine with the murder, soul eaters, and death magic. He's just having trouble adjusting to being brought back from the grave. If he's not careful, somebody's going to put him right back.

Welcome to Hellion Squadron. A new unit, new challenges and possibly new friends await Idina Moorfield as she joins other magicals in the military to train against magical monsters. The soldiers in this unit are different, yet all the same. They were in the military, had issues because they had magic and nobody to teach them, then were recruited to the unit. And now they have to learn to work together–as a team. The Olc is rearing its ugly head again. Idina and Richard need to find a way to put it down–for good.

Richard MacBlair has all the answers Idina Moorfield needs and is finally willing to share them. Well, most of them. Who knew there was a whole special forces division? Dedicated to people exhibiting magical powers to deal with unique challenges? Things are starting to make a lot more sense to Idina. But a lot more changes may be coming her way.