Resultados para "Cuento 1 Las hadas" en Fantasía oscura

Charlie Reade parece un estudiante de instituto normal y corriente, pero carga con un gran peso sobre los hombros. Cuando él solo tenía diez años, su madre fue víctima de un atropello y la pena empujó a su padre a la bebida. Aunque era demasiado joven, Charlie tuvo que aprender a cuidarse solo... y también a ocuparse de su padre.

All Gesela's life, her home village of Elk has been cursed. And it isn't a single curse—it is one after another, each to be broken by a villager, each with devastating consequences. When Elk's well goes dry, it is Gesela's turn to save her town by killing the toad that lives at the bottom. Except . . . the toad is not a toad at all. He is an Elven prince under a curse of his own, and upon his death, his brothers come for Gesela, seeking retribution.

After a lifetime with a grief-stricken father and a self-absorbed brother, Felicity isn't daunted by sacrifice. But when protecting her father means falling afoul of the curse that has swallowed the Summer Castle, and Prince Justin along with it, her own safety is not all that's at stake. The prince's monstrous form is the least of her concerns—the whole castle has been trapped by his pride, and his absence from the capital is driving the kingdom to ruin.

As a deity, Argonwui knows she can have it all. Watching the green world spinning below, she ventures down to explore and learn about the lesser beings dwelling amongst that swirling gas. A quick visit to relieve the monotony up there among the floating clouds. What could go wrong? The answer hits Argonwui in the face as she finds herself immersed in the cruel world of humans and their petty quarrels. Too late she sees the trap and discovers not only disappointment, sorrow, and anger but hatred and the bitter nature of love.

When powerful siblings discover a terrifying truth, will they embrace a new destiny or turn to darkness? Ashaya Blacksun has had a weight lifted from her shoulders. Freed by her father's abdication of his crown, the former princess's delight over choosing her own path is barely dimmed by her strange and haunting dreams. But when her beloved twin brother doesn't return home from a ranging expedition, the unconventional young woman fears something has gone terribly wrong. Born into royalty, Sirich Blacksun quietly seethes that he's no longer heir to the throne.

There is an ancient evil in the Back Country, dormant for centuries but now hungry and lurking. When it sets its sights on an unsuspecting mother one routine morning, a quiet farming family is suddenly thrust into a world of unspeakable terror, and a young Gretel must learn to be a hero. Collection includes Gretel, Marlene's Revenge, Hansel, and Anika Rising.

Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King's ward, she has spent the past ninety years running errands, dodging the taunts of the spiteful hulijing courtiers, and trying to control her explosive temper - with varying levels of success. So when Jing overhears the courtiers plotting to steal a priceless dragon pearl from the King, she seizes her chance to expose them, once and for all.

The story follows Ertha, a True Healer who is kidnapped from her place at the Selenyss Temple by the Sons of Uther. When she arrives on the shores of the enemy kingdom she's thrust into a tangled web of political intrigue and deadly secrets that leaves her wondering who she can trust—the otherworldly second in command who is her keeper, or the soldier she healed who has vowed to protect her at all costs? But when it becomes clear she wasn't just taken by chance—that there are much more powerful entities with their hands steering her fate—she's forced to confront that nothing is as it seems.

Kora Meadows leads a simple life working for her mother. Sure, she hasn’t found true love, but she tends to keep busy. When impossible things begin to occur around her, culminating in nightmarish dreams of a woman who walks in the worlds of light and dark, Kora discovers she may be a witch. The only thing scarier is her attraction to the handsome (and deadly) man who crosses her path—and the secret society he belongs to that wants her dead.

Lord Guardian Agni Kazirian returns from conquest a hero, celebrated, feared, and dangerously unstable. Beneath his commander's poise lies a darker force coiling through his veins, one tied to the lost myths of a ruined city and an ancient spirit that speaks in madness and blood. As his power grows, so too does the question: is Agni Solantia’s greatest protector, or its greatest threat? Duchess Sara Ristana, his betrothed, is thrust into a brutal game of masks and daggers. Promised to unite East and West, she must decide where her loyalty lies.

In a world where powerful men hold all the control and magic is the ultimate privilege, Aila grew up with two secrets: Spy to a powerful man and the only wielder of Darkness! She was groomed to kill and to lie, and she learned, from a very young age, that her own power could become her weakness. But her latest mission will either force her to reveal herself or to betray her only friend!

For centuries, Persephone, the true Ruler of the Underworld, has watched humanity destroy themselves and the world around them. Known for centuries as her alter ego, Hades, she has guarded the souls under her care, her only interaction outside of her realm as C.E.O. of the largest financial company in the world, Cerberus Financial. She is content with this, except a soul has called to her and her alone for thousands of years. One that she finds herself bound to in more ways than one.

When Monroe Dubois woke up this morning, she hadn’t planned to set an office building on fire. She really hadn’t. Plagued with a lifetime of hallucinations and doctor’s appointments, she was sick and tired of being poked and prodded. She just wanted to live like a normal 25-year-old who had no idea what to do with their lives. Was that too much to ask for? So when the office fire drew the attention of Kaden, the hottest and most infuriating man she’d ever met, she was…curious. When he kept showing up randomly, she was hesitant.

Vireo Reinhold relishes collecting his monarch’s proper dues. Working hard to prolong and fund the king’s never-ending war, the self-centered official revels in the perks of luxury that come with his unorthodox role. But his world upends when he unearths an ancient spellbook that promises to unlock a shadowy, forgotten magic. Embroiled in a secret affair with a fellow noble’s wife, Vireo is mortified when he’s forced to commit an unthinkable act.

Neurodivergent Elemental Roan doesn’t belong in any of the worlds. She boils things, she dreams of death, and she keeps to the shadows whenever she can. But her copper freckles and ashy red curls make her about as subtle as the benyu, the fiery bird of the mythkeepers’ stories. On her 19th birthday, Roan’s village is beguiled by conquering Woodlanders. In an effort to save her people, she throws herself into a reckless blood bargain with Galin, the roguish Woodland general who challenges her heart, complicates her sense of self, and unmasks the true nature of her magic.

Beset by nightmarish creatures from the caverns below, Jason’s tribe is slowly being whittled away. He dreams of joining the glorious Shadowfront and battling the enemy known only as the Void. But, as a lowly Pastfinder, he is denied that path - until he chances upon the ruins of a long dead civilization and discovers a forgotten form of cultivation, one fueled by the ghosts of centuries-lost history and powerful, forbidden knowledge. If his fellow tribesmen learn of his new power's cursed origins, the Void will be the least of his concerns.

This is the story of Makin Riley, a curious boy whose obsession with faeries and monsters leads him to a cemetery that holds the doorway to the world of the dead. After being spotted by one of the reapers that travels between the worlds, the creature takes Makin’s little brother’s spirit, leaving him for dead. Now, Makin and his friends Frankie and Marcus must journey into the darkness of the dead world in order to save his brother’s spirit while there’s still a chance of bringing him back to life.

Trapped in an unfamiliar room with no way out, Anais has no idea just how much her life is about to change. A locked door stands between her and freedom, but as she is just about to find out, the door is the least of her problems. When she meets and forms an attraction to the otherworldly Aethelu, she begins to feel her life is now complete, but when they start to receive threats from a long-forgotten foe, she must make a decision that will impact not only her family, but the fate of everyone.

Seraphina locked her eyes with Magnus as the sheriff grabbed him by his arm and cuffed his wrists together. When he began to fight against the man, he clasped his hand around Magnus’ throat, and Seraphina bowed her head at Magnus, inviting him in.

My clients at my vet clinic have always called me an animal whisperer. I’ve never questioned it. Until I started hearing monsters, too. A man came in right at closing with a sick dog. The dog told me why he was sick, and I was able to treat him. I had no idea his owner would kidnap me. I had no idea his owner had an entire dungeon of monsters he wanted me to treat. I’ve met a minotaur, a mysterious kraken, a phoenix, and this really massive spider. I can hear them, too. If monsters are real and I can talk to them, then what am I?