Resultados para "Adam" en Contemporánea

A wizard's mansion. A menagerie of magical creatures. One grimoire bonded to a seemingly ordinary young man from London. When Joe Ramsey took a job in a quaint yet otherwise ordinary part of London, the last thing he expected to find was a house filled to the brim with magic. The peculiar man who called himself a wizard has now offered Joe a job. He's to be caretaker to the magical creatures who live in the wizard's house. It's not long, however, before Joe finds himself bonded with one such creature: a grimoire.

Joe's new life becomes complicated when he learns that there's another grimoire out there, one that the Iron Order will do anything to obtain. Even leveling London. But Joe likes London. With his special ability to absorb magic and redirect it as he wills, he might just save it.

Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Adam’s beloved Vicente into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be. Bound by debt, oath, and love, Adam blazes his own trail into the underworld to get Vicente back, and to end the threat of the warlock once and for all. But the road to hell is paved with far more than good intentions.

Returning to Guthrie, Oklahoma, for the funeral of his mysterious and beloved aunt, Sue, Adam Binder once again finds himself in the path of deadly magic when a dark druid begins to prey on members of Adam’s family. It all seems linked to the death of Adam’s father many years ago - a man who may have somehow survived as a warlock. Watched by the police, separated from the man who may be the love of his life, compelled to seek the truth about his connection to the druid, Adam learns more about his family and its troubled history than he ever bargained for.

Adam Binder has the Sight. It’s a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. Years after his brother Bobby had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby’s wife.

Embracing his new role as Champion of the Three-Fold Alliance, Tilly bought the newly established city precious time by establishing the protection of the Sovereign Crystal. But war is coming. Tilly only has a few weeks to master his new powers and weapons, all while the horizon darkens with a gathering horde of flesh-eating monsters. To make matters worse, he's been given a quest that will take him deep into enemy lands in search of a mysterious Primal Aspect.

The last thing Jonathan "Tilly" Tillman remembers is the thunderous crack of a flame-engulfed building collapsing as he tried to save a little girl . . . Until a system administrator offers him a new life on Nephesh, the realm where ideals, myths, and legends clash endlessly for supremacy in the hearts of men. Carrying all the trauma and regrets of his decades-long career as a first responder, Tilly must start from scratch—without a tutorial—in a system-governed universe. To make matters worse, on day one he finds himself facing off against a cosmic force bent on corrupting the entire realm.

Since the day they unwittingly found themselves in the horror show of Carousel, Riley (the Film Buff), Antoine (the Athlete), Kimberly (the Eye Candy), Camden (the Scholar), and Anna (the Final Girl) have learned the rules of their horror-movie world. They've fought through story after story and come out alive—or at least preserved the storyline enough to come back to life. But their biggest challenge yet lies ahead.

Since they were lured to the festival at Carousel, Riley (the Film Buff), Antoine (the Athlete), Camden (the Scholar), Anna (the Final Girl), and Kimberly (the Eye Candy) have lived through entire horror movie plots. So far, Riley's survival strategy is working. He's high on his Moxie, Hustle, and Savvy stats. But his Mettle and Grit have dropped dangerously low, leaving him vulnerable. If he gets caught by a killer, he's done for.

Alexis hat sich in Sparta den Ruf einer unbarmherzigen, gefährlichen Kriegerin erworben. Das verlockt nicht wenige Männer, ihr Glück bei Alexis zu versuchen. Kharon und Augustus, die beiden düsteren Götter der Unterwelt geben sich jede Mühe ihr zu gefallen. Doch auch Alexis attraktive Mentoren Achilles und Patro sind sich auf einmal sicher, dass sie und Alexis füreinander bestimmt sind. Es sieht so aus, als müsste zwischen den Göttern wählen – aber ist das wirklich eine gute Idee?

Working as a quality-assurance grunt in the gaming industry sounds like fun, right? You get to play the coolest new games before anyone else. And all you have to do is to find, reproduce, and report bugs before the last pixel is locked in and the games are launched to an eager public. Sure, there’s the unpaid overtime, the office politics, and the ever-present threat of layoffs. But you get to game!

The Tower of Isaiah spires toward the heavens above, coming closer and closer by the day. The gargantuan construct that towers over the world pierces the clouds like a threatening spear, held aloft to any higher powers above who might be watching this new era of turmoil. However, the precariousness of the situation is more than apparent as human society finds itself pushed to the brink because of the tower and what it represents. The Grand Crusade marches toward Isaiah's holy lands as the foul Witch Perchta and her strange associates conspire in secret to cause the fall of the paradise.

Detective Joe Lazarus is missing. The Dying Squad are on the case, but following reports of his sighting, signs suggest he may have fallen back into his criminal ways. A new drug is taking the world by storm. Spook allows the living to see the dead, but its effects are often fatal. The Dying Squad's visit to a Berlin nightclub quickly turns their search into an entirely more sinister case.

Detective Joe Lazarus works for the Dying Squad, solving crimes the living police can't. When the Generation Killer starts wiping out Manchester's innocents, Joe and his new partner Bits have mere hours to catch the murderer. A young woman's life depends on it. Joe's former partner Daisy-May has her own problems. Children are going missing in the afterlife, and she's the only one who seems to care. Her investigation uncovers a conspiracy so vast, it threatens both the living and the dead.

As a small child, Terry Haynes is involved in a fatal car accident, losing everyone he loved. Amy Doorie is a small-town girl who wants nothing more than to escape her mundane life. After 10 years away, Terry returns, but not as the same person. With secrets that he cannot explain, can Terry be with Amy without risking her life? With a mysterious stalker determined to make his fears a reality, can Terry keep the life he has always wanted?

As a small child, Terry Haynes is involved in a fatal car accident, losing everyone he loved. Amy Doorie is a small-town girl who wants nothing more than to escape her mundane life. After 10 years away, Terry returns, but not as the same person. With secrets that he cannot explain, can Terry be with Amy without risking her life? With a mysterious stalker determined to make his fears a reality, can Terry keep the life he has always wanted?

The Fissure connecting the alternate New York to its counterpart has vanished, plunging the city into a deep freeze. The people are demanding a return to Prohibition and rationing as energy supplies dwindle.

Meanwhile, in the real 1954 New York, the political dynamic has changed. Nimrod finds his department subsumed by a radical new group, Atoms For Peace, led by the mysterious Evelyn McHale. Their goal is simple: total conquest - or destruction - of the Empire State.

As a small child, Terry Haynes is involved in a fatal car accident, losing everyone he loved. Amy Doorie is a small-town girl who wants nothing more than to escape her mundane life. After 10 years away, Terry returns, but not as the same person. With secrets that he cannot explain, can Terry be with Amy without risking her life? With a mysterious stalker determined to make his fears a reality, can Terry keep the life he has always wanted?

An ancient secret order called The Children of Seth banished the forces of hell from Earth centuries ago. Believing the war was over, the order became weakened by bureaucracy and decadence in our modern days. However, the evil forces had returned, and it was time for the order to call upon their legendary warriors, the Stone-wielders.

Mr. Atlas—the carnival’s owner, strongman, and wrestling champion—can bend railroad spikes with his bare hands. Saul Abraham, known as Solomon the Sorcerer while performing magic shows on the carnival stage, wields a power that has little to do with sleight of hand. And Carny, the tattooed son of a gypsy fortune teller, has a strange and mysterious ability that is yet to be truly understood. These men specialize in helping folks who have nowhere else to turn, and they are quite capable at the task.