Resultados para "Gray" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

A runewitch on the run has only one option left: join forces with the sarcastic, unpleasantly gorgeous necromancer she loathes The man Thraga loved is dead, and her future is in shambles. When she's sentenced to the gallows for killing her lover's murderers, it's a relief more than anything… until, the night before her execution, a necromancer is thrown into her cell. Escaping with him is her only chance to bring Lark back to life—and also the start of all her troubles.

Dorian es un joven muy atractivo y refinado a quien su amigo y pintor, Basil, retrata en un cuadro. Lord Henry, otro joven, amigo de los dos, asegura que el cuadro es el mejor que ha pintado Basil, ya que ha sido capaz de plasmar a la perfección la juventud y lozanía de la belleza de Dorian. Al ver ese perfecto reflejo de sí mismo en el cuadro, Dorian siente pánico de perder esa belleza y juventud, que sabe que inevitablemente se irán marchitando con el implacable devenir del tiempo.

Step into the golden age of imagination with Classic Science Fiction Short Stories, a powerful collection of visionary tales from the masters who defined the genre. Featuring works by Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Andre Norton, and E. E. Smith, this anthology explores humanity’s future, the limits of technology, distant worlds, and the nature of reality itself.

His enjoyable life was ripped away from him when a princess from another world summoned him into her realm. She desperately needs Owen to defeat her evil uncle and the dark magical blight that’s plaguing Dawnstorne.

Als Vanessa Hart von einem Wolfsrudel angegriffen wird, ist ihr Leben nicht mehr dasselbe: Ihre beste Freundin überlebt den Angriff nicht, und Vanessa wird schwer verletzt an einen magischen Hof der Werwölfe gebracht. Um sich mit ihren neu gewonnen Kräften vertraut zu machen, wird ihr der charmante Prinz Sinclair zur Seite gestellt. Und zwischen langen Unterrichtsstunden an der Werwolf-Academy und der Suche nach dem Mörder ihrer Freundin, kommen die beiden sich immer näher.

"If it were I who were to be always young and the picture to grow old, I would give my soul for it." So says Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's brilliant creation who sells his soul for youth and beauty.

El retrato de Dorian Gray es considerada una de las últimas obras clásicas de la novela de terror gótica con una fuerte temática faustiana, además muestra un pintor con afecto íntimo y directo con el personaje principal. El libro causó controversia cuando fue publicado por primera vez; sin embargo, es considerado en la actualidad como «uno de los clásicos modernos de la literatura occidental.

After thirteen-year-old Samantha Morris almost drowned in her parents' lake, the nightmares that followed paled in comparison to the real-life horrors of watching her mother descend into madness. By the end of the summer, Kate Morris disappeared without a trace. Now an adult, Samantha is faced with another unexpected loss in her partner Ellie as well as the return of the nightmares. Only now, they're bleeding into her waking hours, forcing her to question her own sanity, and they're only getting worse.

After dropping out of med school, Lucy Sullivan thought her skill with a scalpel would only be useful for her hobbyist taxidermy. Life takes another unexpected turn when she becomes the doctor for a most unusual patient: one who's already dead. Or undead, rather. Subject X-14, The Revenant—aka Victor—may be a collection of stitched-together corpses with a hunger for human flesh, yet Lucy soon finds herself grappling with an unexpected fondness for her patient. Despite her general fear of getting close to people, she wants to make him happy just as badly as she wants to cut him open.

The power to devour souls and grow stronger with every kill. In the monster-infested wastelands where the very air burns at night, James must learn to control his abilities and hunger. A cultivation fantasy where power comes at the ultimate price. Alongside Luna, a demi-human shunned by society, James carves a bloody path through Forsaken-infested ruins, collecting corpses, crafting makeshift gear, and struggling with the monstrous instincts rising inside him.

Este ebook presenta "El retrato de Dorian Gray", con un índice dinámico y detallado. Se trata de una novela que escribió Oscar Wilde, publicada en 1890. Se considera una de las últimas obras clásicas de la novela de terror gótica con una fuerte temática faustiana. La novela cuenta la historia de un joven llamado Dorian Gray, retratado por el artista Basilio Hallward, quien queda enormemente impresionado por la belleza física de Dorian y comienza a encapricharse con él, creyendo que esta belleza es la responsable de la nueva forma de su arte.

Entendez-vous les Chants, qui murmurent au creux de l'hiver ? Où qu'elle aille, Elvi est suivie par des chuchotements mystérieux que personne d'autre ne perçoit ; signe qu'elle manie une magie ancestrale et totalement proscrite. Un jour, elle y répond malgré elle, sans savoir que son frère l'a suivie à l'orée des bois ; elle est prise en flagrant délit. Aussitôt répudiée par son village, elle est ballottée entre sidération et l'espoir de racheter son honneur. Traquée pour ce don qu'elle rejette, dépossédée de l'avenir de fille et d'épouse qui l'attendait, Elvi est perdue.

La novela relata la historia de Dorian Gray, mezclando realidad y fantasía. Un joven atractivo y exitoso desarrolla la obsesión por mantenerse siempre joven, después de que el pintor Basil Hallward, su amigo, lo relata soberbiamente en un lienzo. Todas las huellas de sus depravados actos y los estragos del paso de tiempo se traspasan a la pintura, permaneciendo él inmutable, lanzándose así en una espiral de odio y vicio.

En esta novela, Oscar Wilde indaga sobre el mito de la eterna juventud, al recrear el tema de un pacto diabólico para conservar la belleza y permanecer eternamente joven. Un pintor queda fascinado por la extraordinaria hermosura de Dorian, su joven modelo, que vive en plena era victoriana satisfaciendo todos sus deseos, sin límites ni prejuicios. El pintor declara que sería dichoso si Dorian pudiese permanecer para siempre exactamente como es. Este deseo se traduce en un pacto que lleva a Dorian a cometer todo tipo de atrocidades, hasta llegar al crimen.

Ares, Rafe, Killian, and Nox abandoned me four years ago, and now their final secret has come out: They've been working with the institute who hurt my friends and tried to sell me to the highest bidder; a deranged alpha who tried to leave me bred and broken. This time, the pack's gone too far. I'm done hearing their excuses. I'm done handing out second chances. I might be an omega, but I'm done putting myself last. If they want my forgiveness, they're going to have to beg for it.

Pre-med student Coral is on vacation in Idaho when something terrible happens. The black cloud is followed by a wildfire and searing heat that lasts for days. She survives deep in a cave but emerges days later to find the world transformed, with blackened trees, an ash-filled sky, and no living creatures stirring - except for her. So begins her desperate journey to find water and food and other survivors...and the answer to the mystery of what happened.

En la historia de Dorian Gray, que gracias a que tiene un retrato que envejece por el puede dedicarse a las mayores depravaciones y vicios, sin que lo afecten, es un personaje universal, cuyas aventuras hasta su tragico final, se consideran entre las obras maestras de la literatura inglesa.

Easton Novak is hiding something fearsome inside of him. An unconventional upbringing has turned his inner grizzly into a berserker - one who has all but destroyed his humanity. Being around people isn't easy. Not when he doesn't understand any of their reactions, or half of what they're saying. And if he can convince his alpha he's half-sane, he just might let Easton live. But when the raven from Easton's childhood shows up at his door again, he knows he's slowly sinking into a madness he can't come back from.

Georgia Ames is a tough-as-nails park ranger hired to protect the mountains where three crews of registered bear shifters call home. The only problem is she's terrified of bears after a year in Alaska going head-to-head with the notoriously aggressive Kodiak grizzlies. She swore up and down she'd never work around brown bears again, yet here she is, pledging to protect the crews at all costs. When she meets a dark-eyed, growly stranger with a tendency to talk to himself, she wants to know more about what makes him tick.

Creed Barnett has one simple rule - no potential mates allowed in his territory. As if there isn't enough on his shoulders trying to manage his crew of misfit, broken bear shifters, his past is now coming back to haunt him. And when the woman he hasn't been able to stop thinking about for the past five months shows up in his trailer park, he's re-thinking all the rules he set up to protect the Gray Backs. Gia is a curvy stunner, but his interest in the bombshell goes deeper than her good looks. She's sweet, and fun, and puts his inner bear at ease.