Resultados para "Gilead" en Fantasía

Olvidado Rey Gudú es la obra maestra de Ana María Matute y una de las grandes novelas del siglo XX. Repleta de fábulas y fantasías, narra el nacimiento y la expansión del Reino de Olar, con una trama llena de personajes, aventuras y de un paisaje simbólico: el misterio Norte, la inhóspita estepa del Este y el Sur, rico y exuberante, que limitan la expansión del Reino de Olar, en cuyo destino participan la astucia de una niña sureña, la magia de un viejo hechicero y las reglas del juego de una criatura del subsuelo.

El cielo de Madrid se tiñe de rojo sangre... El firmamento parece venirse abajo. Pero este solo es el primero de una serie de sucesos extraordinarios. A lo largo de dos intensos días de septiembre de 1859, dos personajes opuestos llevarán a cabo la investigación de estos fenómenos. Él es un hombre huraño y cínico, aferrado a la razón, antiguo investigador de falsos milagros que ya no cree en nada; ella, una joven vidente que puede percibir lo que la razón niega pero que vive atemorizada por inquietantes visiones.

Septiembre de 1859. Tras la extraña tormenta solar, la ciudad aguarda en una calma tensa: está a punto de cumplirse una amenaza escrita hace siglos. En el silencio resuenan los bastones de un hombre huraño y metomentodo. A su lado camina una joven ciega que puede ver lo que nadie ve. Juntos forman una singular pareja de investigadores: razón frente a intuición, ciencia contra creencia. Una nueva pista les va a conducir hasta un apartado manicomio, y este será solo el principio.

Sonya recibe la noticia de que su difunto padre tenía un hermano gemelo poco después de romper su compromiso matrimonial y perder su trabajo, así que, cuando descubre que su tío desconocido le ha dejado en herencia una mansión victoriana en la costa de Maine, decide instalarse en ella para descubrir por qué los niños fueron separados al nacer y la razón por la que todo se mantuvo en secreto.

Powerful Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios, is sad to see Odysseus, King of Ithaca, depart from her island, Aeaea—but her heartbreak is eased after dolphins take her to Delos, where she explores a new love relationship. Circe has a strained relationship with her mother, Perse, but when she finally listens to Perse's encouragement to seek out the amphibian god Glaucus, she's glad she's heeded her advice. Together, the two embark on underwater adventures, and Circe shares with Glaucus her knowledge about the healing and harmful power of herbs.

Qualcuno li chiamava Lupi di mare, altri semplicemente vichinghi. Per due anni Osric ha vissuto una vita tranquilla, anche se temuto ed evitato per il suo passato misterioso e il suo occhio rosso sangue. Quando i predoni dall'altra parte del mare saccheggiano il suo villaggio, si ritrova prigioniero del loro capo, Sigurd il Fortunato. Immerso nel mondo dei norvegesi e spinto dalla loro brama di avventura, Osric si dimostra un autentico guerriero e crea un profondo legame con Sigurd.

After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escape the American Civil War. Seven thousand miles later, they drop from the clouds onto an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Through teamwork, scientific knowledge, engineering, and perseverance, they endeavor to build a colony from scratch. But this island of abundant resources has its secrets. The castaways discover they are not alone. A shadowy, yet familiar, agent of their unfathomable fate is watching.

Sometimes even in the middle of nowhere, trouble finds you. When you're a librarian working the night shift, it's even more likely, but Ava has a few tricks up her sleeve for dealing with the shifters, visitors and creatures who roam in the dark. If she's very lucky, the new stranger in town will prove to be a boon rather than a hindrance. A cozy, romantic fantasy.

Duke and Earl are just passing through Rockwood county in their pick-up truck when they stop at the Diner for a quick bite to eat. They aren't planning to stick around-until Loretta, the eatery's owner, offers them $100 to take care of her zombie problem. Given that Duke is a werewolf and Earl's a vampire, this looks right up their alley.But the shambling dead are just the tip of a particularly spiky iceberg.

Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien’s most popular stories, full of wit and humour, set in the days when giants and dragons walked the earth. He did not look like a hero. He was fat and red-bearded and enjoyed a...

Elian of Han-Gilen is the pride and scandal of her father's princedom. She has out-ridden, out-hunted, and out-shot every suitor. Now comes one whom she could bring herself to love: No lesser man than the throne prince of the Golden Empire. But Elian swore an oath as a child to a foster brother who is now a warrior king. Consort to an imperial heir or squire at arms to a conqueror: Elian must choose, and in choosing, decide the fate of two empires.

Once upon a time, there was a powerful witch who ran away from her grandmother. The grandmother sent out bloodhunters to find her, but she enchanted a cherry red cloak to mask her blood's scent. Not too far away, there was a big, bad Lycan who had one drink too many. Blurry visions of a woman in red and one passionate night left him with nothing but a primal pull to her. What happens when the woman in red runs back into the arms of the Lycan? Will she escape her grandmother's grasp? Or will she be sacrificing herself to the big, bad wolf?

Years have passed since the clash of shieldwalls echoed across the land. The Saxons are now the lords of Britain. And yet the bards still sing of Arthur - 'In our darkest time, when we need him most, shall he come again.' Yet old Beran has no love of bards' songs. Nor of people, unless they are paying him to steal or kill. He is a mercenary, in the employ of the cutthroat Nabor ap Nabor, and he has been ordered to murder a boy fleeing a burning city. No ordinary boy either. No, this boy is the son of King Constantine and the grandson of High King Ambrosius.

Please note, this audio edition alternates between sections written and performed in the Orkney dialect, and their English translations. Astrid is returning home from art school on Mars, looking for inspiration. Darling is fleeing a life that never fit, searching for somewhere to hide. They meet...

Britain is a land riven by anarchy, slaughter, famine, filth and darkness. Its armies are destroyed, its heroes dead or missing. Arthur and Lancelot fell in the last great battle and Merlin has not been seen these past 10 years. Now, the Saxons are gathering again, their warbands stalk the land, their king seeks dominion. As for the lords and kings of Britain, they look only to their own survival and will not unite as they once did under Arthur and his legendary sword Excalibur.

Fighting in Sweden for an ambitious warlord, Sigurd Haraldarson and his small but loyal band of oath-sworn warriors are winning fame and reputation. But Sigurd knows that to take on his hated enemy, the oath breaker King Gorm - the man who betrayed his father, a man Sigurd has vowed to kill - he must earn riches enough to build an army. Many believe Sigurd to be Óðin-favoured, but his exploits have drawn the eye of another god, too: Loki the Trickster.

An eight-year-old boy with his whole life ahead of him. A disgraced police officer. An artistic witch who lost her career and her freedom thanks to police corruption. What do they all have in common? They’re dead. Three lives ruined. And for what? That’s what Zilla Chaplin needs to find out. It’s not that she’s particularly keen to do so. Zilla has her comfort zone—you know, books, plants, tea and biscuits—and quite frankly, murder doesn’t float her boat.

Everyone said Valine’s mother was vain and a terrible queen. She was neglectful of her kingdom, which held the door open for her tributary king, Vukan Wulfric, to overthrow her. Valine escaped with her life and a desire to regain all that was taken from her. But the burden of being the inept queen’s daughter, and the will to not repeat her mother’s mistakes, weigh heavy on her.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Lancelot by Giles Kristian. The legions of Rome are a fading memory. Enemies stalk the fringes of Britain. And Uther Pendragon is dying. Into this fractured and uncertain world the boy is cast, a refugee from fire, murder and betrayal. An outsider whose only companions are a hateful hawk and memories of the lost. Yet he is gifted, and under the watchful eyes of Merlin and the Lady Nimue he will hone his talents and begin his journey to manhood.

Going to a new school sucks. Trying to fit in as a Dark sucks more. All the other alignments enjoy an easy, normal life of wielding the elements or communing with plants, animals, and spiritual beings. But Darks? Ghosts and demons give them zero personal space, not to mention the creeps.