Resultados para "Fire" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she’s afraid she cannot stop.

LA SOLA COSA CHE PUÒ SALVARE IL REGNO, È L’UNICA CHE NEMMENO I FATI POSSONO CONTROLLARE. "Io combatterò per te, Sera. Ti libererò. E se per farlo dovrò devastare Dalos e tutti i suoi abitanti, così sia" giurò. "Niente mi fermerà. Perché senza di te non sono niente, liessa." Ora che Sera e Nyktos sono nelle mani di Kolis, c’è solo un modo per liberare l’affascinante Primordiale, ed evitare che l’esercito delle Terre d’Ombra invada Dalos innescando una guerra feroce tra Vita e Morte.

Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson, the team behind Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits, collaborate again to create five captivating tales incorporating the element of fire.   

Bianca Monroe has faced gods, goddesses, and war, but nothing could prepare her for Merrick’s capture into the ruins of Faleen Borg. She will stop at nothing to bring him home. The Western Network High Priestess Lana whispers of a guide named Grantham, the only one who can lead Bianca through the shattered remains of the once-great city. Beneath Faleen Borg’s hidden walls lies more than ruin: dangerous magicks, twisted shadows, and a long-forgotten monster.

Depois da improvável e inusitada vitória de Katniss Everdeen e Peeta Mellark nos últimos Jogos Vorazes, algo parece ter mudado para sempre em Panem. Aqui e ali, distúrbios e agitações nos distritos dão sinais de que uma revolta é iminente. Katniss e Peeta, representantes do paupérrimo Distrito 12, não apenas venceram os Jogos, mas ridicularizaram o governo e conseguiram fazer todos – incluindo o próprio Peeta – acreditarem que são um casal apaixonado.

Life as a demon is never an easy one. Orphaned as a child, Simi was left to make her own way in the world of humans. Bound to the Atlantean god who caused the death of her mother, she's spent her life trying to make sense of a world that baffles her. As the gods vie for a power that leaves demons, Dark-Hunters, and humans struggling to take sides, Simi can no longer rely on the god, Acheron, for protection. She must find her own way. Not just for herself, but to save the lives of her family and friends.

It's a neighborhood like any other. Except it is not. Under the surface lurks so many secrets that the teenagers of Shadow Hills fear for their lives. Jazmine knows her friends’ parents are strange supernatural beings, but what about hers? Who can she trust?

"TU SEI L’EREDE DELLE TERRE E DEI MARI, DEI CIELI E DEI REGNI. UNA REGINA AL POSTO DI UN RE. TU SEI LA PRIMORDIALE DELLA VITA." Ora che la verità sul suo piano è venuta a galla, mandando in frantumi la fragile fiducia che si era instaurata tra lei e Nyktos, a Seraphena non resta che aggrapparsi al proprio senso del dovere. Per questo farà tutto il possibile per fermare Kolis, il falso Re degli Dei, e porre fine alla sua tirannia su Iliseum e alla minaccia che rappresenta per i mortali. Anche se questo significa seguire il piano di Nyktos.

"Il mio cuore perse un battito. Stavo fissando il Primordiale della Morte. E per la prima volta in vita mia provavo autentico terrore. Lui non aveva ragione di sospettare che io fossi qualcosa di diverso da quello che sembravo. Non poteva sapere che, nei due secoli che aveva dovuto attendere per la mia nascita, avevamo scoperto come uccidere un Primordiale. L’amore. Quello era il loro punto debole. Fallo innamorare. Diventa la sua debolezza. E poi annientalo. E questo era il mio destino."

Aunque Tamsyn haya crecido en la corte, sabe que no es como las demás princesas. Al mismo tiempo parte de la familia real y la más humilde de sus sirvientas, no encaja en ningún sitio. Su único amigo es Stig, el capitán de la guardia… Aunque a veces le da la sensación de que él quiere algo más que amistad. Cuando Fell, la Bestia de las Tierras Fronterizas, irrumpe en su hogar, Tamsyn es obligada a casarse con el cruel guerrero. Ella accede a participar del engaño, a pesar de que implique dejar atrás a Stig y la única vida que ha conocido.

Sera è finalmente libera da Kolis ed è tornata da coloro che le vogliono bene, eppure i ricordi di ciò che ha passato continuano a perseguitarla, anche ora che finalmente può sperare in un futuro con l'altra metà del suo cuore e della sua anima. Nyktos l'ama, la desidera e la accetta senza riserve, e non dubita che sia adatta a essere la Regina degli Dei, ma Sera deve trovare quella stessa fiducia dentro di sé, se vuole convincere le altre Corti a sostenerla contro Kolis per rendere Iliseum e il regno mortale luoghi migliori e più sicuri per tutti.

The power’s out. And only one chance to escape. Grip of Panic is the riveting fourth book in the After The End post-apocalyptic EMP survival series. If you like compelling characters, spellbinding action, and edge-of-your-seat drama, then you’ll love bestselling author Sam J Fires’s nail-biting thriller.

Gwendolyn is determined to find her baby, lost at sea, and to lead her nation-in-exile to a new home. She travels across foreign and exotic seas, encountering unthinkable dangers, rebellion, and starvation as they sail for dream of a safe harbor. Thorgrin finally meets his mother in the Land of the Druids, and their meeting will change his life forever, make him stronger than he has ever been. With a new quest, he embarks, determined to rescue Gwendolyn, to find his baby, and to fulfill his destiny.

Ceridwen tal Desmond dreams of ruling like her father over the nation of Soldonia, where warriors ride to battle on magical steeds—soaring on storm winds, vanishing in shadow, quaking the earth, and summoning the sea. After a tragic accident claims her twin brother, she is exiled and sworn to atonement by spending her life—or death—for her people. But when invaders spill onto Soldonia’s shores and traitors seize upon the chaos to murder her father, Ceridwen claims the crown to keep the nation from splintering.

Flare is power. With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground—and seventeen-year-old Ingrid Ellis wants her fair share. Ingrid doesn't have a family fortune, monetary or magical, but at least she has a plan: Rise to the top on the arm of Linden Holt, heir to a hefty political legacy and the largest fortune of flare in all of Candesce. Her only obstacle is Linden's father who refuses to acknowledge her. So when Senator Holt announces his run for president, Ingrid uses the situation to her advantage.

My Florida summer is not so hot. My mom and sister disappear, my dad is killed by a rogue wave, and then Hermes - yeah the god guy - shows up. He says a wave didn’t kill my dad - it was a monster from Greek myth. He invites me to attend Mount Olympus Academy where I’ll learn to be a killer and take my revenge.

ShadowStrike poisoned the water of Trinity Falls two months ago. Now the Trinity Four, the teens most affected by the poison, have been isolated in a remote mansion under 24-hour medical care while scientists on four continents rush to discover a cure. Meanwhile, US operatives scour the world for the bioterrorists responsible for this heinous crime as two teen virtual spies, also infected, hunt for the criminals on the Internet.

In a changed world where the sky bleeds red, winter is hotter than hell and full of sandstorms, and summer's even hotter with raging fires that roam the desert-like country, the Heaters manage to survive, barely. Due to toxic air, life expectancies are so low that the only way the tribe can survive is by forcing women to procreate when they turn 16 and every three years thereafter. It is their duty as Bearers. Fifteen-year-old Siena is a Youngling, soon to be a Bearer, when she starts hearing rumors of another tribe of all women, called the Wild Ones.

Though the tyrant rajah she was forced to marry is dead, Kalinda's troubles are far from over. A warlord has invaded the imperial city, and now she's in exile. But she isn't alone. Kalinda has the allegiance of Captain Deven Naik, her guard and beloved, imprisoned for treason and stripped of command. With the empire at war, their best hope is to find Prince Ashwin, the rajah's son, who has promised Deven's freedom on one condition: that Kalinda will fight and defeat three formidable opponents.

An undeciphered language in Crete. A rash of mysterious disappearances, from Bolivia to Japan. An ancient warning at the ruins of Babel. And a new spiritual leader, who claims that human history as we understand it is about to come to an end.