Resultados para "Awakenings" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

The last thing she remembers is being shot at point-blank range just as a roiling warp storm engulfed the Calaphrax Cluster. Now, she finds herself awakening on a distant Ecclesiarchy stronghold and indebted to a magos called Metik, who has brought her back from the brink of death. Shortly after her resurrection, Sabbathiel is called to an audience on the planet Hulth by a high-ranking inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus, Heldren, who informs her that after being lost for so long, the members of her former conclave no longer trust her.

Lieutenant Commander Ashton "Ash" Haze has always embraced two things in his life: adventure and women. But when he awakens on an alien planet, there's no time for anything other than survival - or so he thinks.

Billions of years before the first Sentient life existed, The Keepers – The Children of Time – were stewards of the universe. Paschia, the most powerful Keeper of all, spent his life focused on only one thing: discovering his purpose. Through a series of journal entries, Paschia documented his awakening, growth, philosophy, and the eventual rift that tore him and his siblings apart. In his wisdom, he coded secret messages into his journals, and hid them so that only his most trusted allies might one day uncover the secrets of his life’s work.

Viola is a Parisian librarian by day and parkourist by night. The last thing she wants is an arranged marriage (ick) with a man (double ick). If Viola can fund the library and keep it open, she might keep her job and freedom, might being the key word. To make matters worse, strange magical shades keep attacking her, threatening her physical safety. Viola knows magic is real and wants to be part of that world, but she can't find a way out of her mundane life. She can only vent her troubles to her confidant, a lady gargoyle . . . though the statue has never spoken back.

Schon ein ganzes Leben lang hält Ethan seine brutalen, düsteren Triebe geheim. Niemand weiß, dass hinter seinem zurückhaltenden Wesen ein ständiger innerer Kampf gegen den Drang zu töten tobt. In der Hoffnung, diesen Gelüsten zu entkommen, entschließt er sich, seine Heimat zu verlassen. Doch gerade, als er in der Fremde etwas Frieden gefunden hat, tritt plötzlich Emma in sein Leben—und es offenbart sich eine gefährliche Bedrohung aus ihrer Vergangenheit. Ethan ist bereit alles aufzugeben, um Emma zu beschützen.

Isabelle möchte nicht dasselbe Schicksal wie ihre Eltern erleiden. Daher hat sie sich völlig abgeschottet von der Welt. Trotz ihrer Entschlossenheit allein zu bleiben, gerät ihre Welt aus den Fugen, als jemand aus der Vergangenheit an ihre Tür klopft. Stefan ist von der großen Ansammlung an Vampiren in Isabelles Haus überrascht, fühlt sich jedoch sofort zu der lebendigen, stets frechen und willensstarken Isabelle hingezogen. Zu seiner großen Überraschung tut Isabelle alles in ihrer Macht stehende, um Stefan zu meiden und sich vor ihrem Verlangen zu verschließen.

Mollie erwacht, gefangen in einem Käfig, ohne auch nur zu ahnen, wie sie und ihre Schwester Aida dort gelandet sind. Doch sie sind nicht allein in diesem Alptraum. Mollie schwört, alles zu tun, um Aida zu retten, nachdem ihre Peiniger sie ihr entrissen haben. Dafür muss sie herausfinden, wie sie fliehen kann. Nach einem unerwarteten Angriff sind auch Mike und seine Freunde in die Gefangenschaft der Wilden geraten. Der Weg in die Freiheit scheint versperrt, bis Mike erstaunt feststellt, dass ausgerechnet die menschliche Frau im Käfig neben ihm der Schlüssel zu seiner Rettung ist.

There are some sights you can never unsee. Visions of my brother, my chosen mate, and my friends meeting their individual gruesome ends? That is something that will stay with me forever. The Originals made me experience the faux tragedies, and their message is clear - do things our way or they all die. The problem is that doing things their way could lead to the genocide of all non-gifted humans and suppression of all paranormals. That’s just not something my group and I can accept. Even if it puts our lives at risk, we have to fight for the future - our own and the humans.

Dante’s relentless determination to bring home lost people and reunite families has driven him since the day his sister disappeared, twenty years ago. After giving up on having a family, his life was consumed with finding those who are missing … until he meets Cassidy. Cassidy wasn’t expecting Dante to walk into the bar where she works, but now that he’s entered her life, she’s unwilling to let him go. Once she learns Julie, the newest teenager Dante is searching for, is mixed up with vampires, she’s determined to help him find the girl.

Various awakenings manifest themselves as Gen. Ygl of the Lorel Elves and the Party of the Jode battle evil forces trying to undermine continental Zaendara's peace. Some awakenings are mental flashbacks (memorials), forcing the afflicted to question their threatened existence and themselves. And so, the party is created in hopes to retrieve the elusive Jode that will stop Xurchon and Emperor Rondo's deranged plans and hopefully answer these reckonings, adding two unlikely members.

Darkness calls to Aiden, and he’s fighting a losing battle. Since the day he stopped aging, it’s threatened to consume him. He only hopes someone kills him before he gives in to the savage nature fighting for control. Just when he believes he’ll lose the battle, he encounters Maggie, and for the first time in years, he has hope for his future. After growing up without a stable home, Maggie enjoys the security she’s worked so hard to attain. Everything changes the night Aiden lands in her ambulance.

Despite knowing Aida was his mate, Julian left her behind to live her dreams. Now that he’s a fully matured vampire, he’s as good as dead without her. Deciding it’s time to say goodbye to his family, he returns to the States. He wasn’t expecting to run into Aida again, but now that he has, he’s not sure he can let her go a second time. It’s been four and a half years since Julian walked out of her life. Living in Boston and struggling to pay her bills, the last thing Aida expects is Julian’s sudden return. She worked hard to overcome the hurt his abandonment caused…

When Mollie awakens to find herself in a cage, she doesn’t remember how she or her sister got there, but she discovers they are not alone in their nightmare. Mollie vows to do whatever it takes to rescue Aida when their captors take her sister from her cage. She just needs to figure out how to escape first. Mike and his friends discover themselves imprisoned by Savages in the aftermath of an attack they never saw coming. Unsure of how to break free, he’s surprised to learn the human next to him is the key to his freedom... and his future.

Mia may be free of the chains and vampires who held her captive, but the aftermath of what she endured lingers. Survival came with a price, and she can no longer stand the touch of another. David never expected to find his mate, but now that he has, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her. Knowing she’s traumatized by the abuse she endured, he’s determined to help Mia trust him, even if it means resisting his growing urge to claim his mate. As Mia’s faith in him increases, their bond deepens.

Desperation drives Abigail Byrne to contact the man she’s determined to forget... even if it might leave her with a broken heart. It’s been six years since she laid eyes on Brian, but she’s been unable to get him out of her thoughts and dreams. However, when her twin sister disappears, Abby’s forced to ask him to help find Vicky. Brian’s life as a vampire has consisted of little more than killing and death for the last two hundred years. He’s convinced kindness and love have no place in his world until he hears Abby’s frantic plea for help.

When Jack escapes the vampires holding him captive, he thinks his biggest worries are finding his friends and avoiding the Savages pursuing him... until he stumbles across Charlie. He’s not sure what’s more dangerous, the vampires hunting him or the woman who harbors more secrets than the island where he’s trapped. Charlie wasn’t expecting Jack to fall into her life, but now that he has, she doesn’t know what to do with him. She can’t leave him behind to be hunted, but her growing attraction to him frightens her more than the Savages.

With only a month left in college, Ian is busy enjoying the remaining time with his friends. Since reaching maturity, his life hasn’t been as carefree as it once was, but he’s found a way to fight the destructive urges growing within him by losing himself in women. But that all changes when Paige falls, half dead, into his arms. Driven by the need to keep her safe, Ian flees with her. Paige spent the past four years of her life training to fight—and kill—vampires. When she’s forced into hiding with Ian, she’s determined to believe he’s just another monster in need of beheading.

Determined not to live her parents’ fate as a mated vampire, Isabelle locks herself away from society. Despite her resolve to avoid anyone outside her family, her world is rocked when Stefan arrives. The powerful, stunning vampire is everything she never wanted. Stefan isn't expecting to walk into a nest full of vampires, but he’s immediately drawn to the vibrant, defiant, and willful Isabelle who goes out of her way to avoid him. No matter how hard she tries to fight it, Isabelle can’t deny the pull she feels toward Stefan.

Ethan has spent his entire life hiding violent urges from his family. They think he’s just antisocial; what they don’t know is he struggles every day against his growing desire to kill. Hoping a change of scenery will help, he escapes to Bermuda to join Isabelle and Stefan. He’s not expecting Emma to walk into his life and give him the first peace he’s known in years. However, the solace he finds with her is soon shattered when someone from Emma’s past returns to claim her.

In the stillness of a secluded hill, a dark army of trolls and knights remain frozen in time, shrouded in an eerie silence. At the heart of it all, their formidable leader—a dark mage—awaits, in patient meditation, biding his time for the moment of liberation from his eternal prison. Only one individual possesses the power and determination to change the Dark One's fate: Matara, driven by an urgent mission to save his beloved sister. Time is short, and the Dark One’s freedom is Kessaria’s only chance for survival.