Resultados para "Black" en Literatura y ficción

Jude tenía siete años cuando sus padres fueron asesinados y, junto con sus dos hermanas, fue trasladada a la traicionera Corte Suprema del Reino Feérico. Diez años más tarde, lo único que Jude desea, a pesar de ser una mera mortal, es sentir que pertenece a ese lugar. Pero muchos de los habitantes desprecian a los humanos. Especialmente el Príncipe Cardan, el hijo más joven y perverso del Alto Rey. Para hacerse un hueco en la Corte, Jude deberá enfrentarse a él. Y afrontar las consecuencias. 

Nadie está a salvo. A sus dieciséis años, Kaye es una nómada moderna. Atrevida e independiente, viaja de ciudad en ciudad con la banda de rock de su madre hasta que un terrible ataque la fuerza a volver a la casa de su infancia. Allí, en mitad de un barrio obrero de Nueva Jersey, Kaye se verá convertida en un mero peón dentro de una lucha de poder entre dos reinos feéricos rivales. Y esa lucha de poder podría acabar costándole la vida. 

Una mañana, tras una fiesta en apariencia bastante normal, Tana se despierta rodeada de cadáveres. Solo hay otros dos supervivientes de la masacre: su insoportablemente entrañable exnovio, infectado y al límite, y un misterioso chico que carga con un terrible secreto. Para salvar sus vidas, a Tana no le va a quedar más remedio que ir directa al opulento y cruel corazón de la mismísima Coldtown.

Con Hierro, llega la conclusión de la trilogía Cuentos de hadas modernos, de Holly Black! A medida que se aproxima el día más oscuro del año, se acerca también la coronación de Roiben. Y, en mitad de la malévola corte feérica, la joven Kaye solo está Segura de una cosa: su amor por Roiben. Pero, en el mundo de las hadas, el amor es algo muy complejo, y cuando Kaye se declara a Roiben durante la celebración, él la envía a acometer lo que parece una tarea imposible: encontrar a un feérico capaz de contar una mentira.

El príncipe Oak está pagando por su traición. Encarcelado en el helado norte y ligado a la voluntad de una nueva reina monstruosa, tendrá que valerse del encanto y la astucia para sobrevivir. Cuando el rey supremo Cardan y la reina suprema Jude toman medidas extremas para rescatar a su heredero robado, Oak deberá decidir si intenta recuperar la confianza de la chica a la que siempre ha amado o si permanece leal a Elfhame y acaba con el reinado de Wren, aunque eso signifique acabar también con ella.

Kaye ha sedici anni, è fiera, indipendente e vive spostandosi di città in città, al seguito della madre e della sua band. A causa di un evento violento, però, è costretta a mettere fine ai suoi vagabondaggi e a fare ritorno alla casa d'infanzia, dalla nonna materna, un luogo che non ha mai smesso di amare nonostante la lontananza. Qui la sua vita scorre senza troppe emozioni, tra vecchie e nuove amicizie, fino a quando, nel bosco, presta soccorso a un cavaliere fata ferito. Kaye, infatti, ha un dono: è capace di vedere le fate, facoltà preclusa ai comuni mortali.

Angie Dovage can tell there's more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can't imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece—and he's not human.

Malcolm Williams hasn't been okay for a while. He's angry and despondent and feels like nothing good ever happens for teens like him in D.C. All he wants is to be left alone in his room for the summer to draw or play video games—but no such luck. With growing violence in his neighborhood, his mother ships him off to his father’s family farm in Mississippi, and Malcolm is anything but pleased.

Roxie’s senior year at Stark Springs Academy is not what she envisioned. She never intended to be privy to Stark’s biggest secrets, but she’s thrown right into the middle of it, whether she wants to carry that burden or not. As Ryker Black’s girlfriend, nothing is simple or straightforward. A ski racer first and foremost, Roxie can’t let the ghosts of Stark Springs Academy distract her from the racecourse. Will she be able to pull it off?

Welcome to Stark Springs, Colorado, home to the most talented young athletes in the world. When Roxie Slade snaps into a pair of skis, there’s no one on Sugarville Mountain in Vermont who can keep up with her. Still, Roxie was shocked when she received a scholarship to Stark Springs Academy, a boarding school that churns out Olympians in each graduating class. But upon arrival, Roxie discovers that Stark Springs lives under its own set of rules, and it appears one boy plays dictator. Ryker Black is not friendly and Roxie cannot fathom why everyone wants to be his friend.

For too long, Violet and the people of the outer circles of the Lone City have lived in service of the royalty of the Jewel. But now, the secret society known as the Black Key is preparing to seize power. Now, after fighting so hard to escape the Jewel, Violet must do everything in her power to return - not only to save her sister Hazel, who has been taken by the Duchess of the Lake, but the future of the Lone City....

Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. Choosing to remain in the quarantined zone, he cares for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of the former brutal school bully, now transformed by the virus into his best friend. But then a strong-willed and mysterious young woman appears, and the closed-off world Cardinal has created begins to crumble.

Alex, sedici anni, è appena entrato nei Black Boys, un gruppo violento di azione giovanile. Il suo obiettivo è trovare il "nero" che ha causato l'incidente in cui suo padre ha perso la vita e dargli una lezione. I Black Boys sono disposti ad aiutarlo, ma in cambio Alex parteciperà alle azioni punitive che il gruppo organizza. È durante una di queste che Alex perde il controllo della situazione e un uomo finisce in ospedale.

Tamera finds herself at the center of the mystery of her classmate’s disappearance, the resolution of which shocks the people of La Cresta.

The New York Times bestselling series! Magical forces clash and Erthia hovers on the brink of ruin in the can't-miss finale of Laurie Forest’s epic fantasy series, The Black Witch Chronicles! Who can survive the Shadow storm? Black Witch of prophecy Elloren Gardner Grey has unleashed her...

Overnight, Roxie Slade went from an outsider at Stark Springs Academy to a ruler at the prestigious boarding school for elite winter athletes. But Roxie didn’t know if she wanted that power, and she definitely wasn’t sure about sharing it with Ryker Black, who came from a different world and lived by a different set of morals. Ryker may have decided to trust her, but could she trust him? Roxie only cared about her rising position in the ski rankings, but now her status at Stark and within the winter sports community is skyrocketing, whether she asked for it or not.

Bentornati nel regno delle fate... Con l'approssimarsi del giorno più buio dell'anno, si avvicina anche il momento dell'incoronazione di Roiben. E Kaye, che ancora non riesce a sentirsi a proprio agio a corte, di una cosa almeno è certa: del suo amore per lui. Ma, si sa, l'amore non è affare semplice nel mondo delle fate. Kaye lo scoprirà molto presto, quando, ebbra di vino fatato, durante la cerimonia di incoronazione dichiara il suo amore a Roiben. Lui, di rimando, le affida un compito apparentemente impossibile: trovare una fata capace di mentire.

In the first book of a lush fantasy trilogy about warring countries, family secrets, and star-crossed lovers, 18-year-old Branwen finds an enemy washed up on the shore of her kingdom. Rather than let him die at the hands of her people, she nurses him back to health as they begin to fall in love. Branwen helps him escape with his life - only for him to return during a diplomatic visit under his true identity: Prince Tristan of Kernyv.

Magic is all about love. That is why witchcraft is so awful. Witches and warlocks are the absence of love and joy. They are all black magic and darkness. Which is why Rose has to stop the Shadow Walker coven from recruiting more to their ranks.

Something is terribly amiss at Joey Drew Studios. First people start going missing on the job, then there are whispers in the dark, inky shadows. You don't want to miss another thrilling young adult audio adventure from the Bendy team and fan-favorite Adrienne Kress!